May 24, 2018
The Dev-Mo Project. Semi-Supine Position. Part 1
Developmentally speaking, the semi-supine position is fundamental because it is from this position that we learn all our other movements. It
May 19, 2018
The Developmental Movement Project: Directing, Not Feeling
When we direct, we must not worry about muscle tension and think instead about the relations of body parts. Muscles -- even when we are over
May 14, 2018
The Developmental Movement Project: The Principle of Non-Doing
For many of us, this is a difficult step to take because we want to change things, to work at things, to do something to make things better,
May 8, 2018
Developmental Movement Project: The Organization of Awareness
Muscles are meant to work elastically and we tend to shorten them, we have to think in such a way that the muscles let go and the parts go a
May 3, 2018
Goals and Purposes in the Study of Developmental Movement.
The upright support system, as we've seen, is highly unstable; once it begins to work inefficiently, muscles begin to compensate and it
Apr 27, 2018
Welcome to the Developmental Movement Project
But our upright design did not come out of nowhere. It evolved sequentially from earlier and more primitive forms of posture and movement—a
Apr 23, 2018
The Unquestioned Assumptions Behind Corrective Exercise Methods, Part 4
The problem with the overall approach is that it largely begs the question of how the body actually does work -- that is, it fails to articu
Apr 17, 2018
The Unquestioned Assumptions Behind Corrective Exercise Methods, Part 3
No amount of visualization or anatomical imaging can bring about correct working of the muscular system, for at least two reasons.
Apr 12, 2018
The Unquestioned Assumptions Behind Corrective Exercise Methods, Part 2
Reciprocal innervation is a normative function; it simply does not work in a corrective context. In spite of this mistake, however, this con
Apr 10, 2018
The Unquestioned Assumptions Behind Corrective Exercise Methods, Part 1
Methods for correcting muscular imbalances are based on several largely unquestioned theories and assumptions.
