Reflections on Netflix’s Move If you haven’t heard about or tuned into the Netflix docuseries, MOVE, now’s the time! MOVE takes you through the lived experiences of dancers around the globe, and offers a visceral experience of movement that brings transformation and healing- both individually and collectively. These dancers are not Read more…
Join us in re-visiting this conversation on whole athlete coaching with Sally Revere. Originally released in 2018, we felt this interview was worth repeating! At a time where sports and athletics are turned upside down due to the pandemic, a silver lining is that it’s creating new time and space Read more…
Whether you’re a fitness instructor or looking for a student looking for class, studio, clothing brand, or teacher that offers an inclusive movement approach, this directory is full of information! Online Inclusive movement classes: Non- Normative Body Club Joyn Body Positive Yoga and Clubhouse Seed Yoga Therapy Befriending Your Body Read more…
Race and Mental Health in Running: Alison Désir Talks with Opal Runner Alison Désir joins host and therapist Carter Umhau and Opal Co-Founder and Head of the Exercise + Sport Program, Kara Bazzi, to talk about the intersection of race and running, and why representation and mental health support in Read more…
Articles: “Are Some of your Well Intended Eating Habits a Problem” – Zoe Rom “The Massive Fitness Trend That’s Not Actually Healthy At All” – Jonathan Angelilli “Disordered Eating: Therapist Who Helps, Once Suffered” – Kara Bazzi “Keeping it Real” – Lauren Fleshman “This is What an Athlete Looks Like” Read more…
Opal’s Co-founder and Exercise and Sport Program Director, Kara Bazzi and fellow Exercise + Sport team speak about Exercise, Sport, Movement and Mental Health What I learned by handling eating disorders and RED-S poorly as a coach in Fast Women Running in Harmony: How to Tackle Food and Body Issues Read more…
The Appetite Episode 97: Reflections on Netflix’s Cheer: Thoughts from the Eating Disorder Treatment World on Team Culture Did you tune into Netflix’s docuseries, Cheer? What did you think of the Navarro team culture portrayed? In light of all the tv-watching that’s been happening while sheltering in place, we decided Read more…
The Appetite Episode 95: Exercise in the Time of Coronavirus: How to Move Through Your Grief How have social distancing and sheltering-in-place impacted your relationship to exercise? There is loss of all kinds during this time—there are relational and fiscal losses, losses of routine and identity, and of course, Read more…
The Appetite 92: Why an Elite Runner Stopped Running to Recover True Health: An Interview with Tina Muir What might it be like to be a professional athlete—the symbol of health and strength in our culture—and to have a gut instinct that something is not well in your body? This Read more…
The Appetite Episode 88: Sport Performance: Should Weight Ever be Manipulated? “Leaning out” and manipulating body weight have been widely accepted modes of performance preparation for elite athletes. But as the sports world wakes up to the harm that the emphasis on weight manipulation can have on athletes’ mental and Read more…