This week I’ve heard several people say the same thing: “I just woke up feeling stiff.” Maybe that’s true for you. Perhaps you’ve got a painful back. Maybe you’re feeling anxious about something? For the musicians amongst you, perhaps an upcoming performance. Maybe you’ve just got too many decisions to make. Whatever it is, our … More What’s bothering you this week?
When you’re looking to improve your movement, it’s really important not to miss out the Pelvis. It’s such an important part of us – attached to all the biggest muscles, and at the bottom of the spine. It’s really your motor centre. In many of the lessons I teach, I talk a lot about the … More The secret life of the pelvic floor
This week, someone said something in a lesson that stayed with me. “I felt movement where I’ve never felt it before… and it felt exciting.” I realised afterwards that this sentence could have come from almost any lesson I taught this weekend. The details were different, but the experience was remarkably similar: people discovering possibilities … More A Chance to Choose
This week, I was working with a client, who was thinking about how he stands. He realised he wasn’t using his legs as well as perhaps he might, as he was getting pain from them. In our lesson I asked him to kneel, (standing over his knees) and then I worked on rotation from the … More Intelligent Legs
How often do you think about your toes? Are you someone who takes care of their feet, or are they too far away to think about? Feet are the some of the most underrated parts of our body. Your feet working well is crucial for our movement health. How movable your feet are affects whether you’ll … More How supple are your feet?
The legs play a central role in our mobility and freedom of movement. We only have to break or sprain an ankle to recognise the truth in that. Your joints from the feet up to the spine work synergistically together, like a system of springs. They give you groundedness, stability and mobility at the same … More Intelligent Legs
Coming from sitting into all fours is an important mini-milestone (mini-stone) in the development of walking of a human. When we start to walk correlates with brain size or mass. The results of recent studies suggest that “the neuronal mechanisms that underlie the onset of walking are very similar in different mammals, and that they are activated at … More Developmental Milestones
How do you unpick your habits? You have to feel them, become aware of them, and then you can do something about those that no longer serve you. Just as we change out clothes when they don’t fit, or they’re unreparable. Try it yourself. Make a thumbs up. Line up one side of the thumb with … More Coming up to Stand
Babies usually learn to walk around 12 months. Some earlier, and some later of course, there’s a variation in what we find easy as babies as much as later on. Walking isn’t something that has to be taught: we have an instinct towards it. But we do have to have the right ingredients in place … More Coming up to stand
Do you think of your neck as a separate, or as part of your whole spine? This week’s lesson is looking again at how you might stick out your neck, but from a different angle! We’ll be doing the lesson in sitting. The position change means you’ll explore different options of movement, gravity, and sensation. Your … More How Long is Your Neck?
