There is a concept in Tai Chi known as internal strength.  What it means, G-d only knows. To me, strength is just as subjective as qualities like beauty or talent- it depends who chooses to define it. This is what I have learned from the Strongman, the Broadway dancer, the Olympian, the Fencer, Gymnast, Veteran,…

At first glance, the Feldenkrais method looks to be a type of bodywork, but it is not. It’s more like a return to the self, and no wonder then that it was born in proximity of Chassidic roots, some of which hold the concept of returning to yourself as the seeds of spiritual growth. Moshe…

These days, I teach ppl how to breathe, how to walk, how to move, how to calm down-  but they already know how to do these things. How hard we have to work at the natural  things anymore.  Like a friend always says about good makeup, “it takes a lot of work to look this natural.”…

This weekend, I saw mastery. Alison Grimaldi is truly an expert on the hip, and because I knew that already, I was worried that I had talked her up too much to fellow PT friends planning to attend the class. What I had found out instead is that I had underestimated how professional and impeccable her presentation…

In recent years, I’ve noticed a real yearning from friends and acquaintances, people wanting to be “in their bodies.” Confused by the phrase, I have taken to ask friends, patients, writers, and even a Rabbi to explain to me their interpretation of what “in the body” means.  What I’ve discovered is that most people interpret being in the…

Recently, a new patient came in to see me at the Pilates Garage in Brooklyn with a list of complaints about her posture. She had been to a specialist who had lined her up against a wall painted with a grid, and explained her postural faults relative to the lines. I am in pain, she told…

Last week, I had the opportunity to discuss the function of the hips with the international Feldenkais community. Lately, I relish the opportunity to talk about the body in more artful terms.         Something that is so beautiful about our musculoskeletal system, that I think people of all walks of life can relate to, is that the…

All people who teach movement know the importance of attention. Whether teaching acrobatics or martial arts, personal training, or just trying to help someone break certain habits of tension in the body, the teacher’s main goal is to help clients be in the moment and figure it out. Teaching movement can be like a magnified version…

One evening, about 4 years ago, a patient came in for treatment and told me that her co-worker had been boasting about her chiropractic adjustments for weeks. “She kept telling me to see him, but it made me nervous.” Apparently, the night before, her friend’s chiropractor finally cracked her neck once too often, causing numbness in…

Years ago, we had a great 3 part series of experiential workshops at the Pilates Garage called The Power of the Hip, where I taught colleagues and community members how to find explosive power through movement. It was in the physicality of teaching that I really began to understand the relationship of the hip and back…