Fascia is quite the buzzword as of late and rightfully so, but what is it exactly? Simply put, fascia is a connective tissue that envelops all muscles, organs, vessels and nerves. It connects the whole body, gives us our structure and creates our posture. Until recently, fascia was merely known as the touch stuff anatomists cut through when studying the human body (much like layers of plastic wrap.). Now we...
By Laura Martin-Eagle When I was little this song was in one of my songbooks of piano music. To me this one was hilarious because I thought it was about boobs. It’s not. It’s about wondering if Summer will ever come…Well it is coming to Be Moved Studio! WE ARE SOFTLY OPENING JUNE 6TH. We are starting with a limited schedule and pre-registration is required. We are staying...
by Laura Martin-Eagle I wandered into a bookstore one evening when this book jumped out with gold and black and intensity and comfort all at once and this was just the cover, and I bought it. I read it — jaw dropped, feeling shy and exposed you mean there are others? And they do it together? And when I got to the end of the book...
by Shannon Clare Gorres For 10 years my Sivananda practice has strikingly evolved. Not just “progressing” in the traditional sense of doing harder and cooler asanas, but has gone left, right, and diagonal as well. When I wanted to intensify my practice by adding second series ashtanga, Sivananda was there for me as a stepping stool. When I got pregnant and gained 40 pounds, Sivananda was...
by Laura Martin-Eagle Be Moved Studio has been offering classes for almost 20 years. For most of that time, there was no advertising other than word of mouth yet folks still found their way up the stairs to us. About 25 years ago, I took three of my babies to jamaica. We walked to the road where the guys hung out by their parked cars waiting...
by Nezam Ardalan Think about it this way. Mediation and Mindfulness are asking you to be naked.John Kabat Zinn says mindfulness is paying attention “on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally" In other words, we make a decision (on purpose) to be here, now (present moment) and drop our filters (non-judgment).One of the core question in meditation is, what is my natural state? What do I...
