When you are first learning a new movement or action, you might notice that your movements are kind of big and jerky and rough... but after a while (sometimes just a very short while) it all becomes smoother and easier. Why IS that? Well, this is your body busy learning. Specifically, it is your nervous [...]
Your "back space" - the back side of your body... is, well, "out of sight" eh. It is "back there somewhere", but often not something we notice or USE in our awareness of our movement. So, what happens when you DO pay attention to it? (And what the heck does a rolling pin have to [...]
Today, something different from my usual blog and blog video. I am sharing with you a remarkable TV interview done in 1981 with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (the originator of the Feldenkrais Method®). The TV show was called "The Medicine Man", with host Dr. Stephen Langer. In this interview, Moshe talks about how, in situations where [...]
Spring is here! I can tell, because the swans and geese are flying overhead - AND I was able to get my canoe into the lake and up into Miles Canyon this past weekend. YIPPEEEEEE! (This is all happening unusually early this year, after an oddly warm winter here in Yukon.) Every spring, as I [...]
There is a "sneaky" spot, in your LOWER lower back, that may be stuck. Perhaps without you even knowing it is stuck. (That's why it's sneaky). And if it IS stuck, it can affect your lower back (and whole back) comfort, and strength, and movement. In this video, with the help of a (plastic) skeleton [...]
Last time we looked at one good question, eh: What is the biological purpose of tightness, and why does some tightness stick around for soooo long and sooooo persistently?? Today, a related good question: why does "stretching" often not work very well (or feel good!), or last very long?? Hint: the answer to this is [...]
So here is a good question, eh: Why DO we have chronic tightness? What is the biological purpose of tightness, and why does some tightness stick around for soooo long and sooooo persistently?? Your body is smart, and it has what it considers to be a good reason for holding on to that tightness. In [...]
Welcome to "Grow Your Movement Freedom"! This is my blog that comes out on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month, exploring how you can unlock your body, create movement freedom - and open your world! Last time, we looked at how your eyes work, and talked about "vision" and "seeing". And how to [...]
Our eyes do a whole lotta work, every day. Watching the world is a busy business! Humans have "camera-type" eyes. Light comes into the eye, and gets focused through a lens on to a light-sensitive membrane called the retina. We have muscles within the eyeball that help us to focus by bending the lens in [...]
Today, we explore one of life's little mysteries: HOW do our bodies create length and a sense of lightness, length, lift... a sense of "Up" - against gravity??? The classic model of biomechanics is that bones stack up, like a tower. And muscles contract to move the bones (because that is all muscles can do [...]
