How Do You Feel?
Gary Stockdale Nick Konow View this post on Instagram You read one question, but I am asking two. One asks you to take inventory and the other inquires how you look for it. I have always been particularly aware of the tensions I carry (emotional or physical), but early into my […]
Musings from a Transformed Being
Dare Sohei Healing doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll feel less pain, or have less pain. It may, but it may also mean that the pain that’s there/here won’t take up all your attention, won’t distract you from what you CAN do, what else you can feel, what else is possible. Healing is a long game. […]
Relational Perspectives
Mars Ciccarelli View this post on Instagram I’ve repeatedly had some of the same thoughts peep its head into my brain these last few days. 1. Abstraction of an art form/discipline : how we can abandon the classic view of a form to then evolve into a personal iteration. What becomes […]
Challenge is Relative
Cat Cowey I was waiting for a friend of mine when my phone rang. Wind whipped in the background as she explained she was in the headlands still. Knowing the headlands were 10 miles past her original run I sensibly thought she must have driven there. She went on to explain that in fact […]
The Flipsides of Full, Empty
Mars Ciccarelli At certain times of the day, I feel my sense of direction and motivation is waning. Right now, I can definitely feel how intensely sleep deprivation affects me. Overcompensation is seldom a good method to ‘win’ back time. Yawning does feel good though. Reflection is imminent — I have missed writing dearly. Why do […]
Purity & Defilement
Kyle Pringle Most people will at some point adopt a movement or fitness practice with the intention of improving their lives and rectifying the relationship with their bodies. If the statistics on obesity and chronic pain are any indicator, most of these people are failing to adhere to even a basic protocol. With so […]
Catastrophizers vs. Minimizers
Cat Cowey ARE YOU A CATASTROPHIZER OR MINIMIZER? The Spectrum of How We Manage Chronic Conditions. I do a lot of research on hypermobility and work with hypermobile clients. In some cases the cause of hypermobility is an inherited collagen disorder that is a chronic condition. Like many chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia, or chronic […]
Roundtable #8 – Filters
Feature Photo by Nadine Shaabana on Unsplash. HOW DO YOU PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE ONSLAUGHT OF INFORMATION? WHAT DETERMINES IF SOMETHING IS WORTH YOUR ATTENTION? How do you decide which ideas or sources are credible? What makes someone ‘followable’ or trustworthy? How do you limit your exposure to things that might lead you […]
Definitions and Representations
Fanny Tulloch You might find this text “spiritual” but I’d like to make it clear that my teachings are Physical, only. To better appreciate how ‘things’ have evolved, allow me to introduce Fanny; I have worked in commercial gyms since 2010 as a “Personal Trainer”. When I put my 75L hiking bag on my […]
The Science of Buy-In
Michael Ryan – •Hundreds of Arm Swings• From the outside, this is unimpressive compared to the physiques and party tricks you can find in instaland, but why would this simple move be preserved throughout generations? What can the practitioner extract from this? Do you need someone else to tell you the benefits? Does […]
The Politics of Movement Ed
Chandler Stevens There’s a strange power dynamic inherent in most movement education and coaching (obviously extending out to therapies as well). I’ve been curious about the politics of the relationship between professional and client ever since my first exposure to somatic education. It was the first time I ever felt like I knew something […]
Movement in the Big Picture
Jenn Pilotti What does it means to be alive? Not just the experience of living, but the actual physiological process that accompanies being able to exist in a conscious way? In the book, “The Big Picture,” Sean Carroll breaks being alive down to three basic principles: compartmentalization (which is part of self organization), […]
The Brilliance of Sillinesss
Tom Morrison When “movement” became a fitness “buzzword” it was an exciting and sad day. The world was plummeted into a stream of overthinking, overcorrecting, forced “play” and deep Instagram posts. People started trying to be the next innovative genius to revolutionise the fitness industry and change everyone’s way of thinking…. Like me. But I’m […]
Routine, Assessments, and Seeing the Bigger Picture
Jenn Pilotti A fair amount of people initially come to see me for issues surrounding pain and discomfort. Often, it’s an area that has bothered them off and on for a long time, with doctors left shaking their heads, suggesting another cortisone shot or another round of physical therapy. These individuals are usually extremely active […]
Becoming the Observer
Kyle Pringle With so much information at hand, why do we still fail to make progress? Tools once secret and sought after, techniques so valuable one might have paid vast sums for their obtainment, now freely percolate through the web for all to use. Skilled professors, therapists, and teachers willingly divulge content, sharing decades of […]