I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much our bodies carry for us, Reader — quietly, often without complaint, and often without us even noticing. We push through tension, override exhaustion, ignore the whispers of discomfort until suddenly they’re no longer whispers: the back seizes up, the breath shortens, the jaw tightens until it aches. But here’s the shift I’ve been sitting with lately: What if those signals aren’t just irritations to be managed, but invitations to be answered? That...
11 days ago • 2 min read
“Can you give me the number for a doctor please. I really hurt my knee this time. I barely even started running and it popped. Can’t put any pressure on it. I’m gonna ice on the couch.” That was the message I got Monday night from Iran, my husband, when he should have been at his first softball game of the season. He didn’t even make it to first base before his knee gave out. And while it felt like a sudden disaster, the truth is, his body had been speaking up for months — a tight IT band,...
18 days ago • 3 min read
The other day, I caught myself staring at a crack in the pavement—not just looking, but really seeing it: the way it branched like a lightning strike frozen in concrete, the tiny tufts of green pushing their way through. And it struck me: attention isn’t passive. It’s an act of creation. Where we place our focus, we build structure. In our bodies, it’s no different. Muscles don’t just grow from motion; they grow from intention. Coordination isn’t automatic; it’s crafted through repeated...
25 days ago • 2 min read
Last weekend, I made a special trip up to San Francisco to work on a dear friend who’d recently fallen off a giant boulder onto equally rocky terrain. Four weeks post-fall, she was still struggling—every movement laced with pain and restriction. The moment I walked through her door, I noticed the change. Strain on her face. Sluggishness in her body. A bit of weight gain. Drooping features. She looked… older. The vibrant, brilliant spirit I’d met at Esalen a few years ago seemed buried beneath...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
🌀 Coming this June: The J.E.D.I. Spine Tricks Trilogy3 days. Whole body. One radically intelligent movement experience. Let’s play a game. Raise your arm. (Go ahead, I’ll wait.) Now ask yourself:“Did I raise my arm… or did I just shrug and fling the whole shoulder girdle into the abyss?” If you’re not quite sure—you’re not alone. Most of us, even the hyper-aware ones, tend to generalize movement. We move around our stiff places instead of through them. Our brains are built for efficiency....
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
There's Beauty and Freedom in being your own Boss. As CEO of your own company, you set your schedule, prioritize commitments, and evolve your job description at will. This arrangement shines for those with multiple passions, allowing you to scale various aspects of your work as needed—ideally balancing them for a sustainable work/life harmony. Reality, however, follows different rules. Those of us juggling diverse talents often face converging deadlines and commitments. Spring brings renewal...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Some days, the pain was so extreme I began to wonder if I was going to need surgery. My typically agile and resilient body had been replaced with one that experienced fear with every step. Bending my knees more than 90 degrees caused me such extreme pain that I was afraid my femur might actually break. No amount of strengthening, athletic braces or kinesiotape seemed to help the situation and I began to avoid any kind of workout that involved impact, speed or bodyweight training because of...
2 months ago • 5 min read
6-8 minute read The paradox of sensing with what we're trying to sense This week's video: Head/Neck posture reset Quick tip: A simple wall exercise for instant posture relief Upcoming Anatomy Courses "We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are." ~ Anaïs Nin A small child clutches a pillow to their face, giggling behind their makeshift shield. In their world, a perfect logic prevails: because you have disappeared from their sight, they assume they have also disappeared from yours....
2 months ago • 4 min read
• 5 minute read The Stories Our Bodies Tell There's something deeply human about our need to categorize and name the world around us,Reader . We divide, label, and organize—creating taxonomies of plants, periodic tables of elements, grammatical rules for language. In anatomy, we've named every bone, muscle, and tissue, constructing intricate maps of the human form. This analytical approach serves us well in many ways. It allows us to communicate precisely, to isolate problems, to develop...
2 months ago • 3 min read