Feel Better while having fun
Become flexible, strong & coordinated w/ Stick FITNESS
Dr. Arthur Faygenholtz's Life Work
"I have been researching and teaching exercise, fitness, health, anatomy, and kinesiology for the past 40 years in my chiropractic practice, classes, and seminars. I have recently added neuroscience/brain fitness into my present studies and teaching as I now recognize both its importance, and the role this technique can play in keeping our brains and bodies youthful!"
"With Stick Fitness®, we learn to apply a flexible pole or stick to improve body mechanics and movement efficiency. This innovative application enhances functional kinesiology with greater ease and specificity than other props and techniques I have seen. It's both a creative and precise stretching method, with specific routines for each area of the upper and lower body. It's adaptable for every physical condition (including in a wheelchair, where the idea came from originally). Like Evan, I had a double hip replacement, and I likewise attribute my rapid recovery to my stick stretching."
From Playing Stick ball to Wheelchair ParaOlympians
"You might say that my first experience with ‘Stick Yoga’ was as a young boy in Brooklyn during the 60′s. Playing stickball in the schoolyard, we learned to move the stick (bat) with precision and hand/eye coordination, incorporating dynamic rotation. We adopted a proper athletic stance with relaxed awareness,and mindful breathing. Years later, while attending Sonoma State University as a Physical Education Major, I worked with wheelchair Olympic athletes who were very strong yet needed more flexibility and many stretches were challenging whether in or out of their wheelchair. That's when I made my discovery. When I put a 6 foot stick in their hand and led them through a stretching routine, these athletes were able to measurably improved their flexibility, range of motion and ultimately their performance in competition."
My passion has been teaching about personal fitness, vitality and brain fitness.
"With stick stretching and stick fitness, I've seen so many people take their health back into their own hands and recover the mobility, confidence and comfort in their bodies that had eluded them for so long!"
Dr. Arthur offers workshops in Capitola & elsewhere.
Evan Specter, Certified Instructor
I've been an instructor & practitioner of somatic arts & healing arts for 25 years. I used stick stretching to prepare for & recover quickly recover from a double hip replacement in 2016, and to rehabilitate a sad, sore body into a vital, flexible one. I had to acquire a whole new toolkit for addressing discomfort, inflammation, mobility and recovery. I spared no expense, tried a dozen modalities, and have distilled all of this into the Vital Body Project, an accessible protocol which is time- and resource-efficient, and somehow finds a way to make it a journey of self-discovery as well. Stick Fitness is a key element within this larger project.
If you are looking to improve your flexibility, strength, balance and coordination
in brief and enjoyable sessions, check out Stick Fitness.
If you need to prepare for a joint replacement surgery (or hope to delay or avoid one), I can empower you in that direction with my Surgery Success program. If ever the time comes, you'll already have the tools and competence to recover rapidly and completely from it.
I'll provide you with a toolkit of practices to allow you to become more agile and fit as you age: the best complementary & alternative therapies for the hipster or kneester.
in brief and enjoyable sessions, check out Stick Fitness.
If you need to prepare for a joint replacement surgery (or hope to delay or avoid one), I can empower you in that direction with my Surgery Success program. If ever the time comes, you'll already have the tools and competence to recover rapidly and completely from it.
I'll provide you with a toolkit of practices to allow you to become more agile and fit as you age: the best complementary & alternative therapies for the hipster or kneester.
Decades of training and experience
- Certified Instructor of Stick Stretching, 2017.
- Certified by Cornell Online in the why & how of a whole food, plant-based diet, 2017.
- Certified Practitioner of Craniosacral Therapy, 1996.
- Certified Instructor of Breema, Exercises for Harmonious Life, 1993.
- Apprenticeship and graduate-level study in chinese herbology, acupuncture & bodywork.
- Twenty years of experience in expressive arts.
