Structural Integration- Rolf Method

You can't go up unless you go down. #feet #baseofsupport #ground #structuralintegration #bartleybodyintegration #gravity #plumline

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/24/opinion/the-case-for-teaching-ignorance.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Arms have been on my mind recently - How do I use my arms?  How do you use your arms?  In a recent  conversation with one of my clients this topic came up.  Letting go of your arms is a foreign concept for a lot of my clients - or they think they are letting go of their arms but really they are not.  Why is this?   We use our arms in everyday life for a majority of purposes. (driving, technology, cooking, cleaning - you name it).  People associate arms with strong and powerful, why is this?   One of the definitions for strong in the dictionary is “mental power, force, or vigor.”  If you think about it your arms are the messengers to your heart - why would we want our arms to have mental power or force behind them?  I believe your arms can have power behind them - power does not have to mean strong, hard, stiff or protect.   Instead - think of the strength coming from your legs and feet while your arms follow with ease and grace.  Next time you have to use your arms while brushing your teeth, scrubbing a dish, driving your car - allow your arms to be soft and fluid - take notice if you can get the same job done with a softer quality as opposed to an armored, hard, “strong” quality.   Compare - contrast and allow a sense of wonderment with movement explorations.  

#habitual #learned #dynamic #family #movement #history #walking #structuralintegration #bartleybodyintegration 

Martha Graham 

Albert Einstein

Closing your eyes during your movement practice can bring you closer to yourself.

#subscapularis is a large triangular muscle which fills the subscapular fossa and inserts into the lesser tubercle of the humerus and the front of the capsule of the shoulder-joint.

#heart #structuralintegration #visceral #bartleybodyintegration #holistic

#abdomen #bartleybodyintegration #structuralintegration #holistic #idarolf

Mark Greene explores how in American culture, men avoid all contact rather than risk even the hint of causing unwanted sexual touch.

What do you see?  What do you hear?

Seth Godin

Hubert Godard