A recent article from the Guardian discussed a study that asked what makes men “good dancers” or “bad dancers”. The men were 18-35. They were filmed dancing for 15 seconds …
Author Archives: Dan
Self Validation
Seth Godin recently bogged about how validation is over rated. He is referring to validation from others. I agree. We get pulled away from our own experience. We invest in …
Practice
Imagine you LOVED your body. Every day you woke up delighted with your physical self. You knew that you could find great entertainment, marvelous education, and transcendent pleasure- all by …
Mind and Body Healing?
I saw an advertisement for a talk. The speaker was addressing how illness has underlying emotional patterns. He titled the talk “Use Your Body to Heal Your Mind”. Then he …
10 quick tips for pain relief
Whatever hurts, it could be better. Try these suggestions and see what improves. 1. Breathe. Paying attention to your breath can bring immediate relief. We tend to restrict our breathing …
Neck Saver
Ever get a stiff neck when you’ve been at the computer, or driving, or just stressed? Here’s a pleasant way to get serious, lasting relief. After a few repetitions, it …
Fat
Diet. It is a hot topic, a wild arena of conflicting forces, and a necessary part of life. We must eat. We make choices. We succeed much more than we …
A Good Teacher
Bad teachers use punishment. They shout, they overload their students, they humiliate and shame students who don’t thrive under their ineffective teaching. Been there, done that, failed. I recently worked …
Sitting Comfortably: The Basic Version
We sit. We sit a lot! I doubt any other culture has ever sat nearly as much as we do now. To make a white collar living, to be educated, …
The Pleasure Body 2
Pain causes contraction. All organisms shrink from pain. Contraction prevents full engagement with the environment. This constraint diminishes our perceptions. What we cannot turn to look at, we cannot see. …