THERAPIES & WORKSHOPS
Physical Therapy
50 years a PT gives a special kind of perspective. Physical therapy was first known as a “Fix my ______ please” mentality. Evolving slowly but surely it then became more widely known as a “movement systems Fixor modality.” This meant you could reframe your engineering system and all would be well. Beautifully intentioned, yet inadvertently giving people the notion of being impaired, and still “Fixable.” Still changing, today we can use less scary language and share suggestions including some for bodily presence, some for lifestyle help, some for nutritional guidance, and some for being in closer touch with themselves, that people can choose to use to help themselves. My intention is to impart the knowledge that gives confidence to choosing to use, and be able to morph these suggestions as needed for better health.
Gait Therapy
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction (Newton’s Third Law). To create this force we engage with the ground, increasing our use of gravity. Energetic symmetry is using more of that.
Every breath is a reflection of how you move, and every movement is a reflection of how you breathe given energetic symmetry. When movement restricts the breath there is work to do. In order to change something about how you breathe you need to feel sensations like those in your chest, throat, and shoulders that (otherwise) shift without energetic symmetry.
When our center is disengaged structurally, emotionally, or mentally, our breath becomes restricted. Fluid breathing becomes essential to bodily balance. Our focus toward balance is fluid breathing rather than proper shapes and alignment. Within balanced movement breath is unrestricted, and complete. By practicing movement whether through yoga, walking, or basketball, we access our ability to feel the breath. By using movement to access conscious breathing we balance the body.
In walking clinics, the intro includes a simple, fun, and quick discussion of how walking works. Next I’ll observe a student, share what I see, and compare with what they feel. We make shifts, which all participants see and explore on themselves. Experiential learning is the most long lasting learning. When you learn by feel you recognize sensations, weightiness, and the mildest discomforts, you become your own therapist, able to shift on your own. The beauty in classes is the experience of seeing a small shift on someone else creates a whole body effect, and gives a sense of trusting that it's possible in your own body.
Yoga Therapy
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Pain Science Education
Movement is our birthright and fluidity and strength can occur in any range of motion. No alignment necessary. A sense of where the middle is, is necessary. That way, two crooked sides can collude as well as two symmetric sides.
Pain is the most common reason for my patient’s visits. And pain is rarely simple being rich in the collaborations of the bio-psycho-social-and spiritual components.
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Though the lines often blur, pain may be acute, persistent, long lasting and/or intermittent ( and define)
*Most people become fearful around pain. Maybe part of why specifically self empowering body balancing works is because having tools, even to experiment with potential relief on your own assuages at least some of the fear. *
Breathing
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Yoga Posture Breakdown
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