6-8 minute read The paradox of sensing with what we're trying to sense This week's video: Head/Neck posture reset Quick tip: A simple wall exercise for instant posture relief Upcoming Anatomy Courses "We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are." ~ Anaïs Nin A small child clutches a pillow to their face, giggling behind their makeshift shield. In their world, a perfect logic prevails: because you have disappeared from their sight, they assume they have also disappeared from yours....
19 days ago • 4 min read
• 5 minute read The Stories Our Bodies Tell There's something deeply human about our need to categorize and name the world around us,Reader . We divide, label, and organize—creating taxonomies of plants, periodic tables of elements, grammatical rules for language. In anatomy, we've named every bone, muscle, and tissue, constructing intricate maps of the human form. This analytical approach serves us well in many ways. It allows us to communicate precisely, to isolate problems, to develop...
26 days ago • 3 min read
Rules are made to be broken. How many times have you been told to "keep your shoulders down" as you raised your arms overhead, or struggled to maintain connection to the handles in an advanced variation of Arch/Curl? The truth is Reader, our arms are designed to spiral as they express their full range of motion, and the scapulae and shoulders are meant to follow them. Scapulo-Humeral Rhythm: Movement in Harmony The scapulo-humeral rhythm is the interplay between the scapula, humerus, and...
30 days ago • 1 min read
• 5 minute read I'd almost forgotten what Joy feels like. A bubbling, vibrant energy infused with dynamism. Joy - a slice of excitement mixed with happiness, served with a drizzle of pride and notes of inspiration. Mine arrives with a shot of motivation - the good stuff - never mixed with frenzy. That side of me disappeared three months ago. Replaced by someone wondering who she might have been had 11/06 gone differently. The election changed me more than any other world event I can remember....
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Split seconds before this picture was taken, I was about to be swallowed by mud. Stepping into that fantastic backdrop, my feet sank into ground that disappeared beneath them. An invisible bog, barely discernible from the lush jungle landscape that surrounded me, threatened to consume my body. I quickly summoned my strength, grabbed onto some surrounding branches and pulled myself up and out. Holding onto those supporting stalks, I nailed the shot, and carefully sidestepped the swampy abyss....
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Reading Time: 6-7 minutes Body sounds & what they mean Hip clunking explained 20 minute routine to realign your hips Bodies are Funny Things. Although we do our best to control their behavior, there are times when the noises they make are entirely out of our control. Burps, farts and stomach rumblings are first on the list of uninvited sound effects on the "living being" soundtrack, closely followed by the snaps, crackles and pops that we can both hear and feel as we move our beloved "meat...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader, How are you doing? Given the current events, it’s only normal that we’re all feeling unstable. It’s harder than ever to predict or plan for the future right now, and we depend on these two things to create security in our lives. Priorities shift in the presence of danger, and at this moment threats seem to be appearing like a swarm of angry wasps - surrounding us on all sides and moving faster than we can track or predict. Honestly, I’ve found myself questioning if what I do is...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
"Weezy, your shoelace is untied" "I KNOW, Mom" And Louisiana kept on walking. Striding towards our favorite Goodwill, nothing was going to distract her from her goal. But watching my daughter pull a move that I've done countless times (ignoring an untied shoelace while on a quest for urban adventure) allowed me a unique opportunity to witness its effect. I'd always taken the well-meaning alerts about an untied shoelace as either a subtle commentary on the sloppiness of my presentation or an...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Finding Home in Your Body: The Art of Internal Navigation The Familiar vs. The Unknown Have you noticed how different it feels to drive somewhere new versus familiar? Even with the most sophisticated GPS, we feel disconnected in unfamiliar territory, helplessly dependent on that digital voice telling us to “recalculate.” But driving home needs no navigation – we flow through the journey, choosing routes based on traffic, weather, or simple whim, each choice informed by an internal map built...
2 months ago • 3 min read