Blog - The Curious Mover
Panflection - It’s Been (quite) a year
Here we are, a couple weeks, give and take, when the safer at home started for us in 2020. Our jaws dropped in disbelief that moment we realized the reality of the looming collective and growing global situation. This very contagious flu virus was unlike any other was the only information we got, and the scramble for toilet paper began.
I’ll Sleep when I’m…READY
You’ve heard the saying “I will sleep when I am dead” but I love the state of sleep. When I am about to morph into a pumpkin, I welcome sleep in all its glory. I tend to get sleepy between 10-11PM. That’s because the darkness of night signals the body to produce melatonin, a natural hormone that helps bring sleep on. This hormone secretes at different times in all of us, depending on the circadian rhythms of our bodies. My husband's melatonin production starts around midnight or later. He is the night owl to my early bird. I have 5 recommendations for better sleep!
The Tension of Stillness
In the last two Mover’s, we talked about the Brace and the Torque, which are important concepts while in movement. But what do we do with our bodies in stillness? Sitting, standing, and lying down? Do we torque or brace 20% and hold in our abdominals? The answer is quite simple, but the pathway to get there is surprisingly challenging. It’s a strange dichotomy for stillness to be difficult, but it is a truth we can attempt to answer in many different realms of body and spirit. But one definition for stillness: we do nothing! We TRY to relax, and settle into the stacking of our bones for good posture and alignment without intentionally holding or activating at all. The hard part? We need to have the awareness of where we are holding tension and gripping. It just might be a reason for having pain!