Awareness

July 1, 2011

“Two states of existence are commonly distinguished: waking and sleeping, but awareness can be thought of as a third state”
Moshe Feldenkrais asserted that a person can be awake but not aware. A state which he explained as being closer to sleep.
We shall define awareness as a state in which the individual knows exactly what he

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Imagination

June 12, 2011

One of our key tools in developing better movement habits is our imagination.
Research from the fields of both rehabilitation and high- performance athletics has proven that the ability to imagine movement is one of life’s great helpers.
When you imagine, lights turn on throughout your brain, creating billions of new neurological connections, helping you to grow

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Communicating through Movement

May 3, 2011

Body language is a vital form of communication.
How you move reveals to the world and to you your inner state of affairs. It is a direct reflection of how you have chosen to live your life.
Research shows that 55% of our communication is conveyed by the body language we use.
Use of the voice, it’s quality,

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Making mistakes – terrific!!

April 3, 2011

For most of us the belief that mistakes are bad is deeply ingrained from early childhood. We are embarrassed when we don’t do something right. We feel smaller when we mess up.
In our effort to avoid embarrassment we often learn an acceptable way of doing things and then we stick to it. Once we have

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Rocking & Rolling

March 6, 2011

When was the last time you rolled over?
Rolling is fundamental to human movement as the ability to roll comes before quadrupedal (crawling) movement and all forms of bipedal (walking, jogging, running).
Swimming too (freestyle and backstroke) is basically an applied body roll.

We can define an authentic body roll as the natural rolling movement executed

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Falling

January 31, 2011

I find the concept of ‘falling’ fascinating.
It is imperative to learn the ‘how’ of ‘falling’ with trapeze and trampoline work I have done and of course essential in martial arts. However, learning how to fall doesn’t eliminate the fear.
Fear of falling is one of the three fears that are instinctual for human beings:  The other

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The importance of HOW

January 6, 2011

“Give a man a fish and he can feed himself that day. Teach a man how to fish, and he can feed himself for the rest of his life.”
Why is How so important when it comes to movement?

What you do is easy to identify – you exercise.
How is not as obvious and is often

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walking backwards

December 29, 2010

Can you walk very slowly forward and backward. So slowly that it takes 10 seconds to complete one step?
When you walk very slowly forward and backward your muscles are constantly changing as are the pressures through your joints.
This moving requires greater balancing skills than standing still on one leg.
Try it

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Variation – the opposite of repetition

December 5, 2010

“Our brains are always ready to form new patterns and solutions, if only we approach life
with a willingness to welcome new variations” – Anat Baniel (Move into Life)
When is the last time you tried to do something in more than one way?
Think about your habitual daily activities.
Do you always take the same route to

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How paying attention can make moving easier

October 31, 2010

Over the last few years there has been an enormous amount of research showing how brain activity radically changes when we bring attention to even a routine movement. This research shows that the more attention we direct toward our movements, the higher the vibrational frequency becomes –  much like a light that grows brighter as you

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