by Daphne | Jul 9, 2023 | Awareness, Being, Body, Bones, Connection, Core, Diaphragm, Exploration, Hips, Mobility, Non-linear Movement, Pelvis, Sensory Awareness, Spiral, Stability, Tailbone
A neutral pelvis means that our spine can act as a “spring” in our bipedal form, to provide a buffer for the compressive forces moving through the body as we navigate through space and gravity. A simple approach to finding a neutral pelvis is to experiment with the...
by Daphne | Feb 22, 2022 | Being, Body, Classes, Core, Exploration, Limbs, Mind, Muscles, Navel, Pelvis, Somatic, Space
Navel Radiation Workshop 1/3 The first class of the navel radiation series. In today’s session, we learn about the core of our body. In the fitness realm, there’s so much emphasis on the core. Most of the time, the core was associated with the much desired...
by Daphne | Nov 6, 2021 | Core, Nerve, Nervous System, Sensation, Sensory
Do you know that the fascia in and around the abdominal area can get really sticky and gooey from sedentary lifestyle, bad diet and stress triggers? And bloating in this area can also lead to back pain, neck and shoulder tension, a sense of being...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Body, Breath, Cells, Connection, Consciousness, Core, Homeostasis, Movement, Space, Spiral, Touch, Yoga
The IAYT model of Yoga Therapy (often 1:1) integrates the whole being through relationships in the Pancha Maya Kosha model, i.e the physical body, the energetic body (e.g chakra system and pancha vayus, prakriti and vikruti etc), our emotional afflictions, our thought...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Awareness, Bones, Brain, Cells, Connection, Core, Embodiment, Embryology, Limbs, Movement, Nerve, Proprioception, Spine, Spiral
From Liz Koch, author of Core Awareness & Stalking Wild Psoas: Yesterday I had the opportunity to talk Psoas with an orthopedic surgeon in Europe who reached out to me about this mysterious tissue. When I told him I thought psoas was a...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Awareness, Body, Breath, Core, Diaphragm, Fluid, Psoas, Sensory
A little psoas play inspired by Liz Koch of Core Awareness. Begin by sensing the structural support of the psoas from the initiation of the breath in the diaphragm. Tune into the undulating waves. Move into the fluidity into a continuous flow through the whole body....
