“Coming back is also a movement “ ~Mia Segal Before GPS, driving to new places was an adventure.  You really had to pay attention to landmarks and focus on street signs or you could easily get lost.  Many times, I had to pull over, take out the AAA map and spread it across the hood of the car.  How did I get into this mess and how do I get out of it?  Once that was solved, I had to figure out how to refold the map.  The drive back, however, was always faster and easier.  Once

A woman is skating outside on a frozen lake with snow on the ground.

“Posture is good for posts , but not so good for living creatures.” ~Moshe Feldenkrais   Posts do not move.  Therefore, it's important for them to have good upright posture to keep things from falling down.  Humans, however, are dynamic and made to move.  How much time do you spend standing completely still?  To function at our best, we must go beyond the idea of posture.    Instead of trying to force “correct posture” into our actions, why not pay attention to our movement p

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” ~T.S. Eliot Please note: The Feldenkrais Method® is not a treatment to cure pain.  Pain could be a symptom of a serious medical issue.  If you have any questions about your pain, seek medical help. Oh my God, it hurts to even breathe.  I really should know better.  But I was having fun, having just joined the local YMCA.  For the first time since the Covid pandemic, I was in a gym.  I felt like a kid on a playground.  There was so much equ

“Always without desire we must be found,  If its deep mystery we would sound;  But if desire always within us be,  Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.”  ~ The Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu (Part I, Section 3)  Translated by Jame Lagge  In the beginning, there was stillness. A great ultimate force or what some consider God creates the grand universe. The grand universe consists of the heavens and earth. In Chinese philosophy, humans being a part of the grand universe, are eac