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Q & A: Is My Foot Problem Affecting My Psoas?

Q: My friend just attended your workshop and recommended I contact you. Do you have any recommendations I have painful bunion that needs surgery?
A: Foot problems can be connected to the psoas muscle, which may be the reason your friend made the connection. I explore the feet during workshops for several reasons. Every joint [...]

Unravel & Find Harmony - NYC Oct 27 & 28

Discover how your inner power emerges within a supple, healthy, dynamic core. As bio-intelligent beings working with natures spiral rather than fighting it, truly is the fastest way to bring coherency and balance to our inner core life. Join me for 2 days of unraveling core tension patterns, scoliosis and more…

Q & A: Can Awareness Heal My Psoas?

Q:  If the psoas is part of the reptilian or subconscious brain, as you allude to in your recent book review (found in the quarterly newsletter) and can not be controlled why do you offer exercises and techniques in The Psoas Book for releasing, toning and lengthening the psoas? Should I be confused?
A: As part of the reptilian brain (or [...]

Dem Bones - As Seen in Massage & Bodywork Magazine Article

Read my latest article Dem Bones in the Oct/Nov issue of Massage and Bodywork Magazine. Then join me, along with Pioneer Somatic Educator Emilie Conrad, for a 3-day exploration where bones becomes the vital expression of living tissue. Workshop is January 18th through the 20th 2008 at the Continuum Studio in Santa Monica, California. See [...]

Q & A: Can The Psoas Muscle Be Controlled?

Q: In a book review, in your recent newsletter, you comment that “because the psoas muscle is part of the “reptilian” or subconscious brain and cannot be controlled by conscious intention…”. However, in your Psoas Book, you have exercises/techniques for releasing, toning and strengthening the psoas muscle…should I be confused?
A: The appearance of confusion may [...]

Q & A: Psoas Explorations After Sexual Abuse?

Q: As a survivor of Incest in my teens, I wonder whether your course and books provide a way for me to connect with my body and my sexuality? My experiences have had a profound impact on my personal life and now in my late 30’s I am perhaps stronger to really tackle them head [...]