Personal Injury I recently returned from two international conferences where I had the honor of learning from the preeminent researchers, doctors, teachers, and practitioners in the field of musicians’ health and wellness. As I listened, taught, and talked amongst them, I discovered almost all of us had one additional trait [...]
How Play Evolves Consciousness: From the first days in the body there are movements, reflexes. These are the first movements, the playfulness that kicks our feet, gurgles from our mouths, and curls our toes. This playful action is stimulated through the interchange of desires and incoming sensations. As we begin [...]
By Fariya Doctor, GCFP It was The Feldenkrais Method that helped me discover that there wasn't just one way to breathe. However, I still struggled with understanding and identifying why I was having so much trouble with breathing. After studying the science of breath and becoming a Buteyko Instructor all [...]
Old Joke: Why was Ginger Rogers more talented than Fred Estaire? Because Ginger had to do everything Fred did, only backwards and in heels. As a resident of New York City for over 30 years, I walked a lot of miles as a commuter. Over uneven sidewalks and landscaped paths [...]
Are you experiencing difficulties with your sleep? Do you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night and struggling to return to sleep? Perhaps you're having trouble falling asleep initially, or you find it challenging to wake up in the morning? Before diving into a plethora of techniques, [...]
Pain can degrade our quality of life in many ways. For example, it can undermine our capacity for pleasure, interfere with our relationships, and make it difficult to work. More insidiously, it can decrease the quantity and compromise the quality of our sleep, creating a vicious cycle. This is because [...]
Self-love is probably one of the most important aspects of a healthy self-image. Like many things…it’s easier said than done. Years ago, I participated in a week-long residential workshop called the Hoffman Process. One of the underlying tenets was about loving yourself. Another aspect of the workshop was no one [...]
Two of the greatest gifts in my life have been my meditation practice of more than 50 years and the transformative learning with Moshe Feldenkrais that began in 1975. It would be difficult to exaggerate my gratitude for these gifts. They have worked together, always congruently, yet in similar and [...]
At the basis of most human dilemmas is the struggle for time. We experience stress or distress, because we are not doing things in our own time, therefore it is hard for us to be present. This constant struggle for time and presence in a fast paced, ever changing world [...]
Walking around Queens (NYC) early one Sunday morning, with a large coffee and tears running down my cheeks, I felt confused and overwhelmed by life. I was a young performing artist living and working in the city that never sleeps and, unbeknownst to me at the time, I was dealing [...]