🌀 Coming this June: The J.E.D.I. Spine Tricks Trilogy3 days. Whole body. One radically intelligent movement experience. Let’s play a game. Raise your arm. (Go ahead, I’ll wait.) Now ask yourself:“Did I raise my arm… or did I just shrug and fling the whole shoulder girdle into the abyss?” If you’re not quite sure—you’re not alone. Most of us, even the hyper-aware ones, tend to generalize movement. We move around our stiff places instead of through them. Our brains are built for efficiency....
13 days ago • 1 min read
There's Beauty and Freedom in being your own Boss. As CEO of your own company, you set your schedule, prioritize commitments, and evolve your job description at will. This arrangement shines for those with multiple passions, allowing you to scale various aspects of your work as needed—ideally balancing them for a sustainable work/life harmony. Reality, however, follows different rules. Those of us juggling diverse talents often face converging deadlines and commitments. Spring brings renewal...
27 days ago • 2 min read
Some days, the pain was so extreme I began to wonder if I was going to need surgery. My typically agile and resilient body had been replaced with one that experienced fear with every step. Bending my knees more than 90 degrees caused me such extreme pain that I was afraid my femur might actually break. No amount of strengthening, athletic braces or kinesiotape seemed to help the situation and I began to avoid any kind of workout that involved impact, speed or bodyweight training because of...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
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....
about 1 month 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...
about 2 months 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...
about 2 months 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 2 months 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....
2 months 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...
2 months ago • 5 min read