YB Aligned

Where's your head?

Seriously, do you know where your head is in relation to the rest of your body? So many people are living with a head that is forward of their body and are unaware of it. They also don't realise the huge impact it could be having on the rest of their body.

It may be caused by leaning into a screen, driving a lot, being pulled forward by your dog, or a whole host of other reasons. Whatever the cause, it will almost definitely have had an effect on the ribcage, usually pushing it down. This, in turn, will affect the shoulders, the spine, the pelvis, and maybe even the feet.

Our body needs to be able to move through a full range of movement in 3 different planes (or directions), and habitual postures often mean a limitation and imbalance in one or more areas. These limitations can often cause movement restrictions, pain, and a sense of not feeling steady and safe when you walk.

If you're interested in knowing more about how you sit, stand and walk, and how it might be impacting your body, then get in touch. It's amazing how you can heal your own body once you know what is actually happening within it. Let me help empower you to take back control over your body!

What is fitness?

For so many people, when they hear the word fitness, they just think about working out, but it's so much more than that.

Fitness is about keeping your body healthy and strong. It includes regular exercise, balanced nutrition, and enough rest. Think of it as making sure your body can handle everyday activities with ease and energy.

Fitness isn’t just about looking good; it’s about feeling great and being able to do what you love without getting tired.

So, when you put it like that, how fit are you?

While alignment is a big focus of my work, I'm passionate about health and fitness too. Whether your misalignment is keeping you from optimal fitness or your lack of fitness is keeping you from optional alignment, they are linked and will have a huge effect on each other!

If you want to work on your fitness, then please get in touch.

𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚, 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙟𝙖𝙬, 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩?

Discover better posture through proper foot movement at our hands-on workshop! Explore exercises to strengthen your feet and lower body, learn how foot mechanics' can impact posture, and gain practical tips for daily alignment.

SATURDAY 25TH MAY

10 AM - 1 PM

SALTDEAN LIDO

𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗔 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨, 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝗔𝗧 𝗔 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘!

Pre register for your place now, link in bio or send me a DM! 🦶🏻🦶🏻🦶🏻

Do you suffer from any pain conditions?
Are you looking to improve your running or gym performance?

Well, if your feet aren't able to move correctly, then it can be causing all sorts of issues in your body.

You have 26 bones and 33 joints in each foot. If even one of those doesn't move well then not only is your entire foot affected, but so is your leg, hip, back... and your whole body!

Come along to our workshop on 25th May to find out more about how your feet should move, what impact they are having on your body and how to get them moving.

Realign your body, move more freely and get yourself out of pain, from the ground up!

𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨? 𝙒𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚? 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚?

Discover better posture through proper foot movement at our hands-on workshop! Explore exercises to strengthen your feet and lower body, learn how foot mechanics' can impact posture, and gain practical tips for daily alignment.

SATURDAY 25TH MAY

10 AM - 1 PM

SALTDEAN LIDO

𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗔 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨, 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝗔𝗧 𝗔 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘!

Pre register for your place now, link in bio or send me a DM! 🦶🏻🦶🏻🦶🏻

This is the question I get asked most when I start working with people. They can't believe something so simple can have such a huge impact on their body.

What I offer isn't about complex treatment plans or gruelling exercise routines; it's about simplicity and rediscovering your body's potential. Together, we'll explore gentle movements that unlock forgotten ranges of movement, reminding your body of what it's capable of. These movements are so simple that even a child can do them, yet their impact is profound.

But it's not just about movement—it's also about awareness. Many of us are unaware of subtle imbalances, like a tilted pelvis, an upper body that leans to one side or a head that is pushed forward when you walk. Until we shine a light on these patterns, they go unnoticed.

My journey into helping others began with my own battle against 25 years of back pain. Despite countless consultations and treatments, relief was fleeting. It wasn't until I embarked on my alignment journey that I discovered the root cause and freed myself from the pain.

Now, I'm here to guide you on your own path to pain-free living. Let's unlock your body's potential and get you into alignment together!

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out."

This is so true, not only in life but also in restoring movement into our bodies.

When I start working with a client, I tell my them that I can't fix them. I can help them by observing them, finding misalignment, and then giving them practices/exercises to do to help restore optimal alignment. But then it's over to the client. They have the chance to heal themselves, and they do so by repeating small movements day in and day out.

In order to reverse postures we've held for years, it's not a case of one session, and you're back to optimal alignment. Just like anything that's worthwhile, you've got to put in some work. But it is so worth the effort! Once you feel movement start to restore itself and pain ease, you will know that your hard work has paid off and know that it was YOU who healed yourself.

