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Kinesthetic awareness is the skill of sensing and noticing how you are organizing yourself for action, for movement and continual adaptation in your daily surroundings. Also called "proprioception", the ability to coordinate ourselves for whatever we want to do in any given moment is something that we have been forming since the very beginning of life. Along the way of learning to move, play, work and form relationships, we developed patterns that are "wired", as our nervous

“You need your own definition of happiness/One that reconnects you with the beauty of where you are now   And does not postpone your joy/Until you accomplish something in the future   One that is centered on embracing and not striving --Yung Pueblo, The Way Forward Lying on an old gym floor in Baltimore, I listened intently to the instructions and carried them out with all the focus that I could muster. Again and again, I moved according to what the new instructor said to do

"be still/be present/let yourself feel/don't run away/accept what is/and let it all unravel naturally" --yung pueblo in The Way Forward This blog is part of my "Quality of Life" series, illuminating ways that somatic learning can enhance your entire life process, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Some say spiritually, but that is your choice. Today is my birthday, and it is a spectacularly warm, golden October day, leaves quietly weaving their way to the ground in the g

Simple moments of connection have an impact on our experience.

by Mary Rudd, GCFP "I think the most important part of participating in classes is just making that time for myself. I have always worked...