Even When You Don’t Think You’re Helping
Dare Carrasquillo Breathwork to bring you back to baseline (at a moment’s notice). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dare Carrasquillo (@darecarrasquillo)
Stage Fright & the Nervous System (Part 2)
Amelia Chan [Part One] I cannot even tell you how often students come to me asking for a lesson right before an audition or a performance. Or this: I’ll contact you for a lesson when I’ve practiced and “learned” my piece/program. It is such a classical music world thing where all our lives, […]
Stage Fright & the Nervous System (Part 1)
Amelia Chan Just a few thoughts on this huge topic. When it comes to stage fright, first of all I’d like to point out that what I personally find to be a key missing element from most discussions is the WHAT it is. All the following are valid elements in the cause of stage […]
Trauma Sensitive Language & Allowance
Nicki Miller View this post on Instagram A post shared by Movement Missing Links (@movement.missing.links) A friendly reminder that trauma-sensitivity is a real thing and makes a difference in how people show up in their bodies. The same nervous system that is holding on to trauma is the same one responsible […]
“Sensemaking” & the Senses
Seth Dellinger “NOW it all makes sense!” Hear those words in your head and yes, perhaps you are in the midst of a life-changing insight. But it’s also possible that you just opened the door to a dangerous delusion with significant consequences for your way of being in the world. Both mental moves involve similar […]
Wiggle Class
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Nervous System Regulation Practice
Samantha Faulhaber View this post on Instagram A post shared by Samantha Faulhaber (@shamanicsam)
Input Output Processing
Jenn Pilotti I had a version of the following conversation with two different clients last week: Client: “How should I be holding myself? Should I think about lifting through my ribs? Should I keep my left hip always back? Should I emphasize pressing down my right foot?” Me: “You should stand in a way […]
A Practical Exploration of Pain and Healing
Jenn Pilotti I was doing Russian dancers recently, a move I have always struggled with (for those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, a Russian dancer is a one armed backbend that dynamically switches to the other arm by shifting your weight forward to your feet). I learned that if […]
Safety & Behavior
Christine Ruffolo The following is part one of my course notes and findings from Stress, Movement, and Pain. Linked through the perception of threat and cause to protect, Seth Oberst generously delivered on the hows, whats, and whys between sensation (or lack thereof) and chronic stress. Ultimately, he offered up a framework to identify and […]
Privilege & The Nervous System
Dare Sohei “Animism IS divergence & convergence, naturally.” Dare Sohei leads the group through sensational awareness, faux vs. fawn behavioral communication, and the ‘heart beat’ pattern of regulation. The group comes to terms with “the disassociation of privilege” and how we might help direct our spheres of influence toward egalitarian inclusion. The outline of […]