Small efforts can make a huge difference, so why not have a go? Take your power back and see what you can achieve!

A lot of people don't like feet 🦶 but personally, I can't wait to get my hands on them, feeling any limitations and help people to get them moving optimally again!

I'm super excited to have my first private workshops in the pipeline! The first installment will be all about the feet 🦶🏻

I am just finalising dates and location, but watch this space for more details.

I thought today's calendar entry was so apt, I just had to share it!
Not only is it true for life, but describes the moment between each footstep, where you're going from one foot to the other, as a leap of faith. I'm absolutely loving learning the Anatomy in Motion courses, especially the Full Motion Model, where we look at the body from head to toe as you walk. The body is fascinating, and I just want to know more!

When goes upside down (ish) and tries to get flexi.

I don't get to play on my sling anywhere near as much as I'd like to, but I do love to get upside down when I can. It definitely leads to interesting faces and some odd looks at (not to mention the suspect camera angles), but I'm having fun, and that's all that matters to me.

Aerial is something I love, and I'm working on overlaying my posture and bio-mechanics training into Aerial moves to see if I can help aerialists increase their movement and flexibility. As far as I know, it's not something that's been done before, so it may take a while, but watch this space!

Are you someone who is prone to slouching?
Perhaps you sit at a computer, drive, or look at a screen a lot and tend to let your shoulders droop forward?

The photo shows shoulders that are slumped forward and a ribcage that is lowered, which is a common posture these days. While these are ranges of movement that your body needs to access, it's not ideal to be stuck there!

The person in the photo may well experience a lot of tightness in the shoulders, pain in the back and, as the head is upright and slightly forwards (as if looking at a screen), pain and tightness in the neck. They could also be getting headaches, shoulder issues, jaw pain, breathing difficulties, circulation problems, sciatica... the list goes on!

When we get stuck in different postures, whether that is slouching, a tiled pelvis, or a lean to one side, it has a huge impact throughout our whole body. Our body needs to be able to move through the full range of movement in 3 different planes (or directions), and habitual postures often mean a limitation in one or more areas. These limitations can often cause pain and chronic conditions.

If you're interested in knowing more about how you sit, stand and walk, and how it might be impacting your body, then get in touch and we can see if there is something in your everyday life that is leading to that physical or emotional struggle you are having. It's amazing how you can heal your own body once you know what is actually happening with it. Let me help empower you to take back control over your body!

Are you intrigued about what I do?

Do you think you might want to work with me, but want to know how it all works and what it actually involves before committing to anything?

When I first work with anyone, I start by getting a video of them walking so I can analyse their gait (literally the way they walk). I then chat this through with them and follow up with an assessment of their current posture, alignment, and movement limitations.

The next step is to move on to working together one to one (either online or in person) and also for my clients to join in an online Get Into Your Body course. It's during these sessions and the course that I help you to navigate your body so that you can learn what is going on in terms of your posture, and I give you tools to realign your own body.

If you're interested in working with me, but you're not quite sure if it's for you, why not start with a free gait analysis? It takes about 3 minutes to do, and your video can tell me so much about what is going on with your body!
There is also the option to drop into a Get Into Your Body session, to get a feel for whether the course is for you.

If this sounds like something you'd like to try, please pop me over a message, and I can arrange to call or send you a message with some more info. If you've got any questions, feel free to comment below or send me a dm 📧

I'm proud to be working with to be offering an exclusive in person Get Into Your Body course in Brighton, starting next month.

Usually the course is only available online, however we are trialling it in person and giving a HUGE discount as a special offer, the course will be only £500, saving you £1,000!

What’s included?

💫 7 x live workshops at The Jing Institute Brighton
💫 10 weeks access to the Get Into Your Body Level 1 online course platform
💫 10 weeks access to The Ixchel Community for online support between sessions and weekly check-ins

This exclusive course is a pilot programme as we explore how running the 7-week Get Into Your Body Level 1 programme face-to-face works – that’s why we’re offering such a generous discount!

There are only 20 places available on the course, so book now to make sure you don’t miss out!

Find out more and read the full offer terms at and follow the link in the bio

The new year is like a blank page, a fresh start, a new chapter to be written.
What are you writing on yours?

Working with clients isn't just about getting their bodies moving. It's also a chance to explain a bit more about how every joint, muscle and bone is supposed to move, and helping them see how any restrictions in their movements or alterations to their posture could be causing pain, discomfort or a feeling of instability.

