When you experience physical pain, ignore it and say something like, "I'll take care of that later", you are doing a HUGE disservice to your precious body. When body movement is inefficient and painful, energy levels get zapped, joints suffer, entire body systems break down, healing is hindered and the aging [...]
Function. Melts. Form. I LOVE - like so love - those three words in that order. The order is important! It’s a title from a chapter in a book called, How Buildings Learn, by Stewart Brand. When I read it I couldn't let that concept go. What this means is that [...]
Balance is insidious. We are always seeking balance whether you know it or not. By balance, I don't mean "life balance." I mean "living in a vertical plane and on two feet" kind of balance. Even when we are laying down, our inner ear and other very important body [...]
Us in the Western world have been bull-dozed by postural ideals, and sadly, the status quo for good posture can actually do us more harm than good. We are constantly trying to satisfy an aesthetic norm (e.g., tummy in, chin high, shoulders back etc.), or even our mothers cry [...]
One of the ways I work with people is via the principles of The Feldenkrais Method. This method was founded by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984). Moshe was one of the pioneers in the uprising of the "mind-body" movement. He was sought out for his skill and genius in working with [...]
Two days ago I went skiing with the individual I highlight below. On our way up the hill we were chatting about recovering from injuries and how her outlook on healing - as well as her pain - changed after she starting working with me. We are good buds [...]
People often don't believe me when I say, "I haven't stretched in ten years". It's true. Sure I move and have a practice of body awareness that involves feeling where I might have a few tight spots here and there, but I no longer hold static stretches for long [...]
Several people said, "It's magic!" I read the above orange letters in a colleagues newsletter a day or so ago. The magic that is being talked about is what people said after they experienced some good old Feldenkrais-Love. I get similar comments from my class participants. I've been called [...]
Check this out! Here are some striking before and after pictures of my hubby Seth. Today he was putting together an iMovie slideshow from his "lost years" and I was absolutely flabbergasted when I saw this shot of him. This photo, just below, is from about nine years [...]
I wrote a piece a while back that featured the founder of Contact Dance Improvisation speaking his truths about human movement. This video shows a room of contact dancers 'playing' the way they play, and they have a very brave and young participant too! Check it out and keep reading.... [...]
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