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If my last blog post has you considering taking a week or so of your life to spend in a cadaver dissection course with Gil Hedley or another teacher, I encourage you to take the plunge. Since most of us do…

Origin and Etymology of anatomy Late Latin anatomia dissection, from Greek anatomē, from anatemnein to dissect, from ana- + temnein to cut First Known Use: 14th century (www.merriam-webster.com) The first time I saw Gil Hedley’s “Fuzz Speech” was at a Yoga…

A Therapeutic Movement Educator with over 15 years’ experience, Dinneen Viggiano is a Yoga Tune Up® & Roll Model® Teacher Trainer, a NeuroKinetic and CranioSacral Therapist and a Certified Nutrition Counselor. She teaches at Yoga Works NYC, Equinox, EvenFlow Yoga, and…

You come biologically equipped for self-healing. Roll Model Therapy Balls are your “rubber drugs,” and when you roll them into your life, they will catapult your ability to heal yourself and prevent further damage.   Here are 5 benefits of using…

In part 1 of this article, I explained some causes and symptoms of trigger points in the deep calf muscle trio of tibialis posterior, flexor digitorum longus (FDL) and flexor hallicus longus (FHL). One common contributor is walking or running on…

Many people are aware of their larger, more superficial calf muscles, gastrocnemius and soleus. But what about the smaller, deeper and less known calf muscles? What is their purpose, and what are the symptoms when they aren’t functioning properly? Today I…

This article is part of a series on how to maximize the benefits of massage therapy. Read the rest of the series here.  In addition to using self-massage to maximize the benefits or your professional massage experience, as described in Part…

This article is part of a series on how to maximize the benefits of massage therapy. Read the rest of the series here.  In my last article, I summarized my journey of discovering the benefits of both massage and bodywork. Now,…

This article is part of a series on how to maximize the benefits of massage therapy. Read the rest of the series here.  Six years ago this month, I began rehab from a complicated knee surgery (after three months spent in…