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July 2017 Newsletter

Hello All,

I hope you are enjoying these warm summer days as much as I am.  Sun in Seattle is so magical!

Today I was thinking about a client I’ve been working with for a couple of months. When we started, she was overwhelmed and prone to falling—and she was actually breaking bones. She couldn’t drive anymore because she was blacking out and her life was closing down. After one lesson, she had increased circulation in her body and face, and felt her whole self beginning to warm.

After our 5th lesson, the doctors told her she was okay to drive again. Her balance had improved so much that when she went out on a boat with her son, he was shocked to see that she was already aboard when he turned to help her get off the dock. At 77, her life is now opening up instead of closing down.

What makes it wonderful to work with a client like this is that she is so enthusiastic, interested and open-minded.

With people like that, I don’t have to prove anything so I don’t have to work so hard and the lesson unfolds between us with ease, precision and control–all qualities that increase when you use less power and force.

This ease allows for a “conversation between our nervous systems” and it becomes clear that I’m not “fixing” the other person.  My client feels more empowered in the lesson because there’s space for them to recognize what they are doing, and that’s the beginning of empowerment. Things stop being so mysterious because they can see that if they do something differently, something changes in them which makes a difference they can’t ignore.

If that sounds like the kind of change you’re ready for, I’d love to see you in class, or have a chat to explore what we could do together.

All the best to you,
Susan
206 588-5356
www.thespiceoflife.biz 
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Thursdays:  11am – Noon
Optimal Movement, Feldenkrais-style
Dale Turner YMCA, Shoreline
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