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Core support includes strengthening your back

How do you make your back stronger without hurting it? A simple, head to toe arching movement can strengthen your back, providing core support. It will also improve your sitting posture as well as stretching and opening your front body. I see tons of videos and exercises for strengthening your core out there. For some … Read more

Using the ground to calm yourself

Core support in action Have you ever noticed that when folks are freaking out, they try to think themselves into calm? Our brain is the most excitable part of our body, so this strategy doesn’t work most of the time. Core support comes from our body, and from the ground. Calming down is a bottom … Read more

Postural rehabilitation: a conversation with Dr. Ron Lavine

Would the world be a better place if you had better posture? This week’s video is about postural exercise and healing, or rehabilitation. In this interview with my colleague Dr. Ron Lavine, we cover important topics such as: When I asked Ron how the world would be different if everyone had access to high quality … Read more

Core support: using rotational movement to activate it

Core support can be much easier than you think. Core support is important because it protects all the joints in your body – especially the more delicate ones in your limbs that are more prone to injury. Beneficial core support, however, does not stiffen your torso, compress your organ spaces, or make breathing difficult. Rotational … Read more

Vitality for therapists: six foundational movements

Using mindful movement to revitalize your body between sessions 6 whole body movements. 7 sense organs. 12 cranial nerves. This is my self-care score for vitality. I’m pointing to a revitalization and mobilization of tissues and an awakening of sense organs that helps us organize ourselves bottom up, not top down. It’s the opposite of … Read more

How to prevent compassion fatigue for therapists

An Alexander Technique based somatic practice Compassion has been on my bodymind lately. As a buddhist, I have found that sitting zazen seems to cultivate compassion. It arises on it’s own, sometimes when I don’t want it to. Depending on context, there is always someone folks don’t want you to have compassion for, yet it … Read more

Newsletters for Holistic Practitioners

Why they are good for you, your business, and your clients Are you a solopreneur struggling with a massive to-do list, and less available time to do anything? Perhaps you are working a part time job while starting a new business. Perchance you have been in business for years, but you want to spend some … Read more

Experiential Anatomy in Motion

Using your magic anatomical imagination My deepest desire this week was something I don’t want to do. I don’t want to contribute more energy to the spinning vortex of fear and violence that is moving across our political landscape. What does that have to do with experiential anatomy? Let me tell you. For me, anatomy … Read more

Love letter to the somatic entrepreneur

How I learned to be a “good enough” business person and do the work I love. This blog post will probably be read by some of my beloved students. If you are interested in how I got to “where I am” it may be of interest. If not, just know that I am so grateful … Read more