working the plan
How can we stay mentally calm if we don’t know if what we’re doing really works? The stakes are even higher when we are working for self-improvement. It helps to understand the plan isn’t final.
mindset
autonomy in the movement classroom
No matter how skilled a movement teacher is, her students will have a better experience in class if they are skilled at taking care of themselves. If they don’t know how to do this, she can train them.
thinking with my skeleton
What do you do when you can’t think straight, when too much choice feels like a burden rather than a privilege? Practicing Awareness Through Movement isn’t a bad option. It’s a different kind of thinking.
weaknesses that serve us
An uncomfortable dream exposes weakness in my armor. What if that weakness was actually a strength? Perhaps it came to remind me of something important. Do you allow yourself this weakness?
the silence before we speak
There’s a moment before we speak when we can hear what we are about to say. If we make a practice of pausing long enough to listen there, we have the opportunity not to say what should remain unsaid.