Evergreen Movement Studio

On Neuroplasticity in regards to the Gyrotonic Method of movement:

Nowhere is this truth better reflected than in the sense of well-being felt after a Gyrotonic session. This shift is often difficult to describe in words as it is an experience. Sometimes words are used like “feeling lighter, feeling more grounded or feeling freer.” Sometimes, it’s expressed as a more spiritual sensation of well-being. I believe the only way to define it scientifically is through a pervasive neuroplastic shift.

The GYROTONIC® Method and Neuroplasticity - GYROTONIC® Master Trainer Angela Crowley shares the fundamental properties of neuroplasticity and how The GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® is uniquely conducive to positive neuroplastic change.

Re-posting here since my client list doesn't cover family and friends. My hope here is just to simply stay connected.

Life right now feels uncertain, scary, unpredictable, contradictory and maybe even chaotic. We are living through this pandemic of massive proportions that has touched all corners of the world. Many things don't feel familiar. Not only is our health individually and collectively feeling threatened but so is our economy and everything that falls under that.

But we succeed by growing out of chaos. We learn through distress and challenge, adversity and obstacles. I've been trying to nurture a sourdough starter and learn the nuances of a successful loaf of bread. When it's fed, it's disturbed and agitated. Then it needs rest. Add flour, salt and water, mix and rest. Knead and rest, knead and rest. The kneading and resting takes place many times before it is prepared for the oven. See the pattern here? Not much different from the theory of exercise and rest. Growth happens because adversity happens.

Nature is our greatest teacher. A sapling is born out of soil that once was the parts of another tree, degraded to a soft loamy bed of anticipation. We are babies born with no immune system, and out of exploration, touching and putting anything and everything into our mouths we grow strong and healthy. What may seem unfortunate or unhealthy, the death of a tree, the germ covered legos in the mouth, are in essence what is needed to survive.

Let us not loose hope, embrace the chaos, use this Great Pause to our advantage and maybe even rise, mature, develop and become.

I very much look forward to seeing you when it feels safe. I'm playing this day by day, like most of you, and am hopeful we can work together again soon. Send me a note, let me know how you are, how are you meeting this chaos, this adversity, what is life like for you these days? Take good care in staying well.
In trust,
Anna