I am excited to announce that Week 17 holds a special place in my heart because you will start to integrate a concept I call Cognition Cardio into your weekly routine.

As we continue to gain strength endurance in our deep Breathing Core and total body, we will begin to challenge the brain on a lot of levels.

I have a former career as a Broadway dancer, and I am very familiar with how not only the body, but particularly the brain, is affected by learning patterns while getting the heart-rate up.

Cognition Cardio integrates breath-control (Breathography) with choreographed patterns (Cognition Cardio) to challenge your core, cardiovascular system, and BRAIN (reactive, short-term memory, balance, spatial awareness).

We will start at a very beginner level, and stay on the same combinations for 2 weeks straight, so that you begin to become familiar with the combos toward the end of the second week (but not TOO familiar...the purpose of using Cognition Cardio is to challenge your brain, so if you feel like you are being kept "on your toes", we are doing something right!

The reason I decided to add Cognition Cardio into the postpartum program is because the areas of the brain that are activated help to alleviate the anxiety felt when in the postpartum period.

For many, it is the working of reactive skills, short-term memory, and musical recognition that improve our mood and dampen feelings of stress...not to mention you are IMPROVING these functional abilities of your total BRAIN POWER!

Oh, and also, this is where things start to get REALLY FUN. Original playlists in every workout that keep your Breathography tempo perfectly aligned with your Breathing Core!

Come on Mama! It's Phase 3, LET'S GO!!

xx

AJ