Etymology The word “ankle” means “angle,” coming from proto-IndoEuropean meaning “to bend,” thus describing both the form and the function of this body part. Connections The ankle connects your foot to your shin. All joints are connectors. Joints connect two or more bones with each other. Your ankle’s purpose is […]
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Awareness of Ankles
February 14th, 2013 · No Comments
Tags: Etymology · Form and Freedom · The Body's Way · Through Movement We Find Health
Becoming A Sensation Scientist: Awareness of Breath
March 20th, 2011 · 4 Comments
My journey of remembering that I am a sensation scientist began in the spring of 1995, when, by chance, I walked into my first Nia class in a fitness club in Portland, Oregon, and my life changed forever. At the time, I was totally disabled by asthma. I was a physical therapist but unable to […]
Tags: Essays on Self-Healing · Lungs · The Body's Way · Through Movement We Find Health
12: Thank You, Nia: Through Movement We Find Health
November 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I bow to Nia. I bow to Nia as a path of body consciousness. There are many paths of body consciousnes — thank God! — and the one I’ve been practicing for the last 14 years is Nia. One way I understand why I got sick and went back into asthma, which I hadn’t had in […]
Tags: Dancing Through Life · Essays on Self-Healing · Ongoing Nia Classes · Through Movement We Find Health