What I’m after isn’t flexible bodies but flexible brains. What I’m after is to restore each person to their human dignity. - Moshe Feldenkrais Many people who do individual work with a Feldenkrais practitioner for the first time find it mysterious how such a light touch can produce such a [...]
I have always been curious about how and why we motivate ourselves for the things that we do and don't want to do. In my own life I have had periods of extreme focus and motivation where I would train Taiji / Qi Gong for over 4 hours a day. [...]
My experience with Post-Covid Condition (PCC) and how the principles of the Feldenkrais method helped get me through it. I want to share with others what I’ve experienced dealing with Long COVID, also known as Post-Covid Condition (PCC) and how the principles of the Feldenkrais Method have helped me manage [...]
The Unexpected Benefits of Feldenkrais Training in Wartime Ukraine By Larissa Babij The content of this article are excerpts from the online blog of Awareness Through Movement teacher, Larissa Babij, A Kind of Refugee, where she shares reflections about her experience of living in Ukraine since Russia’s unilateral full-scale invasion. [...]
The content of this article is an excerpt from Larissa Babij’s blog, A Kind of Refugee, where she shares reflections about her experiences living in wartime Ukraine. In an email to SenseAbility, Larissa wrote: “My Feldenkrais training prepared me well for living through the uncertainty and turmoil following russia's full-scale [...]
This summer certainly did not go as expected. I moved to Montpelier for the summer of 2023, having grown up there and wanting a summer break from my life in the city of Boston. Montpelier is the capital of Vermont, a small, charming city of 8,000 people. I once thought [...]
We all have habits in everything we do. They’re an essential part of being human. They allow our brains to not think through every single thing we do all day long. They’re a survival mechanism. However, it’s important to question them now and then to make sure they’re serving us [...]
Better Self Care Through Learning How to “Know Thyself” “I don’t know what you did to me but this is what I needed to release myself.” "I feel very calm and relaxed now. But I also got upset thinking about all the people who told me nothing was wrong [...]
Somewhere in the mess of our personal experience - meaning our upbringing, schooling, social relationships, romantic relationships, likes, dislikes, ideas, emotions, behavior and habits - is the ‘self’. It is the place that navigates all those experiences and provides us with a sense of ‘me’ in the midst of all [...]
Some of the most memorable director’s notes I received as an actor were, “Don’t think - just be.” and “That was good. Now, can you own it?” The one that really stuck was delivered with an exasperated shake of the head after working a scene over and over again: [...]