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 […]
Childbirth is an infinitely dynamic physical and emotional transformation for a woman. Afterwards, a woman’s body will never be quite the same as it was before she carried a child. Luckily, in my case, I was able to put my body back together in even BETTER places than it was before I was pregnant. My […]
Last year, it was discovered that 15,000 native oaks had been ripped from the Paso Robles countryside by Justin Winery, in order to make way for more vineyard. As this news unfolded, I, who have worked at getting our county to adopt a native tree ordinance for the last 16 years, found myself grieving deeply […]
My friend Mark first used the words “optimal bony alignment” at one of our Gyrotonic “playdates” and I have adopted it ever since. It is the perfect way to name what we desire in our bodies when we reorganize from the inside. Our goal is – optimal bony alignment. As we fold into the downward […]
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. […]
There’s a children’s book by one of my favorite authors, Roald Dahl, called The BFG. It stands for Big Friendly Giant, a giant who uses fabulously made up silly words. Let me introduce you to my BFGs of PFD: Wearing heeled shoes Sitting on your tailbone, or standing with your tailbone under Thrusting your ribs […]
There is NOTHING of which I am more certain than the fact that no matter who you are, or what you look like, or what you believe, that surge of feeling inside your heart when you see those you love the most, is the SAME feeling inside everyone else. And it is your superpower. It’s […]
These are the stories of the people I work with, the words of our history, of our trials and victories, and of our focus. When I carry a stack of them, I feel deep gratitude for the individuals who have entrusted me as a partner on their journey; I’m someone who can keep their pace, […]
Vitamin super-nutrients in eating strawberries: dense vit C, phenols and anthocyanins. Vitamin super-nutrients in picking them: macro movements of the joints, squatting benefits for the pelvic floor, articulation of the feet and hands, vit D. …just to get you started!
There are many reasons joining a GYROTONIC® group class is appealing, but how do you know if it is right for you? A good rule of thumb is to measure how much self awareness and control you have over your own body, and really listen to what it needs. Group classes move at the pace of […]
