Body, Change, Mind, Neuroplasticity

Brain Plasticity and the POWER of YET

When making mistakes is not a disaster anymore Carol Dweck, pioneer researcher in motivation and successful learning, explains in her TED talk the power of cultivating a “Growth Mind-Set”, in other words, shifting our mind-set from “I failed” to “I didn´t get it right yet”. “Fixed Mind-Set” vs “Growth Mind-Set” While students with a “Fixed […]

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Body, Feldenkrais, Freebie, USA

Join me for a Free Running Clinic in Golden, Colorado

For those of you in the Golden, Denver, Boulder area – come and join me for a free running clinic at Bentgate Mountaineering, on October 17th between 6-7pm. Whether you’re an experienced runner or you’ve just started jogging for fun, we all share one desire: To feel our body at ease and to experience this rewarding feeling of lightness and […]

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Change, Neurology, Sapolsky

EVERYBODY CAN CHANGE

A great lecture from R.Sapolsky, neurobiologist at Standford University about human behavior and how important it is 1) to take in account a wide variety of environmental factors (see the screenshot of Sapolsky’s PowerPoint above) and 2) no behavior is frozen in time and that every individual has the ability to change. Summarizing the content […]

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Body, Limbic System, Mind

THE LIMBIC SYSTEM OR HOW OUR EMOTIONAL STATE DEPENDS PRIMARILY ON BODY CUES

What is the common factor between doing body-mind oriented psychotherapy, taking a class and /or an individual session of the Feldenkrais method, Fitzmaurice VoiceWork or Focusing? Your body and the way it influences your behavior! Your brain, your prefrontal cortex more precisely, is heavily reliant on the messages sent by your body. Let’s see what Scientists can tell us about it. The limbic system (see diagram) is […]

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