Embodied Eating, Part 1
Eating healthy is not only about what we eat. Using our body sense in healthy ways to see, feel, smell, taste, prepare and enjoy food contributes to psychophysiological health and well-being.read more
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Embodied Eating, Part 2: Why women are especially vulnerable to a loss of body sense around food.read more
View ArticleHave another cookie: An 8 step body sense program to control binge eating...
As we approach the end of year holidays, I am reminded how easy it is to forget to notice our bodies and what we eat, to slip into a kind of festive numbness. read more
View ArticleIs your child stressed out? Why you may not know.
The most troubling results of the recent APA Stress in America surveys are that parents do not seem to be aware of the impact of stress on their children. read more
View ArticleImprove educational outcomes with Body Sense: ABSOLUTELY FREE!
Regular 5-minute breaks for walking around the classroom, stretching, jumping, wiggling, and other "warm-up" activities can do wonders for healthy body and mind functioning.read more
View ArticleIt’s late. Do you know where your body is?
Premature ejaculation in males and orgasmic dysfunction in females is related to restricted expression of emotion and reduced body sense awareness. Is the language of the sexual encounter "Let's do...
View ArticleEmbodied Exercise, Part II
Some are claiming that recent findings on improved endurance using short periods of intense activity followed by short periods of rest over the workout period, rather than continuous exercise during...
View ArticlePowerful Words, Words that Move Us
Song, poetry, theater, oratory, film, literature, and storytelling have all used words for the purpose of communicating the full range of human emotions, for getting us in touch with our body...
View ArticleMale and Female Orgasm: Not So Different?
Men and women have different approaches and responses to love and sex. Here's what you may not know: The actual orgasm, for both men and women, is very similar. This is the case both for the timing and...
View ArticleOle Time Religion: Why your Spirit needs your Body (and vice-versa)
One could say that practicing body sense awareness on a regular basis is a spiritual quest, or practicing body sense awareness leads to greater awareness of things deemed spiritual: feelings of...
View ArticleYour child may have difficulty running, jumping, catching and throwing (and...
We've operated for centuries under the assumption that the body's "lower" needs and urges must be suppressed in order to develop our "higher" human faculties of thought, moral behavior, and spiritual...
View ArticlePTSD is a chronic impairment of the body sense: Why we need embodied...
A trauma from outside the body creates a reaction in the body (behaviors like fight, flight or freeze, alterations in gut function, cortisol and other hormones that alter metabolism, immune system...
View ArticleSlow Movement with Awareness: Better than Exercise?
Cardiovascular exercise is now known to be essential for health and well-being. If exercise is your only form of movement, however, it is not a very balanced diet. There is mounting evidence that slow...
View ArticleYou think you are happy (or tired, or angry): Are you sure?
Tom thinks he's a bit off and he thinks he's tired. The problem is that he's thinking about how he feels. He is thinking about how he feels because that's how Tom, in his busy and demanding life, goes...
View ArticleYou were anesthetized during surgery: Does that mean you forgot everything...
In my book on body sense, I wrote about a middle-aged client I called Rebecca who, during a Rosen Method Bodywork session, "remembered" something that happened to her during an abdominal surgery under...
View ArticleGreen Exercise
Outdoor exercise confers special benefits compared to exercising in synthetic environments; benefits primarily related to psychological state. Outdoor exercise makes people happier, less fatigued and...
View ArticleWaiting to Exhale
Chronic breath holding and effortful breathing are not healthy because the muscular effort, coupled with the effects of stress on the nervous, hormonal, and immune systems, can impair both physical and...
View ArticleAre all cries good for you?
A "good" cry is connected to deeply felt sensations of warm tears, a sense of vulnerability, and relief, resonating in sound and feeling within the body sense of the crier and the listener. False forms...
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