Thoracic Spine Function

Spinal cord & nerve functions in Thoracic Spine

  • Flexes wrist
  • Supply small muscles of the hand
  • Intercostal and trunk above the waist
  • Abdominal muscles
  • Thigh flexion
  • Thigh adduction

If for any reason you are experiencing a deficit in any of these functions two ways to increase the quality are: 


Investigate the micro – movements of Feldenkrais

The only way to change is action

Food for the Lumbar Spinal Cord and Nerve Functions

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by Renee Lindstrom

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Lumbar Spine Function

Located in Lower Back

Spinal cord & nerve functions in Lumbar Spine

  • Extension of the leg at the hip and knee
  • Flexion of the leg at the knee
  • Dorsiflexion of the foot
  • Extension of the toes
  • Plantar flexion of the foot

If for any reason you are experiencing a deficit in any of these functions two ways to increase the quality are: 

Investigate the micro – movements of Feldenkrais

The only way to change is action

Food for the Lumbar Spinal Cord and Nerve Functions


by Renee Lindstrom

Effective Movement Posture Mentoring Programs Available:

 1st Level – Getting Started (Introduction & Pattern)
 2nd Level – Getting Intouch (Experiencing & Connection)
 3rd Level – Integration (Embodiment)

Follow the journey on TwitterInstagram or Facebook

by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP @ Inside Awareness,  Living in Natures Love Blog
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Copyright 2014 – 2021 Renee Lindstrom, GCFP
Feldenkrais®, Feldenkrais Method®, Awareness Through Movement®, Functional Integration®, are registered service marks of the Feldenkrais Guild® of North America. Feldenkrais Method®

ATE: Healing gut with Inulin, Berberine, L-glutamine

ATE:  AWARENESS THROUGH EATING

After becoming an empty nester  I  had time and energy to ‘explore living food’ versus dieting.  With only a question in mind (no rules and no should’s), I started to explore what nutrition was available in my own backyard.  The focus was on weeds, trees, plants and grasses.  Organically it flowed, in that familiar pattern I have learned from  Feldenkrais® Awareness through Movement® Lessons, so I have fondly begun to refer to it as Awareness through Eating.  My great regret is not having this focus with kids at home!

Along the journey of growing, gathering and consuming many backyard plants  I discovered new sensations of physical wellness.  This new feeling of aliveness if fueled and motivated by endless curiosity and exploration.   Life-changing as these actions integrate a deeper inner and outer connection to the natural world.  A connection I wouldn’t have known by previous experiences.  This journey led me to a new definition of ‘being connected’.

Instead of following old patterns of gathering food resources, I began to create new ones.   That was the first step.  The second step was creating these backyard resources that led to new relationships with them.  Eventually leading to an interest in exploring fermented foods in my own kitchen.

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Immediately there was an improvement of gut health and brain function.  Increased vitality and stamina followed with a decrease in emotions of anxiety, fear, pain and frustration.  This experience led to a deepening connection to my environment with more clarity of the existing plants and animals.  For me, this means being less distracted and more present in the moment.

Recently I was intrigued by a video’s content that was created by a celebrity.  Someone I had witnessed years earlier being overweight with obvious movement and breathing issues.  Now this same person was slim and seemed to be in better health.  He had partnered with a new product.  A product created to mimic foods he ate to become healthy.  Curious I  took time to listen to the ingredients that supported their healthy change.  I was happy and surprised to hear that it was the same foods I had unknowingly introduced into my eating plan with similar results.  Only they decided to create a supplement with those same nutritional values instead of continuing with the healthy real foods.  I was disappointed to hear that as my perspective differs.  I believe that taking a supplement doesn’t allow for the integration of new behaviours.  It simply contributes to the fix-me attitude.  Mentally it increases the chatter of self-judgment and of right and wrong thinking.   This mental focus doesn’t have the opportunity to shift into the awe of the exploration as how this celebrity and I both experienced.

However, in support of some of my students these past years, who have taught me that sometimes they simply can’t take the time to explore the basics and integrate,  I am going to share the top three nutrients that made the most significant change in gut and brain health.  These three nutrients can be eaten each day to heal your gut which not only improves your brain function, it improves your immune system and both emotional and physical function.  Included are the top real food sources of these nutrients.


