Spirit Alive
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Movement-based practice for vitality, wellness & ease blending Qi Gong, Franklin Method, dance, moving meditation & mind/body practices to support embodiment, self care, awareness, expression & joyful living.
No ball? No problem! 🦶🏽✨
Here’s another three-minute foot-care series for those who enjoyed yesterday’s video but don’t have a ball at home.
Just four simple exercises, both feet—and no props needed.
Use it to:
• wake up your feet
• prepare for dancing or other movement
• give tired feet some care after dancing
• support your everyday foot mobility
Go gently, stay curious and notice how your feet feel before and after.
Save this reel so you can return to it anytime—and share it with someone who could use three minutes of foot care.
Three minutes of foot love 🦶🏽✨
Grab a small ball and follow along with this simple foot-care series—one I regularly use in my workshops and with private clients.
It’s especially helpful for:
• general foot care
• waking up and mobilising flat feet
• preparing your feet before dancing
• soothing tired feet after dancing or a long day
Go gently and adjust the pressure to suit your body. Your feet carry you through so much—give them a little attention!
Save this reel for your next warm-up or post-dance wind-down, and share it with someone whose feet could use some love.
🌿 Weekend Movement Snacks
Take a few minutes for yourself this weekend and explore these short movement sessions designed to help you move with greater ease, awareness, and joy.
This collection includes:
🦶 Feet
🦵 Knees
🦿 Hips
🌀 Pelvis
🌳 Spine
Each Movement Snack is only a few minutes long and focuses on simple, mindful movements that improve mobility, coordination, balance, and body awareness. Whether you’re a dancer, an athlete, or simply someone who wants to feel better in your body, these practices are for you.
Start with your feet and work your way up the body—or simply choose the one your body is asking for today.
Happy moving!
— Brenda Jean Russell
Spirit Alive!
✨ Spirit Alive! Warm-Up Series ✨
Before we ask our bodies to move, dance, walk, or play, it’s worth giving our joints a little attention.
This gentle ankle and knee mobility sequence helps lubricate the joints, improve circulation, and wake up the proprioceptive system. Small movements can make a big difference in how supported, balanced, and responsive you feel.
Move slowly. Explore your range. Notice the difference.
Your joints love movement.
✨ Spirit Alive! Warm-Up Series ✨
Everything starts with awareness.
This simple tapping sequence helps wake up the body, stimulate circulation, improve proprioception, and bring your attention into the present moment. It’s one of my favorite ways to transition from sitting, working, or traveling into movement.
Try it for just a minute or two and notice what changes.
Your body is already communicating with you—sometimes it just needs a little help tuning in.
06/19/2026
Tap with me
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A few more minutes from this week’s Spirit Alive! movement break ✨
Rolling through the spine, reaching, rising, breathing, swinging, softening, waking up the body.
Movement doesn’t always need to be a full class or structured practice.
Sometimes a few minutes between tasks can completely shift your energy, circulation, posture, awareness & mood.
Put on one song.
Move in ways that feel good.
Let the body breathe a little 😊
05/22/2026
Spirit Alive! is now on Instagram ✨
Follow along for movement inspiration, mind/body wellness practices, short movement breaks, embodiment, vitality, ease, and glimpses into my daily movement lifestyle.
I’ll be sharing:
• Spirit Alive! movement practices
• Qi Gong & mind/body wellness
• Movement education
• Online classes & retreats
• Everyday ways to bring more vitality, circulation, awareness & joy into daily life 😊
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Portland, OR
Opening Hours
| Monday | 5pm - 7pm |
| Tuesday | 5pm - 11am |
| Wednesday | 11am - 10pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 8pm |
| Friday | 10am - 11pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 5pm |