Effortless Effort The Feldenkrais Way This is a an edited reprint of a previous post about one of Feldenkrais' four elements of quality movement: the absence of effort. Feldenkrais spent a great deal of time making it clear that... “….posture relates to action, and not to the maintenance of any given position. Acture would perhaps be a better word for it.”* He pointed out that the image of ideal posture shown in medical textbooks or on those medical charts with a plumb line … [Read more...]
Awareness Through Movement lessons – What’s the Point?!
A couple weeks ago a drop-in student asked me..."Awareness Through Movement (R) lessons - why do them?" She continued..."Can I ask you a really blunt question?" Me: "Sure - of course." Student: "What's the point?!! I mean, where are we going with this? Are there like...10 lessons...like a progression?" It seemed to me that she was frustrated and exasperated. She was having a lot of chronic pain issues. She used to teach exercises classes. Now she couldn't. Her pain was too bad. She was … [Read more...]