Movaido

Movaido Movaido is the business page for Dwight Pargee, MS GCFP, and Exercise Physiologist. www.movaido.co

I offer private Feldenkrais lessons and group classes for life-changing tools for self care, freedom from pain, and personal development. About MOVAIDO

MOVAIDO is Dwight Pargee’s signature approach to somatic neuromuscular re-education and movement therapy using the Feldenkrais Method®. Enhance your vitality and find better balance, coordination and ease of movement. Clarity of intention invites freedom of choice and optimal self-organization.

-Clarify your intentions that translate into actions
-Explore movement options to reduce pain
-Clarify movement choices that re-educate your nervous system
-Refine function to improve skeletal relationships with gravity
-Experience less effort in everyday life activities

As you improve the organization and coordination of our skeletal structure, you’ll have more vitality and energy, and an improved sense of confidence and well-being

Feldenkrais movement reeducation and therapy helps you through:

-Clarity of gentle touch that listens, that instructs, that communicates options
-Awakening your curiosity about HOW you move
-Energizing your self-awareness for self-organization
-Teaching your brain to improve your dexterity, flexibility and agility

Whether it is a subtle movement and sensing of the nervous system an/or the mechanical movement of skeletal action, it is essential that there is clarity in communicating one's intention into action. For this thinking, sensing, feeling and acting must come into a harmonious relationship. Who can benefit from MOVAIDO?

-A person in acute pain or discomfort from back or neck pain, hip, knee or shoulder problems, or stress from breathing difficulties.
-A person in chronic pain or stress due to postural dysfunction (such as scoliosis), chronic conditions (such as arthritis or fibromyalgia), accidents ( such as whiplash, falls or ligament strain injuries) or overuse injuries ( such as RSI, carpal tunnel, tennis elbow, etc.) that has not responded to other treatments.
-A person in the performing arts, martial arts and sports recovering from an injury or wanting to learn how to prevent re-injury or to achieve new levels of skill for performance.
-A person in stress, pain or disability before or after surgery (pre-and postoperative recovery).
-A person dedicated to personal growth and creativity through developing awareness, reducing stress and maintaining flexibility of body and agility of mind.
-An adult or child with developmental delay or neurological difficulties (such as strokes, brain injury, cerebral palsy, MS). Dwight Pargee, MS brings to you his unique blend of movement education and therapy. He is trained and Guild-certified in the Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education, is an Assistant Trainer in Professional Feldenkrais Training programs, Change Your Age, Aikido, Bones For Life, and holds degrees in Exercise Physiology, Sport Science and Biomechanics He is tremendously gifted in assessing and appropriately creating an experience of somatic education and renewal according to an individual's needs and desires. His skills extend along the continuum from managing chronic pain to refining high-level performance, from injury recovery to redefining limits and opening possibilities for the neurologically impaired. In 21 years of practice, Dwight’s gentle nature, insightful perceptions, wealth of experience and gifted touch have brought comfort and ease to many lives. He works with a wide variety of clients ranging from competitive athletes, musicians, and actors to people with chronic pain issues, injuries or those simply wanting to move and act more efficiently and gracefully. Dwight has a special interest in dynamic balance and stability, applied biomechanics and neuromuscular learning.

06/01/2025
Muscle guarding is not well known or understoodAlthough patients often struggle with muscle guarding, physicians, partic...
05/16/2025

Muscle guarding is not well known or understood
Although patients often struggle with muscle guarding, physicians, particularly surgeons, aren’t quick to broach the topic, some experts said. “When I mention muscle guarding to clinical practitioners, there’s a little bit of a glimmer of recognition: ‘Oh, I remember learning about that, in class, for maybe 15 minutes,’” Truitt, the neuroscientist, said.

Nick DiNubile, a Philadelphia-area orthopedic surgeon and chief medical adviser of the American Council on Exercise, acknowledged that not taking a proactive approach to rehabilitation is common in surgical medicine. “A lot of doctors take the position: Scar looks good, stitches are out, everything’s okay,” DiNubile said. “They abdicate the role of ensuring that strength and conditioning are restored.”

Williams, the University College London professor said, “Doctors don’t always think about what subconscious messages the patient’s brain is sending to the body. Muscle guarding isn’t under conscious control.”

In muscle guarding, the brain seeks to protect an injured area by subconsciously directing the surrounding muscles to not function, or to lock.

04/24/2025

Who was Moshe Feldenkrais?
This month in SensAbility, we’re celebrating the founder of the Feldenkrais Method®.

