Recorded September 2020

Stress is a biological state that helps us learn about ourselves. However, most of us hold onto stress and, without knowing it, create habituated, faulty patterns of movement.

We hold a lot of this tension in our eyes, and this can have a global effect on our whole self.

Here is a wonderful lesson to identify these holding patterns and re-educate the muscles of the eyes. Benefits include the relief of neck and low back tension, as well as greater range of movement in the pelvis.

Recorded August 2020

As infants we spend most of our time on the floor, rolling around every which way to help navigate our selves through space. As adults, we become less inspired to get down and move in this playful way.

This integrative lesson will help you recall your primitive movement memory and organize your whole system.

Recorded August 2021

An exploration in turning around oneself.

Turning is a function we perform countless times a day. However, we rarely slow down enough to feel or even know how we are turning. In this lesson, we turn with intention, gain perspective on our sitting habits and learn how to create ease when seated in a chair.

Please note: we will be using the floor and also a chair, so please be sure to have one handy. Especially recommended for those of you who spend long hours seated at a desk or who have to drive a lot.

Recorded December 2021

A dynamic set of movements designed to restore space to the “Breast Basket.”

In this lesson we examine the spine and bring comfort to each and every one of our vertebrae. The focus here is to articulate our spinal column, clarify this network of delicately woven bones and improve functionality. In the process, we facilitate expansion and make our containers more flexible.

Recorded April 2020

A playful lesson designed to help return us to our hands and knees. Like children, we all can become quadrupedal, once again.

Discovering the cross-patten rhythm of crawling is essential to the advanced stages of human movement: walking, balancing, running, etc. When a child first learns this pattern, they strengthen nerve-cell pathways, linking the right and left hemispheres of the brain. This discovery also enriches the child’s sensory perception of touch and kinesthetic spatial awareness. As adults, we’re reminded that it’s never too late to get down on the floor and crawl around.

Recorded July 2021

A gentle lesson that explores the migratory expansion of the breath.

This class came a few days after one of my breathing workshops and includes many of the same inquiries. At the start we talk about our binary relationship with comfort and discomfort. Later we discuss how the breath can be our most important somatic cue to help bring about the state of regulation our system so desperately seeks.

Recorded February 2021

States of excitation held in the nervous system can contribute to insufficient breath patterns, leading to inefficient movement. Similarly, inefficient movement patterns can lead to irregular breath patterns and states of excitation. Somatic lessons re-educate the nervous system, so that we can learn to respond differently to events or memories that stimulate anxiety. The improved organization that results allows us to breathe with ease.

In this workshop, we study and re-pattern the breath, and modulate the rhythm by which it moves.

This workshop includes the following:

• Intro

• Breathing Scan - 08:51

• Standing & Breathing Lesson - 17:47

• Arm in Arc Lesson - 28:36