Motion Exploration / Christine Germain

Motion Exploration / Christine Germain Move away from pain into a stronger version of you with The Feldenkrais Method, and Pilates.

Motion Exploration exists to help individual tap in their full potential. I guide you by moving pain free into a stronger you, using the Feldenkrais Method, Pilates, Personal Training, And Dance. You can book workshops, online classes, hands-on and coaching sessions.

Avez-vous utilisé l'entraînement conventionnel avec poids et des étirements comme solution pour améliorer votre mobilité...
12/02/2025

Avez-vous utilisé l'entraînement conventionnel avec poids et des étirements comme solution pour améliorer votre mobilité, force et posture ? Si c’est le cas, vous pourriez créer des voies neuronales qui produisent des résultats opposés à ceux que vous visez, et cela pourrait avoir des répercussions négatives à long terme.

Combien de mouvements répétitifs devez-vous faire avant de décider de traiter la véritable source du problème ? Combien de personnes suivez-vous sur les réseaux sociaux et copiez-vous leurs mouvements sans réflexion critique ni conscience corporelle ? Continuez-vous à pousser le mouvement jusqu'à sa limite maximale ? Prenez-vous en compte la qualité de vos mouvements ou seulement leur amplitude?

En réalité, vous ressentez des tensions dans vos articulations, mais ce qui vous fait vous sentir raide dans vos articulations, est probablement le fait que vous forcez quand ce n’est pas nécessaire ou que vous n’utilisez pas une forme optimale. Il se peut aussi que vous sautiez des étapes dans la progression d’un mouvement ou dans le perfectionnement d’une habileté… et cela pourrait nuire à votre performance et même entraîner des blessures.

Maintenant, imaginons que vous ayez traversé une période difficile dans votre vie, et durant cette période, vous avez développé du stress et de l’anxiété, ce qui a créé des schémas physiques comme des épaules et un cou tendus, ou même des hanches raides et des douleurs lombaires.

Disons que les choses se calment, mais l’habitude apprise (créant des voies neuronales dans votre cerveau) de comment vous vous êtes contracté est resté et l’habitude, bien que peut-être utile au départ est devenu inconsciente, et vous êtes sur le pilote automatique. Du coup l’habitude a un impact négatif, mais vous, ce que vous sentez, c’est le symptôme…qui est simplement un signe que quelque chose doit changer.

Ainsi, maintenant, le schéma physique envoie des signaux à votre cerveau indiquant que vous êtes toujours sous stress, car ce schéma physique est toujours présent.

À moins que votre thérapie ne vous fasse sentir pleinement régénéré physiquement, vous ne traitez toujours pas l'ensemble du système (corps-esprit).

Il serait plus bénéfique de désapprendre des habitudes qui ont pu vous aider dans le passé, mais qui ne vous aident plus aujourd'hui.

L’entraînement corps-esprit est le moyen le plus respectueux envers le système nerveux pour libérer les tensions et améliorer le bien-être général.

Oui ! En d'autres termes, la prise de conscience à travers des mouvements lents est le moyen le plus rapide de sortir de votre mode “pilote automatique”.

Mes cours sont conçus pour être à la fois éducatifs et vous offrir un profond sentiment de calme et de vitalité.

Séance d’information gratuites, vendredi 5 décembre à 9 AM (heure du Québec). GRATUIT- inscrivez-vous maintenant: https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/560171/170877256232600802/share

11/27/2025

🎓 Spinelli Public Lectures on Parkinson’s Disease
We are pleased to invite you to the second edition of the Spinelli Public Lectures, organized by the Department of Neurosciences at the Université de Montréal.

📍 Where: Pavillon A of the CHUM, 1000 Saint-Denis St., Montreal, QC H2X 0C1
Room A03.9209 AB (3rd floor)
📅 When:
In English: December 1, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

🧠 Program of the evening:

1. Dopaminergic infusion therapies: The CHUM experience
With Dr. Nicolas Jodoin, MD, FRCPC, Neurologist, Movement Disorders Specialist, CHUM, and Benoît Gagnon, Nurse Specialist in Dopaminergic Infusion Therapy, André-Barbeau Movement Disorders Unit, CHUM.
The CHUM is a pioneer in Canada in the administration of levodopa infusion therapies. Discover who these treatments are for, the techniques used, and the outcomes obtained with both intra-jejunal and subcutaneous approaches.

2. “Omic” Horizon: In search of Parkinson’s disease biomarkers
With Dr. Martine Tétreault, PhD, Associate Professor and Researcher at the CRCHUM, Department of Neurosciences, Université de Montréal.
Learn how new integrated approaches are helping researchers identify biomarkers and better understand Parkinson’s disease, a major step toward truly personalized medicine.

🎙️ Lectures hosted by Dr. Ariane Veilleux Carpentier, Neurologist and Movement Disorder Specialist, and Dr. Louis-Éric Trudeau, PhD, Full Professor and Director of the Neural Signaling and Circuitry Research Group, Departments of Pharmacology & Physiology and Neurosciences.

