Resources

"Your relationship with your body is the most important of your life." — Debbie Rosas

  • Dancing with Life - A Podcast for Joy

  • Jessica Avitabile: on YouTube! Check out my 100 Days to Love Your Body Challenge! Starting March 13, 2021, I took on creating a 1-2 minute video that specifically—and generally—looks into one of life’s compartments: Physical space, Body Image/Vitality, Fun & Recreation, Friends & Family, Work, Spirituality & Personal Growth, Money, to name a few.

  • Nia Movement: There is nothing in the world like Nia. Having been exposed in 2001 at the early age of 24, I cannot imagine a life without movement or Joy as I have now. Whatever your interest, the website can point you to in-person classes, online classes, and even online trainings. 

  • Intuitive Eating: When I read this book, my body relaxed for the first time in decades. It was recommended to me by another Nia Teacher who also has a rocky history with food and dieting. This book helped me adopt the mantra, "Make peace with food." Many of the concepts are indeed "intuitive" and innate to many people. The rest of us need to go back to the wisdom of the body sensation and work with our intuition and the wisdom of our bodies. 

  • Cape Chiropractic Group: I was 10 when I first went to a chiropractor. I have a 15% scoliosis in my spine and my right leg is about 1/2 inch shorter than the left. In my aim for a drug-free and surgery-free life, I have gone to different chiropractors over the years. Poetically, I ended up marrying one. If mimicry is the highest form of flattery, then adjusting other chiropractors may be a good indicator of skill. There are five other doctors to get adjusted by my husband! Chiropractors can work all over the body--elbows, wrists, knees--and give you relief as your body heals. If you have any questions, give the office a call!

  • HAES Community: Health at every size is a brilliant concept and has truly blown my mind after years of looking at the BMI chart. I have been a “bigger” person since I was eight years old and was always fighting it. HAES has taught me to love my body and work with it intuitively. Numbers on scales and numbers on charts have little to do with actual health.


“I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.” ―Anais Nin