Reflections for Departure

If you’re a learner like me, you like to understand the end before you can fully grock the whole process. In other words, the question “where is all this going? what’s next?” is just as important at the beginning as … Continue reading

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Year in Review : Seven Things I’ve Learned

1. We are not assembled from parts. Nor do we function as a summation of parts. This is not just a cute idea that we function as a whole; it’s literally how we work. (For more, see Why Car Analogies … Continue reading

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Anatomy Pop Quiz!

Visual quiz here (more fun, I think … but if you’re the reading type, scroll to below the video). Play along at home!   Get out a pen to jot down your answer. Got one? Great. Now please, stand up, … Continue reading

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Relationship Troubles

Let’s perform a thought experiment. You are a marriage counselor. Deb and Brian come to your clinic, seeking help for their recently troubled relationship. Sure, you say, tell me your story. Well, they say, they’ve been happily together for almost … Continue reading

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KMI Structural Integration — Let’s Start Here

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This has been an intimidating post to start writing, to begin to offer my own definition in the ongoing conversations of what Structural Integration is. It’s been a daunting and unimaginably rich field for me as a practitioner. I’ve been … Continue reading

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On or Off

In cueing in to our own experiences, we may refer to something as being subtle. I hear this a lot—I say it a lot—when working with clients. We’ll work this or that body part, free up a certain layer of … Continue reading

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Why Car Analogies Are Bogus

Car analogies to the human body drive me crazy. To be fair, sure, they make sense at a certain level: we both run off our own versions of “fuel”; their parts wear out (drivetrain), so do ours (knees, hips). They’re … Continue reading

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