Listen, let’s make an important distinction Many kinds of movement training distinguish themselves by the kinds of exercises that constitute their programs. One might focus on strength, another on flexibility; yet another might claim to improve both. Teachers of Feldenkrais
Lodestones of Sensation: Feldenkrais in the Yoga Classroom
(Lodestones of Sensation: Feldenkrais ® in the Yoga Classroom was originally published in May, 2012. I offer it here as part of a series of favorites pieces I am updating for my new website. For another article on Feldenkrais in
Learning to Learn, by Moshe Feldenkrais
A manual to help you get the best results from the Awareness Through Movement lessons Do everything very slowly I do not intend to “teach” you, but to enable you to learn at your own rate of understanding and doing.
Pleasure and the Mistake of Chronic Pain
What do you mean by pleasure? I’ve been teaching my students to move toward pleasure in their yoga and Feldenkrais® practices for many years. I find it a little awkward to use the word “pleasure”, with its connotations of sex
Principles that Guide my Teaching
You, my student, are self-governing. My job is to guide you to deepen your awareness of yourself and help you to improve your ability to self-govern. I can’t create experience for you. I can only participate in creating the environment
Constructive Disobedience: Feldenkrais in the Yoga Classroom
(Constructive Disobedience: Feldenkrais ® in the Yoga Classroom was originally published in May 2012. I offer it here as part of a series of favorites pieces I am updating for my new website. For another article on Feldenkrais in the
How Do You Play?
I am often asked by Awareness Through Movement ® students what they should do in between classes. I have some answers to this question that often surprise people: Firstly, you don’t have to do anything. However, if you feel curious
“The more we reside in the body…
… the more we find ourselves living in the penumbral awareness of the body itself. In time, we find ourselves knowing our world not so much through thinking about it, but by sensing it and feeling it, not just as
No Wrong Movement
Have you ever heard me in say class, “There is NO WRONG MOVEMENT”? What does that mean? What if that were really true? Without being told what is the “right” movement, how would you know how to move? How would
Inside/Outside: A Dance and Feldenkrais Imaginatorium
Inside/Outside: A Dance and Feldenkrais Imaginatorium Saturday, September 29 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. During this day-long workshop and retreat, we will weave together many creative practices to enrich our sensory experience and unfetter our imagination. As the process unfolds,