Feldenkrais

10 Practices for Creating a Safe Space in Your Mind-Body Classes

2020-06-03T11:43:55-07:00

If you are a yoga, dance, 5 Rhythms, Feldenkrais, meditation, and/or any other kind of teacher that guides groups of people into their body and mind via movement and mindfulness, this is for you! I’ve been a teacher of movement and mind-body awareness since 1997, so I [...]

10 Practices for Creating a Safe Space in Your Mind-Body Classes2020-06-03T11:43:55-07:00

A Marriage Made in Heaven

2021-05-25T11:37:50-07:00

I just got back from a few days soaking and chilling at one of my most favourite spots in the world: Breitenbush Hot Springs resort (think cute cabins without plumbing, lots of walking trails and lots of hot water and steam... ahh, the steam...). The hot springs are [...]

A Marriage Made in Heaven2021-05-25T11:37:50-07:00

How to Tell the Difference Between Fear and Frustration.

2020-06-30T12:04:09-07:00

Could Frustration Be The New Fear? Is fear something that you can sit with, and be with, and ponder? Do you say to yourself, "I have so much fear around 'xyz' and I have to figure out how to move forward"? I'd love to suggest that maybe semantics are [...]

How to Tell the Difference Between Fear and Frustration.2020-06-30T12:04:09-07:00

7 Tips to Help You Meditate (And Be in the World with Greater Ease).

2021-10-23T12:40:47-07:00

Do you have difficulty meditating? If you answered "yes" - I'm not surprised. Meditation is an advanced practice. It's kind of like the black belt of the mindfulness world. And just like in Karate, it was designed as a level of practice only permitted for those who have put in the [...]

7 Tips to Help You Meditate (And Be in the World with Greater Ease).2021-10-23T12:40:47-07:00

Grace: A Success Story

2022-01-01T15:20:17-08:00

Success stories come in many shapes and sizes. I could write an entire book about this specific story, but I’ll start with this... At this time in my career, it was 2008 and I was just beginning to learn Somatic Experiencing, a body-based method of helping resolve traumatic [...]

Grace: A Success Story2022-01-01T15:20:17-08:00

When it’s OK to Eat Lard and Why it’s Important to Look Beyond the Norm.

2019-04-30T13:06:20-07:00

Research shows that having abundant social support trumps healthy lifestyle habits. Malcolm Gladwell wrote about this phenomena in his first chapter of Outliers where he tells the tale of The Roseta Effect. The Roseta Effect is named after Italian immigrants (originally from a town in Italy called Roseta Valfotore) who [...]

When it’s OK to Eat Lard and Why it’s Important to Look Beyond the Norm.2019-04-30T13:06:20-07:00

Why it’s super important to practice getting down.

2019-04-30T13:06:21-07:00

If some higher God-like source were to tell me I could only teach one movement lesson for the rest of my life it would be this: Teaching people how to move from standing on two feet to lying on the ground completely flat on their backs and then to take [...]

Why it’s super important to practice getting down.2019-04-30T13:06:21-07:00

The secret to improving your walking is…….

2019-04-30T13:06:24-07:00

Imagine you need to re-learn how to walk. There could be a multitude of reasons why someone might need to do this: recovering from a broken leg, a sprained ankle, paralysis, stroke, spinal injury, shock, back pain....the list could go on and on. Then, there is this thing that happens [...]

The secret to improving your walking is…….2019-04-30T13:06:24-07:00