The Prism Perspective: Parasympathetic is Boring 😴

Hello Friends, As many of you know, I delivered an online keynote this summer. I was able to attend a couple of other segments of the summit before delivering my speech and was impressed with the number of heart and thumbs up emojis received by the other presenters. It was a very enthusiastic aud... Read More

The Prism Perspective: The Architecture of Resilience🤸‍♀️

Hello Firends, Meet Molly - a Fajardo Method® apprentice, with a background in Pilates and Alexander Technique. From birth, my parents were aware that I was struggled with “motor” and “tone” issues. There were a lot of functional challenges I dealt with that were downplayed or spoken about in whi... Read More

The Prism Perspective: Meet Malia 🎶

Hello Friends, Meet Malia - Fajardo Method® client with a story that too many might relate to: I was fortunate enough to enter my adulthood with a lot of vitality and enthusiasm for life. I wanted to soak up as much of the world as I could. This led me to many places, working as a music teacher, ... Read More

The Prism Perspective: Perfect Child 🛝

Hello Friends, I recently had the chance to talk with Belinda Tung, founder of Perfect Child, an organization rooted in the "radical" belief that children are already exactly who they need to be. Our job as parents isn’t to mold them into something else—it’s to become conscious enough to attune t... Read More

The Prism Perspective: Fascia for the Nerds 🤓⚡

Hello Friends.Found this gem in some old files the other day. I wrote it in 2017 when I still worked for Transformations Studio. Never published. This is for the nerds, an excessively long homage to back when I understood stuff and things but no idea how to tell you about it... Many Transformatio... Read More

The Prism Perspective: From Survival to Springiness 🌱

Hi Friends, Meet my colleague, Ashley. Friend works too, as this circle we exist in certainly tends to create relationships where generally only those in it "get you." "Thank you, Amy for the prompts and for inviting me to look back and reflect. What a wild ‘you’ve come a long way, baby!’ experie... Read More

The Prism Perspective: The Staring Contest Your Nervous System Always Wins 👀

Hi Friends, Have you ever leaned in toward someone, softening your face just enough to say without words: "I’m here. I see you. You matter." And have you ever had someone do the exact same thing… and your whole system whispered "Nope, too much.”? Eye contact sometimes it feels like connection. So... Read More

The Prism Perspective: Meet Lauren 🌻

Hi Friends, New clients generally come to me for one of 3 reasons: Pain or movement issues Chronic disease or other ongoing medical condition Chronic Stress and/or mental health situations such as anxiety and depression Lauren checked all 3 boxes. Her first session? "This is witchcraft!" she said... Read More

The Prism Perspective: Pay It Forward 💸

Hi Friends, Pay or Pass It Forward can be a mixed bag. Random acts of kindness is said to create a butterfly effect, where a single act of kindness creates a cascade of kindness. When in a line at Starbucks and the car if front of me pays for my coffee, it's a good feeling. And its thought that t... Read More

The Prism Perspective: What happens in Vagus Stays In Vagus 😵‍💫

Hi Friends, Nope, this is not a reference to my last trip to Sin City... It's about the vagus nerve that thinks it's way more special than all the other nerves. I mean, just look at all the attention social media gives it and all the fancy gadgets humans have invented to keep it happy. Sheesh! Yo... Read More