by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Poetry, Spine
A year ago on Dec 29, I had just returned home to the Blue Mountains after 2 months of teaching on the road. I was pottering about at home when I noticed there were several missed calls on my phone. They were from my sister, left with a text to call her back....
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Body, Gravity, Movement, Neck, Nervous System, Rewire, Safe, Spine
I’ve posted something similar on this before, and often speak passionately about it – the importance of honouring a baby’s neuro-motor developmental milestones to occur organically without rushing into sitting or standing. I’ve also ruffled some parents’...
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Body, Bodywork, Embodiment, Mind, Neck, Nervous System, Non-linear Movement, Self, Sensory, Sensory Awareness, Somatic, Spine, Yoga
Recent BBC article on the increasing cases of injuries sustained by yoga teachersOne of my teachers Richard Freeman would always say in class, “Stiffness is a blessing”. Being hyper-mobile, yoga asanas came easily to me as a practitioner. When I was a new...
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 | Body, Brain, Breath, Connection, Consciousness, Feet, Mind, Spine, Yoga
There’s a piece of recent news depicting an Instagram yogi who suffered a stroke performing a Hollowback Handstand – an “advanced” pose requires the practitioner to extend spine and create a deep backbend, all the while holding the legs in mid-air. The...
