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Practical guidance, neurosensory exercises, movement & exercise, somatic experiencing, circadian health, sleep

Walk (move) like you have a spine that spirals through your ENTIRE body. ‘Cause you DO!

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T22:30:54-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness.|

Our DNA is a spiral. Two spirals twisted together that biologists call "The Double Helix". Our bones have spiral-like qualities to them too. This gives them their strength, resiliency and shock absorption prowess. Our muscles aren't attached to our bones in straight lines either, so why the heck do [...]

When is the best time to see a Feldenkrais practitioner or go to a class? Allow me to give you “My Dentist Analogy”

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T22:34:36-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness.|

Think about the dentist for a moment. Depending on the history of your teeth, the dentist can be an ‘OK’ experience, or it simply sucks. I’m one of those people who people hate. I never floss, I only brush my teeth before going to bed, I eat sugar, and [...]

How to be Comfortable Sitting on The Ground. Step 1 – Lengthen Those Tight Hamstrings. [ATM @ Alta (the bistro in Whistler)]

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T22:37:55-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness.|

Click here to re-tweet "How to be Comfortable Sitting on The Ground. Step 1 - Lengthen Those Tight Hamstrings." This morning I taught a Feldenkrais Movement Class (aka: "ATM", or Awareness Through Movement) at a local bistro, Alta Bistro. One of the managers loves ATM, and he really wanted [...]

“More neon than nuance and food is advertised rather than hunted for”

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T22:38:41-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness., Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

"It's appalling how we disuse the body." Says Steve Paxton, the founder of contact dance improvisation. I've written about what he speaks about, his ethos if you will, in a blog post from last year titled "Would you drive a Ferrarri that way?." Check out the video below. If [...]

Part 1: How Our Past “Content” Shapes Our Present & Future. (lessons from tall trees and Gladwell’s Outliers

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T22:41:52-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Nervous System Resiliency|

Click here to re-tweet "Part 1: How Our Past "Content" Shapes Our Present & Future. (lessons from tall trees and Gladwell's Outliers)" I LOVE THIS from Malcolm Gladwell's book titled Outliers: "Biologists often talk about the 'ecology' of an organism: the tallest oak in the forest is the tallest [...]

The Present Problem with Moshe Feldenkrais’ Work (as it’s “traditionally” taught). An 8-Week Pilot Period: The anecdotal results are in!

Irene Lyon2024-04-30T15:21:03-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness., Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

Click here to re-tweet "The Present Problem with Moshe Feldenkrais' Work (as it's "traditionally" taught). An 8-Week Pilot Period: The anecdotal results are in!" “To be sanguine about the future, however, requires a plausible basis for constructive action: you cannot describe possibilities for that future unless the present problem [...]

Feldenkrais: Sheryl Field speaks about the late Moshe Feldenkrais’ classic lecture: “To correct is incorrect”

Irene Lyon2024-04-30T15:22:45-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness.|

Click here to re-tweet "Feldenkrais: Sheryl Field speaks about the late Moshe Feldenkrais' classic lecture: "To correct is incorrect" Why we don't "Correct" or try to "Fix" people in Feldenkrais Sessions. "(we) offer the person the time. Real, ON-LINE Time.......so the sensations can register and integrate with where they [...]

Nervous System Cleansing 101. Step 3: Orientation + Body Awareness + BREATH

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T22:44:37-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Nervous System Resiliency|

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 [...]

Achy Back and Knees? Why getting more flexibility and “smartness” in those ankles will help ease the ache (trust me on this one!)

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T22:46:40-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness., Pain & Chronic Illness|

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, [...]

Lower Back Love. What exactly IS lower back love anyways? (& why the picture of the bull fighter?)

Irene Lyon2024-04-26T22:49:53-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness., Pain & Chronic Illness|

. 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 [...]

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