♿ Accessible venue – 🅿️ Parking available – 🚇 Near Champs-de-Mars metro station.
👉 Free admission, registration required!
https://medecine.umontreal.ca/event/conferences-sur-la-maladie-de-parkinson/

Les repas étant compris, les inscriptions ferment bientôt. Réservez dès maintenant!
11/25/2025

Les repas étant compris, les inscriptions ferment bientôt. Réservez dès maintenant!

🚨 Clôture des inscriptions demain, mercredi 26 novembre, 16 h ! 🚨

Merci pour tout l’intérêt déjà porté au colloque des 30 ans du Regroupement pour l’éducation somatique, votre enthousiasme annonce un moment riche, vibrant et profondément inspirant ! ✨

Conférences, ateliers, rencontres… Tout est en place pour célébrer ensemble trois décennies de pratique, d’engagement et d’évolution en éducation somatique.

👉 Pour découvrir l’horaire et la programmation complète : www.education-somatique.ca/colloque2025/

On a hâte de vous y retrouver ! 💛

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Are Traditional Training Methods leaving you with joint stiffness and muscle tightness? Or do you feel that way as soon ...
11/24/2025

Are Traditional Training Methods leaving you with joint stiffness and muscle tightness? Or do you feel that way as soon as you wake up?

If you've been relying on conventional weight training and stretching to improve your mobility, strength, and posture, you might be unknowingly reinforcing movement patterns that work against your goals. In fact, this could lead to long-term negative effects on your body's overall performance and well-being.

Is Your Approach to Movement Limiting Your Potential?

How many more reps and stretches will it take before you consider addressing the true source of the problem? How many influencers' routines are you following without understanding the 'why' behind their movements? If you're pushing your body to its limits without mindful progression or form, you might be focusing on how far you can stretch rather than the quality of the movement itself.

What's Causing Tightness and Stiffness?

Chronic stiffness often comes from unnecessary effort, poor form, or skipping essential stages in your movement progression. This not only limits your performance but also increases the risk of injury. If you're dealing with arthritis or joint discomfort, there are countless factors involved, but optimizing movement patterns has consistently shown improvements—even for those managing chronic conditions.

Are You Addressing the Full System?

If your therapy or fitness routine isn't leaving you feeling fully rejuvenated, you're likely missing a crucial piece: the connection between your brain and body. It's time to unlearn outdated habits and address the deeper, often ignored sources of pain, which may be compensations for old injuries that were never fully healed.

Unlock Greater Ease and Power with Brain-Body Training

My 10-week online series goes beyond conventional approaches by integrating educational tools that retrain your nervous system, reduce tension, and support your overall well-being. Whether you're looking to move with more freedom or to truly understand the science of how your body moves, this course is designed to help you achieve sustainable results.

To get a taste of what this course offers, the first class is completely FREE on Tuesday January 20th at 9 am PST 12 noon EST. Plus, if you sign up before January 1st 2026, you'll receive a special BONUS of 1 Audio lessons. (Go under Classes on my website https://motionexploration.com/product/mobility-strength/?wmc-currency=CAD

Don't miss this opportunity to recalibrate your movement and strengthen your body from the inside out.

Have you ever heard of sensorimotor amnesia?It’s a bit like the saying “If you don’t use it, you lose it” — but it goes ...
11/20/2025

Have you ever heard of sensorimotor amnesia?
It’s a bit like the saying “If you don’t use it, you lose it” — but it goes much deeper.
When you avoid moving a part of your body because of pain, stiffness, or fear of falling, your brain actually starts to forget how to use it efficiently. Over time, this creates a cycle of tension, rigidity, and the feeling of “getting old.”

The good news?
Your brain is trainable.
Sensorimotor training helps you regain clarity, coordination, balance, and confidence — not just by doing more strength or balance exercises, but by improving the brain’s ability to move your body with ease.

✨ Want to learn how it works?
Join me for a FREE online information session:
Friday, November 21st — 9 AM PST / 12 PM EST

You’ll discover simple, gentle ways to:
• Improve mobility
• Reduce unnecessary tension
• Feel steadier and more confident in your movements
• Support healthy aging through neuroplasticity

Reserve your spot now (English Webinar) — your future self will thank you.n Friday, November 21sth 15 9 AM PST or 12 noon EST

Link in Bio (English)
https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/560171/168649457963893778/share

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Avez-vous déjà entendu parler de l’amnésie sensori-motrice?

C’est un peu comme l’expression : « Si tu ne t’en sers pas, tu le perds », mais en réalité c’est encore plus profond.

Lorsque vous évitez de bouger une partie de votre corps à cause d’une douleur, d’une raideur, ou par peur de tomber, votre cerveau commence littéralement à oublier comment l’utiliser efficacement. Avec le temps, cela crée un cycle de tension, de rigidité… et cette impression de « vieillir ».

La bonne nouvelle?
Votre cerveau peut réapprendre.
L’entraînement sensori-moteur permet de retrouver clarté, coordination, équilibre et confiance — non pas en faisant simplement plus d’exercices de force ou d’équilibre, mais en améliorant la capacité du cerveau à organiser vos mouvements avec aisance.

