Author Archives: Liam Bowler

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own

I just read this awesome book by the same title. And since I haven’t written a book report since 10th grade, I figured this would be a good time to engage my neuroplasticity (see below) and share what I found … Continue reading

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Unkinking the Hose — Useful Imagery for Spinal Mechanics and Why That Matters

What’s with this nagging stuckness or pain in our bodies that’s not not changing? Let’s explore a different metaphor for your body system as a whole, and spinal mechanics in particular. This could be a beautiful foundation for any movement … Continue reading

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A Hierarchical Order of Operations

Your body has one. This is an easy fact to miss, because we’re almost always only seeing or feeling the topmost later, the lowest man on the totem pole in this hierarchy. An example: musculature will tend to tighten around … Continue reading

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Rethinking Tension

This week: rethinking our relationship tension in the body, shifting the question from “How can I get rid of this?” to “Why is this here?” (and from there, how do we change that to get rid of the tension as … Continue reading

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