Touching into Presence Podcast
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Wide-ranging conversation about tensegrity, Rolf Movement®, and the principles of Rolfing Structural Integration.
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Somatic Gratitude
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It’s easy to distinguish the feeling of gratitude from that of disappointment. But how do the sensations of gratitude differ from those of happiness, love, or relief? Could I find a way to more fully embody my thanksgiving?
Read MoreTensegrity in Daily Life
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Your “perceptual tensegrity” can improve your balance when you practice yoga. It can activate your core in Pilates. It can keep you from tripping when you walk down the street. Because awareness of space outside the body creates more space inside the body. One result is that your muscles are then arrayed to best advantage for efficient coordination.
Read MoreMandible, Maxillae, Molars and Movement
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Jaw tension can be an unrecognized source of upper neck stiffness and pain. This post suggests a way to release your jaw by meditating on your molars.
Read MoreSOMATIC DOLDRUMS
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No two people with Parkinson’s Disease experience the same array of symptoms, but I think I can safely generalize that it’s no longer possible for any of us to take movement for granted.
Read MoreStanding Up with PD
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An online presentation to my local Parkinson’s Disease support group. There’s information in it that’s useful for anyone, not just people living with PD.
Read MoreMusic and Motor Sequencing
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I had stumbled upon the basis for music therapy. The AirPods give me the experience of being inside the music which is different from just listening to it —although that’s helpful too
Read MoreWhat IS Posture?
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in reality, posture is dynamic. It’s a process of moving the body through time and space. Ideal posture is only a moment in time. At any given moment we must be perceptually oriented to the ground and to the spatial field surrounding us. That perceptual orientation allows us to feel secure enough in our environment to express ourselves in response to what we are facing.
Read MoreStaying Mobile While Sheltering in Place
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I take my time, resisting the urge to “fix” what I think should move more gracefully. If I stay within today’s comfort zone, movement gradually becomes freer without force.
Read MoreBody-Mind Connections—Part Two
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Twenty years ago I took a basic course with the Bodynamic Institute. What I like about this approach to body/mind correlation is that I can feel the reality of it in my body. Other groups’ formulations often feel more cerebral than physical.
Read MoreBody-Mind Connections, Part One
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When we cradle an infant, our hands automatically support the tiny sacrum and cranium. Without thinking about it, we touch with delicacy and awe.
Read MoreEssential Proprioception*— Part One
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Crown center and perineal center are primal, intimate locations in your body. At first, simply feel them—taking time to know where they are.
Read MoreA Movement Disorder
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Exercise doesn’t increase dopamine levels in the brain but it does affect the efficiency with which available dopamine is recruited to serve brain circuitry.
Read MoreYoga, Alignment and Movement
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Diminished spatial perception creates compression in the body. That diminution of interior body space is a major cause of poor postural organization and limited range of motion. Changing how you stand or move is not the answer. Changing how you perceive and interact with the world is.
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