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 …
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 …
Losing Balance is an interesting phrase. We can lose balance physically. Often, this happens accidentally or is part of aging, muscle atrophy, or illness. We can lose our balance emotionally. Watching, reading, or listening to news reports can trigger horror, …
Sensuality, resilience, and the experience of simple pleasures help us all live a richer life. Unfortunately, we often deny ourselves the sensual. Too commonly, we think of sensuality as sexual, decadent, or even otherworldly. So, we shy away from it. …
Try and calm your nervous system with somatics. It’s quite effective. Somatics is calming and centering for your nervous system because it lets your body lead you into ease and recovery from the inside out. Many of us do good …
You can stop stomping as you walk. And, the good news with that as your feet, ankles, knees and back will gain in strength, flexibility and pain relief. You will also walk quietly, delighting family and neighbors, Stomping as you …
Embodiment and Somatic Movement as key to pain-free living. The new science of holistic pain relief tells us that chronic pain is often a habit. Let me back up. Pain is real – injury to our bodies (or minds or …
A self help tool. Lower back pain can be everything from an ongoing nuisance to a debilitating life crisis. Everyone who feels lower back pain needs both pain alleviation and learning how to move without re-triggering the problem. So how can yoga poses …
Dealing with the emotions of loss and grief means recognizing that some experiences in life are just awful. And, having feelings of sadness, dismay, anger or complete overwhelm happen. No one wants to feel these feelings yet they are part …
