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Letting Go
A major principle when doing Awareness Through Movement® lessons is to “do less”. Interestingly, it isn’t so easy. With each lesson, participants are instructed to move easily, only do what is comfortable, and make the movements simple. Yet, so often, following those directions can be challenging. As a practitioner, I have learned strategies to make it easier for students, but still, you may wonder why is it challenging to begin with? Early Learning As youngsters, we use our senses to explore our environment. We learn. We grow. We develop. Part of that development is to work to get our needs met. If one way doesn’t work, we may…
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It Only Takes A Second…
But we will give it two minutes. That is 120 times more! Wow that’s a lot. Imagine if our bank account made that big of a change? We probably wouldn’t be sitting at our computers! Maybe??? Change happens on a dime. As we are experiencing during this pandemic. There have been lots of roller coasters emotionally, financially, physically, mentally. And it is summer here in Maine. And it is lovely! Besides shark attacks and droughts and covid, we continue to move forward. And my moving forward is to start a “2 Minutes To Improve Club”. Inspired because I want to hike Mt. Katahdin, the tallest mountain in Maine …
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New Studio Construction Diary
Studio Construction Begins! August 2018 It has been 3.5 years since I moved my practice to 4 Riverview Drive, Brunswick, Maine. On Monday, Aug 27, construction begins to convert the building in back to a studio allowing an expanded offering of group classes and providing a new home for Movement Matters. Stay tuned and in the meantime, I will be offering alternative times/days for individual sessions as needed to minimize the impact of sound as much as possible. Please be patient as we navigate the constraints of construction and thank you for your support with each of the transitions that have been made! I feel very fortunate to…
