Original post: March 19, 2019 If I notice one consistent thread in my sessions with speakers and singers it is that everyone, and I mean EVERYONE collapses their torso. Even male clients who tend to spread out in every other…
Exhale. If that one-word instruction succeeded in getting you to release breath, you are in good company. On the best of days, most of us can be caught holding our breath. These are not our best days so we must…
In Boston, we are entering week five of working remotely. For many of us, the sitting time is now epic. That makes for really tight hips, enabled by equally tight hamstrings. Those two things have a direct line to inhibited…
We tend to apologize when we yawn, especially in front of others. But what if we welcomed it? What if, instead of seeing the yawn as a sign of boredom, we acknowledged how efficient it is? All of that oxygen…
What is your favorite smell? It could be a type of flower, the smell of clean dirt, or leather, or bread. The point isn't to create decide if the smell you love is "normal." The point is to recall it.…
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I get to my computer and I am not sure what to write. Today is one of those days. I have been sitting in my jury duty holding area trying to find a…
Yesterday's post introduced a physical disruption, uncaging the ribs. Today, we are going to take that increased mobility and run with it. The point of having access to air is to use it. We need it for operations in the…
Literally. We all spend a lot of time sitting and very little thinking about what we are sitting on. The Glutes take our weight for long periods of time without our even trying to give them a good stretch. Why…
Air pressure that is. How well are you breathing today? Are you looking forward to holidays at the end of this week or are you dreading it? This particular holiday observance can be charged with a good deal of negative…
Ah, spacers. We do love to hate them. At some point, it became a mark of good speech to be free of um, so, and like in all verbal interactions. In a way, we have taken this a bit far…