Do your Egoscue

Like Mr. Bill Murray!

The Goddess Center

My dear friend Dolphina is an amazing instructor here in Los Angeles. She teaches belly dance and burlesque to name a few. I'll be traveling with her to Greece in May. Not only do I get to become a Certified Belly Dance Instructor, but I will be leading daily morning workouts for the ladies who are attending. Three of them being my mom and two sisters. :) Check out the details:

"Goddess Retreat & Goddess Workout Teacher Training with Dolphina. Picture yourself dancing at Aphrodite's temple where Sappho taught the ancient Goddess mysteries. During this trip of a lifetime, We will spend 9 days living like an ancient Goddess: bathing in the marble pools of healing mineral waters at Thermi which are at the Temple of Hera, shopping in Turkey and dancing at greek tavernas."

I am literally counting the seconds to go on this retreat.

Dolphina also filmed and directed a short webisode last year with all her girlfriends called "Who is a Goddess?". It has been nominated for Best Female Empowerment film by a company that is developing an advertising campaign around ila DUSK, a new personal safety alarm for women. The campaign aims to get a personal alarm into the hands of every woman of any age who has ever felt vulnerable when out and about at night, running in the early hours of the morning, alone in a hotel room or even walking a dog.

For more information and to watch the webisode click here!

To find more information on Dolphina and her incredible dance classes, click here!

It's always fun to try new fitness classes or even try something out of your comfort zone! Come to one of Dolphie's classes! They are so much fun and you will burn so many calories!

Got Pain?

Get rid of it!

It seems we depend a lot on other practitioners to fix our aches and pains. Back pain - get an adjustment at the chiropractor, sore neck - go to the massage therapist, shoulder pain - go get acupuncture, knee pain - replace it! Although I believe those modalities are beneficial for some, I also know that oftentimes people ignore where the problem actually stems from.

For the last 3 years, I have studied Posture Alignment with The Egoscue Method and Yoga as Therapy with Doug Keller. Both believe that if you fix your posture, you will not have pain. From personal experience, I understand the importance of proper alignment. I suffered from SI joint pain for weeks before realizing that the pain was stemming from rotation in my torso and hips, not where my symptom was. After realigning my upper body there was an immediate effect on how my lower body felt and functioned.

The one thing people overlook is posture. It is a simple concept; our joints are supposed to line up, creating 90 degree angles. This is the blueprint of our skeletal structure. If it deviates from this position, our bodies will let us know with pain! The great thing is you can fix it... yourself. Just like a chiropractic adjustment, the goal is to move the bones into the right position. With exercise therapy (corrective postural exercises), you retrain the right muscles to move the bone into the right position and, most importantly, get those muscles to hold the bone there!

Here is a simple test to check your own posture:

1. Stand with your heels touching the wall, back against the wall. Is your head touching the wall? Are both shoulders against the wall? Do you feel like you are falling forward?
2. Take a look at yourself in the mirror. Are your feet facing forward? Are you knee caps facing the same way? Is one shoulder higher than the other?
3. Close your eyes. Do you feel like your weight is evenly distributed? Are you more on your heels or toes?

Send me a message on what you have found and I'll give you some corrective exercises to realign your body!

ZUMBA

My latest addiction!

I started dance when I was 3 years old. I love music. I love reggaeton, latin, afro, cuban movement. I like shaking my hips. I like to salsa. I like merengue. I like to dance to the beat. I like to burn calories. I like to feel sexy while burning calories. I get bored easily...

I am not bored Zumba-ing! I absolutely love dance cardio and I have found a little studio down the street that offers Zumba.. almost everyday! I am in love! For those of you who know me, I can't stand the treadmill.. I can't stand running. I'm definitely a mover and shaker and this is why I naturally like Zumba :)

Not only has Zumba won my heart over, but my sister's as well. The Nimedez Girls are at it again... dancin' dancin' dancin'... one of our favorite things to do together now.. besides shopping that is. Siobhan even got Zumba certified!

Never fear, I'm next up and I can't wait to start teaching and inspiring! My Zumba training is the beginning of October and I am ready to spread the love!!

Do you live in LA? Come join me! Today @ 4:30pm. Your Neighborhood Studio, Culver City. Be there. Shake your booty. Sweat like hell. Join the Party.

ZUMBA!

Restriction: Corrective Lenses...

...No longer.

Sending out a BIG THANK YOU to Dr. Granberry and his staff at the Lasik Spa in West LA. After a few years of thinking about LASIK, I successfully and finally decided to go under the laser. Wow. I can't believe I waited this long... what a miracle this is. I am so grateful for Dr. Granberry. He was so generous to have sponsored my surgery, giving me the most unbelievable gift of perfect vision.

For over 10 years, I wore contact lenses. For the past 5 days, I've been able to skip the morning hassle of "inserting my eyes" if you will. I can't get over the fact that I have such clear vision. For those of you who wear contacts or glasses, you know what I mean. Lasik will change your life! Do it.. Do it now! If you have any concern or doubt, please don't hesitate to contact me.

To be honest, I was scared to death about getting this procedure done and postponed my appointments many times. Dr. Granberry and his staff made me feel so comfortable and kept reassuring me that everything was going to be just fine. I am so pleased and appreciative. I will never forget this experience and I encourage anyone who is thinking about it to go in and get it done! You won't regret it!

MY MUST HAVE WORKOUT ACCESSORY!!

As many of you know, I am a firm believer in functional training and I have found my match made in heaven! My absolute must have this summer is the TRX- Suspension training that will sculpt and tone your body like no machine!!

At LIFE, I have been training people one on one and have gotten nothing but positive feedback. I have been training myself on it for about a year and LOVE the results. I finally took the training course last month and I am pumped to share with you all the knowledge that I have learned!

So, if you haven't already, check it out and let me know what you think. It may look easy, but Total Body Resistance Exercise will challenge you like nothing else. The best part- it is sooo easy to travel with and set up in your home. You just anchor it on any door or hang it from a tree!!

I'm going to post some TRX workouts up on my website soon so check back to see MY favorite moves!

NYLA Photoshoot

Last week I shot with Michael Anthony for a NYLA shoe ad that will be up at the biggest shoe event in Las Vegas. Had a great time- it was a hot shoot- literally. Up in Eagle Rock, it must have been at least 15 degrees hotter then the coast. Phew! Hope you like the photo above, they really liked the pics in this little itty number.

After seeing the proofs of this shoot, I feel like I know what poses suit me best and which ones I should completely avoid! I had some really bad shots in the set! This was my first photoshoot in about 8 months. Luckily, all you need is ONE good shot out of the whole shoot... the money shot!!

I have a few more photoshoots coming up in the next few weeks. One will be for promotional photos for a webseries I'll be acting in and producing a bit. Another one.. yoga set. The other shoot will be with a male model. Getting my sexy on. Ha! Once I get all these photos, my photo section on my website will be updated with a lot more pictures- check back soon :)

Good day, all!