Describing in words what someone can’t do may not helpful. Correcting may be disheartening. Adjusting may be imposing.  

Not having anything to push or pull against or interact with may be disorienting especially for someone with diminished proprioception, with a compromised sense of boundaries, borders and relationship to the world around them. 

I observe how common it is for my students to not be able to move their jaw, pelvis, cervical or thoracic spine independently; how common it is for them to be painting with a monochromatic palate or cooking with scant ingredients and I want to give them more colors and more spices and expand what they can make with them. 

Movement is freedom. More and better movement is a direct corollary to more and better health and life. This is the goal of my cueing and ultimately of teaching: to lead a journey of discovery, to reveal what is possible, to clear the overgrowth and create a setting in which it is possible to blaze new paths at any age and stage of life. 

More technical, scientific, industry specific and granular verbiage can be appealing and satisfyingly exacting and precise and it can even be used to lend a certain credibility that may or may not be matching the deliverer’s knowledge base. 

Knowing how to most effectively communicate to our audience is a powerful skill. 

I have often really messed it up! I have seen people’s eyes glaze over as I try to communicate concepts I find absolutely thrilling but people can’t always connect the dots to their every day life and likely don’t feel the sense of thrill and urgency I feel. I’ve struggled to articulate or translate what I’m learning into something relevant and helpful. 

It’s still very much a work in progress and often I just sneak a little something in like it’s good for your brain or this might help you help you stand up straighter. I try to explain it more scientifically to the people who want more but I find that a majority of people don’t even know what’s possible - they just want to feel better. Ultimately we have to offer and teach content that excites us and do the best we can for the people in our care.