Movement

I’ve always known one of my missions in life is to move my body. I followed that passion and impulse through sports, exploring the outdoors, dance, and various movement practices. I was also exposed to different kinds of body work from a young age, such as chiropractic, acupuncture, massage and others. That led me into more awareness of my body and an interest in healing myself and others. After several significant injuries prevented me from moving freely and without worry, I set out to figure out what was going on. In the process I learned about anatomy, tried many techniques and fitness modalities, and gratefully met some people along the way who really helped me heal. But when I learned about Functional Patterns, it brought together so many things I had learned and gave me a way forward to actually move better and regenerate my body.

It is common nowadays for people to talk about holistic nutrition, but we still only mean food. Holistic movement needs to be a part of that nutrition plan and Functional Patterns is the best way to learn how to move.

Regeneration

Before pursuing Functioinal Patterns, I spent several years studying and practicing many kinds of soil regeneration practices from composting, cover cropping, holistic management (rotational grazing), agroforestry, permaculture, Korean Natural Farming, JADAM, biodynamic, and more. It’s been obvious in the last few hundred years or so how destructive humans can be, but I believe we have just as much power to regenerate and enhance the world as we do to destroy it. Although the tools and techniques for regenerating the Earth are different than working with people, the principles are the same. It takes a systems thinking approach to heal nature and it’s no different for healing people.

With the right approach we can regenerate the Earth and restore our own health and well-being. We don’t necessarily need to know all the details of how nature works or how the body functions, we only need to know enough to create the conditions for healing and regeneration and it will happen.