And what is the difference btw Kalari, Yoga & Ayurveda? Kalari Lab, with Adam Philips at Yoga ai Trulli YAV, Grottaglie, Italy Fall 2023. Kalari, Yoga, & Ayurveda are all practices that originate from India. While Kalari and Yoga are movement traditions, Ayurveda is a system of medicine. Yoga and Kalari In the same way that Brazil has Jiu-jitsu and Capoeira , India has Yoga and Kalari. Both Yoga and Kalari are bodymind practices, traditionally used for cultivating chara

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Focused Attention Exercises Focused attention exercises tie movement and learning together in this Neuroplastic Triad. Learning something new with your body requires focused attention. We'll go deeper here. We'll explore attention & focus and consider why looking in or looking out can improve your brain and nervous system. We'll also look at the emotional brain body. Reading these next paragraphs will require your focused attention. (I hope you'll stick with it and thank me

Move Your Body To Optimize Neuro Function Your brain and body are spectacular. The brain & spinal cord are the core of your nervous system. Each protected deep within sheaths of hard bones, the scull and the spine, with sensitive satellites that allow us to feel and to know. These are the nerves and neurons. They are intricately laced, tucked and spread throughout bones and softer tissues like muscles, fat, and fascia. There are 3 crucial things You NEED to do to support yo

Novel Motor Learning Vital to the brain and body is motor learning. Motor learning is learning by doing with your body. Experiential learning means learning by doing. We can also call that motor learning. Novel learning is new learning. = Always be learning. The How of Novel Learning Experiences Here are some ways that you can learn new skills that require hand eye coordination and motor learning: Try a new sport like Disc Golf Practice a martial art like Capoeira or Kalarip

Three Key Elements to Optimize Neuro Function Your brain and spinal cord are the core of your nervous system. They are each protected deep within sheaths of hard bones. The scull and the spine. The core has sensitive satellites that allow us to feel and know. These are nerves and neurons. They are intricately laced, tucked and spread throughout bones and softer tissues like muscles, fat and fascia. There are three important things to do to support your brain, and its spectac

Key lessons from personal training, pain-free movement, yoga, belly dance, and reproductive health. If we don't understand how the body works, how do we know whether it is working properly or not? What is normal? When I was in my 20's, after having a child of my own and plenty of experience in the realm of sex, I was practicing for my midwifery skills exams. I was surprised with how little I actually knew about my own body. As the years passed, I forgot that I knew these thin

Functional Training for Real: There is a beginner to master continuum within functional training. At first you start with basics:...

Essential actions we train to use everyday PUSH PULL ROTATIONS BEND + LIFT CRAWL SINGLE LEG STANCE & OTHER BALANCING