Invite Breath & Movement Between The Shoulder Blades

Movements encouraged in this somatic session can be wonderful for releasing tension in the neck & upper back. In an era when we spend hours with our head hanging down, looking at our phones, we want to encourage breath and movement where the upper spine meets the ribs. It’s a small space with big implications. When we keep our movements slow, steady, and connected to the breath and ground we become aware of how we organize for action.

Reviews

Wonderful! The slow micro movements with breath allowed me to open even the subtlest spaces. The guidance to imagine the ground meeting the body was an excellent way to explore paying attention to each tiny movement. My neck and should feel great and I’m so relaxed!

This was super helpful for my inner shoulder blade pain on my upper back. Thank you so much!!

What a skilled teacher. So much to gain from each of your contributions to Insight Timer! Thank you✨

I like all of the slow-mivement tracks, they work on a very deep level. This one is true pain relief at the moment. Thank you so much 🕯️🤍

Very helpful. Grateful for the guidance and reminders for releasing tensions throughout the face, throat, tongue and awareness placed on ribs and shoulder blades. Gentleness with my body is feeling very good. 🙏🏻✨💙✨

Somehow I managed to miss this one, Meg, and it's one that really touches on an area that I have had challenges with the last few days. Love the guidance, as always, and definitely helpful, especially while lying on my heated Sleep Number bed to ensure proper support and that I remain warm and loose.

A few questions:
* While turning from side to side with hands on shoulders, is this an upper-body only twist? I heard no mention of low back, pelvis, or legs/feet, so I assumed it was only for upper body and focused on maintaining an even pressure of the pelvis on the bed for stability as I rocked. Was this the intended movement, or was it supposed to be full body?

* This did help, I think, between the shoulder blades. It's hard to tell, as I have scapula winging that I generally work to reduce by doing muscle strengthening exercises in that area as advised quite a while ago by my physical therapist. The repeated instructions to maintain facial softness were perfect. I didn't realize I was tensing so much in that area to compensate for movement (but with Ehlers-Danlos, my muscles take on the extra work of movement that my tendons/ligaments have difficulty doing, so I imagine it is my body's version of a counterbalance of some sort). My question though, is if there is any guidance in this sequence that I missed which addresses the clavicle and associated neck muscles. I noticed feeling loose and soft between the shoulder blades and (interesting but oh-happy-day good) the occipital muscles, but at the same time I noticed my shoulders were very high, as if trying to kiss my ears, and that entire topline complex was extremely tight. I think I am going to do the ribcage lesson next, as I've had issues the last few days with costochrondritis (plus a pinched nerve between the shoulder blades that is now resolved, thank you 😊) and ribcage mobility in general. But fir the neck issue I described, which of your neck-related lessons would be more beneficial? It's been a while since doing some and I can't recall what content is in each lesson.

Or, perhaps an easier answer for me- are you doing lessons in the same Feldenkrais order as presented in Awareness Through Movement? If so, I can just pull that out and look at the sequence and go from there. I just was surprised at how high my shoulders were and the incredible tension I felt pulling the sides of my neck and on top of the clavicle when all else had softened and relaxed so easily and nicely. It's a bit sore from the tension actually, so I will have to do a quick targeted stretch session before heading to work. Just wondering if you have any recommendations for your lessons here, like the order of a typical body scan practice or sonething.

As always, thank you immensely for making these available here on Insight Timer. I do not exaggerate when I say that quite literally, some days I am only able to become mobilized enough to comfortably sit up and/or get out of bed because I have had immediate access close at hand to these lessons and movements. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Meg.

I see you and the light within you. Be well. 🤲🏻❤🤲🏻

I've been experiencing horrible pain in the muscle under the shoulder blade and connecting ribs in that area. Get brief relief from chiropractor and RMT. THIS was a tremendous help. I will do this regularly as it had way better results than the physio exercises I was given. thank you

Brilliant. This is a key area of pain for me. I was holding so much tension in my arms on the circles exercise so I’m going to do this meditation daily and see if I can start to notice easier movement. Thank you

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Thank you 🌷🌷🌷for this wonderful movement practice 🌀💎it makes me enjoying breathing and having light space
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Currently experiencing neck and shoulder pain and encouraged by my physio to explore movement in my upper thoracic spine this is just what I needed. Thank you 🙏🏻