WHO WE ARE

Birch and Brawn is a family owned business that believes we are here on earth to serve others. We are also a proud Latino/a, woman, and veteran owned business. Our goal in the health and wellness world is to teach others how to change and grow for the better from the inside out. Breathwork, mindfulness, and knowledge are at the foundation of our structure. This is followed by alternative and specialized forms of physical exercise to help the modern human living in a highly stressful and stimulating environment.

THEORY OF EXERCISE

The majority of Americans today operate in what is known as the fight or flight mode. We as human beings are designed to live the majority of our lives in the mode of regeneration, rebuilding and sufficient rest. When we are not in this state, our bodies react with all kinds of inflammations, aches and pains, and a state of constant fatigue, regardless of how much we “sleep” or exercise. While someone can look externally fit, their internal systems are what is called metabolically obese and can be walking time bombs for future issues, generally external injuries, and internal inflammatory diseases that become “chronic”, and over medicated, which in itself can turn into more problems down the road.
While the modern fitness world seems to be bent on strictly high intensity type training that only reinforces our sympathetic mode, most people need to learn first how to turn on and off this mode. We have also found this to be a dominant source of a lot of body issues. Take for instance someone who struggles with overexercising and underfeeding their bodies in an effort to change their body fat or inflammatory issues, but see no results. This leads to confusion and frustration, which in turn sets off the vicious cycle of stress and disfunction.

METHOD
Our method is naturally detoxing to promote optimal function of the lymphatic system, and to connect with the two most important muscles in our bodies- the heart and the diaphragm. Once clients are able to reconnect in this way with their beautiful bodies, they learn how to effortlessly work internally to turn on their sympathetic systems when needed for optimal results. Here is where high intensity training comes in handy and is appropriate depending on the client’s goals.