FluidStance Blog

April 8, 2021

Transforming Your Backyard into a Wellness Area

By Riley Jane for FluidStance® After the stress of the past year, and particularly the pandemic, now is a great time to take a moment to assess where we are in our health and facilitate our own path to wellness. Something that can help? Transforming your backyard into a wellness area. When stress builds up over a long period of...

September 14, 2020

6 Ways to Stay Active Outside of the Gym

By Parisa Mirzadegan Are you used to starting your morning with a sweat at your local gym, or dropping into your favorite yoga studio for a zen moment after work? So are we — or at least, we were! Many gyms and studios are still closed to promote healthy physical distancing, but that doesn’t mean we can’t keep the movement...

August 4, 2020

6 Ways Physical Balance Improves Mental Health

Balance is an important concept in health, right up there with moderation. (Which makes sense because moderation involves balance in and of itself.) We eat a balanced diet. We practice work-life balance. Having physical balance helps us avoid falling injuries while keeping mental balance helps us prioritize. Most of us understand this at an intuitive level. What we don’t understand is how...

July 8, 2020

5 Tips for Working from Home for the Long Haul

By Parisa Mirzadegan Looking like you’ll be working from home longer than you expected? In light of the new normal brought about by COVID-19, companies like Google and Facebook have announced extended work-from-home policies, and Twitter will even allow WFH “forever.” While there’s no way to say how the future of work will look, the odds are that your company...

May 5, 2020

Working out more? Take good care of your body.

For many people, being home more lately means the opportunity to pump up your exercise regimen. Regular exercise is an essential part of staying fit and healthy. But it’s important to take good care of your body before, during and after your workout sessions, because without the right practices, you may experience inflammation. What is inflammation? Inflammation is the body’s...

April 9, 2020

5 Ways to Boost Your Morning Routine

Need more energy these days? Struggling with your morning routine? If you’re like a lot of people operating under the new normal of working from home, mornings might be more stressful and exhausting than usual. Between attempting to keep to some kind of routine or schedule, helping your kids through their online schooling, trying to be as productive as possible,...

March 19, 2020

5 Tips for Setting Your Home Office Up for Success

Most of us are suddenly finding ourselves working from home, and for way more time than we ever have. While the reasons for doing so are less than joyful, it is a great opportunity to approach this new space in your home with a fresh eye towards facilitating focus and productivity. And don’t forget you want to make it a...

March 12, 2020

Refresh and Reset Your Workspace in Time for Spring

We’ve turned the clocks forward and Spring is pretty much about sprung, which means it’s a great time to refresh and reset your workspace. Here are some tips on how to go about that, from the simple act of cleaning your desk off, to performing maintenance on your equipment, such as FluidStance balance boards, to refreshing your space with some...

February 25, 2020

How to Properly Refuel After a Workout

Whether you prefer pumping iron at the gym, running outside, or hiking, biking, or practicing yoga, you need the right food to properly refuel after your workout. Without the right nutrition, you won’t see the gains and performance improvements that you expect. You could even put yourself at risk of injury. Add the following to your post-workout routine to make sure you...

February 11, 2020

5 Stretches to Do at Your Desk Now

When you’re deep into a project with an impending due date, probably the last thing you’re thinking about is taking a break to stretch at your desk. However, we all know that long periods of inactivity, particularly when sitting, can be harmful to your health. A report published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine affirmed that long periods of sitting, along with...