Yuzu Bodywork

This is going to be a repeat lesson from March this year. Although this lesson is titled 'Training to (Come up to) Sit without Leaning on the Floor,' I would like to focus on learning to observe how much you can reduce your effort to move against gravity. When you can let go of your unnecessary, conscious or unconscious, muscular effort, moving against gravity is not as hard as you might have felt.

ATM lesson on Friday, June 29th This is going to be a repeat lesson from March this year. Although this lesson is titled 'Training to (Come up to) Sit without Leaning on the Floor,' I would like to focus on learning to observe ho...

We will twist and bend the spine in many different ways in this lesson. Our habitual use of the spine contributes to all kinds of issues of pain, mobility, and structural damages. This is one of those lessons to keep your spine supple and mobile from the top to the bottom.

ATM lesson on Friday, June 22nd We will twist and bend the spine in many different ways in this lesson. Our habitual use of the spine contributes to all kinds of issues of pain, mobility, and structural damages. This is one of th...

This week's lesson is titled "Lengthening on the Stomach and Back." The point of this lesson is lengthening the body without actively stretching. Along the way, you will also learn to strip away all the extraneous efforts to lengthen so that you will find new, more efficient movement patterns. The class resumes on Friday, June 22nd.

ATM lesson on Friday, June 8th (no class on June 15th) This week's lesson is titled "Lengthening on the Stomach and Back." The point of this lesson is lengthening the body without actively stretching. Along the way, you will also learn to strip away al...

This lesson is a simple but powerful tool to mobilize the spine. Not only the lesson increases the spinal rotation from the neck to the lumber spine, it gives you a sense of power and connection from the legs to the shoulders in the form of the spinal rotation.

ATM lesson on Friday, June 1st. This lesson is a simple but powerful tool to mobilize the spine. Not only the lesson increases the spinal rotation from the neck to the lumber spine, it gives you a sense of power and connection fr...

We are continuing the theme of lengthening the arms. In this lesson, you will learn to bend the fingers and the wrists backward as you lengthen the arms. For most of us, the opposite of making a fist is surprisingly unfamiliar and difficult. However, for the health and longevity of the shoulder/arm/hand muscles and bones as well as their organization and flexibility, this lesson is essential.

ATM lesson on Friday, May 25th We are continuing the theme of lengthening the arms. In this lesson, you will learn to bend the fingers and the wrists backward as you lengthen the arms. For most of us, the opposite of making a fi...

This week, the lesson focuses on lengthening the arms. Then you will be challenged to some movement pretzel patterns and keep in mind to lengthen your arm. This in one of those lessons that teach us how we often move in a counter-productive manner when we try hard to do something else.

ATM lesson on Friday, May 18th This week, the lesson focuses on lengthening the arms. Then you will be challenged to some movement pretzel patterns and keep in mind to lengthen your arm. This in one of those lessons that teach u...

Whenever we lift our limbs, we have to work against gravity. In this week's lesson, we will experiment with making the lifting easier by pushing into the ground. The lifting becomes a lighter experience when you think of making another part of the body heavier.

ATM lesson on Friday, May 11th Whenever we lift our limbs, we have to work against gravity. In this week's lesson, we will experiment with making the lifting easier by pushing into the ground. The lifting becomes a lighter exper...

This week's lesson will start from the hand. In the lesson, we will move the hand(s) in various ways to connect up the movement towards the trunk. The wrist, elbow, shoulder and the spine are all involved in the usage of your hand. You cannot isolate a problem into one part of the movement chain.

ATM lesson on Friday, May 4th This week's lesson will start from the hand. In the lesson, we will move the hand(s) in various ways to connect up the movement towards the trunk. The wrist, elbow, shoulder and the spine are all i...

This week's lesson starts at the feet. When we are standing, the feet have to bear the body weight and support our carriage. When we know how to organize the feet, ankle, knees and the hip joints better, standing becomes more stable, walking becomes lighter and there will be less wear and fatigue in the whole body.

ATM lesson on Friday, April 27th This week's lesson starts at the feet. When we are standing, the feet have to bear the body weight and support our carriage. When we know how to organize the feet, ankle, knees and the hip joints b...

This week, I would like to go back to a lesson we did about 6 months ago. The lesson's title is "Making the Sternum Flexible." I would like to challenge the concept of the Sternum (shield/armor) and the ribs (cage). I think having a more fluid image of flexible and movable sternum and ribs will greatly help us soften this area and feel more youthful in posture and activities.

ATM lesson on Friday, April 20th This week, I would like to go back to a lesson we did about 6 months ago. The lesson's title is "Making the Sternum Flexible." I would like to challenge the concept of the Sternum (shield/armor) an...

After the last week's lesson of "hip joints" by way of lengthening the legs, we will tackle a lesson of "Shoulder joints" by way of lengthening the arms. It is a great lesson to become more aware of how the movement of the shoulder joint complexes are deeply connected to the use of the spine.

ATM lesson on Friday, April 13th After the last week's lesson of "hip joints" by way of lengthening the legs, we will tackle a lesson of "Shoulder joints" by way of lengthening the arms. It is a great lesson to become more aware o...

Through this week's lesson, we will learn to locate the hip joints in a kinesthetic sense. We will increase the mobility of the hip joints by way of lengthening one side of the body and shortening the other. We will connect the movement of the hips to the movement of the ribs and the spine.

ATM lesson on Friday, April 6th. Through this week's lesson, we will learn to locate the hip joints in a kinesthetic sense. We will increase the mobility of the hip joints by way of lengthening one side of the body and shortening ...