Category: Coordination Dynamics

  • Open Letter to a Marvelous Movement Philosopher

    Open Letter to a Marvelous Movement Philosopher

    Dr. S-J, I am doing some deep historical and anatomical work into the muscle sense, I am a bodyworker, historian and theorist. I would love a chance to consult with you. Below is a recent presentation on perceptual bias and anatomy for your reference. I am currently working on the kinesiology of proprioception and would…

  • Metastability and Consilience.

    A natural and simple body-wide myofascial metastability sufficient to sustain consilience.

  • Biomechanical enlightenment is not arcane and esoteric.

    Thinking about coordination dynamics the question we must consider is whether the several major coordinative centers of the body, complex multilevel bony systems, each produce a characteristic voice, an identity, a sense of the whole greater than the sum of its parts–one that is predictable and understandable. We suppose that this might be so because…

  • A handful of bones

    A handful of bones

    (From Unsplash) A handful of bones A handful of bones is just about all that we can hold in our mind as we go through the process of our complex daily full body movements. A handful of bones is enough to coordinate and balance the system in almost any position. Perhaps in our mundane daily…

  • The Phase Transition: a handful of bones

    The Phase Transition: a handful of bones

    In life, we all want to do the best that we can. Many of us have quite high aspirations. But look around you. This is not the best we can do. A shift in perspective is needed and there is ample evidence that it is slowly percolating up from below. The shift in perspective is…

  • Attention, World!

    Attention, World!

    Attention world! The arm was built to have an active sense of axillary (scapular) grip. This is where we organize the movemeant. Not for gods sake the shoulder. Try it! It’s natural. Revelation! If you do it will feel like revelation. Biomechanical Enlightenment! The revelation is just the facticity of your own skeleton–your own anatomy.…