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Posture in Motion
I practice yoga to keep my fascia silky enough and my joints adaptable enough that my coordination can stay smooth even as the aging process diminishes my stamina. Yet, here I was, post yoga class, walking in this awkward way. I teach movement, for heaven’s sake. How had I slid into this familial pattern?
Tongue Tension and Headaches Revisited
Tension in the tongue is commonly associated with jaw tension, and both jaw and tongue tension can contribute to headaches. Relationships within the face itself and between the face, head and neck are complicated.
Get to know your Interstitium
In both views, the body is understood as an ecosystem rather than a mechanism. And however the bionetwork is defined, this is progress in our understanding of our bodies.
Relaxing in the Dentist's Chair
Even though I know that that hardening my myofascia doesn’t help me get through an unpleasant experience, I find it understandable that my body tenses up when I feel pain. But what do I do once the pain moment is over?
Interview with @yourpregnantcore
A free-wheeling, leisurely conversation with my new Pilates friends.
How Perceptual Tensegrity Feels
I am so lucky to be able to take a lunchtime walk around the grounds of the State Capitol, which is just two blocks from my office. It is like a huge park, filled with a collection of very old trees
Perceptual Tensegrity
Tensegral body attitude, by expanding the space within the torso, grants more living room to your organs, beneficially affecting all visceral functions, including circulation, respiration, and digestion. And, because expansive visceral space contributes to high vagal tone, it can positively affect both health and social connectedness.
Posture and Perception
The contemporary workplace, where our eyes are trained on screens for many hours, skews the natural balance between peripheral and foveal vision (sharp, central focus responsible for details). This has a profound impact on our bodies.
Sentient Fingers
Today I was fascinated by her hands, how fluidly they float through the air, transform into fists without warning, and then melt again into clouds.
Your Tensegrity Body
Your body is a floating compression structure—bones float within a tensile matrix of soft tissue. This is a very different model from the old idea that your body should be lined up like a stack of blocks.
Shoes and Scoliosis
Ballet flats aren’t cute on a misaligned foot. If the foundation in the feet doesn’t support the body above, another region of the body will take on the responsibility for support—a knee, a hip or even the shoulders. Misalignment leads to more misalignment, and more tension.
Stress Eating and Your Posture
When we feel burdened by our responsibilities, our midlines shorten. Then, when we eat too much, diminished interior space caused by spinal compression makes it uncomfortable to engage core support through the abdomen.
Micromovement, Saliva and Posture
Today I learned something important about the micromovement of my tongue.
Breath and Gratitude
I invite my students to allow the emptiness the end of the exhalation in a way that primes the body to open and welcome the next inhalation. That momentary death within the pause bids life re-enter.