Do you feel joy easily? It can take work to evoke a feeling of joy at times. I count myself as lucky. I found an exciting profession and I love helping people. If I feel blue I can easily find joy in doing certain activities. One of...
Sorry for the literal title, but you have to know this information because it will surprise you and yes, make peeing easier...
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...
I would not describe myself as a great reader, like those people who devour books on a daily basis. I would say I am a slow, plodding, poorly educated reader that occasionally stumbles upon a "keeper". Well I stumbled. As I was doing some research for...
In a recent class taught in my Mindful Movement Series, I shared a lesson called Crossing Lines. The lesson involved measuring distances from one place on your body to another. For example the distance from the right shoulder and left hip was imagined and compared to...
There are times when the primary reason someone comes in for a Feldenkrais® Session is to connect with their emotional selves. As I had highlighted in the last blog "Crooked Healing Stories" pain can often be triggered by highly emotional events and/or prolonged stress. In this case, the...
Apart it from being a Tibetan Custom for showing respect, sticking out your tongue can be therapeutic. The tongue strongly influences the jaw! Try opening your mouth fully with your tongue pulled back toward your throat. Then try opening your mouth with your tongue moving forward and downward like...