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Here we are at this river Having been carried by many others Rivers that bob with trappings We can’t call our own Rivers of eddies filled with expectations That keep us from flow Rivers frothing With such fear and pain That we are pulled under Yet here we are At this river If flows much more swiftly Then it seemed …
It often takes a shakeup – or several of them – to wake us up. Medically unexplained physical pain had already started to wake me up but it’s when my mom died in 2007 that I really started to question things. Things like my purpose, how short life is, and what I could do that would really make a difference. …
“What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to something that already is?”~Eckhart Tolle If you read my last blog you’ll know that I’ve had a bout of back pain that’s been going on for a few months. It tightens progressively through the night, often requiring me to wake and use ice or heat. Movement helps …
This happened about ten years ago. Upper back pain that CTs, MRIs, PTs shed not a shred of light upon. One PT duck taped my back to try and prevent me from moving in the manner that caused the most pain. This was, unsurprisingly, ineffective. The musculature in my upper back would progressively seize up at night. The longer I …
Last week I joined Durango Nature Studies for a full moon hike. While the theme was animal hibernation, of course the plant kingdom has its own version. As the trees are dropping their leaves they are preparing for winter dormancy. So I wondered, should humans be practicing some version of it themselves? Scientists at the Institute for Wildlife Ecology in …
This past month I came to a realization. Would I be willing to let go of the way I thought things should be? Before I had even physically made it to my new home here in Durango I had rented a studio office downtown. Even as I write this I have the stark realization of something else: I don’t think …
The special sections editor of a local newspaper asked me the following questions for an upcoming edition of Four Corners Healthy Living. Why is it important to combat the natural loss of flexibility? “Mobility is a basic human need. Being able to perform in Cirque du Soleil is not.” The word “combat” implies some sort of battle. I don’t feel …
I rolled out my mat at 5:30 this morning. It had been over a week since I had done so due to travel and an out of town guest which made me think about my motivation for getting back on the mat. For sure, it’s a part of my job. I learned in training that you can’t teach what you …
Recently I was speaking to the owner of the Telluride Yoga Center, Kristin Taylor, exploring workshop ideas. She said what people want to know is how can they can keep “playing hard.” I recently moved to Durango and feel as though I’ve moved from a fit city (Denver) to a city that’s even more fit, particularly among those 50 and …
I am a voracious reader and listener of anything having to do with movement. Whether from Biomechanist, Katy Bowman, who writes about “nutritious movement”; pioneering researcher in the physiology of mobility and author of Designed to Move, Dr. Joan Vernikos or Rolfer and Feldenkrais practitioner Todd Hargrove who shares his ideas on fundamental movement patterns like crawling, reaching, rolling and breathing. The human body was made for …
