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
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
When words escape us, it’s time to fall down on the ground and rest. Anyone that has any sense of empathy, morality, and ethics may be feeling broken right now. What can we do, as therapists and healers, when sanity feels crazy? Words escape us for a reason, and it’s OK to not have answers. … Read more
Today I’m delighted to share with you an interview with my dear Alexander Technique colleague Imogen Ragone on how and why she built a membership community as a part of her business, BodyIntelligence. Membership community is one way holistic practitioners can increase income and “scale up” our businesses. Unfortunately, it can be a big energy … Read more
Last week I led a short, live embodiment practice for Global Somatic Movement Day, an online event hosted by the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association. The image above links to my offering, but you can also view the whole playlist from this special day here). My offering explored just one cranial nerve (CN5, … Read more
And if so….when? Orthopedic surgeries have a broad range of success rates. Hip replacement is now considered one of the most successful and least likely to have complications. You’ll find lots of encouragement online. I do think you will have a better outcome and shorter recovery if you don’t wait until you can barely bend … Read more
Sensorimotor practice for emotional integration I often use the phrase “get out of your head and into your body” to reach people who long for a more embodied, felt experience of their lives, undisturbed by overthinking. Sometimes you long for a life with less physical pain and more pleasure. Sometimes you want a life with … Read more
Why your body wants you to stop trying to be a better person Words of Wisdom from a Somanaut I think desperation is undervalued. It’s what happens when your body’s response to something becomes uncontrollable. Welcome it, and thank yourself for being healthy enough, human enough, to experience emotion. It’s an incredible opportunity to stop … Read more
Dear Friends, Does this ever happen to you: You sit down to meditate. Within 30 seconds you receive messages of distress and discomfort from your body-brain. Something else is needed, and this isn’t it… What can you do when the practices you rely on don’t produce the calming effect you so desperately need? I’ll answer … Read more
Awareness Preludes for Ease & Confidence Do you struggle with overthinking? Perhaps you were bullied, intensely criticized, or made to feel that you are less than, stupid, or ugly at some point in your past. You overthink things and feel overwhelming anxiety sometimes when you have to face challenges in your life… but you don’t … Read more