WRITINGS

On the disappearing art of process Small tip before beginning to read - check out all references and links during the reading. The arrticle is meant to be some sort of a visual essay in which the clips and references emphasize and explain fully the idea.   Last week I came across a striking social media post about teaching. Somehow either the visuals or the phrasing achieved its purpose, and I paused my everlasting doom-scrolling to focus on the message. The title was   “I Do

Last week I have given a webinar to my mentorship group with the topic of warm up. It is funny how some themes get trendy and sexy and some themes remain more incognito in the modern movement landscape. Warm up will never be the star of the show but is it justified?   Biologically speaking, the warm up has one very clear goal, one that I call “arriving to the second activity.” You don't need to read 1000 scientific articles to know that the first time you do something will no

From Ayurveda to Existentialism - Rethinking Injuries and our relationship with them Ayurvedic Anatomy  In the tradition of Ayurveda , disease is not considered as something particularly negative but as a foreign entity . Like having a stranger inside your body. The stranger isn't necessarily constructive or destructive, it is simply unknown. Nevertheless, it is fatiguing and tiring for the body (the host) as it needs to adapt to unexpected and new demands. If the guest does

Dick Fosbury performing his famous flop A Story of Coordination In the 1968 Olympic Games, a lanky American engineer named Dick Fosbury stunned the world with a high jump technique no one had seen before. He surprised the whole world by his choice not to use the traditional straddle method which was the unanimous standard of all Olympic jumpers. Instead, Fosbury launched himself backward over the bar, head first, landing squarely on his shoulders. Despite his non-athletic app

I’m creating a new Floorwork course for one simple reason: I believe this practice is too valuable to remain limited to dancers or...

The Psychological Thriller series 'Severance' portrays a disturbing world. One where workers can 'severe' their brain in order to get...

A key term in Mahayana Buddhism and in Zen is Dukkha . The Dukkha relates to the meaning of existence according to the Buddha, which is...

Why do Inversions Matter? Within the depth provided by embracing a personal Movement Practice, there's immense potential. It's cathartic...

Accidents happen. While dancing, someone fell on my knee, causing a complete tear of my ACL in my left leg. Initially, even the doctors...

The moments between always and never "… He throws his head back, closes his eyes, drifts. You're only as good or bad as your latest...

can we control where we are heading?

Self-Practice feels like a rock in the sea. A momentary sense of weight surrounded by constant change.

The space between thought and movement is as mysterious as it is familiar.....

Sequencing different movements is not easy, within any type of practice it is an artform of itself. One of the major challenges is......

"You have to run as strong as you can because there are rocks underneath, and then you jump and bring your knees to the chest.......

I always go around with a sense of weirdness about the world. It can be almost paralyzing at certain moments. It is overwhelming how .......

Teaching and learning is rooted in transmission of experience and interpreting it. In my years of learning movement.....

Momentum in movement is a curious idea to practice. If you try to understand it or to control it too much you lose it altogether....

A Non resolution for 2021

It is difficult to find movement principles that are potent enough to hold water in a variety of applications and disciplines....

or Why a historical linguistic debate can change the way we move?

In dance, therapeutic and even athletic contexts it is common to use 'stiffness' with a negative connotation....

An interesting set of circumstances is floating up as I look back on the discomfort of this past year.....

Pedagogy is a tricky topic......