Feldenkrais with Taro Iwamoto

04/28/2026

“I cannot fix the mind anymore than I can fix the body.”

Someone who has been following my work wrote this to me recently, and I thought it was such a beautiful realization.

Because many people approach the body and mind the same way.

They try to fix the body.
Then they try to fix the mind.
Then they try to fix their posture.
Then they try to fix their emotions.
Then they try to fix their nervous system.

And before long, their whole life becomes a project of self-correction.

But what if the deeper shift does not begin with fixing?

What if it begins with noticing?

Noticing the tension you did not realize you were holding.
Noticing how your breath changes when you feel uncertain.
Noticing how your body prepares for pain before pain even arrives.
Noticing the stories the mind repeats.
Noticing how much effort you use to hold yourself together.

This kind of awareness is not about analyzing yourself.

It is not about becoming hypervigilant.

It is a softer kind of attention coming from genuine curiosity.

The kind that says:

“Oh, this is what I am doing.”
“This is how I am protecting myself.”
“This is how my body learned to organize around fear, tension, or discomfort.”

And sometimes, when the body is met that way, it no longer has to keep holding so tightly.

This is why somatic work is not just movement.

It is a different relationship with yourself.

Less fixing.
More listening.
Less correction.
More awareness.
Less forcing change.
More creating the conditions where change can happen.

Noticing is a powerful act.

04/21/2026

A lot of people are not only tired because of symptoms.They’re tired because they’ve been carrying themselves like a project for so long.

Always trying to figure it out. Always monitoring. Always adjusting. Always trying to stay ahead of what might flare up, go wrong, feel off, or get worse.That is exhausting.And I understand why people do it. You can probably relate to that too.

When you’ve been struggling for a long time, of course you want relief.Of course you want to understand. Of course you want to help yourself.But at some point, many people are not only living with discomfort. They are living in a constant relationship of managing themselves.

And that does something. It can make it hard to rest. Hard to trust. Hard to just be in your life without feeling like you need to keep working on yourself all the time.

Sometimes I think healing is not only about feeling better. Sometimes it is also about no longer carrying yourself like a problem that always needs attention.

Not becoming careless. Not ignoring yourself. Not giving up. Just no longer holding yourself so tightly.

That shift can be bigger than it first appears. And, I believe somatic movement work can help create that shift that will open the door to new possibilities.

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04/13/2026

Something I’ve been noticing again and again:

For many people, ease does not feel familiar at first.

When the body has spent a long time bracing, protecting, or trying hard, support can feel surprisingly unfamiliar.

But little by little, with the right kind of attention, the body can begin to trust that it does not have to hold everything alone.

04/12/2026

Something I'm witnessing with students lately has been stopping me in my tracks.
They're not just noticing less tension or easier breathing.
They're beginning to feel safer in their bodies.
They're noticing — maybe for the first time — how much they've been bracing. How much effort they've been quietly pouring into just existing in their bodies.
And they're discovering that change doesn't have to come from forcing or fixing.

It comes from slowing down. Listening. Allowing.

That's when the nervous system feels safe enough to learn again.
That's when something real begins to shift.

Something I'm witnessing with students lately has been stopping me in my tracks.

They're not just noticing less tension or easier breathing.
They're beginning to feel safer in their bodies.
They're noticing — maybe for the first time — how much they've been bracing. How much effort they've been quietly pouring into just existing in their bodies.
And they're discovering that change doesn't have to come from forcing or fixing.

It comes from slowing down. Listening. Allowing.

That's when the nervous system feels safe enough to learn again.
That's when something real begins to shift.

Are you ready to stop trying to fix yourself and start relating to your body and yourself in a different way?

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02/23/2026

"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." - Rumi

Most of us approach chronic pain like a "clever" person. We look outside for the perfect modality, the newest technique, or the right practitioner to "fix" us. We treat our bodies like a problem to be solved rather than a landscape to be inhabited.

But as Rumi reminds us, wisdom starts when we turn that focus inward.

In our Somatic Movement practice, we stop fighting against the external conditions and start listening to the internal ones. When we say "the cure for pain is in the pain," we mean in somatic movement practice instead of seeking external modalities to "take the pain away," students learn to inhabit the painful area with gentle, somatic movement to find the "cure"—the release and reorganization that happens from within.

The Clever Mind wants to push it away.

The Wise Body knows that pain is a messenger. When we slow down and move with awareness, we allow the nervous system to finally "hear" the message and complete its stress response cycle.

Healing isn't about changing or controlling the world around you so you can finally feel safe; it’s about finding the safety within your own skin, exactly as it is right now.

Let's stop performing and start listening!

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02/08/2026

If you hold on a glass of water for a little bit, nothing happens.
If you hold on a glass of water for an hour, your arm starts to ache and feel tired.
If you hold on a glass of water for a day, your arm becomes numb and paralyzed.

The weight of the glass hasn't changed, but the longer you hold onto it, the heavier it becomes.

We often carry stresses (both physical and emotional) a day after day, a month after month, a year after year without being aware. So we continue to carry the weights on ourselves until we are no longer able to. We feel heavy, painful, constricted, feel like locked up in a cage.

We cannot simply put down those weights because we are not aware of them.

Through somatic movement practice you begin to gain a deeper awareness of our body and ourselves. It is this AWARENESS that makes the invisible weights become visible to us, then you can release those weights you have been carrying for so long for the first time in so many years. It is this AWARENESS that opens doors to new possibilities.

It is this AWARENESS that unlocks your nervous system, your body, and your mind and creates freedom in your body. You then begin to feel lightness, easy, and comfort in your body and movement. That's what this practice offers. It is incredibly simple, yet profound. All you need is your attention, your body, and a little bit of guidance. Then, you'll learn how to tap into your inner wisdom and potential!

02/08/2026

Day 31

02/07/2026

Day 30

02/07/2026

If you have been following me here for sometime, you probably noticed that I don't do as much practical movement lessons like I used to. That's very intentional, and there's reasons why. Since this is very important, I'd like to share my thoughts with you.

If you have been suffering from chronic pain, your nervous system is stuck in a fight or flight state. You feel painful and restricted, and feel like your body is locked up in a cage or prison. No amount of physical movements can change that. You're experiencing your body in this way not because your body is broken, not because you're breathing and moving incorrectly. It is because your nervous system is stuck in a fight or flight. Your physical symptoms are manifestations of the state of your nervous system. But, what's driving fear? Unless you uncover your unconscious patterns that are driving fear, you will never get to the root problem, and will never change the state of your nervous system, so will never change how you experience your body. While it is important to retrain our movement patterns so we can move more easily and comfortably through life, without deeper awareness of your patterns, you will never rediscover true freedom in your body. You cannot correct your body. You cannot fix your body. Because there's nothing broken. This practice is ultimately to gain deeper awareness of your body and yourself so you can release your limiting patterns and discover new possibilities. Once you're past your limiting patterns, retraining your movement patterns is actually quite simple and effortless!

If you really want to get to the root problem and create true lasting changes and finally feel at home in your body and move freely, I sincerely believe my program "Understanding How YOUR BODY Moves" (guided somatic movement program) can help you greatly. If you're genuinely curious, please schedule a zoom call with me. I'd love to connect with you and learn about you and see if I can help you.

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02/06/2026

Day 29