Embodyoga

11/09/2025

Pelvic bones are not spine and spine is not pelvis. ❤

Exploring the intricate relationships of the pelvis, sacrum, and hips — for movement that’s both stable and free.

11/07/2025

The Unified Diaphragm — all one continuous fascial weave. Where breathing begins and vitality is expressing in waves. Deep internal comfort and touch. We can find this for ourselves. We can do this together.

11/03/2025

The Inner Life of Fascia | Micro-Movement
Every living cell is already in motion — you don’t need to make it happen.
Explore | Simple Practice:
—Turn the palm of one hand upward and rest the back of that hand on your leg.
—Look at it. See its soft, padded tissues. Feel gravity as it settles your hand onto your leg, stimulating sensation. Be patient.
—Feel where your hand is resting.
—Now slowly — feeling what you are doing as you do it — lift your hand and turn the palm down to touch your leg. Let it land with soft contact. Then pause. Do nothing.
—Can you feel where your hand touches your leg? Let yourself linger there.
—Now, ever so gently, allow a little more weight — a subtle, pulsating movement — to settle downward, soft and deep, in the direction of your knee.
—See if you can feel that soft touch and pressure transmit through the tissues of your leg.
—Imagine, notice or feel that you are moving the tissues from themselves. Micro-movement.

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Tensegrity, Consciousness, and the Fascial Web of Support

10/31/2025

This natural and easy breath nurtures your organs, the spaces, and the membranes of your central body.
A real boon to core body health. Try it and let me know how it feels. ❤️

Soothing and Balancing — Short Guided Breathing Practice — 12 Minutes

10/25/2025

A full 1.5-hour class. Enjoy!
Part 1 — Context, Philosophy, Anatomy.
We look at how Tantra’s understanding of core development aligns with what we now know from embryology.
Part 2 — We Move.
We begin quietly and build to a complete practice — strong and deep without strain — applying those principles to our moving and breathing bodies.
Part 3 — We Resolve and Rest.
Supine postures, seated breathing, and shavasana to integrate and settle.

For Everyone — Deep Dive for Teachers and Students

10/05/2025

For centuries, the mesentery — a double fold of the peritoneum that attaches the intestines to the abdominal wall — was thought to be a fragmented and insignificant set of structures.
—Now recognized to be an organ, the mesentery’s reputation has risen considerably.
—What does conscious and curious embodiment offer to our experience and understanding of this magnificent structure within?

There’s a gorgeous, undulating sea-creature of an organ that supports, nourishes, and even loves you — and it lives within your navel.

10/01/2025

Dear Friends,
—I’ve been thinking about how to stay truly connected with you in practice — in a way that supports both your learning and your living yoga.
—So I’m beginning something new: weekly recorded Embodyoga® sessions for Substack subscribers! Each week you’ll receive a guided practice, anywhere from 15 to 75 minutes.
—These aren’t just classes — they’re a unique way of practicing yoga that teaches Embodyoga principles as you go. Step by step, the foundations of this approach take root in your body, breath, and awareness.

Learn with me directly every week.

09/26/2025

When every thought circles back to “me,” meditation breaks the loop.
Meditation may look like self-involvement, but it can be the opposite. It pulls you out of the relentless loop of self-referencing your way through life. Meditation has the power to open you to a larger picture.That larger perspective is the ground for doing things that matters — loving your people, doing good work, fighting the good fight.

When every thought circles back to “me,” meditation breaks the loop.

09/20/2025

Why Do We Harden and Grip Through Our Kidneys?
As yoga practitioners and teachers, many of us are keenly aware of a common tendency — to harden the kidneys, sometimes even pushing them forward into the body.

We’ve all been told (and told our students) to “soften and fill the kidneys.” And many of us have tried movement after movement in hopes of doing so.

But moving primarily from the musculoskeletal system doesn’t automatically grant us access to the kidneys. In fact, it can lead to the opposite: pushing, bracing, and hardening.

Restore reserves, soften urgency, and reclaim vitality.

09/15/2025

Embryological Origins of Spine and Core. (10 min. video and essay)

From radiance to tensegrity: exploring the layers of support within...

09/11/2025

There is more to backbending than bending your back. The consciousness of the posture creates the form.

From surrender to aspiration, backbends reveal the consciousness that moves through the spine.