Monica has been training at Symmetry in Motion since late 2017 and has gone from rehabbing old injuries to creating new athletic strength in her body. In addition to twice a week in the studio, we meet once a month at her property to use neurologic drills while she is riding: the ultimate in practicing […]
IS there a most important movement? A BEST movement? Something that satisfies all “requirements” for “working out” (whatever that is) – calorie-burning, muscle-building, endorphin-boosting awesomeness? If we had to make time for ONE thing to get MORE of in our daily movement, it is walking. Add more walking to your life. Being a bi-ped is […]
“I’ve had a lot of computer work to do this week so my body isn’t too happy.” “Doing the Near/Far drill is a great one during frequent breaks. (You’re taking breaks aren’t you?)” “Near/Far…I don’t think we have done that one!” “Well! Let’s do it now!” Our eyes provide SEVENTY percent of the sensory input […]
Recently Juliu Horvath (founder of the Gyrotonic method) shared a story with his master trainers that deeply touched me. It is the Japanese tradition of kintsugi. A broken bowl is not discarded, but instead repaired so that the cracks are filled with gold. When I heard this, I began to tear up. I felt the […]
The human body has not evolved at the same pace as the human mind. We still have the same (brilliant and functional!) body design that we have had for thousands of years. We are still the same homosapeins – except…we live in cages. We work in cages. We drive around in little cages on wheels. […]
