Here are three mobility movements for the shoulders, spine and hips. All involve moving two patterns of movement together to create human movement. We are more than one tool playing in the dark. Shoulder mobility comes to release held tension and fixation in the shoulder and upper spine. Spine mobility comes to release rigidity of… Read More Twisted mobility
Here are ways to increase your awareness without increasing the energy we put into it. It is easy to be super vigilant for a few seconds and then go back to sleep. Choose instead to grind the wheel a little bit each day. Keep your sword sharp or grow rust. These are tweaks and small… Read More Increase your basic level of awareness
A man who marched for an internal eternity is different than the man who have yet to embark on one. You cannot prepare for life although many books say otherwise but you can prepare yourself for yourself. Confused ? Just wait. I cannot prepare a student for everything as a teacher. I have no key that… Read More STRIP
A GUIDE TO HELP THE BODY TO RID ITSELF OF SICKNESS BREATHE – Inhale and exhale through the nose for better control and filtration. Let each next breath come to you by listening to the body needs and you will breathe more calmly and be more connected to what your body is telling you.… Read More LETTING SICKNESS OUT THE DOOR
We understand machines. There are defined lines of compression and depression, there are defined lines of movement and there is a defined intent to each and every part. Let us consider a less obvious machine. Let us explore the key to that machine and breathe-move our way to endless intuition. We begin on the ground as… Read More Notes from class: Spinal fluidity
WALK THE WALL 100 STEPS WITH YOUR FISTS ON THE WALL SIDE TO SIDE 100 STEPS WITH YOUR FEET ON THE WALL SIDE TO SIDE 100 STEPS WITH YOUR FISTS ON THE WALL UP AND DOWN 100 STEPS WITH YOUR FEET ON THE WALL UP AND DOWN 100 STEPS WITH YOUR FISTS ON THE WALL… Read More Wall walking
Thunder rolls over the landscape. It goes into every opening and shakes and affects what is in its wake. Thunder is of course the outcome of lightening so we must approach our striking movement in the same manner. One of the other qualities of thunder that goes without saying is that it is not affected… Read More ROLLING THUNDER
There is a saying “It is easy to be a monk at the top of the mountain“. It is indeed much easier to be excess free if the environment is calm and smooth but the universe is a better teacher than that 🙂 As it is easier to be smart when you watch mayhem from… Read More AAAAAAA Tension
Moments of crisis are easy to handle when you view them from afar. Spreading yourself in your breathing lets you see and handle yourself from a more composed point of view and become less swayed by the storm around you. Be inside your breath, all throughout yourself. Let the storm pass and all that shall… Read More Spread yourself in your breath
Simple things are usually overlooked. Here are ten simple suggestion for future learning and fun if you have the right mindset or want to have one. Keep from punctures and cuts while in contact. That is more than half of that battle. 1. Teach only from the front – no work from the back or… Read More 10 ways to get yourself killed with a knife
