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Lower Your Stress, Reduce Your Arthritis Pain and Sleep Better With Taijifit!

Taijifit is back by popular demand. Come flow with us!

What is Taijifit you ask? An hour long movement class, or “experience” as founder David-Dorian Ross describes it, that immediately brings you into a state of “flow”. Here is a video of DDR leading a class (accompanied by music so watch the volume if you are at work)

In traditional Tai Chi Chuan you learn to flow slowly and gracefully through a specific series of exercises, or forms. By focusing your mind solely on the movements of the form you lead yourself into a state of mental calm and clarity. The proven health benefits that come with this type of movement include decreased stress and anxiety, lowered blood pressure, decreased arthritis pain, improved sleep, and greater balance. The difference with traditional Tai Chi Chuan and Taijifit is that with Taijifit there is no form to learn, nothing to memorize, you just follow along, and before you know it you are flowing!

I have been incorporating these movements into my warm up exercises and within a matter of minutes my clients become focused, relaxed, and more in tune with their physical bodies.

Sound good?

Join us this Thursday October 17th at 6 pm at Fluid World Headquarters 1626 S.E. Sherrett St. This is a five class series that runs through December 5th. The dates are not consecutive, please see the updated class schedule for specifics.

Questions? Call Anne (503) 705-4762.

Fluid Movement + Massage Has A New Sellwood Address!

That’s right, Fluid has moved!

Don’t worry, we are still in the lovely Sellwood neighborhood, in fact we moved just ten blocks away.

Come see us at our new address: 1626 S.E. Sherrett Street, Portland, Oregon 97202

The massage room is set up and ready for you, and Pilates and yoga classes and personal training sessions are going on this week. Photos coming soon.

For Anne’s updated class schedule click here. To schedule your next massage call or email Anne. (503) 705-4762

Anne@FluidPortland.com

Healthier Pulled Pork Recipe

Man I love pulled pork.

Unfortunately the traditional recipe that I grew up eating is flavored with store bought BBQ sauce, which typically includes highly processed white sugar (or even worse – corn syrup!). I have come up with a healthier option along with a recipe for homemade BBQ sauce.

Never fear – it’s easier than you think.

This is what I will be serving at this Saturday’s party. Hope you can make it!

Cap’n Jack’s Pulled Pork

Ingredients:

  • 4-5 lb pork shoulder – Carlton farms raises happy pigs and you can find them at Zupans, Otto’s and Fubonn among other places.
  • 1-2 cups of chicken broth
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tsp liquid smoke
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 small knuckle of fresh ginger, minced
  • 3 – 5 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Directions:

I chop my onion, garlic and ginger in the food processor so it is minced really fine.

Place meat in a crock pot with all of the above ingredients and cook for 10 – 12 hours. After the meat is cooked carefully pull it out of the crock – it will be falling apart in chunks – and place in a large pan. Reserve the cooking liquid.

Shred the pork with two forks and place it back in the crock. Add back in enough of the cooking liquid to moisten the pork – at least a cup. Add one cup (or to taste) of this delicious homemade BBQ sauce and cook for one hour more.

Mary Read’s Cutthroat BBQ Sauce

(pirate reference anyone? See the party on Saturday is nautical themed…oh never mind :))

Ingredients:

  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 2 16 oz cans of chopped tomatoes (or 3 cups fresh when in season)
  • 1/3 cup tomato paste
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 2 tsp liquid smoke
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp chili powder

Directions:

Put all above ingredients in a saucepan and cook over low/medium heat for about a half hour. Refrigerate overnight for best flavor.

 

Anne McCranie is a Licensed Massage Therapist and personal trainer in Sellwood (Portland) Oregon. She loves to eat and share good food. Please see your medical professional for specific dietary advice. Click here to see why Anne includes meat in her healthy diet.

Jackson’s Ride The Gorge Sports Massage This Saturday July 27th, 2013

Are you a cyclist or lover of the Columbia Gorge (or both)?

Come out to the Gorge this Saturday July 27th, 2013 for Jackson’s Ride The Gorge.

Anne will be there along with a team of massage therapists at the finish line. Jackson’s Ride the Gorge is a fundraising bike ride for the Jackson Hill Foundation. The support on this ride is amazing including breakfast, dinner, and food and water rest stops in between. Also included, mechanics, vehicles (in case you need a ride), and a clearly marked course with volunteers along the way, and of course post ride massage!

Online registration is open only until midnight on Thursday July 25th.

The Jackson Hill Foundation honors the legacy of Jackson Hill by supporting efforts to ease the suffering of families who have a child in the hospital. In February 2012 the foundation opened the Jackson Hill Wellness center at Legacy Emanuel in Portland. The center is open 24 hours a day, offering a break from the hospital and stress relief for families of patients in the hospital. 

Click one of the above links and sign up today! Hope to see you there.

Anne