In this post, we're revisiting our Live Your Dreams series with FSM staff member and graduate Natalie Nix. She has recently created and launched a yoga studio in Gainesville, Kardiya, focusing on alignment based classes. Natalie is an inspiring example...

By Dr. Prana. LAP., DAOM., MBA. When our awareness is centered in primal midline, we feel the bliss of wholeness in the present moment.  The primal midline is referred by many names in different healing traditions, Sushmana in Yoga, Avadhuti in Siddha, Zhong Mai...

Ariela Grodner As I walk through the Gardens I see all of the flowering manifesting with so much exuberance. We have avocados and guava growing, and all of the flowers are breathing the wet Florida air. There are whispering glimpses of the upcoming summer we...

The power of ‘Points of Balance’ in practice, and in everyday life. “A fulcrum doesn’t do anything itself; it creates possibilities.” ~Fritz Smith, M.D., D.O. We hear it idealized in our culture that being centered, on the mark, and balanced are goals to achieve, and...

By Pete Whitridge Hello everyone, Happy New Year! I imagine we’re all pleased to be closing the door on this past twelve months. May 2022 be the beginning of a time of healing and abundance for us all. This past year saw some legal changes to our Massage Practice Act...

By Frank Merillat It is exciting times at FSM, we just started our first in person orientation for the new October class last Wednesday, October 6th. This is the first in-person orientation we’ve had since January 2020. To quote the Grateful Dead, “what a long strange...

By Ann Harman The Feldenkrais Method was developed by engineer, physicist, and judo expert Moshe Feldenkrais. It is a method of learning efficient movement, including coordination, balance, and natural breathing. As it focuses on the connections inherent in...

by Mary Reis Springtime inspires us to believe that, along with the earth,we too might change,release the past, and give birth to new ideas, new relationships, and new perspectives.Madison Taylor The impulse to grow and move forward is inherent in life on earth. The...

By Pete Whitridge A year has elapsed since COVID-19 brought “life as usual” to a screeching halt for all of us. Last year at this time we were sequestered in our homes, fearful about this unknown and  potentially fatal virus, and wondering when and how we would...