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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
"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 [...]
Click here to re-tweet "The other shade of dualism: "Multi-Dimensionalism." Black - White. Sick - Not Sick. Happy - Unhappy. Health - Unhealthy. Function - Dysfunction. Flexible - Stiff. Introvert - Extrovert. Mind - Body. now you try.... Something goes here. Something goes there. I'm THIS. I'm THAT. This dualistic way of [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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