Minding Your Balance™
Mind Body Techniques from the Martial Arts for Better Balance — on Your Feet and in Life Balance only comes to mind …
Centering and Parkinson’s Disease
Last Friday I had the privilege of co-teaching the Parkinson’s Disease Movement Lab with Pamela Quinn at the Mark Morrison Dance Center in Brooklyn. I shared …
TEDx MileHigh: Convergence on the Vestibular Trail
Thank you to everyone involved in putting on TEDxMileHigh:Convergence at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, and to all of those who …
Neural Knitting
In 1906, the father of modern neuroscience, Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, described the central nervous system as “an organ of coordination” that …
Where’s your vestibular labyrinth?
A friend recently sent me a video of her one-year old granddaughter proudly pointing to her nose or eyes or ears when …
Navigation
A ride on my shiny new bicycle provides a mid-afternoon break from writing, as I navigate my way through side streets and …
Standing Tall
In Ki-Aikido training, a simple test of balance, done with a firm push by the instructor on a student’s shoulder or back, …
Dizzy
Why is it that dizziness happens in the head but makes us unstable on our feet? Blame the vestibular system – the sensory …
