What really is a nerve? We know its basic anatomy and physiology, but how can we see it in a broader context, transmitting information and energy not only within but also between us?
Read MoreNew thoughts about boats and bones came to me recently, especially through the name and shape of the navicular bone in the foot…
Read MoreJoin, if you like, in a 6-week book club exploring “Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve.”
Read MoreThe spider “tunes” its web. Could we tune our clients through their connective tissues? And how does this relate both to music and to medicine?
Read MoreThe old testament is certainly wrong with its the contention that “In the beginning is the word.” Feet certainly are older than any words. So more accurately we could say, “In the beginning are the feet.”
Read MoreThe graphic forms of the circle and the letter “O” have remained fairly constant from Phoenician times until the present day. The name of the letter for “O” was ʿeyn, meaning "eye"; the letter (and possibly the shape of a circle and the numeral for Zero) - all may have originated as a drawings of a human eye….
Read MoreWhat muscle has three O’s in it? Runs from the scapula to the front of the neck? Has a fascial “sling” halfway along its length?
Read MoreThe scalenes, according to some anatomy texts, are possibly the second most important muscles in respiration….
Read MoreIda Rolf noted that when flexors flex, extensors have to extend - that lets us know the idea of a single “prime mover” is a myth….
Read MoreYears ago I had a series of conversations with Jon Zahourek, the creator of the Anatomy in Clay Learning System, here are some highlights!
Read MoreWalking makes your brain better along with your body, and your emotions…
Read MoreThere’ve been many lovely short pieces on the brainpickings site. However, during the pandemic, another essential part of us has been all covered up and deserves to see the light of day - the nose.
Read MoreBones are light constituting only 15% of our weight!….but they have an. enormous amount to do with overall body and brain function….
Read MoreThe scapula, a floating bone? and the roots of wings…
Read MoreAs long as the mind remains the primary focus of education, the heart will remain comparatively barbaric…
Read MoreFeathers - in hope, music, and flight
Read MoreFrom Diocles of Carystus, 4th Century B.C. in Athens - Prescription for One's Morning…
Read MoreThe muscle perhaps most reflecting thought lies on top of the cranium with a central tendon, the galea aponeurotica….
Read MoreIn the trapezius, the vertical energy flowing through the body intersects with a horizontal flow through the arms and the hands, reaching out to the world around us. This may be seen as an axis of love…
Read MoreWhat are your back muscles but living vines climbing up the trellis of your ribs?
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