Free Your Fitness Series
Maria Mora
The Fitne$$ Industry

Do you ever wonder about how the fitness industry works?

Have you ever thought about gyms, health clubs, and gyms as an industry?

The Fitne$$ Industry
Free Your Fitness Series
Maria Mora
Living in the Soul-less Cycle

I love movement. I love that it's always been part of me. Over my life, I’ve been a dancer, cheerleader, fitness class teacher, personal trainer, kickboxer, runner, yogi, yoga instructor, and collegiate rower.

I believe that movement is sacred. I know it in my bones.

Living in the Soul-less Cycle
Free Your Fitness Series
Maria Mora
Soul-less Cycle: Take your Journey, Find your ...

In my last blog (SoullessCycle: The Pack and The Pact), I wrote about my mixed experiences at a SoulCycle fitness studio. Over the last two years, I’ve done lots of embodied/somatic research for the book I’m writing about exercise addiction and the fitness industry.

Today’s blog describes my latest SoulCycle visit.

Soul-less Cycle: Take your Journey, Find your Soul
Free Your Fitness Series
Maria Mora
Soul-less Cycle: The Pack and The Pact

Ten years ago, I tried SoulCycle in New York City. In a dark studio with loud music, I got lost in the crowd for a rhythmic, freeing, and sweaty workout.

I liked the no metrics/no screens method and choreographed workouts, but was less fond of the cliques. I didn't like how SoulCycle promoted their instructors like products–or used celebrities to manufacture a reputation as the newest and coolest place to “trendercise.” Turned off after a few classes, I didn’t go back.

Soul-less Cycle: The Pack and The Pact
Recovery Research Wrap-up
Rachel Kofsky
To Screen or Not to Screen…

In our past blogs we have voiced our clinical opinions regarding the need for increased screening for disordered eating. Who should be screening? Primary providers such as pediatricians, therapists and dietitians come to mind. In the news this past week it was reported that there is no clear evidence at this time to recommend specific guidelines for or against screening for eating disorders (HealthDay, 2022).

To Screen or Not to Screen…

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Grief and Eating Disorders

Grief and Eating Disorders

Loss, and the resulting condition of ‘grief’, is one of the most difficult things a human being endures. When you lose someone, it affects everything – your physical body, your emotions, your relationships, and every part of your life.   For so many, it is a time of chaos and feeling out of control. A myriad of feelings arises as you are forced to face what lies ahead. It is at these stressful times that the relationship between food and grief can impact your health and introduce the possibility of disordered eating issues.