by Mike Taylor | Nov 9, 2018 | Blog
Hey everybody, I'm talking a bit with our online training group about what to do when something you're doing hurts. It could be a simple example like the one that came up today. "My back hurts when I lift my leg to a down dog split." Or it could be something more complex, something else in your life. How to navigate here, through both simple and complex, in practice and real life, probably has some things in common. So I'll share a bit from our talk below. To begin, when something hurts you this way, don't do it. Back… 
by Mike Taylor | Nov 2, 2018 | Online, Blog, Strala Training
“You are in a position, starting now, to adopt the role of self-healer. By going deeper into the power of awareness, you can achieve the hidden potential of the healing system that you already depend upon every day.” – Dr. Rudolph Tanzi – Chair of Neurology at Harvard and Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital - Please click here to register now! Get ready to learn the principles and practices of Shiatsu, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Traditional Japanese Medicine, to create healing through positive connection with yourself and others. We’re all healers, constantly moving… by Mike Taylor | Oct 26, 2018 | Blog
This question comes up quite a lot. And it's mixed in with some bigger questions, which maybe come first. What is a teacher? How do you value your self? Let's explore. When you're just getting started with something new, it makes sense to practice quite a lot, for quite a while, maybe some years. This cycle of education, practice, and life experience takes time. To get good at anything substantial, so what you do works, in a variety of contexts with a variety of people, takes time. And once you get there, there's not much change. You're still a student,… 
by Mike Taylor | Oct 19, 2018 | Blog
"You are in a position, starting now, to adopt the role of self-healer. By going deeper into the power of awareness, you can achieve the hidden potential of the healing system that you already depend upon every day." - Dr. Rudolph Tanzi, Chair of Neurology at Harvard, and Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. You can read more from Dr. Tanzi here. Hey everybody, I'm working on our online Shiatsu and Traditional Chinese Medicine Training this morning (coming soon, info here), and wanted to share some thoughts about healing. I've had some good… 
by Mike Taylor | Jul 28, 2018 | Blog, Move
Here's one thought. It's how you go from being the stress-based version of yourself, to the ease-based version. Let's start with bones. But bones don't move themselves, muscles are involved here too. So alignment is the position of our structure, our bones, and what our muscles do to create that. Now for right alignment. And for this we might need some context, to say what's right. Whether it's static, moving, or accomplishing something in a particular context, right alignment is the position requiring least amount of effort to be here, move there, get that. The least amount of effort to…