Donna Brooks 
Body is a Bioregion, Not a Machine
Traditional fitness and Western medicine often treat the human body like a car. If the exhaust pipes are rattling, you fix the exhaust. If your neck hurts, you stretch the neck.
But your body is not a machine made of isolated parts; it is an interconnected ecosystem. Anf it’s injuries are not disconnected from aliveness.
Grounding your way forward may sound contradictory. But, your first step forward is based on how well you can ground through your feet, The Secret to Grounding Your Way Forward Everyone gets excited when a baby takes its first step. …
Good posture enables your pelvic floor to fully lengthen and contract, while poor alignment—such as slouching or over-arching—strains these muscles, often leading to weakness, tightness, incontinence, or pelvic pain Neither Good Posture or the Pelvic Floor is Static. Good posture is …
These 4 keys are meant to help you find flow between these states and related receptivity and activity. They are brain and spinal cord states. If you don’t go into them easily, you may need support in changing your brain habits.
This is the best Somatic Breathing Exercise I know. It is simple, and yet it may challenge your ability to prioritize feeling and sensing over doing. To feel and sense means we are open to our experience instead of trying …
As we age, we generally have more body aches and pains. We injure ourselves more easily. Most of us accept this as the inevitable process of growing older. But what if we could continue to have ease and integrity in …
Did you know that walking with duck feet is often at the root of hip, knee, foot, and lower back pain? When your toes point out, it alters your body mechanics. Being duck-footed creates problems. And, it’s to your benefit …
And what to do instead As a Yoga teacher of nearly 40 years, I am well acquainted with the ongoing challenges of tight psoas muscles. I also have had a front seat view of how stretching will not relieve psoas …
And, 2 things you can do about it today. Often, we experience the kind of stress that tightens our jaw and our shoulders. But, did you know this very same stress can put too much pressure and or tightness into …
The movement of your pelvis is a little-known yet profound part of your Gait. This is a big topic. But, this blog post offers 3 essentil tips for you to experiment with and improve your walking gait. First, what is …