🧠 A pioneer in somatic learning, Moshe blended science, martial arts, and deep curiosity to change the way we understand movement and the mind-body connection.

📖 Read a short biography by Mark Reese and discover the life behind the method:
👉 feldenkrais.com/a-concise-biography-of-moshe-feldenkrais

📚 And if you want to dive deeper, the full biography Moshe Feldenkrais: A Life in Movement is currently on sale at Feldenkrais Resources:
👉 feldenkraisresources.com

04/13/2025

The discovery that our thoughts and actions can change the structure and function of our brains, even into old age, is perhaps the most important breakthrough in neuroscience in over 4 centuries. This ability of our brain to change and re-wire itself, as a result of what we do, is called “neuroplasticity.” It is our understanding of this remarkable and life-long ability that is driving a revolution in therapies that can help to "re-wire" or "re-train" the brain to help people with conditions including ADHD, anxiety, chronic pain, depression, memory problems and also to help Autistic people.

https://www.feldenkraisaccess.com/bones-breath-balance
04/08/2025

https://www.feldenkraisaccess.com/bones-breath-balance

To refresh your powerful mind-body connection and prepare your whole self for enjoying the activities of your choice, try this online Feldenkrais workshop with Dwight Pargee entitled Bones, Breath & Balance.

My 2025 SPRING class series will be  starting Tues. April 1  - May 26 at 12- 1pm at UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF...
04/04/2025

My 2025 SPRING class series will be starting Tues. April 1 - May 26 at 12- 1pm

at UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
OF CENTRAL OREGON
61980 Skyline Ranch Rd, Bend, OR 97703

All classes are $15 drop-in/ or $125/10-class punch card. - If you have a pre-existing punch card, i will honor it.

This class will also be Zoomed live as well as recorded:

LOGISTICS
Sign-in to the meeting with the info posted below. (There is also an option to dial in with your phone for audio only).
I will take roll-call at every class and if you have a punch-card already on file, i’ll punch it or i can invoice you by email if you need a new card or just want to pay drop- in ($15).
To help make things run smoothly, it is best if you mute yourself on the Zoom screen, it helps with the overall audio quality for the group. Also, if possible, if you can set-up your computer, tablet or phone camera so that I have some sort of view of you (besides a foot or top of your head ;)) that helps me as well.

Join Zoom Meeting:
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Meeting ID: 853 005 061
Password: 381101
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Best to all,
Dwight
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=548m4LbS4A4

A documentary about Moshe Feldenkrais and the method he created.

https://www.dailyom.com/courses/the-feldenkrais-way-to-heal-the-body/?aff=92&fbclid=IwY2xjawIOFkBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfQp0q...
02/03/2025

https://www.dailyom.com/courses/the-feldenkrais-way-to-heal-the-body/?aff=92&fbclid=IwY2xjawIOFkBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfQp0qf2XsAiEUOpKdVFYa4qMTjfZezFYga6Q-n2Dd_NalCO7FT5brX9CA_aem_1BzywAV2XEM9qcfdIOQ84A

Alleviate pain, soothe stress, and enhance your daily life. In this course, certified Feldenkrais practitioner Dayana Pereira will teach you how to use the revolutionary bodywork practice known as the Feldenkrais Method — a perfect blend of neuroplasticity, somatic movement, and human development ...

Here are some key takeaways from this  article:Dr. Moshe "Feldenkrais recognized the brain’s ability to learn, unlearn, ...
01/16/2025

Here are some key takeaways from this article:
Dr. Moshe "Feldenkrais recognized the brain’s ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn — what neuroscience now refers to as “neuroplasticity” (Doidge, 2015; Paparo, 2022).
Significant changes can occur in the brain and the nervous system in response to learning, movement, and repetition (Kabat-Zinn, 2019).
The Feldenkrais Method potentially changes the brain’s structure through movement and guided attention, benefiting physical and mental habits and learning more efficient ways of approaching tasks."..
"The Feldenkrais Method has received considerable support from research and has been applied in several areas involving mental and physical health, including eating disorders, sleep disturbances, performance in arts and sports, and managing chronic pain.
While more research is needed to increase our understanding of the efficacy and application of this approach, findings suggest that many clients will benefit from improved awareness of mind and body and how they interact."

https://positivepsychology.com/feldenkrais-method/?fbclid=IwY2xjawH2NmlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXilCDLBjMx4WyBiovR_8d0tb_mKzQ8zHKlNb3hYS_cD452WvuJseUtZ8w_aem_IZ9jwmtS_Hmtd1LmTAVxrw

The Feldenkrais Method has received considerable research support.

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