Want to chat about this? A great read with ride ranging implications on the potential changing nature of who we perceive ourselves to be.
 
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=you-are-what-you-touch&page=2
 
Several thoughts arise for me:
1) In the course of seeing many people per day with varied professions, one of the more interesting ones is musicians, particularly those who play a stringed instrument […]

"A person should consider himself as dumb, as nothing in his own eyes, in this way his brain is renewed,both in a spiritual as well as in a physical sense, in his working life and in the health of his body,
and in all that belongs to him…
 
"…When, for example, a person falls ill, and […]

What’s the worst thing that can happen when being a little adventuresome?  Yep, it turns out all those fears my pappy taught me regularly come true according to the Onion. Thinking about trying a new dish at the Tai restaurant?  How about talking to your neighbor?  I was ready to do it after 15 years living next […]

It the internet age this is too long, I know. But if you can find the time to sit back and relax into it you will be transported and moved.  Youtube (click on picture)

As a child, I was raised with a precusor of this art form. Pastel storyboards in church.  I only got to see them rarely […]

It used to be that when I would wake in the morning,
I could with confidence say,
“What Am ‘I’ going to Do?”
That was before the seed
Cracked open.
Now Hafiz is certain;
There are two of us housed
In this body,
Doing the shopping together in the market and
Tickling each other
While fixing the evening’s food.
Now when I awake
All the internal instruments […]

In part 1 and 2 of this little series, we looked at studies that found similar positive outcomes for patients whether they used physical/training rehab only or had the surgical intervention. This kind of information gives us the chance to consider our own attitude towards surgery.  
The issue of whether to have a surgery is not simple.  As […]

I am
A hole in a flute
That the Christ’s breath moves through–
Listen to this
Music.
Excerpt from A Hole In A Flute
The Gift - poems by Hafiz
Translation by Daniel Ladinsky

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Kathy Krebs and I rocked teaching Bouncing on Heels and Crossed Arms from Bones for Life and a Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lesson on rotation in standing. The follow-up sharing, awareness, and interest was fantastic. What a great group of teachers, Dr. Sharon Merrill has in her program. It was so easy to pull forward principles of somatic […]

 
Look at the apparent ease with which this African woman at left carries her load. Of course, it isn’t easy, yet studies show Luo and Kikuyu women are supremely well organized, even outperforming male U.S. soldiers with loaded rucksacks. She can carry up to 20% of her body weight on her head before she begins to need […]

Way down, deep in your marrow, you just want to have a blast once in a while, right? Actually, the root of this might begin in your bone marrow where cells called “osteoblasts” are the construction crew responsible for building up the matrix of your bone with fresh new materials. At least when all goes […]

How Much Does Knee Surgery Help?
Tuesday, I posted about a 2002 study on arthroscopy for osteoarthritis. In the past few days, the New York Times highlighted a study published this year. As always they have very readable articles. http://nyti.ms/binvsE  Take a look first hand or read on for my synopsis.
The study followed two groups of people with a […]

A Controlled Trial of Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteoarthritis of the KneeN Engl J Med 2002; 347:81-88 July 11, 2002
Recently, while reading Bruce Lipton’s Biology of Belief, I became aware of a study done in 2002 evaluating the effectiveness of surgery for debilitating knee pain related to arthritic changes in the joint. Arthroscopic knee surgery for […]

Absolutely, take the time to pull this up on your PC/Mac screen. It just doesn’t display well on a smartphone–even a droid with fantastic resolution. 
http://youtu.be/lOZmAWpnCdI
What do you do when you have a party?  Well a little invitation to lie on your back, put books on your feet and a glass of wine in your hand is […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PK3GhnHOJc&sns=em
He is truly a gift.  Hope you have a minute to listen because his lyrical words on life transition can carry anyone along ways.
Cynthia Allen
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I am thoroughly transfixed.  Making Connections: Hasidic Roots and Resonance in the Teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais by David Kaetz has me on the edge of my seat.
Jewish history, spiritual, and mystical lessons which I should have known but didn’t are fascinating.  Kaetz is making a case for Feldenkrais’ way of teaching as based in the […]