Hi friends, As you may be aware, I began a “written word” section — i.e. a blog — on the page for my podcast, The Body Awake. As of this writing, all future posts will be only on there. So … Continue reading
What’s Happening In A Yoga Āsana Besides Stretching, Anatomically Speaking
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As “yoga” and “stretching” are often used synonymously, let’s consider what’s happening in a yoga asana* beyond tissue lengthening, i.e. stretching. 💧 COMPRESSION: as one tissue group lengthens, there’s a corresponding compression, usually on the opposite side of the lengthening. … Continue reading
It’s Not the Fist; It’s the Clenching
Is alignment important or not? Here’s a 60-sec body-thought experiment to illustrate a proposition: it’s really not about the fist; it’s about the clenching. They’re just so often one and the same, it’s easy to mistake the finger pointing to … Continue reading
The Middle Way
Imagine you’re looking at a spectrum, a line representing two extremes. On one end, you have complete austerity, whatever that means to you. On the other, you have complete indulgence. Or, perhaps, on one end you have deeply blissful highs, … Continue reading
New Year Experiments
For the new year, at least the next few months, I’ll be employing one personal experiment per month. Perhaps you’ll join me. Here are the rules of the game: 1. Only one experiment per month. You want to do other … Continue reading
Assessment, Treatment and Reverse Engineering
Consider for a moment the difference between what are good tools for assessment, and what are good tools for treatment. And when those two are synonymous, and when they’re not. (Often, this assessment/treatment schema is a bit of a … Continue reading