✨ Vous voulez comprendre comment ça fonctionne?
Participez à ma séance d’information GRATUITE en ligne :
Vendredi 5 décembre — 9 h (Québec) / 15 h (France)

Vous y découvrirez des façons simples et douces de :
• Améliorer votre mobilité
• Réduire les tensions inutiles
• Vous sentir plus stable et confiant(e)
• Soutenir un vieillissement sain grâce à la neuroplasticité

Réservez votre place — la futur version de vous-même vous dira merci.
Inscrivez-vous en cliquant sur le lien d’inscriptioin: pour La présentation en français du 5 décembre: https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/560171/170877256232600802/share
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Et oui! Ma quatrième conférence/table ronde du mois! Honorée de faire partie de ces conversations stimulantes!
11/20/2025

Et oui! Ma quatrième conférence/table ronde du mois! Honorée de faire partie de ces conversations stimulantes!

As a child, before society imposed ideas about how you should move or how your posture should be, you already knew how—s...
11/19/2025

As a child, before society imposed ideas about how you should move or how your posture should be, you already knew how—simply by playing!

Enfant, avant que la société vous impose ses idées sur la façon dont vous devriez bouger ou vous tenir, vous saviez comment... en jouant tout simplement!

Outcome after an online workshop on posture!And some students came with back and neck pain and left saying that the pain...
11/18/2025

Outcome after an online workshop on posture!

And some students came with back and neck pain and left saying that the pain was gone and the mobility of their neck had improved.

One student shared (I’m paraphrasing) “it’s very profound, it’s applying the philosophy of getting out of my own way to what we do physically”

YES! Isn’t it beautiful to have an opportunity to embody a philosophy?

Would you like to improve your posture and experience a deep sense of well-being? Would you like to move more freely and feel younger?

FREE Webinar on Ageing Gracefully this Friday.
Write ForeverYoung in the comments and I’ll send you the link to register



Thank you to the participant to allow me to share these images.

11/18/2025

“Teacher, I’ve read so many books… but I’ve forgotten most of them. So what’s the point of reading?”

That was the question of a curious student to his Master. The teacher didn’t answer. He just looked at him in silence.

A few days later, they were sitting by a river, suddenly, the old man said:
“I’m thirsty. Bring me some water… but use that old strainer lying there on the ground.”

The student looked confused. It was a ridiculous request. How could anyone bring water in a strainer full of holes?

But he didn’t dare argue.

He picked up the strainer and tried.
Once. Twice. Over and over again…

He ran faster, angled it differently, even tried covering holes with his fingers. Nothing worked. He couldn’t hold a single drop.

Exhausted and frustrated, he dropped the strainer at the teacher’s feet and said:
“I’m sorry. I failed. It was impossible.”

The teacher looked at him kindly and said:
“You didn’t fail. Look at the strainer.”

The student glanced down… and noticed something.
The old, dark, dirty strainer was now shining clean. The water, though it never stayed, had washed it over and over until it gleamed.

The teacher continued:
“That’s what reading does. It doesn’t matter if you don’t remember every detail. It doesn’t matter if the knowledge seems to slip through, like water through a strainer…

Because while you read, your mind is refreshed.
Your spirit is renewed.
Your ideas are oxygenated.
And even if you don’t notice it right away, you’re being transformed from the inside out.”

That’s the true purpose of reading.
Not to fill your memory…
but to cleanse and enrich your soul.

“Health is the ability to realize our avowed and unavowed dreams.”I’ll talk more about this on Friday during my online i...
11/17/2025

“Health is the ability to realize our avowed and unavowed dreams.”

I’ll talk more about this on Friday during my online information session on Moving Better and Feeling Better as We Grow Older!

– Moshe Feldenkrais

Register here (or through the link in bio): https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/560171/168649457963893778/share

« Une personne en bonne santé, c'est quelqu'un qui peut vivre pleinement ses rêves inavoués. »

If you read my newsletter this past week you know how I use reversibility and walking backwards for rehabilitation. Well...
11/16/2025

If you read my newsletter this past week you know how I use reversibility and walking backwards for rehabilitation. Well, here is am article that shares all the other benefits of walking backwards.

https://www.wychavontags.co.uk/12-11-2025/164566-the-unexpected-exercise-that-improves-balance-better-than-yoga-or-tai-chi/?fbclid=IwRlRTSAOG-vRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5CGNhbGxzaXRlAjI1AAEeRmuFAggSDFHgT5YUeKeRJIIaftDpi5Oh4LoBKtpsUzsN5EQj0jdGLm22YxU_aem_MjWQDu3DtlYrAUW1SdrHvQ

Not across traffic, not lost, just gently stepping backwards along the towpath, eyes flicking to his shoulder every few strides. Runners looped around

L’horaire du colloque pour le 30 ans du  pour l’éducation somatique à Montréal le 29 novembre- 30 novembre (pour les mem...
11/13/2025

L’horaire du colloque pour le 30 ans du pour l’éducation somatique à Montréal le 29 novembre- 30 novembre (pour les membres)!
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