Clare Maxwell – Movement and Breathing Coach
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Get Movement and Breathing Coaching with The Alexander Technique Teacher Clare Maxwell. She enjoys helping people with chronic tension re-discover joy and ease in movement using the Alexander Technique and her own movement practices rooted in her many years as a dancer and choreographer.
Clare Maxwell – Movement and Breathing Coach
2y ago
You can’t separate strain in one part of your body from strain in your whole being. But sourcing mobility and ease in one place will spread throughout the whole!
Welcome to my journey through the 12 cranial nerves. September is all about the third cranial or “oculomotor” nerve which controls most of the possible motions of your eye can make. In the illustration above, the oculomotor nerve is the thickest one, and you can see that it branches into 4 separate nerves for 4 different muscles. Last week’s post covered this and offers a video w ..read more
Clare Maxwell – Movement and Breathing Coach
2y ago
Try these 4 simple exercises that will help create smooth eye and head motion.
I did a little YouTube video research in preparation for writing this post, and there is absolutely nothing out there on the cranial nerves for the average person. It’s all for people in medical school!
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I think regular old run of the mill people want to know about their bodies and how they work. I’m so glad you are here with me! Together we can learn about our bodies not because something is wrong, but because we want to enjoy them more and use them better for longer.
The ..read more
Clare Maxwell – Movement and Breathing Coach
2y ago
I am taking a mini-break from generating more content to grab your attention. While I’m chilling out, I want to share two things:
1) I’m leading two free workshops on how to launch an online course for embodiment professionals. Bring your idea for your next course, and I’ll coach at least 2 of you through the next 3 steps to making it happen. Click on the link to register for:
Thursday, September 2, 9 – 10 am EST
Thursday, September 9, 5 – 6 pm EST
2) Some personal growth I’ve experienced as a result of my focus on the cranial ner ..read more
Clare Maxwell – Movement and Breathing Coach
2y ago
Before I get into the core of this newsletter, two things.
Last Mastermind Group for Embodiment Educators filling up: Are you or someone you know an embodiment practitioner looking for skilled and targeted guidance for building their business? I’m opening a new Mastermind Group and still have 6 spots left. The early bird special ends September 13, so book an interview ASAP to see if you are a good fit. &nbs ..read more
Clare Maxwell – Movement and Breathing Coach
2y ago
image by Andrea Piacquadio
Is your relationship with your computer more important than your relationship with your body? People who are in pain from being on the computer for too many hours a day make up at least 50% of my practice.
One student had to take two years off his lucrative design job to recover the use of his arms. Another has the beginning symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome which is no joke.
This student’s particular body had already been through the ringer before he started in his profession, so he was more vulnerable than others to RSI and nerve compression, which in my ..read more
Clare Maxwell – Movement and Breathing Coach
2y ago
Welcome to this yearlong journey through the 12 cranial nerves. We are spending the month of August exploring the optic nerve, which allows us to perceive light (and therefor also darkness) via the retina.
Do you suffer from lack of sleep? So many people I know are struggling to get enough sleep since the increase of political & racial violence, accelerated climate crisis, and the COVID pandemic converged into one hot mess.
The ways that we used to sooth ourselves aren’t working any more. One thing I find myself doing to cope is being online more often, and later at night ..read more
Clare Maxwell – Movement and Breathing Coach
2y ago
Thank you for joining me on a journey through the cranial nerves. Today we have arrived at the second, or optic, cranial nerve.
Do you suffer from eye strain? I have one student who always leaves her private lesson without her glasses on – because her eyes feel better and she can see more clearly. She isn’t directly aware of the strain until its gone.
Do you wear glasses that add a little bit to that strain? Have you ever tried taking them off and just seeing fuzzy for a little while just to get relief? I highly suggest doing so (why is explained just a little bit further on). I ..read more
Clare Maxwell – Movement and Breathing Coach
2y ago
“… I carried to my lips a spoonful of the tea in which I had let soften a bit of madeleine. But at the very instant when the mouthful of tea mixed with cake crumbs touched my palate, I quivered, attentive to the extraordinary thing that was happening inside me.”
– Marcel Proust
Have you ever noticed how alive children are to their senses? I’m visiting my nieces this weekend and when I mentioned my sense of smell (cause I’m writing this newsletter!), the younger one said: “I love how my mama smells! It’s ..read more
Clare Maxwell – Movement and Breathing Coach
2y ago
Putting yourself and your body’s needs first goes against a lot of past conditioning for most folks, but it’s the medicine we need on a personal and a societal level. Cranial nerve sequencing, which I’m focusing on in these newsletters, is the simplest, most direct self care program I’ve created to date. One nerve at a time, you get lovingly familiar with your own embodied brain.
Why do we study embodiment anyway? In my case, it was at first selfish. I needed healing badly, and the Alexander Technique showed me that healing was possible. It was only much later that it occurred t ..read more
Clare Maxwell – Movement and Breathing Coach
2y ago
Welcome to a journey through the 13 cranial nerves! This journey is designed to create balance between the sensory and motor functions of your nervous system.
You can find the playlist on my YouTube channel, and I’ll keep adding one new video per month. This month I am sharing content about the first cranial, or olfactory nerve.
You know how it is when you get all jacked up in hyper-activity mode, your nervous system is flooded with energy, and it’s literally impossible to stop “doing?” For instance, when you really get deep into something at work and feel it’s not possible ..read more