Finding Space in the Midst of Grief
Approaching grief is anchoring me in the here and now with all its paradoxes. Currently, grief is like a rock in the pit of my stomach. It is dense, hard, and immovable as it sits heavily. My tears wear away …
Interoception Offers Highly Sensitive People (HSP) Help
Interoception offers Highly Sensitive People (HSP) help. This can be help for overwhelm, emotional flooding and focus. Interoception is a tool you can use when your sensory system get overwhelmed. Let’s back up. Highly Sensitive People (HSP) need help because …
COVID-19: Feeling Regulated and Finding Action in Despair
I have been thinking a lot about how our country and many of our lives feel so discordant or just strangely different. The covid lock down was so sudden and unexpected. We lost the steadiness of predictability and access to …
Somatic Movement and Embodied Inner Ecology
What is Somatic Movement and Inner Embodied Ecology? Embodied Inner Ecology is an outcome Somatic Movement. Just as we live in an ecological community made up of the unity and diversity of trees, plants, stones, bodies of water, animals etc..our …
Why I use Somatic Movement as a Yoga Therapist
I use somatic movement for yoga therapy. I use somatic movement as a yoga therapist because it is so effective.Most Yoga therapists I know face all types of challenges from clients. Chronic pain, incomplete recovery from surgery, problems due to …
Image and Change- How conscious anatomy changes you.
As a teacher and coach, I use metaphor and imagery to stimulate where I think a therapeutic experience could be had. But, I ask it it to arise from the natural wisdom of my clients body. This healing movement is …
Fascia Based Yoga and Movement for Parkinson’s Disease
Yesterday I had the honor of teaching a movement and yoga class for people with PD at a conference sponsored by Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center. I had a room of about 150 PD patients and caregivers. I won’t ever see …
Build Strength and relieve Pain with Natural Rhythm and Ease
We all have rhythms that build on our bodies desire for varying amounts of effort and rest. Think of spending a day in the woods hiking. You might start out slowly and then pick up speed. You might rest frequently or …
The Ihunch sHuffle
Did you know that slouching can cause emotional distress and physical pain and limitation? A health psychology randomized trial study has shown that slumped participants used more negative emotion words, sad words, expressed being more at the affect of events and used fewer …
Strong, Flexible and Pain Free = Happy Body
I have no doubt you know that your core (abdominal and spinal) strength and flexibility have a powerful effect on all parts of your body.Maybe people sense this instinctively by tightening their gut to stand taller. But did you know that …