Happy Hips Happy Heart
Do you remember the exquisite movement you had as a child? And how happy it made you? You could jump, bounce and run with such energy and pleasure! You can’t become a child again but you can reclaim some of …
The Yoga of the Core: More Pleasure, Less Work!
When I mention the word core, I am often met with groans of discouragement. “Oh, I know I don’t do enough”, is the most frequent comment. But, too much focus on abdominal strength can interfere with your body’s natural ability to support …
Hurting yourself doing yoga?? What??!!
Have you hurt yourself doing yoga? Yoga???!! What??? It’s supposed to be totally safe!! And, for many of us, myself included, Yoga actually has been a primary way of getting into and knowing my body. After all, it’s a kind …
Living From the Wisdom of your Body brings happiness and comfort
Did you know that your natural, instinctive movement is likely compromised by old habits, bad modeling, injuries, emotions and cultural norms? I have had a life long quest into recovering my natural movement and I can help recover yours. I came into …
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? …
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 …
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 …
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 …
What’s up with Yoga therapy and why might I want it?
In my mind, Yoga therapy is the process of liberating the natural intelligence of the body to reverse the aching, pain and limitations we feel from age, injury and misuse. Most of us struggle to correct imbalances and problems while …