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Flossing Your Spine
At one time or another, your dentist
has probably encouraged you to floss your teeth, or rather in the
spaces between your teeth. It doesn't take long, yet greatly enhances
your oral health.
Likewise, you can 'floss' your spine.
It consists of 24 vertebrae and the sacrum. Each vertebra has 4-6
joints. That's a lot of joints!
- Two facet joints that overlap with
the neighboring vertebrae and allow us to turn or rotate
(colored pink in the image)
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Two joints, one above and one
below, the body of each vertebra that are cushioned by discs
(colored blue) and allow us to bend forward and backwards
- In addition, the vertebrae of the
rib cage have two joints with a pair of ribs going off to each side
and allow our rib cage to move when we breathe
Here is a Spacial Dynamics exercise you
can try:
Stand with your feet about hip width
apart, looking straight ahead.
Put your finger on the bottom of your
scull where it meets the spine and push around a bit in there so you
can feel that place.
Slowly drop your gaze slightly, and let
the space you were touching open a little bit.
Find the next space between the 2
vertebrae below that one, and let it open as well. .
Let the space between each pair of
vertebrae open backwards as you go along, and your head will slowly
relax forward, then your chest and trunk.
Continue as far as you are comfortable.
As you go lower, bend your knees to allow your low back to round.
This exercise can also be done sitting.
When you have 'flossed' as far down as
you can, send your attention down over your sacrum, down the legs and
into the ground. As you pull down, your spine slowly unfurls until
you stand upright again. In this way, the trunk and head are coming
up as if you were pulling down on a pulley system. The activity is
going down, while your spine is coming back to an upright
stand.
Both times, rolling down and back up,
the activity is going down: First, sequentially opening the
spaces between the vertebrae, beginning at the top of the spine and working downwards. Then
pulling down to come up.
Along the way, you may find some places
that feel a bit stuck, or a whole group of vertebrae moving as one.
Take your time, do some extra 'flossing' at these places, and they
may over time join in the overall movement.
If you have neck or back problems, go
very slowly, and only as far as you can without discomfort. When in
doubt, and for coaching specific to your situation, contact your
Spacial Dynamics practitioner.
There are many other
Spacial
Dynamics® exercises that can
greatly improve the flexibility and health of your spine.
I would be happy to show you some at your next session.
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New Package Offerings
Life has a tendency to get away from us. You may have the best intentions to come in for a massage or movement session every x weeks- and 4 months later you realize it just didn't happen.
MoveAbility has created several new packages to help you achieve your goal to come in regularly. They include scheduling all appointments up front- you can always change them later if need be. MoveAbility will send you a courtesy reminder email when your next appointment is coming up.
Jump Start:
This option is for you if you
- recently had an injury (or an old one that's still bothering you)
- would like to work as intensively as possible to get beyond it
- perhaps have a short window of time in your schedule to tackle this
The Jump Start Package includes 4 sessions of 90 minutes each, usable within 6 weeks of issue. Click here for more information.
Intensive:
This option is for you if - you are looking for an intensive 'overhaul'
- would like to get to the bottom of the restriction or movement pattern that may have settled into your body
The Intensive Package includes 6 sessions of 75 minutes each, usable within 2 months of issue. For more information, please click here.
This option is for you if you - would like to have a way to regularly work out the occasional kink in your neck, or whatever else may crop up
- would like to fine tune your alignment regularly
- want to make sure life doesn't swallow up your appointment time
- just simply want to enjoy a massage every month
The Maintaining Balance Package includes 12 sessions of 75 minutes each, usable within one year from date of issue.For more information, please click here. This option is for you if you - are generally in good shape
- just need a little refresher every now and then
- would like more flexibility to schedule your appointments
The Refresher Package includes 6 sessions of 75 minutes each, usable within one year from date of issue. For more information, please click here. |
New additional office space soon!
MoveAbility's new Home Office, in Greenwich, NY, will be opening soon. Looking forward to seeing you, your friends and family there!
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Mila
I have recently come across an ancient, now rediscovered whole food (a
seed really). It is called Mila, and has amazing
nutritious values and capabilities, i.e 8x more omega 3s than salmon.
People have gotten great results from eating it, including a decrease in pain and inflammation. It can be mixed into
pretty much anything as it does not have a taste or smell.
It is also a business opportunity.
For more information, please call me at 518-852-4984, or visit www.moveability.lifemax.net
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Upcoming Events:
'Back to Health', workshop, Mechanicville, NY.
April 20-14, 2010.
"Sit up straight!" " Chest out, stomach in!" Not only do these
over-used admonitions not work, they are fundamentally dangerous. The
very few who do follow these rules often suffer from being physically
sore, socially stiff, and developmentally stuck.
In this
course we will present new approaches to dynamic posture, caring
carriage, and grace-filled movement. This course has been designed for
parents, class teachers, movement therapists, and back sufferers alike.
The participants will learn developmental postural sequences using
touch, imaginations, rhythms, exercises, physics and even meta-physics
to create ever widening spaces into which the individual can move with
ease from the cradle and away from the cane. Come learn how to stand up
for yourself. Learn ways to help your children, your patients, and
yourselves get "Back to Health." To register, please contact info@spacialDynamics.com, 518-695-6377. or http://spacialdynamics.com/english/calendar.shtml
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Looking forward to seeing you in the next few weeks!
Cordula Feuerstack
MoveAbility |
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Greetings!
