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What’s MY perfect movement plan?
As 2025 opens, we’re talking movement plans as life plans, and here’s a glimpse into what designing a soulful movement life plan looks like for me.
Moving with attention to balance
We tend to only start thinking seriously about balance once we begin to lose it. Here are a few things to consider regarding your exercise and daily activities that can prevent balance issues before they manifest.
Care and feeding of an injury
In this post, I expand a bit on how to care for minor injuries - based on my own experience, beyond the application of RICE.
The movements lives are made of * (part 2)
Continuing the discussion of movement that is relevant to your unique life, here are four movement ‘food groups’ to explore.
The movements lives are made of…* (part 1)
Of all the many great and wonderful exercise regimens we have to choose from, how do you determine which is right for YOU and YOUR life?
Moving toward a squat
You may be a pro squatter, or haven't touched one in years.
In either case, this movement you do a hundred times a day can be improved in such a ways as to save your knees, strengthen your hips and maintain balance well into your elder years.
Is foot pad loss a thing?
Painful feet as we get older are often attributed to loss of the fatty pads on the soles. But, is that true, and, if so, can it be prevented?
A big word I learned that can help your breathing
Coincidentally in keeping with the theme of Metal (Lungs and Large Intestine figuring prominently) - I attended a 90-minute live Zoom presentation this weekend about the diaphragm/abdomen relationship, and learned a cool word.
Unpacking the spine ~ (what’s in it for you?)
The spine is a structure of support, but can it also be a place of storage for emotions? Also, a movement video!
Testing your metal
The meridians of the ‘Metal’ organs - Lungs and Large Intestine - travel mainly through the arms. Here is a practice that can help you feel and facilitate the smooth flow of Qi through these channels.
Breathe: a plea from your lungs
An instinctive protective response in these times might be to pull in and restrict the breath. Yet, breathing freely is the very thing we need for our well-being.
Your feet are keeping secrets!
Your feet are a secret history of your movement patterns - but you can unlock the secrets, and… change history!
Can goosebumps prevent illness?
Is Wei Chi an imaginary energetic force field, or an electromagnetic response to changes under the skin?
“My knee is crap.”
A commonly-echoed sentiment that reflects how we tend to blame our bodies for breaking down, rather than recognize the inappropriateness of the environments we have to move within.
How to move more…
My personal experiences with figuring out how to move my body more when pain and inertia are obstacles.