Vitality for Life by Christi

09/27/2026

A blog I did a long time ago that I placed on substack. Way more substacks coming.
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09/21/2026

This move people get way too focused on the central core only.
Your eyes are very powerful when it comes to position.
I’m not going to get technical today.
Mouth is closed so the deep cervical flexors can an anchor so they can stabilize the cervical spine against the weight of your head. Your central core does not do that. Your head is approximately 8-10% of your body weight.
Clenching your jaw and rounding your shoulders just to get higher only gives you a headache and jaw problems.
You still squeeze those butt cheeks while you do this and legs are straight.
When you bend the knees you shift more work into the hip flexors. If this hurts your back with legs straight or bent this means your lower abdominals are not strong enough to stabilize the lumbar spine against the weight of your legs. Your legs are approximately 20% of your body weight each.
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09/21/2026

Somatic healing can look like writing, can look like going for a walk, can look like lifting weights, can look like going for a hike, can look like taking a bath, etc.

You could be doing everything correctly. Meaning you eat healthy, you work out, you do the checklist of health every single day, but yet things still cannot be moving in the direction that you want because the thoughts are so stressful and so worrisome and so parasitic that you’re giving those thoughts, the energy instead of your body for health.
When we are in that stressful parasitic thought loop, then our food choices become less ideal. This has rulership or themes over carbohydrates, glucose metabolism. You may find yourself indulging more. There’s nothing wrong with having a sweet treat now and again it’s when it becomes the regular habit that it becomes not so life enhancing anymore.
What intrusive and parasitic thoughts are you feeding right now that is taking away from health instead of adding to it.?
What are you doing to shift those thoughts into more life enhancing thoughts?
Let me know in the comments.
While Venus is moving through Scorpio, it’s the house that has influence of what we may experience.
Example: Scorpio is my 11th/12th house. Venus is in my 11th house at the moment. Themes I MIGHT experience are: electrics of the nervous system (I feel that); spasms or cramps (nope); how one copes with stress is closely linked to friendships (yup); community health (unsure). There is more but not necessary for this post.



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09/15/2026

So much information out there! Reconnect with yourself and your intuition.
The post I did on my other channel around will be very helpful as well. Christi Sullivan
I give basic free things to try to reset your system.
But give these a read and let me know what you think in the comments

09/14/2026

Just a few things that someone can do to begin creating a rhythm for the body. This is huge and probably a bigger bio-hack than anything else. Your body craves a rhythm and a schedule. Your body needs sleep, light, food and movement.

☀️Get real morning light before your phone or overhead lights

🍔Eat within 30-90 minutes of sunrise with protein. Synchronize digestive and metabolic clocks and stabilize blood sugar. Digestion responds to light. Eat during light hours. Summer will be different from winter and it should be

🥁Create rhythm, not rigidity. A predictable flow matters more than perfect behavior.

🕯️Dim lights after sunset. Protects melatonin, sleep, autophagy and nighttime repair.

🌼Favor safety over strategies. Slow meals, warm food, breath, sunlight, movement, connection—these are the tools that matter

🏋️‍♀️Personalize the practices. Your biology responds to what feels doable, meaningful, and safe. Not what looks perfect on paper.

Let me know what your rhythm is and if your needing some guidance creating. The body will start to lose weight and heal once the body feels safe with a consistent rhythm and timing with sleep, food, light and movement.

09/14/2026

09/14/2026

Trainer Christi got some amazing feedback the other day that we wanted to share:

“Thank you for creating a safe place for me to challenge and heal old injury patterns and beliefs. Im having so much fun discovering my own strength with your guidance and education. I would highly recommend you, especially for those of us coming out of injuries and learning to trust our bodies again. So glad I found you!”

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09/13/2026

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While you can look up workout programs online. I have the coaches eye, the connection when you have questions, and the tools to improve your movements.
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09/10/2026

Even if you’re not looking for strength training (which would be weird) you need to contract the muscles mentioned first and foremost to stabilize the joints we are stretching. The contractions maintain heat and you begin to develop strength.