Differentiations in Breathing

Differentiations in breathing challenge the patterns of our breath and the movements of our breathing. You can improve the ease and volume of your breath, and find a new organization…

Basic Flexion and Extension

As long as you explore slowly and lightly, you’ll find a new sense of length and comfort for your back after spending time with this lesson. It begins on the back…

Releasing the Hips

Releasing the hips can feel marvelous and be part of an interesting process. Done easily and slowly, you’ll find you have more comfortable hips and back after this lesson. This…

The Jaw, With Variations

Holding excess tension in your jaw can contribute to neck, shoulder, and back pain, as well as provoke headaches. Here is an easy lesson that builds from movements of your…

Reaching to Roll

Can you think skeletally? If you move your bones, will your muscles follow along, in an organized fashion? This lesson gives opportunities to find that skeletal sense while experimenting with…

Tilting Legs In and Out, on the Back

Simple movements of the legs build into whole-body movements that lengthen the spine and engage the ribs. Do all or part of this lesson to keep your back and trunk…

Extending Arms & Twisting to Organize Shoulders

A challenging lesson for some people, but the result are often surprising and dramatic – longer feeling arms, comfortable shoulders, and improved posture. Take your time with this lesson and…

Spine Like a Chain

A classic exploration of movements of the spine. One of my long-time students excitedly came up to me after class the first time he did this lesson and said, “That…