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ABOUT SKELETHEA™
About Me
I’m a movement specialist and pioneer in neuromotor exploration, with a focus on the spine. I have developed, demonstrated, and taught a form of conscious voluntary motor control that, to my knowledge, has not previously been recognized: the ability to consciously and voluntarily initiate, organize, and direct movement from the spinal column itself, from whole-spine organization to selective control at individual vertebral levels.
My work is grounded in direct embodied research, including thousands of hours spent developing and refining this ability. I can voluntarily reorganize the spinal column as a whole, selectively move individual vertebrae or groups of vertebrae, alter spinal alignment, and consciously connect or separate spinal movement from movement of the limbs. Elements of this ability have been clinically observed and objectively documented through physician-observed ultrasound, surface EMG, and diagnostic imaging, and I continue to pursue further objective investigation with medical and scientific professionals.
I have successfully taught voluntary spinal and vertebral control to others for more than eighteen years. My work examines how this previously unrecognized level of conscious spinal control may expand current understanding of human movement, motor control, performance, spinal function, and rehabilitation.
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Voluntary spinal and vertebral control is the ability to consciously and voluntarily initiate, organize, and direct movement from the spinal column itself—from movement of the spine as a whole to selective control at individual vertebral levels.
Rather than simply changing the position of the spine through movement of the trunk, pelvis, or surrounding musculature, the individual learns to direct movement from the spine itself. With training, the spinal column can be consciously lengthened, reorganized, flexed, extended, rotated, laterally flexed, and selectively moved at individual vertebral levels or in groups of vertebrae.
This changes the relationship a person has with the spine. There is no single “correct” position that the spine must be held in. With voluntary spinal and vertebral control, the spine can remain active, organized, lengthened, and responsive through many different positions because it can continually adapt and reorganize rather than being held in one fixed shape.
The work progresses from conscious awareness and organization of the entire spinal column toward increasingly refined vertebral control. Just as the fingers can be consciously directed through many different movements and configurations, the vertebrae can become increasingly available to conscious voluntary direction.