This post is Step 3, in a series of posts titled: Nervous System Cleansing 101 Step 1 is here, Step 2 is here. * * * The moment you see the word breath, or breathe - do you do just that? Take a breath, or starting breathing? It's different [...]
I get a lot of the same questions from folk, trying to 'figure out' what I do, or how 'I work'. It's not an easy bunch of questions to answer because everyone is different and we all have different experiences with body-work, body-based forms of psychotherapy, movement classes etc. [...]
Click here to re-tweet Achy Back and Knees? Why getting more flexibility and "smartness" in those ankles will help ease the ache (trust me on this one!) If anyone knows about achy knees it's me. Most chronic aches and pains, especially in the knees and lower back, [...]
Click here to re-tweet 'why going into your automatic freeze response can save your skin. Lessons from the wild. My good colleague-friend Anthony 'Twig' Wheeler told me about this video clip a few days back. (thanks Twig!, and thanks to Neal Winbald for having them on his site). We [...]
. Click here to re-tweet What exactly IS lower back love anyways? (& why the picture of the bullfighter) Humans have this unique quality called bipedalism. We are upright creatures and we move ourselves from point A to point B on tiny little bases called feet. This means that [...]
If you haven't checked out Step 1: Nervous System Cleansing 101: Step 1 - Orientation, be sure to do so. If you don't, this won't make that much sense. I'm going to keep this post shorter so you can catch up with the first step of orientation. Part 3 is [...]
Here's testament to the amazing results that athletes have got by combining Feldenkrais' principles and practices into their training routines. // “The day after I had a private lesson with Irene, we had an on snow training session and I noticed right away that my skiing was effortless. I [...]
This is the first of a series of posts titled “Nervous System Cleansing 101″. These posts are an invaluable beginning for learning about the stress response and how to gently navigate out of stressful events in order to bring your focus and your entire body back to the [...]
The ability to “orient” to your immediate surroundings is key in cleansing trauma from the nervous system. This audio session focuses on the practice of orientation. audio file: Level 1: Orientation (10 mins) . What to know about orientation When things like anxiety or a stressful situation threaten to overtake [...]
My story goes something like this In 2001, my kneecap spontaneously broke in half while I was walking down a flight of stairs. Yep, you read right. And 'Ouch' is right too! It was a complication from an ACL (anterior cruciate knee ligament) surgery, and, it was without a [...]
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