Recent research indicates that sitting with your knees lower than your hips makes for less pressure on your spinal discs. This means having your seat high enough so that it …
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The Gift of Pain
As author and spiritual teacher Steven Levine succinctly stated, “Pain sucks.” Some pretty plain speaking! It makes us pay attention. Pain means tissue damage. We are getting injured, and we …
Success and Self Knowledge
“We ask: where does it hurt and that may be the question that makes life impossible. Why not ask, where is it comfortable? That is the question to train.” Mia …
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a very interesting writer. He is an economist, and a philosopher. His book Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder offers some useful insights into dealing with …
That is NOT the way it is!
The way it is… a common saying, for sure. And it has its uses. Acceptance is good, often wise, and can be a great relief. Resignation is not. Resignation is defeat, …
Staying connected
I was teaching a movement exploration during an advanced training for massage therapists. They were all successful working practitioners, many extremely intelligent. The material was complex, and some people were …
What’s an Umwelt? And why does it matter to you?
“What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.” Werner Heisenberg, physicist, and author of the uncertainty principle. An “Umwelt” is the perceptual world …
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Your Identity is a Fraud
“You don’t owe your identity anything.” Jenn Stauffler We all adopt an identity. It exists partly independent of us, as a social construct. Other people help form it. We …
Good Enough Posture
The perfect is the enemy of the good. Fussing with our posture can get obsessive. It becomes another excuse for beating up ourselves. There is a time for attention toward …
Anxiety and gender?
“Anxiety: Women Nearly Twice as Likely as Men to Have Anxiety, Study Shows” Researchers from Cambridge University reviewed 48 studies on anxiety disorders and determined that for every 1.9 females, …