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Quotes to Note On Incompetence and Resting

Quotes from Seth Godin and Sogyal Rinpoche on incompetence and rest as learning tools - just as Moshe Feldenkrais taught. First approximations and generous rests are baked into the Feldenkrais Method.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanMarch 19, 2024Seth Godin, Songyal Rinpoche, resting, incompetence, first approximation

Rhythm Syncs Community

Excerpts from an article by Dr. Nina Kraus, who studies how sound processing affects the brain, and how music and rhythm enable interpersonal synchronization and communications.

Want to feel less tech neck stressed? Try strengthening your core

Tech neck slumping can, in fact, activate the adrenals to express adrenaline, creating extra stress. Strengthening the abdominals can help keep the torso aligned, and prevent unnecessary adrenal stimulation.

Low crunch abs and pelvic floor awareness Awareness Through Movement lessons embrace a whole body approach to building up the obliques and six-pack so you gradually, safely strengthen your core.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanOctober 30, 2023abs, no crunch abs, core, tech neck

Women Wage Peace - We Must End This Madness

Despite all, women wage peace in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanOctober 24, 2023women wage peace

Science Reveals Gramma Wisdom: Lullabies Sooth Baby's Pain

Grammas, Nanas, Mimis, Aunties, Mommies, and cousins of every kind - your mission now definitely includes lullaby pain meds. The science is in: lullabies alleviate newborn baby pain.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanOctober 16, 2023baby pain, lullabies, gramma wisdom

New Pod Recommendation: A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

A pod recommendation: A History of Rock in 500 Songs

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanSeptember 18, 2023music, podcast

On Awe - Excerpts from "No Small Wonder, Dacher Keltner on the Science of Awe," Sun Magazine

According to Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology at University of California, Berkeley, “awe is what’s most human in us” and “human goodness was he most common source of awe mentioned” in hundreds of stories collected from twenty-six countries. Selected excerpts from an interview in the September issue of Sun Magazine.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanSeptember 12, 2023awe, wonder, vagus nerve

A Joyful Moment - A Lone Monarch Survived

One of the 20 caterpillars - I feared all were eaten by slugs - survived and just hatched. My heart is lighter.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanSeptember 12, 2023monarch butterfly, awe, joy

On True Learning - Moshe Feldenkrais

Moshe on learning - pay attention to be a lifelong learner

The Master Has Failed More Times Than The Novice Has Tried - built into every ATM

Learning from failure is essential to learning; useful failure is built into every ATM

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanAugust 28, 2023failure, moshe feldenkrais marital artist, simone biles, guardian

The Hungry Caterpillars - A Surprise Monarch Bonanza

The fourth rainiest July on record must have been good for butterflies - a bonanza of caterpillars.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanAugust 22, 2023monarch butterfly caterpillars

Movement Mentor, Discovered Behind Popcorn Machine, Debuts At Surfer Flick

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanAugust 8, 2023surfing, colonial theater, yin and yang of gerry lopez, breathing lesson, demonstration

The Growth Mindset Baked Into The Feldenkrais Method

Growth mindset - encouraging effort over identity - is baked into the Feldenkrais Method. The practice encourages curiosity, experimentation, and self-awareness over results. New research shows that a growth mindset leads to enhanced performance in current and future activities. Based, of course, on a recent Huberman Lab podcast.

Music IS The Space Between Notes - New Research on the Sounds of Silence

New research shows that the brain processes silence as if it were a sound.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanJuly 16, 2023brain science, presence of absence, pnas, silence

Clumsy Is A State of Mind - You can overcome childhood fears and learn to love sports

Klutziness is real. But, with conscious training, a realistic self image that includes seeing strengths, people who think themselves uncoordinated can enjoy sports. Based on a July 6, 2023 NYT article.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanJuly 9, 2023neuroplasticity, self image, clumsiness, nyt