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Legs Dance, Kick, Run

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:June 2, 2014
  • Post category:Body

Our legs are on our sides, like our arms, and start above the hip crease.

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Arms Relate to the World

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:April 1, 2014
  • Post category:Body

Our arms are structured to fluidly express our physical boundaries.

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Sense Your Spine’s Support

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:March 1, 2014
  • Post category:Body

When we trust our structure, our whole body relaxes, expands, and breathes more easily.

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Let Your Jaw Speak

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:December 2, 2013
  • Post category:Body

Physical movement in your avenue of expression creates sound. Immobility is silent.

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How to Irritate Your Nervous System

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:October 2, 2012
  • Post category:Body

Seeking irritation might be easier and more informative than seeking calm.

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Change the Rules, Inhabit Your Pelvis

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:July 2, 2012
  • Post category:Body

Bring awareness to the bony structure of your pelvis.

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Claim Your Space, Breathe into Your Back

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:November 2, 2010
  • Post category:Body

Shallow chest breathing takes up as little space as possible. Deeper belly breathing pushes out into the world. Back breathing claims the space that is already yours.

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Befriend Your Pain

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:May 2, 2010
  • Post category:Body

To reduce suffering, relate to pain as a friend bearing a message rather than an enemy to be feared.

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