Positive posture begins with breath
How do you define posture? How do your clients and patients define posture? Do any of these sound familiar? “I have bad posture”, “I need to improve my posture”, “My core needs to be strengthened so I have better posture”, “I work at a desk so I have terrible posture”, “I need to fix my…
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and interoception
This article will take a brief look at the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and how this condition may impact an individual’s interoceptive abilities. What is Interoception? Interoception is the sense of the physiological condition of the body including sensations from within such as heartbeat, respiration rate, hunger, thirst, and visceral sensations. It plays…
Being Bodyful: Where do you live in your body?
Being Bodyful is my approach to posture. A play on the words “being mindful”, Being Bodyful is built around Postural Somatic Awareness (PSA) and exploration. Why am I so passionate about the postural exploration of Being Bodyful? It has been my experience as a bodyworker for over 30 years and teacher for more than 15,…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Looking after ourselves: enhancing our body awareness and ability to self-care.
Date: Thursday 28th MarchTimes: 19.00 – 20.00 (insert the Time Zone link after)Presenter: Jan TrewarthaTitle: Looking after ourselves: enhancing our body awareness and ability to self-care. Description: This will be a purely practical session following this month’s theme of ‘Developing Body Wisdom’. Jan will guide you in self-exploration, using attention and intention to self-scan and help your…
Stretching the Limits
What are we stretching? It’s not just muscles. Consider that fascia is a continuous network of varying densities – muscle, tendon, ligament, bone – and there are also nerves and blood vessels throughout. How does stretching affect the body globally? If the purpose of stretching is to increase range of motion, are we considering the…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – TMJ and Posture Dynamics: Exploring the Hidden Connection
Date: Thursday 22nd February 2024Time: 19.00 – 20.00 UK timePresenters: Renata DębickaTitle: TMJ and Posture Dynamics: Exploring the Hidden Connection Summary: Join our enlightening webinar, TMJ and Posture Dynamics: Exploring the Hidden Connection, to uncover the critical but often unnoticed role of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in maintaining and influencing body posture. Moving beyond traditional structural models, this session…