Movement intelligence v.4

• 1. Bones For Life Australia Movement intelligence Jennifer Groves

2. Bones For LifeWorking smarternot harder 3. ImagesWarning images in this presentation depict elders past 4. BFL FounderRUTHY ALON in 2010 5. What is Bones for Life? BONES FOR LIFE is an evolution of the work of Moshe Feldenkrais - its founder is Ruthy Alon BFL is experiential somatic work. Latin root soma which means the living body in its wholeness BFL enables your body to learn how to move more effectively in the field of gravity cultivating better function and movement and stronger bones 6. What is Bones for Life? BFL uses early developmental and evolutionary learning to restructure posture, alignment and stability 7. What is Bones For Life? academic learning organic learningBFL influences how you inter react with the environment, with yourself and others Mind/body connection habitual patterns, attitude & posture, bone health BFL supports the release of unconscious bodily-based Neurological reprogramming 8. Effortless Sitting Process 1 Process sitting in Chair Push floor down & away Cross Knees (or ankles) Hands behind cross and press down fists All together BOH pelvis 9. What is Bones For Life? BFL is building relationships SYSTEMS skeletal/muscular/thinking/sphincter/ neurological re-programming Repatterning the brains plasticity 10. BFL Is Family Joint Therapy BFL is family joint therapy. Rather than working on a specific joint and its dysfunctional pattern, we work with the whole orchestra. One note can be tuned by the whole 11. What Is Good Posture? What does it mean to you? 12. Well Meaning Advice Stand up straight (mother) Sit up straight and be still (teacher) Shoulders back (choreographer) Tuck your tail bone down (instructor) Tummy in (movement teacher) Chest up (movement teacher) 13. BFL models indigenous uprightness 14. African women have the worlds lowest incidence of bone fractures. 15. BLF: African Water Carriers WalkCarrying this developmental wave forward, BFL models the rhythmic gait of the African woman, transporting water on her head and a child or pack on her back 16. SUSTAINABLE POSTURE 17. How do we tune our instrument? Working smarter not harder 20 % effort builds bone Our nervous system learns by ease and lack of effort a prime design Finding consistent rhythm and domino effect BFL uses global patterning to affect postural and neurological change. Body mapping 18. How do we tune our instrument? Pressure Generating = builds bones Along the vertical line Curved line Diagonal line Horizontal line Spiral line 19. Bounce On Heels Bouncing on heels (BOH) is the bread & butter of the Bones For Life program Mikulin a Russian Space Engineer had a heart attack and developed BOH to encourage blood to rise up the body against gravityBOH in a naturally aligned spine stimulates healthy bone growth by increasing blood supply 20. Bounce On Heels As we age, bone loss occurs. Deterioration happens when an imbalance between cleansing and nourishing occurs Osteoclasts clean out old bone Osteoblasts build new bone Wolffs Law - bone in a healthy person or animal will adapt to the loads it is placed under. It remodels itself over time to resist load German Anatomist/Surgeon Julius Wolff ( 18361902) 21. Bounce On Heels PROCESS 2 Sitting BOH with variations Goat Skipping with variationsPRESSURE GENERATING FORCE STREAMING from END to END in a DOMINO EFFECT 22. Organizing movement around the sensation of lengthening Lengthening is the primary focus in Bones For Life - but as a rhythmic pulse instead of a fixed goal like the Alexander, Rolfing, or Pilates methods As an automatic response instead of imposed correction Lengthening is skeletal alignment of bones along the axis of gravity and propelling forces 23. Wave and Axis CaduceusWide Supports Wave Hand on head Silken scarf Marengo in the stripRod of AsclepiusNarrow supports Axis Narrow pelvis Hand on head Bow and arrow Ribs around the steering 24. Tapping Stimulates Bone PROCESS 3 Sitting tapping chest (drop & lift) Standing tapping chest (drop and lift) Collar bone adjustment, hand on neck Tapping chest in standing voice tone Tapping above lumbar with support 25. What visualizations are and how to use them Thinking in pictures allows you to precisely imagine practicing an action in a successful way, and contributes to its effective performanceThinking through images originates in the early stages of development. Using your imagination as a prelude to actualizing the ideal is Pre-Viewing 26. A paradoxical approach Neurological Diplomacy takes a paradoxical approach to movement re-education. BFL works with Neurological Diplomacy allowing the functional side to mirror the dysfunctional side. [Other approaches work on improving the dysfunctional side.] Neurological Diplomacy takes the brain out of its fixity to bring about neurological change. This is the PRIME design of BFL. 27. How Primals Work BFL: the keys to accelerated learningTo return to an earlier stage of movement is a way to improve a subjects present movement and behavioral patterns 28. How Primals Work Sphincters form a vital part of the BLF program They play a major role in postural stability Ring muscles are often overlooked in some cultures still taboo 29. Sphincters PROCESS 4 TEST come up to stand give a mark Sit map of sphincters Find the moment of effort Add fingers Test again 30. Fear of FallingThe fear of falling is an innate fear - with injury and/or age, this is magnifiedBones Wrap protects bones and joints 31. Everyday tuning Using everyday objects: a bath towel after the shower the wall of your room a pillow, or rolled-up blanket a chairthe threshold of a door as equipment to perform processes. 32. Bones For Life Wrap ACTIVE PROCESS 5 BFL Wrap In groups Step in place Bounce On Heels 33. BFL Movement Intelligence Training 34. BFL Primary Principles nurturing rhythms bypassing resistance neurological diplomacy - let the good side imitate the bad side challenging stability safely working with quality not quantity using partial movements (the beginning phase) utilizing your imagination 35. Ruth Alon Teacher Training Mullumbimby 36. Bones For Life Programs Bones For Life Bones For Life Chairs Walk For Life walking poles thoracic empowerment Mindful Eating The Inner Game of Chewing How do you sense what to eat, and when to stop? Eating is a habit, like movement. Chewing can become a fixated mechanical pattern of gestures and attitudes. From this habit addiction or loss of control or overeating is often a reaction M.I. Specialist Graduate Movement Solutions for Functional Development 37. BFL world wide Austria Finland France Germany Greece Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland Italy UK Croatia Netherlands Poland Mexico Venezuela Brazil Chile Argentina Uruguay USA Canada Alaska Israel Hong Kong Japan Korea Thailand Taiwan AustraliaNew Zealand 38. CREDITS Music: Yeshe, Sekuru J. ROOTS and WINGSVideo: Rhythm Foli There is no Movement Without Rhythm, URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-6UBsp4V6c Published on Jul 1, 2012 by RaSmArCkOo