BodyMind Integrity

10/12/2025

Something I wish to contribute to wellness community is awareness of and curiosity /empathy towards what we cannot see (and thus sometimes find difficult to recognize or understand). Hypermobility is just one example of many variations in people’s experience, and some of you may relate to it in different ways.

I enjoyed making my own symptoms visible in this drawing, as there's been so many times I was complimented for "going up well" in my embodiment training or "looking healthy and athletic" when inside I was really struggling.

Hypermobility research as been my biggest passion for a few years now. I finally got round to formulate my own introduction to the topic. Read my latest blog post - link in bio✨️🧚‍♀️

🫴This could be of interest for the bendy people who haven't made a connection between their loose bodies and ADHD or anxiety. Or even more commonly - many who are taking care of their ADHD or anxiety symptoms have never looked into the particularities of their flexible bodies. Let's put the picture together! 

Read more: link in bio✨️

nervoussystemregulation neurodivergency

26/11/2025

The Guardian recently explored one of my favorite topics: fascia (the body’s intricate connective tissue network) and arrived at a conclusion I wholeheartedly share: natural movement is one of the most powerful ways to support its health. It raises an important question for all of us: have you considered how the condition of your fascia shapes the quality of your movement, and how you feel in your body every day?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/24/secrets-of-the-body-what-is-fascia-health-foam-roller?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social_img&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawOTr2FleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE2SVBjaXpyRXE1eU81WElVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHks4Epete978Cq7Uw_fK-Qt9l7PFnlwQBV_KVMasXQpLsjmq3jgYhaKdNm32_aem_cgD3Za_lF7Mmv21uxIdEOg =1763980555

Our muscles, bones and organs are held together by a network of tissue that influences our every move. Is there a way we can use it to our advantage?

24/11/2025

Those who do not believe that a solution exists will not find one.

I spent one exciting late evening this fall at the Pärnu Night Bazaar, introducing my services. Feeling like a politician among voters, instead of trying to win votes, I listened to people. Wonderful opportunity to get to know your potential clients!

I gathered different opinions and was surprised by the most common attitude. Having been away from Estonia for 7  years, I have been working with different mindsets..

Many people believe that nothing can be changed. Nothing helps. It is what it is, and you have to live with it.

One man laughed loudly: "I myself am one big tension... what can you do about it!"

And another: "I'm fine. Pain and tension are normal, they're not going away."

But what if I say that it can go away? And that it can be dealt with preventively, before the slightly annoying constant pain flares up and becomes chronic?

Of course, those who are not yet aware of the problem will not find a solution. But afterwards, it is much more difficult to put out the fire..

🌱Fortunately, the other half of the people said that they have been able to take care of themselves and have found supportive practices that work for them. They move a lot, dance, do yoga... life is beautiful and they are very grateful that they don't need any major help at the moment.

Other few who were open to new solutions that evening have now overcome their initial problems. They are already moving deeper along the path of self-development. For them, the world of possibilities is limitless.🌟

27/08/2025

My dear friend Ruth Hommelsheim AT is creating these wonderful getting-to-know-them-interviews with great Alexander Technique teachers. Here is one of many to listen to. Thank you, Penelope!

In this conversation I speak with Penelope Easten, Alexander Technique teacher and author based in Edinburgh.Penelope read zoology at Cambridge university, t...

26/08/2025

In case you are currently dealing with a conflict or a difficult relationship, here is an empathic point of view:

Marshall Rosenberg sings the song See Me Beautiful by Red Grammer (1986), to try to show us that each person has beautiful needs - than may be hidden from us...

11/08/2025

Alexander Technique Congress 2025 "Embodied Mind in Action"

I am delighted & spellbound, having spent a week in Dublin with 600 AT teachers. Many pleasure-words have new, more embodied meanings now.🪷 I walked around mind blown but embodied, my favourite state. Such presence, high functioning and joy, created by professionals & friends working together, really together..

Presence is a contagious resource, it's a medicine.

I 🩷 this work & can't get enough of different perspectives. I also 🩷 learning most of all. Extraordinary speakers, teachers, top scientists.. wow after wow after wow. And so many new friends!

In Robert Fripp's words:

music never goes away
light never goes away
if you become present
light might lean over and whisper

Thank you🙏

And now on holiday to digest and create!🌴

30/07/2025

Peaceful summer moments in Estonian magic✨️

Photo🙏: .visions

19/07/2025

Portobello Alexander Technique Julia is shining light on the trauma healing side of the Alexander sessions.🙏 I hope it brings hope and clarity to people still looking for ways to support themselves in both their bodies and minds. Try out a session with your local practitioner if you're ready for the psychophysical approach!

In my latest blog post, I discuss how taking Alexander lessons and learning the Alexander Technique can complement trauma therapy. I talk about some elements of best practice that an Alexander teacher aspires to in the context of any lesson, and in the self-help skills that they are teaching – and I discuss the ways in which they may mirror established trauma therapies:
• Establishing a safe environment;
• Coming to a quiet, yet alert, embodied presence;
• ‘Bottom up and top down’;
• ‘Where’ rather than ‘what’;
• Deepening sense of self;
• Developing greater agency;
• Building resilience
Read more: https://julia-woodman.co.uk/2025/06/30/alexander-technique-as-an-approach-for-trauma/

09/07/2025

Singing for chronic pain... just days after our big Song Festival in Estonia.🙏
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny8MlZ7YtIU

Here's one account from Wales:
https://livewellwithpain.co.uk/pain-news/singing-changed-my-life/

XXVIII Laulupeo avakontsertValikühendkoorPärt Uusberg (1986), rahvakoraal Reigi kihelkonnastDirigent Pärt UusbergKooriteos põhineb rahvakoraalil, mille viisi...

16/06/2025

📣Few new spaces are now open for my online NVC study groups! This is a once a year entrance to a wonderful long-term study-opportunity. Welcome!🫴

These online NVC groups are part of the Global Compassion Network that has most excellent structure and support system for self-development. The length and depth of this course is not only effective but deeply therapeutic. I'll probably hang around in this community for many more decades for the connection & peace I keep enjoying..♡ Dm if you want to hear details.

👉Read more and register first on the course: www.compassioncourse.org
👆Then sign up to my group. Link in bio.

When: Every other Thursday
First meeting: 10.07
Time: 4-5.30pm UK time
Where: Zoom

Or

Every Sunday 12-1.30pm ET.

Dm for more info!

The sessions are donation based, £10-15 per session is welcomed.
*Please contact me if you are unemployed, on low income or a student.

07/06/2025

Visiting and spending some lovely days in Helsinki. I am glad to notice that I am not in pain or wanting to cry anymore after a whole day of Alexandering. It might sound silly but the work that is the best for me has for years also been the toughest for my confused connective tissue. Quietening the nervous system goes through stages and eventually ends up in the desired quiet. This personal evolution helps me to stay with every step on the client's journey.🩵

🫴If in Helsinki, check out this little gem in town.✨️ The Alexander Technique studio welcomes people to visit and offers individual sessions for all pain, tension, movement and overstimulation related.

Follow them for local news! 💙

21/05/2025

Research on sedentary lifestyle accompanied by neurodegeneration. 🥀

https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.70157?fbclid=IwY2xjawKabWNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqMRWYQ2XEHP4jrkhaC3VIj33xSQRkqUc7UHkPiDjHWDRkh20eePwVqVmLCg_aem_qGMM6DMQBDoNu0IKBOFlzw

INTRODUCTION Sedentary behavior may be a modifiable risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). We examined how sedentary behavior relates to longitudinal brain structure and cognitive changes in olde...