Hyper-kyphosis: are we ignoring the real cause?
Many years ago, my husband Alan, our friend Jerome and I took a trip to our property on a northern gulf Island. We planned to stay in another friend’s cabin, while Jerome and Alan put Jerome’s cabin up on jacks and replaced the rotting foundations. We arrived, let ourselves in, and went out on the […]
Sitting bone pain: are you sitting on the wrong bones?
Most of the time, we are not aware of how we sit. Sometimes we follow a cue in a yoga class, such as, “sit on the ball points of the sitting bones,” or “sit with the pubic bone parallel to the wall in front of you.” In the case of both those cues, you will end up […]
You’ve met your sourdough starter . . . now meet your diaphragm
If, 20 years from now, I’m asked: “what did you do in the pandemic?” like many of us, I will be honor-bound to answer: I made sourdough bread. And, again, like many of us, I turned inward. Literally. For the past nine weeks, I’ve been studying my diaphragm. Yes, I already knew the broad outlines: […]
Jean Couch’s Collapsing Spine demo
Nothing conveys the vulnerability of a spine out of alignment quite like watching the vertebrae collapse. That’s why Jean Couch’s collapsing spine is one of my favorite demos of all time. Originally this riveting performance was only available on the Your Pain-Free Life DVD sold through the Balance Center. That meant you had to own the […]
What I learned the first time I held a pelvis in my hands
The first time I held a pelvis in my hands I was in Palo Alto, taking my first Spinefulness teacher training. I was also watching worlds collide. My teacher, Jean Couch, brought out a model of a female pelvis, and put it in balanced posture, with the pubic bones facing the floor. The hip bones […]
Keeping it on the one: Spinefulness lessons from James Brown and Georgia LeConte
At first they seem an unlikely pairing. Georgia LeConte, the world’s most expert teacher of Aplomb/Spinefulness, is elegant and refined, commanding when she’s teaching, quiet and low-key when she’s not. James Brown is the Godfather of Soul (aaooww!). What could they possibly have in common? True, they are both in natural balance. Check out this video […]