Marketing master and dedicated blogger Seth Godin’s essay on effort and quality could have come out of an ATM lesson or book by Moshe Feldenkrais. Why do we equate quality with effort? Beautiful movement and effective business practices come from good organization, not extreme effort.
Read MoreLast in this series. The classic “Spine Like a Chain” lesson, with singing. Find the blocks, cracks, blind spots and kinks, and heal them with song.
Read MoreMore Pelvic Floor - 5 - Core Values - Breathing, punching and kicking freely because the pelvis is working effectively. This simple lesson will
Read MoreA return to quadrant breathing, with an emphasis on the diaphragm and voice-o-meter. Inspired by Meghan Trainor and Lizzo.
Read MoreUse your voice as a sensor and feedback mechanism to find and release neck and jaw tension. The masters of the Buena Vista Social Club demonstrate…
Read More“Liberating Your Neck and Jaw” meets “Listening With Your Whole Body”, on “Moon River.” Audrey and Aretha are our guides to filling the lungs, quadrant by quadrant, and releasing, for power and beauty.
Read MoreThe lesson goes upright to bring the series into the practical: balancing the head in perfectly while letting your heart ring true.
Read MoreNovember 2, 2021 is the free bonus day for “Never Stop: The Artistry of Self-Care and Creativity for Lifelong Embodied Performances. Talks on how Awareness Through Movement® can help high-performing actors, classical musicians and formal dancers break the shackles of ‘technique,’ avoid stress injuries and find freedom for creativity. For the rest of us, terrific talks on embodying social justice.
Read MoreImagine your tongue as the very tip of your spine and stretch.
Read MoreLiberating Your Neck and Jaw - 5 - Untie Your Tongue - tongue ‘posture’ can affect vision, balance, neck alignment and more. An exercise in tongue untying.
Read MoreLiberating Your Neck and Jaw - 4 - More Jaw Connections - recap lessons to date, add the shoulders and roll with it. Who knew the jaw could help a swing?
Read MoreLiberating Your Neck and Jaw - 3 - Arch and round the back as a wave; coordinate eyes, head and jaw for even more fluid moves.
Read MoreCreative inspiration - How composer, musician, author, seeker (and my bass teacher) Ruth Mendelson nutures and heeds the call to create. Expanding Reality podcast.
Read MoreAccording to experts cited by the Washington Post, sharing novel experiences is a great way to reconnect with friends. What’s more novel than an Awareness Through Movement® lesson, even if we are still connecting by Zoom.
Read MoreLiberating Your Neck and Jaw 2 - Side Sliding Right Into the Ribs - experimenting with how the alignment of the jaw side-to-side can affect whole body balance.
Read MoreFifty years after it first launched, “Songs of the Humpback Whale” has inspired environmentalists, oceanographers, listeners and musicians. Meet Katy and Roger Payne, who brought whale song to the world.
Read MoreA recent article in Science New proposes that psychological richness, along with happiness and meaning, make for well-being. In other words, you don’t need to suffer, but you don’t need to be stable and happy to live a satisfying life.
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