Gift certificates for Feldenkrais sessions, are a wonderful way to say “I love you” to that person that has everything! Do you know someone who is hard to find a gift for? I do! Often I turn to a gift that helps a person feel better, happier, healthier etc. If your loved one suffers […]
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Is there a correlation between how long you live and lung capacity? According to the American Lung Association our lung capacity begins to reduce after the age of 35 years of age. Until the age of 25 years of age our lungs are still developing. Did you know that we have the ability to hold
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It does so much to keep us healthy and alive! I describe it as our internal pump that helps everything move in the body. It doesn’t only draw air into our lungs. The movement of the diaphragm helps us with circulation. In the image you will see blood vessels passing through it. Taking a few
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Calm your breath to help deal with stress. Here is a video to help you quickly and effectively shift to a calmer you! I explain the mechanics and the science of a Cadence breath and lead you through it. What the heck is proper breathing? What did you just do right now when I said
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The topic of breathing is near and dear to my heart. In the past I have taught workshops on the subject such as “Breathing With Ease” and “Calm Body, Calm Mind – Getting a Handle on Anxiety”. Currently I am teaching a series called Take a Breath. I love the topic because it is a function
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There can be many contributors to neck pain. The more you understand your habits, the more you can adjust yourself during the day and in the end, decrease neck tension. This applies to breathing habits. If you have chronic neck issues you could be: Raising your shoulders while you inhale Using your shoulder blades
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In Awareness Through Movement Classes®, the teacher guides her students through a series of movements. This guidance is provided verbally and is intended to assist in directing the student’s awareness as the lesson progresses. Movements usually start out small and expand to more complex movements. By “breaking down” motion to smaller parts the student can
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Caroline came to me after reading the book “Crooked, Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery” by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin. Like the author, Caroline had suffered on and off with back pain for decades. Bouncing from various therapies, she had no long term resolution. It was an expensive problem to
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Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais was a brilliant somatic teacher. He understood from teaching thousands of lessons and treating countless people that having a free and mobile pelvis was critical to healthy movement. One of Feldenkrais’ iconic lessons is THE PELVIC CLOCK. It was published in 1972 in Moshe’s book Awareness Through Movement. Since then many versions have been described
What connects all these parts? Now for my OMG moment with a client of mine….She came in with a swollen right knee due to a mis-step in exercise class and in the end we discovered that her tongue position was making her jaw and head shift to the left. Every time she stepped on her
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