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Achy Back and Knees? Why getting more flexibility and “smartness” in those ankles will help ease the ache (trust me on this one!)

Click here to re-tweet Achy Back and Knees? Why getting more flexibility and "smartness" in those ankles will help ease the ache (trust me on this one!) If anyone knows about achy knees it's me. Most chronic aches and pains, especially in the knees and lower back, are a result [...]

Achy Back and Knees? Why getting more flexibility and “smartness” in those ankles will help ease the ache (trust me on this one!)2019-04-30T13:06:34-07:00

Why Going into Your Automatic Freeze Response (aka: Dorsal Branch of Your Parasympathetic Nervous System, or Rest-Digest Mode) can Save Your Skin. Lessons from the Wild

Click here to re-tweet 'why going into your automatic freeze response can save your skin. Lessons from the wild. My good colleague-friend Anthony 'Twig' Wheeler told me about this video clip a few days back. (thanks Twig!, and thanks to Neal Winbald for having them on his site). We were [...]

Why Going into Your Automatic Freeze Response (aka: Dorsal Branch of Your Parasympathetic Nervous System, or Rest-Digest Mode) can Save Your Skin. Lessons from the Wild2019-04-30T13:06:34-07:00

Lower Back Love. What exactly IS lower back love anyways? (& why the picture of the bull fighter?)

Click here to re-tweet What exactly IS lower back love anyways? (& why the picture of the bullfigher) Humans have this unique quality called bipedalism. We are upright creatures and we move ourselves from point A to point B on tiny little bases called feet. This means that we have [...]

Lower Back Love. What exactly IS lower back love anyways? (& why the picture of the bull fighter?)2019-04-30T13:06:34-07:00

Nervous System Cleansing 101. Step 2: More Orientation + Body Awareness

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Nervous System Cleansing 101. Step 2: More Orientation + Body Awareness2019-11-22T18:28:58-08:00

Testimonials Based around Feldenkrais & Athletic Performance – What past clients have said about our work together.

Here's testament to the amazing results that athletes have got by combining Feldenkrais' principles and practices into their training routines. // “The day after I had a private lesson with Irene, we had an on snow training session and I noticed right away that my skiing was effortless. I had [...]

Testimonials Based around Feldenkrais & Athletic Performance – What past clients have said about our work together.2019-04-30T13:06:34-07:00

Cleanse Your Body of Trauma. Nervous System Cleansing 101. Step 1: Orientation

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Cleanse Your Body of Trauma. Nervous System Cleansing 101. Step 1: Orientation2019-11-22T18:26:35-08:00

My personal story with all “the juicy” details

My story goes something like this In 2001, my kneecap spontaneously broke in half while I was walking down a flight of stairs. Yep, you read right. And 'Ouch' is right too! It was a complication from an ACL (anterior cruciate knee ligament) surgery, and, it was without a doubt the [...]

My personal story with all “the juicy” details2019-04-30T13:06:36-07:00

Got Tight Achy and Cranky Hips? (and why it’s not the glute med’s ‘effin fault!)

Here’s a great story and testimony from one of my clients about getting rid of tight and cranky hips.  // “I wanted to ski a few days before letting you know...just to be sure it wasn't just a one time thing. Well I have to say THANK YOU!!! I noticed a very big difference, [...]

Got Tight Achy and Cranky Hips? (and why it’s not the glute med’s ‘effin fault!)2019-04-30T13:06:36-07:00

Lessons from a Stubbed Toe: “Accident-Trauma-First Aid”

 Stubbing my toe in Berkeley. I was walking quite fast through the residential area of Berkeley, California, this past October. I was wearing my open-toed Birkenstock sandals when BAM! “Ouch, #!^*…Oh, that REALLY hurts...” An uneven slab of sidewalk had put an abrupt stop to the forward motion of my second toe on [...]

Lessons from a Stubbed Toe: “Accident-Trauma-First Aid”2019-04-30T13:06:36-07:00

Melt away chronic tension by finding your perfect posture in only 10 minutes! An audio exercise to start you out.

Everyone OBSESSES about their posture. Do you? The trouble is, Western society has some crazy ideas about how to find good posture. It’s a huge problem, actually, because many of those ideas screw us up. In fact, more often than not, they’ll actually make your posture worse, and your functional daily activities [...]

Melt away chronic tension by finding your perfect posture in only 10 minutes! An audio exercise to start you out.2014-10-29T12:48:10-07:00