It’s a new buzz word. Fail, or Epic Fail. I hate it. We’ve created expectations of constant precision. They do not allow for the rawness of creation. The ugly, the malformed, the inappropriate; these are the material of innovation...
In a recent article from the New York Times, a study about knee injuries was reviewed. The hypothesis was that there is a genetic factor in knee injuries. It seems scientists have found something that they can correlate, and are beginning to...
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 to a “basic rhythm”. Motion capture...
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 the words and actions of others. We divest from our own actions. Self...
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 connecting with your body. Imagine you could develop...
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 expounded on all the techniques for using your mind to heal...
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 when we feel pain. Allowing more air to flow in and out...
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 will get to where you can improve your comfort in just in a few...
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 realize. The proof is that we are still here. Whatever you’ve been eating… it works...
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 with a good teacher. She had spent her...
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, to function in this society (drive, bike, eat), we need to sit. Well actually, we might not need to, but we...
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. An awareness of pleasure broadens our...