Nothing Happens
Until Something Moves

Mindful movement, nervous system awareness, and realistic wellness for humans living real life

Slow Moves Rox is a space for exploring movement, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, midlife, sustainable wellness, and building a life that feels supportive to live inside.

Around here, I care less about vanity, optimization, and fear based wellness messaging and more about creating rhythms that help us feel stronger, steadier, and more connected to ourselves and our lives in all phases.

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Movement

I believe movement can help us feel stronger, steadier, and more connected to ourselves — not just physically, but emotionally too. Here I explore movement as support, rhythm, regulation, and a way of living more fully inside the body.

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Mindfulness

Mindfulness, for me, is less about perfection or emptying the mind and more about learning how to stay connected to ourselves in the middle of real life. Through breath, movement, nervous system awareness, and small daily pauses, this space explores gentler ways to feel more grounded, present, and supported inside the body.

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Nervous System

Healing isn’t always about doing more. Sometimes it begins with helping the body feel safe enough to soften, rest, and reconnect. This space explores nervous system regulation through movement, mindfulness, nourishment, environment, and the small rhythms that shape everyday life.

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Recent Writing

Blog
Building Nervous System Awareness
Building Nervous System Awareness

Before we can calm our nervous system, we have to learn to notice it. In this post, I share lessons from a challenging start to summer, insights from Heal Your Nervous System, and a simple practice to help you recognize your own patterns with greater awareness and compassion.

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Seasonal Movement Rhythms: Moving With the Seasons Instead of Against Them
Seasonal Movement Rhythms: Moving With the Seasons Instead of Against Them

An Ayurvedic-inspired approach to seasonal movement rhythms, nervous system support, and learning to move with your body instead of against it.

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Cooling Summer Rhythms
Cooling Summer Rhythms

A gentler approach to summer wellness through movement, nourishment, nervous system support, and realistic midlife rhythms.

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🌞 What happens when we pay more attention to the seasons - external and internal? For years, I approached movement the same way, no matter the season. More is always better. Push harder. Stay disciplined. Keep momentum going. Stay skinny. I
🧘‍♀️ Lately I’ve been learning a lot about nervous system healing, and it doesn't come from intensity, optimization, or forcing ourselves to “fix” everything all at once. 🔸It starts with smaller things and rhythms. Sensory su
🟡 What if feeling constantly “a little on edge” isn’t just stress… or hormones… or you needing to try harder? 💼 What if your nervous system has simply been carrying more than you realized? 📕 I’ve been readin
💪 Getting stronger hasn't looked how I thought it would. I've almost reached my goal of getting 26% stronger in 2026 and it's only April! So far getting stronger in 2026 looks like: → choosing consistency over perfection → accepting les
✨You don’t need a perfect body or a perfect plan—you need a simple place to start. ✍️ I made a daily health tracker spreadsheet that has helped me be so much simpler and more grounded about my health priorities and I'm sharing it with y
🌺 Spring is here! Seasons shifting always feels like an opportunity to begin again for me. Not a complete overhaul, but perhaps a little soft shift and opportunity to refocus priorities. ☀️ More light 🥾 More movement 🌬️ More space to breathe
💛 Feeling really grateful for this past month of subbing barre classes at @corebarre.slo. 💑 So many of you showed up consistently, moved your bodies, and brought such good energy to the room. It's been a big reminder why I love teaching and movin
💑 Movement with friends is so much more. Thanks friends for showing up, today and always. Together, we really can do hard things. 🚲 So lucky that I can ride my bike to and from class today and most days! The wind helped the purple pink glow of my
💪 I’m growing 26% stronger in 2026! I have a fun strength goal for this year that’s feeling fun and inspiring. I can’t help but share. 📝 Here’s how I’m doing it. In January I braved the local gym. Scary, I know. My Ja

  • Alyn

    I had not found an exercise class that inspired me to attend regularly until I met Roxy at her yoga studio. Her authentic presentation, clear instruction and lively humor kept me showing up. Years later, I was ecstatic when she began teaching barre fitness at Core. Same smiling Roxy, but now teaching Barre classes that are original and varied with excellent modeling of her assigned movement, lots of encouragement and lively personal stories that keep us smiling.

  • Roxy teaches great movement classes. The energy is always high and supportive!

    Julie

  • My favorite class with Roxy was barre & mimosas at our ladies weekend!

    Kristin

  • Roxy is a great yoga teacher. She teaches a great flow without too much woo-hoo spirituality.

    Steve

  • Hurts. So. Good.

    Anonymous