Big choices and small decisions
We make millions of choices throughout life that steer us along our path. We choose what to eat, when to go, when to protect, when to give up, when to push through, when to go the extra mile, when to rest, what to spend our lives and careers getting better at, and what we want…
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Movement carcinogens
High heel shoes. Economy airplane seats. Wallets in back pockets. Tight fitting clothes that limit the range of motion required for activities of daily living like tying shoes and picking small humans up off the ground. Laptops literally being used on laps. Sitting in one position for more than twenty minutes. Walking only on smooth…
Read MoreMovement cancer
It starts small. An ankle sprain when you’re twenty. After three weeks, it feels better so you move on, but with an almost imperceptible decrease of 10° in dorsiflexion. Every cycle of three weeks thereafter comes another layer of the compensation as the nervous system adapts to the altered ground reaction forces. A neuroplastic adaptation…
Read MoreWalking with a three-year-old
The secret to holding space, teaching, and coaching is embodied when you walk hand-in-hand with a three-year-old. The child has smaller steps. His curiosity is piqued more often. He stops to touch things that have drawn his focus every few steps. We contribute to a sense of belonging and safety by holding his hand gently…
Read MoreMovement hygiene
Remember the last time you wore black socks? Remember the fuzz that accumulated between your toes? There is a similar lint-like fuzz that accumulates between your skin and the underlying tissues when there is no movement between the layers for an extended period of time. This occurs every night as we sleep and in regions…
Read MoreConvenience
It is the ability to move forward with something with little effort or difficulty. Depending on our approach this is either empowering or disabling. Anything that is fulfilling in life requires effort. Growth and learning are side-effects of overcoming difficulties. If we see convenient opportunities to effort that are in alignment with our service to…
Read MoreFinding presence
Lying in bed trying to fall asleep. Holding my son when he cries at night. Floating in the moment before I adjust someone after learning that they had just lost a parent. There are many moments in life that are made better when experienced with presence. And by no accident these are the most difficult…
Read MoreLife never doesn’t happen
We’ve all heard the phrase, “life happens.” We tend to say to others when we notice our life happen. Most of the time our life is like our body. We use our body to walk, sit, talk, move about and experience the world. But we don’t really think about it. When I’m jamming to Alanis…
Read MoreLess is more
To paraphrase the laws of supply and demand, As availability of a resource rises its value drops. This typcially applies to economics. It also applies to communication. Think of the wise people we meet who seem to hardly speak. When they finally share their thoughts we focus wholeheartedly on their every word. We then spend…
Read MoreWhat is this for?
Every decision we make, every action we take, and every single thing we say (and even think), reinforces a pattern. It deepens a skill set. We get better at doing that thing we just did. This is one of our greatest strengths and one of our most glaring vulnerabilities. I imagine we all want to…
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