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Ready for your next Feldenkrais Movement Class? Baby Liv paves the way.

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T21:26:13-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness.|

The foundations of human movement development, meaning how our movement started from day 1, is the purest form of human learning that exists. When we can approach new tasks, projects, actions, tough and risky situations, with the principles that build the foundations of early childhood movement development...you can't go [...]

Ditch The Stretching And Pilates… Just Copy The Kids!

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T21:27:02-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness.|

When I teach my introductory workshops it can often come as a major shock when I tell the story of "How I Got Better" after my accidents and surgeries back in 2000-2001. I was sore, tight, and constantly tearing muscles even with all the great exercise rehabilitation and stretching [...]

A perfect anti-aging exercise for the physical body. Just YOU and the floor!

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T21:29:44-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness., Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

Do you remember the slogan, "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up"? It was from a commercial advertising an alert system you could wear, or have in your home, that would alert a response team (marketed to the elderly) to come to your aid in case of a [...]

What I predict is the next big thing…from industry to diversity (of movement that is).
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What I predict is the next big thing…from industry to diversity (of movement that is).

What I predict is the next big thing…from industry to diversity (of movement that is).

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T21:30:37-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, I'm Smitten-With..., Movement. Awareness., Nervous System Resiliency, Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

Are you someone who doesn't want to spend multiple hours a week going to various fitness and group classes to improve your flexibility, strength, balance and self-awareness? This was me 12 years ago. I was rehabbing a nasty knee injury and was spending close to 2 hours everyday [...]

Did you know that taking a deep breath to relax is actually counter-productive?
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Did you know that taking a deep breath to relax is actually counter-productive?

Did you know that taking a deep breath to relax is actually counter-productive?

Irene Lyon2024-07-17T04:26:38-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

When we are more active; during exercise, when we go up a flight of stairs or run for the bus, our breathing should increase. When we are relaxed; reading a book, watching TV or sleeping, our breathing goes down because our metabolism is slower. Why do we find [...]

The biggest reason we are struggling as a species and how I believe we can change this.

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T21:33:02-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, I'm Smitten-With..., Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

This essay is how I see things and what I'd like to do about it. It starts out a little dark, but gives some solutions towards the end, as well as my inspiration for it - so please read all the way through. Irene. * * * “…we are [...]

Why I said YES after 4 days. A love story.

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T21:35:37-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Relationships & Social Connection, Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

A true love story..... About two years ago, I was deep in the woods of Oregon, surrounded by the first snow fall of the season. I was visiting a man who I had met about one month prior to this time. We met at his home, a [...]

Why the “C” word is killing your ski performance.

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T21:41:41-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness.|

When we are doing dynamic activities, such as skiing, we want our big muscle groups to be on-line in such a way that they get active when the time is appropriate, and then inhibited when they are no longer needed. The key words for optimal sports performance are Adaptability and Resiliency. Not [...]

What kind of living would you rather have: Pain-free and easy or heavy and sluggish?

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T21:49:04-07:00Free Stuff, Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness., Pain & Chronic Illness|

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 [...]

The secret to avoiding knee replacement and the arthritis that (usually) goes with it.

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T21:56:38-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Pain & Chronic Illness|

Today my hubby and I went for a hike in our lovely backyard of Whistler, BC. The alpine wildflowers are in FULL bloom (as you can see above and below) and when they are in full bloom you want to be there. A little info about my past first [...]

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I’m here to bring a ginormous spotlight to an area of health and healing that’s being overlooked: unresolved and untreated trauma (of all kinds!).

Before you say, “I wasn’t traumatized”, please, please stick around because we, the scientific and clinical practice community, are finally redefining what a traumatic experience and adversity really is and it is not what most people think! I am here to give everybody access to education that is NOT dumbed down and assumes the reader wants the truth – even if it means getting into the nitty-gritty and feeling some feels. This means my articles (and videos that often accompany them) are more on the in-depth side and require you to think a bit more. In some cases a lot more. I hope you take some time to sink your curiosity into all that is on this page.

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