Excerpt from Yoga, Fascia, Anatomy and Movement (Chapter 9)
With thanks to Joanne Avison and Handspring Publishing. Members get a generous 20% discount on all Handspring Publishing books – see entry in Affiliates area. Yoga, Fascia, Anatomy and Movement was written partly as an appeal for yoga teachers to appreciate the depth and breadth of yoga as a science, a movement practice and a philosophy…
How do you see your body?
Not that long ago many yoga classes were very focused on achieving and holding a posture; nowadays they may very well concentrate more on developing our somatic awareness as we are encouraged to unfold, unfurl and unspiral our limbs, and to be aware of the effect on the whole body of one small movement. This change…
How do you see your body?
by Jan Trewartha Not that long ago many yoga classes were very focused on achieving and holding a posture; nowadays they may very well concentrate more on developing our somatic awareness as we are encouraged to unfold, unfurl and unspiral our limbs, and to be aware of the effect on the whole body of one…
Tensegrity Assisted Therapy – the magical powers of a semi-inflated ball
Monthly Member Webinar As part of your membership, we are delighted to run a monthly members webinar to explore a different element of fascia. See the details below for this month’s instalment. Practical details Date: Thursday 18 November Time: 19.00 UK time. Check your timezone here Presenter: Leonid Blyum and Mariana Barreto Title: Tensegrity Assisted Therapy…
Tensegrity-Assisted Therapy
By Leonid Blyum This article was written to complement the webinar offered on the topic on 18 November 2021. For details of the course in hands-on, clinical application of this work, click here. Mariana Barreto and Leonid Blyum are long-time biotensegrity enthusiasts with complementary teaching qualities that combine heavier scientific language by Leonid with practical…
Spiral Bound – chapter 1 – Across anatomy
Spiral Bound explores the potential for yoga as a healing modality by examining the body’s anatomical structure as it has evolved embryonically. With a light touch approach, Karen Kirkness weaves together threads of development to see how our morphological constraints arise in the earliest moments of life, and how this rotation lays the spiral groundwork for…