Whether it's in person or online, the knowledge we share really does help to empower people to reconnect with their bodies and get themselves out of pain!

If you'd like to know more, please get in touch.

Thank you to for the fab photo 📸

When people think of good posture they think of standing up tall with a pile of books on their head, shoulders pulled right back and chest raised high. Or being able to hold an abstract yoga position. Contrary to popular belief, this isn't actually good posture.

With posture and gait realignment we assess the body in it's resting position and while walking to see how you currently hold yourself and move. We then work with you to bring your body into optimal alignment through the gait cycle and while standing still, to ensure each bone, joint and muscle has the best range of movement available to it. We explore how your Centre of Mass influences your joints across various movement planes and guide you to find the full range of movement available in each area, so that your body can learn to find the optimal alignment itself.

We do this by making small adjustments within the body and letting your body explore movements and ranges it may have not done for a number of years. These are small, refined movements, which have a profound impact. Although it can be done in person, Posture and Gait Realignment is not a hands on process. It is not like massage or osteopathy, we are simply here to show you what your body has the potential to do and to help you learn it.

If you would like some more information on what I offer, please message me so that we can arrange a call.

So this happened today 😱
Waking on top of the in the cold and wet 🥶

All for a great cause, raising much needed funds for the charity Crisis. No one should have to live on the streets, especially not in this weather!

It was a privilege to be able to do it and a great personal challenge, too. I'm learning to step outside my comfort zone and seeing where it leads me!

I have a 'sort of' website 💻😊
I've dedicated a page of my admin website to YB Aligned, giving a bit more information about what I do.

I'll be updating and growing it in due course, and eventually, there will be a whole separate website for this project, but for now, please head over to https://www.alignedadmin.co.uk/ybaligned to have a little look.

Hi 👋 I'm Nush, the face behind YB Aligned.

I started my voyage into working with clients, after overcoming 25 years of back pain. I always knew there was something missing in my pain journey. Despite seeing endless professionals from Consultants to Acupuncturists, I could never relieve my pain for more than a few days. I often wondered if there was something I was doing that was causing my pain, but no one could ever tell me what it was.

So I went on my own path to find out and along the way I discovered and . I am eternally grateful to them both for their knowledge and education, their tools and practices, which I am so happy to be able share with people.

If you have a pain condition, an emotional block or are just curious about your body and how it could feel if it was in optimal alignment, then contact me so that we can book in a call 📱 to discuss how I can help you.
Simply click 'Contact' underneath my bio to send me an email, or send me a DM and I will come back to you

Nush

𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋 📃
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Wow, what great feedback from my client after their first session!

We went over the basics, how are they standing, sitting and walking, then made a few simple adjustments to realign their centre of mass. By the end of the session there was a noticeable difference, and through the week, they kept practising to ensure the changes were fully integrated into the body.

This is what I love, teaching people small changes they can make to make a big difference in their body and giving them back the power over their everyday experience.

If you're interested to know more, please get in touch.

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It's finally here! 🥳

BLACK FRIDAY AND LAUNCH OFFER - GET 50% OFF IF YOUR ORDER IT TODAY It is £9.99 but will shoot up to £19.99 or more after the release.

It has the Get Into Your Body practices, plus QR codes and some video bonus info included to help you get more of an understanding of the process.

Order yours today 📖

What an exciting week, the Get Into Your Body Workbook is finally going to be released.
I can't wait to get my hands on a copy!

Keep your eyes on my posts for a very special offer 📖

Ixchel Massage & Movement Therapies

What is YB Aligned?

For the past two years, I have been keeping a bit of a secret 🤫
I've been learning a new skill, and I'm finally ready to share it with the world!

I'm training to become a Posture and Gait Realignment practitioner.

What the heck is that? I hear you ask.

For a variety of reasons, we often stop using or limit the use of an area of our body. This, in turn, can throw out our whole alignment. Even a big toe that isn't moving optimally can have huge repercussions throughout the whole body!

When we are out of alignment, we often have chronic pain, health issues, and even a sense of disconnection from our daily lives and the world around us.

By analysing people's posture and gait, I can see what areas they have limitations in. We can then work together to get the whole body moving again, fluidly and comfortably, bringing you back into alignment.

I've already had the privilege of working with and teaching a number of people, and we've seen profound effects.

I'll be sharing more about my work in the coming weeks and how I could help you, so watch this space 🙂

Sunday studying 📖 💻