IreneLyon

About Irene Lyon

Irene Lyon, MSC. and nervous system expert, teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives. To date her online work has reached people in over 57(!) countries – but you can often find her teaching with Elia Mrak at their signature Up & Down workshops or hiking in the mountains or along the Pacific ocean in her hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia. She has her Master’s in Biomedical and Health Science and also has a knack for making complex info easy for ALL of us to understand and apply to our lives. She has extensively studied and practices the works of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, Peter Levine (founder of Somatic Experiencing) and Kathy Kain (founder of Somatic Practice).

We are a culture that sits on chairs. PERIOD. Time to learn how to do it properly.

2019-04-30T13:06:50-07:00

Yes. It is a sad thing. I sit as I type this. You are most likely sitting as you read this. Whoever you send this to will most likely be 'sitting' when they open up their email. Whether eating, working, waiting, watching 'screen's of the many sorts and then the [...]

We are a culture that sits on chairs. PERIOD. Time to learn how to do it properly.2019-04-30T13:06:50-07:00

A Gathering of Words for 2011: A Hopi Elder Speaks

2019-04-30T13:06:50-07:00

These words were read to me and my classmates years ago by one of our Feldenkrais trainers. I carry it with me in my daytimer all the time and read it often when need be. I felt it might be a nice way to say goodbye to 2010 and bring [...]

A Gathering of Words for 2011: A Hopi Elder Speaks2019-04-30T13:06:50-07:00

Dr. Peter Levine, the founder of Somatic Experiencing explains how the human system can heal and self-regulate from traumatic events.

2019-04-30T13:06:50-07:00

Click here to re-tweet "Dr. Peter Levine, the founder of Somatic Experiencing explains how the human system can heal and self-regulate from traumatic events." Why Do We Humans Get "Stuck" in our Traumatic Events While Animals in the Wild Don't? There is much to be learned from our fuzzy and [...]

Dr. Peter Levine, the founder of Somatic Experiencing explains how the human system can heal and self-regulate from traumatic events.2019-04-30T13:06:50-07:00

The Simplicity of Feldenkrais: Baby Liv shows you some simple movements to start you out.

2019-04-30T13:06:51-07:00

Want to understand the simplicity of a Feldenkrais Movement Lesson? Just go to the simple foundations of human development. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ko7U1pLlg Ready for your first class? This is a montage of a little baby named Liv doing what babies do during their first year of life. It is these first beginnings [...]

The Simplicity of Feldenkrais: Baby Liv shows you some simple movements to start you out.2019-04-30T13:06:51-07:00

My research with higher intensity strength training, why high intensity exercise is essential and introducing “The Healthy Skeptic”

2019-04-30T13:06:52-07:00

One of the things I am really excited about is bringing in other bloggers and highlighting them on The Human Groove. It seems my generation (those born somewheres between 1975/73ish to 1982/85ish) are seeing the importance of sharing, collaborating and not being afraid to trade our secrets. Openly. I have [...]

My research with higher intensity strength training, why high intensity exercise is essential and introducing “The Healthy Skeptic”2019-04-30T13:06:52-07:00

Inspired by Paul Hawken: An unnamed article about human healthcare and planetary care.

2021-10-23T13:09:42-07:00

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Inspired by Paul Hawken: An unnamed article about human healthcare and planetary care.2021-10-23T13:09:42-07:00

Feldenkrais Teachings and Being a Ninja: Can you see the difference – Hands forward or backwards?

2019-04-30T13:06:54-07:00

(This post will be one of many to come that will fit into the “All Things Feldenkrais: The Amherst Diaries” feature which you see on the right side of the page. Here you will find writings, ideas, practical application, video, audio and 'all things Feldenkrais'. Moshe Feldenkrais' theories and principles [...]

Feldenkrais Teachings and Being a Ninja: Can you see the difference – Hands forward or backwards?2019-04-30T13:06:54-07:00

Changing our Education (& health care) Paradigms. By Sir Ken Robinson & RSA Animate.

2019-04-30T13:06:54-07:00

(This post will be one of many to come that will fit into the "Smitten-With" Feature which you see on the right side of the page. Here I will share people, blogs, books, articles and other stuff that I find interesting, timely and in my opinion fits into a  'need [...]

Changing our Education (& health care) Paradigms. By Sir Ken Robinson & RSA Animate.2019-04-30T13:06:54-07:00

Bad Situations Are Felt, Not Thought: Belly versus Brain.

2019-04-30T13:06:55-07:00

Today I ponder this: "Belly or Brain" A tiny bit of background. Moshe Feldenkrais' theories really got me jiving with the brain. Recently I've been studying the work of Dr. Peter Levine. The latter has put me back to my first love of physiology and biology. It has got me thinking [...]

Bad Situations Are Felt, Not Thought: Belly versus Brain.2019-04-30T13:06:55-07:00

Reverse Engineer Your Health: Becoming your best own curator

2019-04-30T13:06:55-07:00

“The traditional role of the librarian and curator – to select what is to be preserved and ruthlessly weed out everything else - suddenly is obsolete.” I read the above sentence in a book titled "Clock on the Long Now: Time and Responsibility. The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer" [...]

Reverse Engineer Your Health: Becoming your best own curator2019-04-30T13:06:55-07:00