by Megan Brians | Jun 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Many of us know our bones provide the support for our muscles (such as the spine) and protection for our organs and other soft tissues (such as the pelvis and ribs). However, what is it like to bring our awareness to what our bones feel in meeting the ground, a chair...
by Megan Brians | Feb 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
With arid winter air and the radiators on full blast, my skin gets super dry. I don’t want to wash my face in a way that can dry it out more, so I turn to facial cleansing oil. It completely cleans the New York City grit off my face and leaves it lightly...
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...
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