Calm your nervous system
When I work with people individually in Functional Integration® lessons, I try to give each person a specific and easy movement they can do at home. I do this to help my clients learn that they can control their movements to make functional actions more relevant and easier. A good way to learn this is […]
Do you know where your feet are?
Your ankles and feet are important sources of information that the brain receives and relies on about where your body is in space. Many of us lose precise awareness of where our feet and ankle are when walking on unfamiliar or uneven surfaces. Try this short exploration to rediscover awareness of your feet and ankles: […]
Do you lead a busy life? Feel wound up at night?
There is still space in our next workshop: Sounder® Sleep at the Feldenkrais Centre Vancouver Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:30-7:30 pm Do you have trouble going to sleep? Do you get up in the middle of the night and then cannot fall back asleep? Do you feel draggy and lethargic during the day? These are […]
Learning how to find comfort while lying on your side
If you are like most people you will fall asleep in one position and then move around throughout the night. Can you learn to be comfortable while lying on your back and your side? And even on your stomach? Today we focus on getting comfort, and support, in side lying. You will have to try […]
What is your potential?
It is hard to believe that another year is drawing to a close. So much has happened in the last 12 months, both memorable and tragic. As we approach Christmas and the winter break we are all reflecting on the terrible events in Newtown, Connecticut and the tragic loss of so many young people who […]
Working with your dominant hand
In this week’s Awareness Through Movement ® classes we are focusing on reducing the work and tension in our dominant hand. It is usually overworked in most of us though we don’t always realize it. As a teaser for this week’s class try this short movement sequence. You can do it with your dominant hand […]
Happier Hamstrings
“The term ‘hamstring’ originated in the eighteen century in England when butchers would display pig carcasses in their store windows by hanging them from the long tendons at the back of the knee” (Trail Guide to the Body, 2nd edition, p. 250). The hamstrings muscles are a large muscle group located on the back side […]
Increase the sensitivity of your hands
When Moshe Feldenkrais required eye surgery he consulted eye surgeons. It is told that when they examined him he felt they were too rough. So he taught them a lesson to help them increase the sensitivity in their hands. Here is an excerpt of his lesson, for you to explore: Sit comfortably on a chair, […]
Ease your aching neck
Do you wake up some mornings with a stiff neck? After working for awhile at the computer is the area around your neck and shoulders sore and tired? When your neck gets sore it is hard to think about moving it and as a result it becomes stiffer and more uncomfortable from being held and […]
Jaw, Neck & Shoulder Workshop and Fall classes
I am back from the amazing annual Feldenkrais conference. It was preceded by two days of presentations by leading neuroscientists teaching us about the latest in neuroscience and linking current research with the Feldenkrais Method®. There was tons of good discussion and ideas to move forward, with the help of these experts, with research activities to […]