Using your body to speak without stress or anxiety
Donna Brooks explains an essential tool for being effective and confident while all eyes are on you. Read more
Change Your Movement, Change Your Life
“Movement is life. Life is a process.Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life itself.” Moshe Feldenkrais What needs to improve in your life? Do you need more fun? More relaxation? More flexibility? Less strain or pain? You can balance your mind and emotions as you unfold your body into effortless and pain-free...
Strong Bones: A Well Aligned Sketeton in Motion
Donna Brooks, yoga therapist and movement analyst from Original Body Wisdom, joined us with tips on increasing bone health and developing a well aligned skeleton.
The Amazing Gliding and Sliding Joints
Happy Holidays and New Year This New Year take some pressure off of your joints. Joints benefit from healthy movement. They need to rotate and GLIDE. Too often we aviod painful joint movement or try to exercise them into getting better. Both solutions have their place. The way you can tell if you are helping your joints is through understanding...
Bone Health: A Well Aligned Skeleton in Motion
Does your basic movement intelligence help or hinder your fitness? Research shows that bad posture and inefficient movement predict how quickly you could find yourself in a nursing home. I don't want to see that happen any time soon and neither do you. A well aligned skeleton safely sustains all types of pressure, movements and vigorous activities that nourish bone growth...
Video: The Mountain Pose (Tadasana) from the pelvic floor
Donna Brooks E-RYT 500 Yoga Therapy and Movement Education teaching the basis for Tadasana and the vertical axis. A part of the Original Body Wisdom walking and gait clinic. Read more
Video: Simply Talking: Walking Clinic interview with Donna
Watch Donna discuss the benefits of an Original Body Wisdom Walking Clinic. Read more
Reflections on Teaching Yoga and Movement for Parkinson’s Disease
For the past three years I have had the very good fortune of teaching a Yoga and Movement for Parkinson's class out here in Hadley / Northampton Mass. I say good fortune because I get to watch courage, honesty and humility in action in every class. It also happens to be fun. My classes are meant to be soothing and...
