Awareness Through Movement – 50 Minute Lessons
Releasing the Hips Details >
Releasing the hips can feel marvelous and be part of an interesting process. Done easily and slowly, you’ll find you have more comfortable hips and back after this lesson. This…
The Jaw, With Variations Details >
Holding excess tension in your jaw can contribute to neck, shoulder, and back pain, as well as provoke headaches. Here is an easy lesson that builds from movements of your…
Reaching to Roll Details >
Can you think skeletally? If you move your bones, will your muscles follow along, in an organized fashion? This lesson gives opportunities to find that skeletal sense while experimenting with…
Tilting Legs In and Out, on the Back Details >
Simple movements of the legs build into whole-body movements that lengthen the spine and engage the ribs. Do all or part of this lesson to keep your back and trunk…
Extending Arms & Twisting to Organize Shoulders Details >
A challenging lesson for some people, but the result are often surprising and dramatic – longer feeling arms, comfortable shoulders, and improved posture. Take your time with this lesson and…
Spine Like a Chain Details >
A classic exploration of movements of the spine. One of my long-time students excitedly came up to me after class the first time he did this lesson and said, “That…
Coordinating Head Forward and Pelvis Backward Details >
The hip joint, deep in the pelvic girdle, is not clear for most people. This lesson presents, among other things, a huge range of possible experiments that can reveal how…
Lifting the Hip to Lengthen the Opposite Arm Details >
This simple lesson invites movements that can ease and organize your back and chest. Leave your ambition at the door, lie on your back and slowly explore. As long as…
Rocking the Skeleton, Moderating Muscle Tension Details >
Here is a brilliant example of how the Feldenkrais Method is indirect, but extremely effective. This lesson uses a single, simple movement to evoke a kind of balance and ease that…