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Japanese Jiu Jitsu: A Journey: Be a Baby, a Ninja Baby - The Feldenkrais Method
Japanese Jiu Jitsu: A Journey: Be a Baby, a Ninja Baby - The Feldenkrais Method.
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see Sam Harris interview in Atlantic mag. on Self-defense and Brazilian Jiu JItsu ..
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see Sam Harris interview in Atlantic mag. on Self-defense and Brazilian Jiu JItsu ..
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sitting is not good says Dr. Joel Press
itting all day is the worst thing in the world you can do for your back," said Dr. Joel Press, the medical director of the Spine & Sports Institute at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Sitting puts nearly twice the stress on the spine as standing; slouching while you sit increases the pressure even more.
That's because hunching forward pushes the back into a convex or C shape. Try it. Now pull your shoulders back and together and put your hand on your lower back. That natural concave curve is what you want; slouching fatigues and overstretches the ligaments, causing back pain.
To make matters worse, we stay in this bad C position for hours, barely moving, even when nature calls. "I'll be crashing on a pro
Monday, July 28, 2008
WCCIF and Feldenkrais connections and Anat Baniel Method
THE 19TH ANNUAL WEST COAST CONTACT IMPROVISATION FESTIVAL
IN BERKELEY'S 8TH STREET STUDIOS, JUNE 29-JULY 4, 2007
(Berkeley, CA) The 19th annual West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival (WCCIF) will be held at 8th Street Studios in Berkeley, CA, from June 29 to July 4. This year we have a theme - Deepening the Experience - that will enliven and inform all of the classes, labs, discussions, performances and jams. We offer interconnected classes within three tracks - Performance, Somatics and Community - that will allow participants to explore specific aspects of contact improvisation in depth. Classes are available for professional dancers and people new to Contact Improvisation interested in learning in a safe and respectful community.
http://www.wccif.com/wccif_2007_media_release
Sharon Tomsky CI and Feldenkrais/Anat Baniel Methods – A Potent Convergence.
Sharon has been enthusiastically involved with Contact Improvisation since the late 1970s, and has been teaching CI since 1981. She is a co-founder of this Contact Festival and has been teaching at it since its inception in 1988, and was an organizer for the first 3 years. Sharon also co-founded the California “Harbin” Contact Jam and co-organized and facilitated it for 18 years. She is a somatic educator with certifications as a Feldenkrais Method and Anat Baniel Method practitioner, including specializations in ABM for Children, Anti-Aging, and High Performers. These methods offer the opportunity for potent transformational learning through movement and attention in ways that connect directly with the practice of CI. Sharon also works as an Occupational Therapist. She lives in Richmond, CA with her beautiful cat Yin-Yang, whose movement she studies and attempts to emulate.
http://www.wccif.com/teachers?selected=9497#9497
IN BERKELEY'S 8TH STREET STUDIOS, JUNE 29-JULY 4, 2007
(Berkeley, CA) The 19th annual West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival (WCCIF) will be held at 8th Street Studios in Berkeley, CA, from June 29 to July 4. This year we have a theme - Deepening the Experience - that will enliven and inform all of the classes, labs, discussions, performances and jams. We offer interconnected classes within three tracks - Performance, Somatics and Community - that will allow participants to explore specific aspects of contact improvisation in depth. Classes are available for professional dancers and people new to Contact Improvisation interested in learning in a safe and respectful community.
http://www.wccif.com/wccif_2007_media_release
Sharon Tomsky CI and Feldenkrais/Anat Baniel Methods – A Potent Convergence.
Sharon has been enthusiastically involved with Contact Improvisation since the late 1970s, and has been teaching CI since 1981. She is a co-founder of this Contact Festival and has been teaching at it since its inception in 1988, and was an organizer for the first 3 years. Sharon also co-founded the California “Harbin” Contact Jam and co-organized and facilitated it for 18 years. She is a somatic educator with certifications as a Feldenkrais Method and Anat Baniel Method practitioner, including specializations in ABM for Children, Anti-Aging, and High Performers. These methods offer the opportunity for potent transformational learning through movement and attention in ways that connect directly with the practice of CI. Sharon also works as an Occupational Therapist. She lives in Richmond, CA with her beautiful cat Yin-Yang, whose movement she studies and attempts to emulate.
http://www.wccif.com/teachers?selected=9497#9497
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