Martha has left the book girls unsupervised again.  Keathe has a bone to pick with de Niro and Pacino, and everyone has an opinion about age gaps and diamond sizes.  Oh, and we talk about some books, too.

EPISODE 349a  In the Shadow of Beating Eversion

Karen continues recalibrating the 8 basic movement lessons in the book Somatics, by Thomas Hanna. In this class she focuses on the fifth lesson, pp. 123-128, controlling the muscles involving the pelvis, hip joints and legs. She continues to brilliantly update some of the language, content, and choice of movement examples based on her experience working with clients and teaching classes.  

Along with some guided assessment in standing and walking, we paid attention to where we were focusing our eyes, as a way of not only noticing our habitual use of our eye gaze, but also as a way of monitoring how we positioned our head on our neck.

Karen began the floor work with micro movements of the head and neck. This created a wonderful balance to the lower body work which took up the majority of our class.

This lesson involves moving and noticing how we organize and coordinate our feet, knees, hips and pelvis in relationship to the rest of our body. We worked with the foot movements of inversion and eversion, which involves turning the bottom of the feet inward and outward. How we organize our feet predicts how we organize our whole lower extremity and on up into the rest of our body. Karen's slow and careful guidance not only builds our awareness but also often challenges our ability to organize ourself in comfort and without force.

You will gain many insights by repeating this lesson.

11/1/25: Zoom Class: Recalibration of Lesson 5 from "Somatics" by T. Hanna, Presented by Karen Meyer

Each week we review at LEAST 3 books in different Genres! You never know what topics will come up when we are all together, but we promise it will be a fun time.  We are conquering the world 1 book at a time, come and join us!

Disclaimer: These recordings are for educational purposes only.  Please do all somatic movements comfortably, slowly, and without pain or force. Please consult appropriate medical or health care providers if you have any concerns about whether the movements are suitable for you, especially if you are dealing with an illness or injury, are pregnant, or have other health, balance or mobility issues.

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