Movement is Life with the Feldenkrais Method®

Playful Postures & Sit Bones

Introducing expert practitioner Ryan Jansen, and his short lesson.

Lesson sitting on a chair. Playing with moving between different postures and changing your shape. Find how your sit bones influence sitting and standing.

Conversation and lesson from the August 2022 newsletter, courtesy of Feldenkrais Guild UK. Sign up for newsletters at www.feldenkrais.co.uk

Sitting Movements

Introduction to the highly experienced practitioner Shelagh O’Neill, and her short lesson

Lesson sitting on a chair. Small movements of the knee, head, elbow and eyes in combination. With awareness brought to resting, the breath, bearing weight and how rapid brain changes can be.

Conversation and lesson from the June 2022 newsletter, courtesy of Feldenkrais Guild UK. Sign up for newsletters at www.feldenkrais.co.uk

 

Becoming More Balanced

A lesson by Julie Wrigley

Lying on the back, moving the knees side to side both with feet on the floor and in the air to feel your weight shifting, find more comfort and what it is like to be in balance.

From the 2022 series "Step into Autumn with something different”.

Lesson courtesy of www.feldenkrais.co.uk

The Space Behind

A lesson by Josephine Horder

Starting by taking a few steps backward to sense the space behind you, this ATM is then done lying down on the back. It opens up the feeling behind you so standing again feels different.

From the 2022 series "Step into Autumn with something different”.

Lesson courtesy of www.feldenkrais.co.uk

Lower Belly Breathing for digestive health

A lesson by Kat Hesse

Lying on the back, this lesson uses lower belly breathing to notice holding all around the body

From the 2022 series "Step into Autumn with something different”.

Lesson courtesy of www.feldenkrais.co.uk

Waking Up the Chest

A lesson by Kate Hilder

Lying on one side, coordinating movements of the shoulder, head, neck and pelvis to feel an opening of the upper chest.

From the 2022 series "Step into Autumn with something different”.

Lesson courtesy of www.feldenkrais.co.uk

The Edges of the Feet

A lesson by Ruth Elliott

Lesson lying on back or sitting, playing with the inside and outside arches of the feet and how the movement translates through the knees to the hips and pelvis. 

From the 2022 series "Step into Autumn with something different”.

Lesson courtesy of www.feldenkrais.co.uk

Activating the Pelvic Floor

A lesson by Simonetta Alessandri

Lying on the back, looking at the torso as a cylinder with the pelvic floor at the bottom, making small movements to become more aware this important area for movement

From the 2022 series "Step into Autumn with something different”.

Lesson courtesy of www.feldenkrais.co.uk

Lizard Arms - for Walking and Running

A lesson by Victoria Worsley

A lesson lying on the belly, looking at how our arms helped us to start moving as babies and how this can help us move through life now.

From the 2022 series "Step into Autumn with something different”.

Lesson courtesy of www.feldenkrais.co.uk

Starting Young: Feldenkrais and Early Development - A Conversation

A conversation between Sue Wright, body-oriented psychotherapist and author, trained in the Feldenkrais method and Thomas Wiedmer, a Feldenkrais student teacher and architect.

In this conversation you will hear about a project which brings the Feldenkrais Method into a special needs school and how it has a positive impact on the children there, about how important it is to keep learning and continue to be curious in life and about how Feldenkrais movement processes help to balance function and emotion in early and later life.

Conversation courtesy of www.feldenkrais.co.uk