by Megan Brians | Feb 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
I drink tea constantly, especially in the winter time. It’s warming, soothing and feels saturating for my tissues. Knowing it would be something tasty and nourishing, I asked my multi-gifted friend, dancer, fiber and ceramic artist, Body Talk practitioner and...
by Megan Brians | Feb 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
With wintertime here New York, trees and other plants have shed their flamboyant greenery and seem to have turned inward; the air contracts with cold and moisture becomes snow and ice; many of us human creatures withdraw into warm, heated buildings and huddle inside...
by Megan Brians | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last month in kinesiology class in massage school we learned that the muscles that contract in a movement are called the agonist muscles. The muscles that relax and lengthen to allow for the movement are called the antagonist muscles. Afterwards, I looked up the word...
by Megan Brians | Jun 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
I just completed my first weekend for the second level of Polarity Therapy training. Six years ago I finished my first level. How much I have changed since then! Ellen Kruger, my teacher at the Soma-Psyche Institute, spoke of the life processes of involution and...
by Megan Brians | Jun 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
I had the pleasure of seeing “Pina” this weekend, a 3-D film by Wim Wenders that beautifully presents work by German choreographer Pina Bausch. Though Bausch unexpectedly died from cancer in 2009, “Pina” avoids a talky tribute, and instead puts...
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