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Somatic Epiphanies and Four-Letter Words
How can you get your somatic discoveries to become new habits of moving and being?
Time Off to Slow Down
It was as if I’d stepped off of a year-long roller coaster ride and even though my feet were now on solid ground my insides continued to churn.
Perfection and PD
I’ve never been shy about having PD—I figure everybody has to have something. But I hated that it distracted from what I thought was a valuable presentation.
Medical Mis-Adventures
Living with PD has made me understand that no matter how well you’ve managed health with good nutrition, Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, homeopathy, or other wellness alternatives, you may one day require the assistance of mainstream medicine.
SOMATIC DOLDRUMS
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.
Music and Motor Sequencing
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
What IS Posture?
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.
A Movement Disorder
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.