How much muscular work is required, and when does it cross the line into effort?
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What does "omit needless words” have to do with movement?
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How to create a responsible, connected, trainable nervous system: Notes from the world of dogs.
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In all human domains, we need contrast—a comparison—to know anything.
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We can train ourselves to locate pleasant sensations using our awareness. This makes us happier.
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Moshe wrote once that we really don't want to change ourselves, we just want to be comfortable.
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For waiting in an airport, on a plane, at the doctor's office, in traffic, at work...
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Establish comfort, rebuild components, learn new patterns.
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Moshe Feldenkrais often referred to the aesthetics of movement. "It must be aesthetically pleasing," he said.
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Even as my mental faculties propelled me forward, I was in tremendous physical pain. I couldn't think my way out of it, I knew I needed something, but what?
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My student thought the whole point of Feldenkrais was to make small movements. "That's what you always say," she continued, "make small movements."
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If you are always teaching yourself that you have limits, you'll never move past them.
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How awareness leads to intolerance—of stress, tension, and more.
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Regardless of performance, it’s the connection that matters.
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We all want to move correctly to get the benefit. Instead, the benefit is in turning inward so we can turn outward even better.
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Every interpretation affects our ability to move.
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The stress response is not only an emotional state, it is also a physical one.
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Someone asked me the other day whether I still do Feldenkrais for myself. Do you ever "learn" meditation, journaling, or self-reflection?
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Once you know how to use your big muscles with precision, you can leverage every possible combination in the pelvis and limbs.
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When we feel supported, then we can let go.
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