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Head to Tail – sequential movement of the spine in asana

  I have many memories from my first yoga teacher training course with Donna Farhi, even though it was way back in 2000. One memory is especially vivid, it was a spinal yield and push inquiry – there were three of us, me in child with my head supported on a block, one perso
March 06, 2019
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Body-Mind Centering®, Donna Farhi, headstand, healthy spine, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, sequential movement of the spine, sirsasana, spinal movement, spinal push from the head, spinal push pattern, spinal reach from the head, Spine, Trikonasana, Yoga Harrogate

Babies know how to twist!

Twists – there are a multitude of teaching instructions and ‘how-to-do’ theories for these asanas. I believe that in the practice of yoga poses, particularly twists, we often make things more complicated than they really need to be. If we observe the developmental mo
August 27, 2018
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Ardha Matsyendrasana, developmental movement patterns, Half Lord of the Fishes, healthy spine, how to do a twist, Marichyasana 3, parivrtta trikonasana, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, twists

The Inchworm Story – movement antics at Harrogate Yoga

The Inchworm Story – movement antics at Harrogate Yoga Is that an apple stalk on my kitchen floor I wondered? Or could it be ….ALIVE? I slid some kitchen paper under the ‘apple stalk’ and placed it on my kitchen table for a closer inspection. I gave it a little poke – this
March 22, 2017
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Body-Mind Centering®, caterpillars, Danny Kaye, David Bowie, developmental movement patterns, harrogate yoga classes, healthy spine, Inchworm, looper, Melanie Bastier, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, RHS Harlow Carr, somatics, spinal push pattern, Spine

‘crawling back to baby’

“Here we are – a group of middle-class, middle-aged women, CRAWLING around the room!” said a student in class recently. It’s true that we often practise crawling and other developmental movement patterns in my classes. The reason we practise the patterns is bot
August 17, 2015
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asymmetric tonic neck reflex, contralateral movement, coordination, hand to mouth reflex, healthy spine, homolateral movement, infant crawling, Navel Radiation, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, somatics, spinal movement, yield, Yield and Push pattern

How to find support from the core for a healthy spine

  ‘Build core strength’, ‘tone your abs’, or as my son would say ‘get a God Bod’! These exhortations are usually aimed at strengthening the superficial abdominal muscles – the ‘six pack’. A common way to achieve these objectiv
August 18, 2014
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back bending, Bhujangasana, Body-Mind Centering®, breath, Breathing, Cobra, core strength, core support, developmental movement patterns, health, healthy back, healthy spine, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, somatics, well-being, wellbeing

About Amanda

“I began practising yoga in 1972 and I loved the effect it had on me – of gradually becoming stronger in mind and body, more resilient to life’s ups and downs, more connected to my feelings, more joyful and more creative. Both my yoga journey and my creativity gained momentum in the early nineties, it was at this time that I was privileged to begin learning Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga………….”

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