Chicory Root & Sugar Beets

Inulin

  • Chicory Root
  • Sugar Beets
  • Leeks
  • Asparagus
  • Onions
  • Garlic
  • Dandelion Root
  • Elecampane Root
  • Bananas
  • Wheat

Berberine

Oregon Grape Leave & Roots for Tea

  • European Barberry
  • Goldenseal
  • Goldthread
  • Oregon grape
  • Tree Turmeric

Sauerkraut

L-glutamine

  • beef
  • chicken
  • fish
  • dairy products
  • eggs, vegetables
  • like beans, beets
  • cabbage
  • spinach
  • carrots
  • parsley
  • vegetable juices
  • wheat
  • papaya
  • Brussels sprouts
  • celery
  • kale
  • fermented foods
    • miso
    • kimchi
    • sauerkraut
    • kefir

Remember:

We are what we eat

Whether we eat out or have groceries delivered organized with recipes for preparing them,  that food becomes the invisible pathway stimulating an immediate experience (reaction) and future eating habits.

The environment created by food choices

When hearing the use of the term environment one’s thoughts may immediately go to the forest, sky, ocean, animals and plants.  Many of us may not consider the food we consume is a part of the environment that stimulates us physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.  Food is the environment that fuels all your functions and each function has different nutritional needs.

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About Renee Lindstrom, GCFP

One important aspect of goal setting programs is cultivating awareness in a unique way to increase insight into behaviour and experience. Her intention is to support breaking free from inner restrictions blocking a happy life.

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Awareness Through Living Mentoring Programs Available:

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Drawing in white light for cleansing & protection

It’s not often that I draw upon bringing in healing white light with students in transition from inner and outer experiences of pain and suffering.   The purpose  would be to bring some ease and peace in the burden they carry inside and on their shoulders that is weighing them down.

Clarity of perception in conversations versus reaction states has shown over and over these past years to be enough to cut through heavy, tar like sensation one finds themselves feeling after long-term experiences of chronic unmet needs.   Needs for being valued, (to be seen, heard or to matter).

Focus of attention versus beliefs, concepts, opinions & perspectives 

Some ways that have increased the crispness  of actions to create balance and harmony  has been through transforming inner habits and developing clarity through physical functions (not referring to exercise or postures),  conscious and fair dialogues that everyone has equal contribution to expressing their needs in a way that is heard, and in understanding how the environment influences and stimulates ones  reactions.

Law of Attraction

However,  I have witnessed that when the fear of taking a personal supportive action can reach a level of panic that can sometimes block tapping into these ways for defusing and calming that heightened experience.  Achieving clarity and conscious understanding is constrained by the resistance to taking personal actions.  The cause can be as simple as fear of change and the unknown.  The known is sometimes perceived as being better than what one expects the outcome could be.

This level of fear usually is at the level of ‘fear of dying.’  I can remember being in a personal session with Dr. Marshall Rosenberg where he was listening to me and another person while holding space for our sharing equally.  At one point he turned to the other person and said, “Do you know she is afraid of dying?”  This other person responded, “Yes and I regret it.”   I personally have experienced this level of fear and panic and, in that moment of witnessing and honesty,  I was able to take right action for myself.  However, until that connection was made for me the experience was a  tangle of unresolved issues and perceived consequences  bonding that person and I in pain and suffering.

Sometimes the resistance can not be engaged through movement, dialogue or changing the space.  To calm and bring clarity one may begin the process of drawing white light to surround them and clear themselves.  This technique is one that is used in many traditions for cleansing and protection.  I have learned that it can be used anywhere and at anytime for support to ground, and find balance and clarity.  I find it reduces panic and can be a  beneficial tool for support that can create the potential to have a dialogue, increase flexibility and calm the space.

Description of  bringing in the white light

Part One Surroundings

  1. To start I suggest one imagine or visualize an egg shape surrounding them.
  2. The  second steps is to draw in the white light from above to surround them inside this egg shape.  
  3. Once  the white light is surrounding one inside this egg shape I then suggest that one imagine or visualize the light turning in in an *anticlockwise way for a couple of moments.
  4. As soon as one stops turning it (white light) in an *anticlockwise way, then start to turn it in a clockwise way immediately for a few moments.
  5. Slowly release the visualization while focusing on a quality of giving thanks to the universe,
  6. (one of my favourite blessings is share with students is borrowed from the Hawaiian tradition – Ho’oponopono prayer).

Part Two – Physical Body

After one has practiced Part one for at least two to three days these two steps can be added after completing the about four steps.

