LUMEN BLOG
A lumen is the basic unit for measuring brightness. It is a measure of the total quantity of visible light emitted by a source. In biology, a lumen (plural lumina) is the inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine. It comes from Latin lumen, meaning ‘an opening.’
Kendra is dedicated to each individual’s personal process of living a life in service to their greatest Lumen. Her work is an experiential inquiry into limitation and freedom in our bodies and our lives. She believes that we can access and discover truth, insight, clarity, and inner guidance through the body. She blends shiatsu, bodywork, and movement practices with philosophy. She uses these practices as tools to investigate challenges, emotions, limiting beliefs and thought patterns, our relationship to pain, and suffering so that we can transform that into the strength and freedom of opening and aligning with what is most in service to our hearts.
LUMEN BLOG
A lumen is the basic unit for measuring brightness. It is a measure of the total quantity of visible light emitted by a source. In biology, a lumen (plural lumina) is the inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine. It comes from Latin lumen, meaning ‘an opening.’
Kendra is dedicated to each individual’s personal process of living a life in service to their greatest Lumen. Her work is an experiential inquiry into limitation and freedom in our bodies and our lives. She believes that we can access and discover truth, insight, clarity, and inner guidance through the body. She blends shiatsu, bodywork, and movement practices with philosophy. She uses these practices as tools to investigate challenges, emotions, limiting beliefs and thought patterns, our relationship to pain, and suffering so that we can transform that into the strength and freedom of opening and aligning with what is most in service to our hearts.
ON PAIN & SHIFTING INTO “HEAL” MODE
ON PAIN & SHIFTING INTO HEAL MODE: Several years ago I was driving back to Massachusetts from Wisconsin and having a reoccurrence of terrible sciatica. I had kept up my Foundation Training practice during the trip and done some muscle and facial work on...
LEARNING TO OUTGROW EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY
LEARNING TO OUTGROW EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY: HEIGHTENED NEUROSIS: I had listened to a podcast from Eckhart Tolle titled: "Learning To Outgrow Emotional Reactivity" prior to teaching class this week and then, instead of outgrowing my emotional reactivity, I felt like I...
ON PRACTICE | COMMITMENT & TRANSFORMATION
ON PRACTICE, COMMITMENT, & TRANSFORMATION: "If you have a deep refined physical practice, like Chinese martial arts, occasionally you will have subtle experiences of transformation. When you go to practice the next day, you try to recreate the experience. Often...
What Causes Back Pain?
WHAT CAUSES BACK PAIN? There are many causes of pain and these three are the ones that I get the most excited about and have given me the most benefit personally. These could be helpful clues for you in your journey whether you have back pain or pain in general!...
GROWING PAINS: WHAT’S WORTH RISING FOR?
"If a person wishes to be sure of the road they tread, they must close their eyes and walk in the dark." - From St. John of the Cross, who also coined the phrase “the dark night of the soul." “All knowing arises from the unknown.” - Adyashanti “If you can’t beat fear,...
MINDSET
MINDSET: ON PRACTICE: "With personal practice you engage in daily activity adjunctive to classes and/or studies with a teacher. The type of practice that will increase your well-being, liberation and empowerment is one in which you train yourself to be more aware...
HEART COHERENCE BREATH
HEART COHERENCE BREATH: BREATHE NOW: Inhale = 5 seconds Subtle Pause Exhale = 5 seconds Subtle Pause Repeat Do this for 5 minutes TECHNIQUE: Posture: You can do this seated upright or standing. Be straight and strong, but relaxed and at ease. Standing and seated...
POWER AND CONFIDENCE
POWER AND CONFIDENCE: If power is not a measure of effort, but rather a measure of lack of effort… (like a really good lever) How easy can this be? AND what makes something easy?EFFORTLESS EFFORT:Though many paths are difficult, the ones that are right for us have a coherency of flow that makes the difficulty easier to bear….there is a sense that working with the individual difficulties isn’t about “individual” moments, but that the work we do within them has a great effec […]
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