Where would be without the goodness, truth and beauty conveyed by books and music that we loved, that shaped and inspired our lives?
Read MoreWhat muscle has three O’s in it? Runs from the scapula to the front of the neck? Has a fascial “sling” halfway along its length?
Read MoreThe scalenes, according to some anatomy texts, are possibly the second most important muscles in respiration….
Read MoreIda Rolf noted that when flexors flex, extensors have to extend - that lets us know the idea of a single “prime mover” is a myth….
Read MoreDuring recent days, with mask-wearing and most of us living with a restricted ‘range of motion’ in our social lives, in our bodies, and a layer of anxiety this unusual time evokes, we often find ourselves not breathing fully. Here’s a technique that can help….the re-inspiration fulcrum.
Read MoreYears ago I had a series of conversations with Jon Zahourek, the creator of the Anatomy in Clay Learning System, here are some highlights!
Read MoreAs a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man…
Read MoreWe know that touch can be meaningful, just like music. Yet can we say we “understand” touch? - let’s explore that question.
Read MoreThe pyramid meditation is one of the most effective ways I’ve found to become centered in body, mind and spirit - here is a text and video version of this meditation (which I learned within the Zero Balancing community).
Read MoreOne day in winter many years ago I was sitting, feeling depressed, on a cold rough step in front of the New York Public Library, when I had a memorable encounter….
Read MoreIf you hold anything for long, it will begin to speak to you. Every part of the body has a story to tell. You might think that toes, for instance, don’t have a lot to say, but you’d be wrong…
Read MoreThe Half-Moon Vector - A fulcrum for the whole field of the person’s structure and energy…
Read MoreMusic expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. - Victor Hugo
Read More““All movement is to invisible music although few people hear it. It comes from the sun and the wind and the movement of water…
Read MoreThese days it seems everyone has good reasons to go “crazy”. If you’re not at least a little crazy these days, then you must be nuts. “Normal” is just a consensus trance. We don’t need a new normal – we need to awaken from our trances…
Read MoreAt Newport Folk Festival in 1963, I was not quite 16 years old. By my parents’ grace, I was staying all by myself at a hotel for the duration of the festival….
Read MoreWalking makes your brain better along with your body, and your emotions…
Read MoreThere’ve been many lovely short pieces on the brainpickings site. However, during the pandemic, another essential part of us has been all covered up and deserves to see the light of day - the nose.
Read MoreSukha Yoga in Austin is one of the many vast resources for meditation, yoga and psycho-spiritual support that we luckily have available to us today….
Read More“May all beings enjoy happiness and the causes of happiness…”
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