Low back pain is a common condition and one of the most frequent causes of disability in Western societies. The pain emerges from the lumbar region of the spine and slightly below (shown in red in the first image.) Patients … Continue reading →
‘I have always wondered, what I should do with my pelvis.’ ‘I stood there for hours with my pelvis pushed forward.’ These are just two comments, made by students, who are aware of their confusion around their pelvis. Most of … Continue reading →
1. It is 2003 and I have my first Alexander lesson with a dear motherly teacher, who I know and whom I love to this day. While I am lying on my back on the table, my teacher takes my … Continue reading →
My father used to say ‘I am not tired, I just need oxygen.’ Was he right? Why do we yawn? What are your theories about yawning? My personal interest in the phenomenon of yawning goes back to years in vocal … Continue reading →
The Core as Concept Everyone who has ever been in an exercise class or watched a program on back pain or read an article on back injury has come across references to “the core” and heard expressions like “pull your core … Continue reading →
On My Way – Two Long Distance Walks On Ancient European Pilgrim Routes First published in AmSAT Journal / Spring 2018 / Issue No. 13 www.AmSATonline.org 41 History of the Road to Santiago … Continue reading →
Occasionally I remember how much I would have liked my mother to compliment me more about my appearance, as I was growing through childhood and teenage years into my adult body. Like many of us, women and men … Continue reading →
In preparation for a recent road trip I picked up the Audio CD of Julia Child’s book “My Life in France”. Since the art of French cooking has always seemed daunting to me, I never even opened one of Julia’s … Continue reading →
Body Mindfulness – together we are educating your whole system through touch, gentle movement and wakeful awareness. Stopping – together we are asking your conscious mind to interfere with unconscious or unwanted patterns and activities. Integration – together we are considering the whole of … Continue reading →