A framework for progress in three steps

Establish comfort, rebuild components, learn new patterns.

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Three steps to elegant movement

Moshe Feldenkrais often referred to the aesthetics of movement. "It must be aesthetically pleasing," he said.

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Context, experience, and finding words

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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Do we always have to make a small movement?

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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To improve movement, don't go to your limit

If you are always teaching yourself that you have limits, you'll never move past them.

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Centering through dissonance

How awareness leads to intolerance—of stress, tension, and more.

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Perspective on humanity, learning, habit, choice, and dog treats

Regardless of performance, it’s the connection that matters.

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Innovation and the resting brain

The "insight mindset" comes from letting go and wandering.

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Eliminate options (yes, I really mean it!)

How “deciding” means to “kill off” and why this is a good thing.

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Finding what matters

Our very survival depends on how we allocate our attention.

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All possible movments: Training your spine

You never know when that moment will emerge when your nervous system shifts gears so deeply and profoundly that you wonder why you ever felt differently, lived differently, or breathed, walked, or slept differently.

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