Ease isn’t the same as easy. From Seth Godin channeling Moshe Feldenkrais.
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Quotes from Seth Godin and Sogyal Rinpoche on incompetence and rest as learning tools - just as Moshe Feldenkrais taught. First approximations and generous rests are baked into the Feldenkrais Method.
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Excerpts from an article by Dr. Nina Kraus, who studies how sound processing affects the brain, and how music and rhythm enable interpersonal synchronization and communications.
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Tech neck slumping can, in fact, activate the adrenals to express adrenaline, creating extra stress. Strengthening the abdominals can help keep the torso aligned, and prevent unnecessary adrenal stimulation.
Low crunch abs and pelvic floor awareness Awareness Through Movement lessons embrace a whole body approach to building up the obliques and six-pack so you gradually, safely strengthen your core.
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Despite all, women wage peace in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza
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Grammas, Nanas, Mimis, Aunties, Mommies, and cousins of every kind - your mission now definitely includes lullaby pain meds. The science is in: lullabies alleviate newborn baby pain.
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A pod recommendation: A History of Rock in 500 Songs
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According to Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology at University of California, Berkeley, “awe is what’s most human in us” and “human goodness was he most common source of awe mentioned” in hundreds of stories collected from twenty-six countries. Selected excerpts from an interview in the September issue of Sun Magazine.
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One of the 20 caterpillars - I feared all were eaten by slugs - survived and just hatched. My heart is lighter.
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Moshe on learning - pay attention to be a lifelong learner
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Learning from failure is essential to learning; useful failure is built into every ATM
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The fourth rainiest July on record must have been good for butterflies - a bonanza of caterpillars.
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Growth mindset - encouraging effort over identity - is baked into the Feldenkrais Method. The practice encourages curiosity, experimentation, and self-awareness over results. New research shows that a growth mindset leads to enhanced performance in current and future activities. Based, of course, on a recent Huberman Lab podcast.
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New research shows that the brain processes silence as if it were a sound.
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Klutziness is real. But, with conscious training, a realistic self image that includes seeing strengths, people who think themselves uncoordinated can enjoy sports. Based on a July 6, 2023 NYT article.
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My Feldenkrais “Origin Story” is published in the latest edition of “This Week At WREN.”
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A new “femunculus’ map of the brain adds “whole body integration” areas to the motor cortex. Again, science catches up with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais.
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