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One-Minute Practice: Cloud Shoulders
Bring your awareness to your shoulders as you read this. Just notice how they feel right now and bookmark it for yourself. Give your shoulders three big shrugs—by lifting and squeezing them as far as you can, up by your … Continue reading →
One-Minute Practice: Have Your Own Back
With even more attention in front of us on screens these days, it’s even more important to embody our whole selves, which includes our backs. It’s challenging anytime, since we are very front-oriented creatures, with our eyes in front of … Continue reading →
One-Minute Practice: Opening to uncertainty
Our brains are wired to perceive ambiguity as a threat, and when we are threatened, we tense up. Tightening and contracting and trying to “figure it out” we try to create certainty where there is little. It may be instinctive, but … Continue reading →
One-Minute Practice: The Embodied Zone
Move from the Anxiety Zone (scattered attention, racing thoughts, racing heart, sweating, repetitive negative thoughts, difficulty with focusing) to the Embodied Zone: present and aware, engaged and easy, challenged and calm, strong and soft, open and ready. To come out of the anxiety zone, … Continue reading →
Melissa L., Videographer
For years I’ve had tension headaches due to poor posture. I knew I needed to work on my posture but felt overwhelmed at the idea of retraining years of sitting and standing habits so I was reluctant to get started. … Continue reading →
Denis Moreen, Musician
Constance Clare-Newman is a gem – a gentle, skilled and fun practitioner. Over a period of two months, she taught me essential Alexander techniques regarding my neck, head, back and knees (and that “monkey”!), and how these relate to my … Continue reading →
One-Minute Practice: Dial Down the Stress
This time of year, it’s easy to get caught up in rushing and feel stressed. It’s also easy to say, “Just don’t let yourself get stressed out,” but how is that possible when everyone around you is stressing? You know … Continue reading →
Nicole Napientek, Registered Dietitian, MPH
I started out working with Constance for chronic pain in my hip and back and numbness in my leg that started after a car accident. I didn’t know what to expect, and I felt a shift in my body after … Continue reading →
Pleasure, not Perfection
We are all dealing with the fight/flight /freeze pattern to some extent every day. Whether it comes from deadlines, traffic, noisy neighbors or from internal expectations of perfection, this contractive pattern is human. If we can bring our habitual reaction … Continue reading →