  1. Now bring the surrounding white light into the physical body in a swirling way that is moving anticlockwise for a few moments.
  2. Again immediately upon finishing with swirling anticlockwise begin to swirl it clockwise.
  3. Slowly release the visualization while focusing on a quality of giving thanks to the universe,  (one of my favourite blessings is share with students is borrowed from the Hawaiian tradition – Ho’oponopono prayer).
*Anticlockwise – Opening to clear & cleanse
*Clockwise – Closing and surrounding

Please note:  If the level of fear is too high, one may be afraid of the consequences of this White Light exercise.  There may be a need for support to find reassurance and guidance for a good practitioner that is trustworthy.  It could be a leader from their faith community that can bring safety.


About Renee Lindstrom, GCFP

A  foundation to the evolution of Renee’s practice was working with energy.  In her own experiences the unresolved need in relationships of a lifetime led to an opening for certain energies to emerge affecting her surroundings.  She began training and researching ways to clean and end these effects.  This led to supporting others in their environment for clearing residual energies and influences.  While doing so she witnessed some of the root causes in people’s perspectives, belief systems and interactions that opened them up to experiencing these energies.  This led to training and offering practical tools that one can do to transform their own experiences.

by Renee Lindstrom

Awareness Through Living Mentoring Programs Available:

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 2nd Level – Getting Intouch (Experiencing & Connection)
 3rd Level – Integration (Embodiment)

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Dropping irrelevant words to improve focus on event being shared

I have found that our education has focused upon proper rules of grammar versus focusing upon how each person has a different perception of incoming information.  This translates  into writing, reading and speaking that leads to misunderstandings.

Five ways that humanity perceives information from their environment is through sight, sound, taste, smell and, touch.   Incoming information from the environment will travel through the physical body processing the information before reaching thoughts.  A process so fast it’s unrecognizable.

You can recognize people’s dominant senses through their choice of words in speaking and writing.  For example:

  • Visual –    “I see……”
  • Sound –    “I hear…..’
  • Smell –      “I smell…..”
  • Taste –      “I taste……”
  • Touch –     “I feel……”

Translation & simplicity are needed in the ways that these interactions are used

I will use an example of my own predominant sense and its usage.  This is,   “I feel……”  I use this statement in a way that isn’t understandable to anyone outside myself.  Others will be triggered by it,  unknowingly,  before taking in the information I am trying to convey. Here’s  how I may use touch to describe an experience that may be familiar to you where you would accept it as being normal, however may be having inner thoughts that stimulate irritability or annoyance.  You may even shut out what you are hearing.

 I feel like I have gone one step forward and one step backward.

I did want to I feel in the following post to describe my interpretation instead of an actual feeling.  Something like

I felt like I had one foot in the future and one foot in the past after a new router was installed yesterday.

Had I used it, it would have added confusion and extraneous words to describe it.  I chose words to describe exactly what happened without my interpretation.  The event was shared in a way that more people could take in the information and understand the point of it.  That is my intention – to be understood and for a connection.  If you look through the sentence for feeling words there are none.  If you analysis the statement you will note there isn’t any information pertaining to a felt sense.  One foot in the past and one foot in the future is an evaluative experience which precludes any felt sensations.

At yesterday’s installation of a fiber optic wireless router the technician gave me the option to go back to a hard line for my laptop versus wavelength. In addition,  I was told I could install an app that would turn the wireless off when others left for the day making the house wave free from my own router. I am thrilled for these choices!

Sight, sound, touch, taste, smell

  • What is your predominant receptor?  
  • How does translate into your dialogues?
  • Does being received by others in the way you intend matter enough to you to slow down and consider how you share?


About Renee Lindstrom, GCFP

One  part of her practice is to refine and translate dialogue so that one can settle their emotional fears, pain and anger, or improve their needs to be seen, heard and valued in relationships.  This is important in improving physical function too.  Unresloved needs can restrict movement causing one to have less flexibility.

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Coaching using Awareness through Spoken Word techniques introduces a new way of understanding differences and compassion that comes from empathy. Empathy for self and others that is more than listening or touch. It is in the quality of the spoken word patterns. The focus is to expand the awareness of the stimulus of spoken word and go beyond its restrictions in habitual ways of speaking. The intention is to create inner peace and expand outer harmony for better choice making and resolving differences.

by Renee Lindstrom

Awareness Through Living Mentoring Programs Available:

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Language of Environment & Landscape

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