Flourishing is the other side of the ‘meh’ of winter, isolation, no live music, that many of us feel at the moment. In Awareness Through Movement lessons, we follow the science and to take the path from ‘meh’ to flourishing: note progress after a lesson, savor the results of the learning, feel gratitude for our bodies, share the joy of embodiment, connect with self and others, find purpose in daily routines and be curious!
Read MoreThe Grand Horizontals - 4 - Swing Like A WPGA Pro
Some movements require the power and grace of the torso moving as a flexible, but connected, whole. This Awareness Through Movement® lesson riffs on a classic lesson designed to strengthen and release the spine, with an emphasis on the collar bones as the line that holds the entire shoulder girdle together.
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Read MoreThe Grand Horizontals - 3 - Reach Like A WNBA Star
For maximum extension from tip toe to finger tip, the collar bones (clavicles, “beauty bones”, “Grand Horizontals”) synergize with the hips and ribs. As useful for reaching that thing on the top shelf as winning a tip off.
(A variation of the classic 3-way hip lesson).
The Grand Horizontals - 2 - Glide Like a Classical Violinist: a side lying lesson to move the ‘beauty bones,’ shoulder blades and hips in coordination and grace.
Read MoreCollarbones, also known as the Grand Horizontals or Beauty Bones, say everything about your posture and alignment. Get yours flexing.
Read MoreDr. Andrew Huberman, Stanford Medical School, draws on the brain science to create an effective gratitude practice. A gratitude journal is nice, but repeating a story about receiving gratitude shifts your brain and body’s neural circuitry more potently than lists. Remember a situation, how it was resolved and who received the gratitude. Take a minute a few times a week to retell the story of receiving gratitude and deepen the groove to your gratitude center.
Read MoreIn “Finding Your Voice” on Seth’s blog, Seth suggests we practice using our voice so we are ready to speak with ease. Yet another reason to do ATM - with sound.
Read MoreGood news: the 2021 California Monarch count is up from 2020 - 100,000 and counting (up from 2000)
Read MoreScreen time is elongating your eyes, possibly leading to eye disease. “Seeing Cleary” exercises can help balance your eye health.
Read MoreMy sister comes out of her COVID and Breast Cancer cocoon, and wins $1500. New career as game show contestant? In LA, anything is possible.
Read MoreBack in the ‘80s, my dad learned to live with chronic back pain, thanks to Dr. John Sarno. Dr. Sarno’s mind-body approach to living with chronic pain is being validated by research, as told in a recent Washington Post article.
Read MoreMarketing 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…
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