I remember the first time my daughter cried from joy. It was a profound moment of self-awareness. She was about seven years old. She was watching the movie, “The Last Unicorn” – a cheesy animated movie about – you guessed it – the “last unicorn.” At the end when you thought the unicorn was going [...]
Archive for February, 2010
The View From Here-ness
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Uncategorized on February 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I Think Therefore I Feel
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, Uncategorized on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’d like to continue with this theme – inspired by Evan Lyscek’s coach who doesn’t believe skaters should cry – that emotions and the body are somehow separate. In his book The Body of Life, Thomas Hanna writes about several studies done at Magill University over 30 years ago involving measuring muscle tension and emotion. [...]
Emotions and Sports – Let it All Hang Out
Posted in Movement, Uncategorized on February 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I just read an article in today’s NYTimes about Olympic skaters and crying: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/sports/olympics/22kiss.html?hp Now I’m going to generalize here, so bear with me… Come on. You mean winning a gold medal is something you’re not allowed to be emotional about? Crying is bad? Wow. If I’d won Gold for damn near anything I’d burst [...]
“Let’s Move” – It’s a Way of Life
Posted in Health, Movement, Uncategorized on February 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One of my very favorite quotes about health comes from Frank Forencich, author of the book Play As If Your Life Depends On It: WARNING: Before beginning a program of physical inactivity, consult your doctor. Sedentary living is abnormal and dangerous to your health. It simply couldn’t be said any better. Physical inactivity is detrimental [...]
Top Three Myths About Poor Posture
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, tagged back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, hip pain, knee pain, neck pain, Plantarfascitis, posture on February 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’ve heard several common misconceptions people have about their posture. Thankfully due to advances in Somatic Education and neuroscience, more people are accepting the fact that they have the ability to change their posture through diligent awareness and practice. At one time I accepted the idea that I simply had “bad knees,” (after all, I’d [...]
Snow Day, Snow Play
Posted in Health, Movement on February 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
We finally got a major snowfall two days ago! The blizzard, while probably a royal pain to those who had to show up for work, was a day of laughter (the kids in the neighborhood were in heaven), beauty, neighborhood camaraderie and stillness as the evening snow continued to drift down, illuminated by the streetlights. [...]
Got Snow? Get Outside!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I woke up this morning to a beautiful snowfall. It just keeps coming down. Rather than sitting inside watching the snow come down I can ‘t wait to get outside and walk. Getting outside to move is important no matter what weather you’ve got. Rain, sun, snow, wind, as long as you’re not putting yourself [...]
Top Four Myths About Back Pain
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Uncategorized, tagged back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, movement, pain relief, Sensory Motor Amnesia on February 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Myth #1 – Back pain comes with old age. Back pain is not age related. It can happen at any age. However, the older you are, it stand to reason that you’ve had more time to accumulate muscular tension. I’ve worked with nine year olds, teenagers, and senior citizens – all suffering from back pain. [...]
Move More, Live Longer
Posted in Health, Movement on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Excuse the sarcasm, but here’s a real doozy of an article about movement and life span: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/health/26beha.html?ref=health Does it really take a study to tell us what should be obvious to all? Frank Forencich, human biologist, fitness expert, and author of Play As If Your Life Depends On It and Exuberant Animal, states that humans [...]
