AIS Northwest

08/02/2025

New CE Class (Active Isolated Stretching for the Lower Body) with Joshua in Des Moines, IA, October 4-5, 2025. Details here:

AIS Northwest - advanced practitioners of Active Isolated Stretching and Massage in the Pacific Northwest, for optimum health, balance and flexibility.

07/08/2025

The AISNW office in Sequim is closed. The new location is Joshua Morton, 111 Bank St. #140, Grass Valley, CA 95945. For seminar inquiries contact Joshua at (206) 992-4029 or email joshua@aisnorthwest.com.

03/15/2024

The pictures in this Gokhale Method article clearly demonstrate the advantages of a slightly anteverted pelvis and J-spine with the tailbone not tucked.

It is not uncommon for students to show up at our courses aware they have lost several inches of height since their youth. In our culture it is a widely held expectation that you grow up, and then, at some point in later life, start getting shorter again. We all see friends, neighbors, or family mem...

02/21/2024

Some simple movements to improve hip stiffness.

Have you done every stretch known to man and your hips are still super tight? Learn how to truly get relief from a chiropractor.

02/17/2024

Joshua is starting off the year with a 16-hour class: Active Isolated Stretching along Fascial Lines in Tacoma, WA, 23-24 March 2024.
For more information and to register:

AIS Northwest - advanced practitioners of Active Isolated Stretching and Massage in the Pacific Northwest, for optimum health, balance and flexibility.

09/13/2023

Keeping fascia supple and strong may be a key to better health.

Fascia is more important than previously thought. Here’s how, and why, you should care for yours.

04/15/2023

Fascial Lines class with Joshua in June: Active Isolated Stretching Along Fascial Lines - June 24/25 -- University Place, WA. Details and registration here:

AIS Northwest - advanced practitioners of Active Isolated Stretching and Massage in the Pacific Northwest, for optimum health, balance and flexibility.

07/20/2022

A short article about arch supports.

It is common for many in the medical community to recommend an orthotic for those dealing with foot pain under the assumption that they need to support the foot. Unfortunately, this approach does n…

07/15/2022

Here's a German documentary about fasciae that was produced in English in 2018. Fascinating fasciae:

Get a deeper introduction to new Fascia Research with the 2018 German documentary "The mysterious world under the skin".

06/09/2022

There's still time to register for Joshua's "Active Isolated Stretching for the Spine" class in Ashland, Oregon June 18th-19th.

AIS Northwest - advanced practitioners of Active Isolated Stretching and Massage in the Pacific Northwest, for optimum health, balance and flexibility.

04/16/2022

In January I was able to attend a Gokhale Foundations course in Germany and when I teach AIS classes at Adult Education Centers here now, I emphasize keeping a straight spine and hinging at the hips when bending forward. Here's an interesting article on how one yoga teacher is also applying healthy posture to yoga asanas.

This blog post explains how some common yoga injuries occur and how applying the principles of healthy posture to yoga postures replaces this scenario with movements that are good for your body.Yoga postures and back painGrowing up in Mumbai, India, my Dutch mother was a student of BKS Iyengar and t...

04/07/2022

Finally back at it. I taught in Milwaukee this week. I taught an intro course to a very enthusiastic group of still students. They are only at 6 weeks into thier education and I got to give them a super helping of advanced knowledge. The second group was already established therapists. I taught them my hand neuropathy course. It was a private even for the school, they have had me there about every other year before covid came. It felt soooooo dang good to shake the rust off. I always forget to take pictures of all the smiling faces! There was over 30 students total between the two courses. Next month Ill be teaching in Vancouver WA and Montana for the AMTA state convention! Maybe Ill see some of you there!