#bodyintelligence

When life feels heavy, we reach for more. More information… more structure… more solutions.

But the body doesn’t need more input. It only needs… less noise.

Water has a way of quieting us. Its rhythm slows down something inside.

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Relatable? : Reblog = 🤍

The idea of being conscious of your own breathing and just letting it happen seems like a paradox. This is the conundrum one of the participants in my recent Guided Constructive Rest session presented me with. And she wanted to know what to do about it. I know what she means. When I first tried to simply “observe” my breath I always felt that I started to interfere with it in some way – that I…

This week I revisited my own reworking of a meditation that was introduced to me a couple of years ago, shortly after my father died. It’s maybe not a surprise that I am drawn to it again, as I now mourn my mother, who died peacefully in early February. The meditation is both calming and empowering. This is especially helpful as we all cope with the worries, fear and uncertainty of the ongoing…

A few weeks ago I conducted a series of public conversations on trauma, stress and the Alexander Technique with my friend, client, trauma survivor, and trauma awareness activist, Shay Seaborne. These are now also being released as podcasts on Body Learning (the Alexander Technique Podcast). In our first conversation Shay tells us a bit about her own story and experience, how she ended up at my…

In my second conversation with trauma awareness activist, Shay Seaborne, we talk about the difference between stress and trauma (and the similarities), how the Pandemic is affecting us, and share five simple things you can do to help build your resilience right now and even come out of the pandemic better off than where you started. You can watch the conversation here: These conversations are…

Have you heard of Down-Regulation, Titration, or Co-Regulation? In the third in my series of conversations with trauma awareness activist, Shay Seaborne, you will find out what they are, and why they are important for anyone dealing with stress or trauma. It’s been fascinating to learn how the neuroscience of stress and trauma connects with Alexander Technique practices and skills. Over the last…

Would you like to learn a simple but profound practice to help you down-regulate and calm your nervous system when you’re feeling stressed? Here, in this blog about my fourth conversation with Trauma Awareness Activist Shay Seaborne about stress, trauma and the Alexander Technique, I share a practice that does exactly that. In this conversation, we discuss TheCyCle™ – a practice Shay has learned…