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Rita Jean | Nervous System + Alignment

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Life is the practice.
Love is the expression.
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The doors are open.

For the past months, I’ve been gathering pieces of a life.

The practice I grew up inside. Mountains that taught me to pay attention. Bodies and breath. Motherhood. Science. Stories. Questions I’m still following.

And years of noticing what happens when we become more fully present to our own lives.

It finally has a home.

Align with Rita

The body is the doorway. Life is the practice. Love is the expression.

Inside you’ll find weekly practices, Field Notes, photographs, stories, and a few rooms I’ll let you discover for yourself.

Come wander the halls slowly. Follow what catches your attention. Open the door that makes you curious. Stay in the room where something makes you feel.

And if you wander through, I’d love to know: what made you stop?

Come wander through Align with Rita →
https://alignwithrita.com/ by @alignwithrita

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4 days ago

I once stood beside a college football player in handstand.

He had a lot more muscle than I did.

I stayed up longer.

I’ve thought about why...

The Frayed Rope

A new Field Note on strength, flexibility, coordination — and what actually lasts.

Read The Frayed Rope →⁠

https://alignwithrita.com/field-note-13 by @alignwithrita

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20 days ago

Hi friends 💛

What if your body remembers more than you think?

Three points in each foot —
mound of the big toe, inner heel, center outside edge—

that change how your whole body organizes, in class and in daily life.

Full-body fascia release.

Twists built for tissue most people never touch.

Real lung-capacity training —
breath that expands your ribcage like a muscle.

And here’s the wild part:

Little kids move this way naturally.

They breathe with their whole bodies.
They squat. Twist. Reach. Climb. Hang.
Their feet respond to the earth.
Their spines move in every direction.

Your body knows this too.

This class is how you get it back.

Join us next Friday.
Come curious. 🤍

Align with Rita
The Art of Returning to Yourself by @alignwithrita

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a month ago

The fastest way to improve balance?

Train your feet.

Most people skip the foundation.

Stability creates freedom.

🎥 New video just dropped.

Drop a ❤️ below or DM me “BALANCE” and I’ll send you the link.

#freedom #feet #pelvis #spine #brain by @alignwithrita

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4 months ago

A thought that’s been with me lately...

The spine is one of the great meeting places of human experience.

A bridge between body and mind.

Movement and stability.

Structure and freedom.

When communication is restored throughout the system, something begins to shift.

The body and mind begin speaking the same language again.

🤍

#freedom #communication #bodymindconnection by @alignwithrita

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4 months ago

A thought that’s been with me lately...

When most people think about transformation, they look up.

Toward goals.

Toward outcomes.

Toward the future.

But nature teaches something different.

Roots before branches.

Foundation before growth.

Support before expansion.

Trust begins where you meet the ground.

🤍

#fieldnotes #trust #ground #roots #alignwithrita by @alignwithrita

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4 months ago

A craving for red might be a need for energy.

A pull toward green might be your nervous system asking to soften.

Plants learned how to survive the sun, the cold, the microbes…

And turned that into color.

You don’t just eat the plant.
You inherit its intelligence.

🌈 This week’s Nourish Call:

A playful, powerful dive into the colors of food and what they’re really doing inside your body

Come as you are. Bring your curiosity. 
We’ll learn the medicinal intelligence of color

Comment NOURISH
To join the live call

🍒🍊🍌🥝🫐🍇🥥

#nourish #community #wisdom
#education #color by @alignwithrita

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6 months ago

You don’t need to go find her.

She’s still there—
under the noise,
under the pressure,
under the version of you
that learned how to survive.

Come back to your body.
Come back to simple things.

And you’ll feel it—
not as a thought…
but as a soft, familiar yes.

#alignment #remapwithrita #nervoussystem #poise #wholebrainteaching by @alignwithrita

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6 months ago

Your life is a reflection
of your nervous system patterns.

And your nervous system
is trainable through the body.

The spine isn’t just structure.
It’s the main pathway of the nervous system.

When it becomes more elastic,
the brain receives clearer, more accurate information.

And how you move…
becomes how you respond to life.

Remap the body → remap the brain → remap your life.

Whole body.
Whole brain.
Whole life.

✨ This is what we train.

Join us live this Friday 🤍

#nervoussystemregulation
#embodiedmovement
#mindbodyconnection
#neuroplasticity
#somatichealing by @alignwithrita

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7 months ago

Your brain is not separate from your body.

The cells that create your thoughts depend on: nutrition • circulation • gut health • sleep

Tonight we’re exploring:

🧠 How your body is constantly rewriting your brain

and the simple daily nourishment that supports:
 • focus • energy • mood • deep sleep

If the brain is the garden… nutrients are the soil.

Come learn how to nourish it.

Join us tonight ⬇️
For a beautiful discussion
 🕒 Thursday
3:00 PM PT | 6:00 PM ET

Xoxo
DM me for the link!

#brainbody
#brainlove
#neuroplasticity
#nutritionforthebrain
#neuroscience by @alignwithrita

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7 months ago

Humans aren’t just eating calories.

We’re sending biological instructions.

Science now shows that nutrients influence gene expression, immune development, brain chemistry, and long-term health.

Which means every meal is more than food.

It’s information.

Tonight’s Nourish Call is dedicated to the children.

We’re talking epigenetics, gut health, and how nutrient-dense foods help program a thriving next generation.

Drop QUIZ if you want the wellness quiz after the call.

#epigenetics
#quiz
#thisonesforthekids
#nourish
#dedicatedto by @alignwithrita

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7 months ago

Your anxiety might not be emotional.

It might be mechanical.

Weak exhale capacity.
Collapsed arches.
Hyperextended knees.
A rib cage that never learned to expand 360°.

We treat mindset
but ignore physiology.

Calm under pressure
is built in the bones.

And rebuilt
in the breath.

This is what we train.

If you want to practice it,
drop a 🤍 and I’ll send the replay.

Or join us live each week
and build it in real time.

#warriormindset
#warriorstrength
#regulation
#mindbodyspirithealth
#coordination by @alignwithrita

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7 months ago