highly sensitive people
“Feldenkrais is not just pushing muscles around, but changing things in the brain itself.”
We all get jarred at times, some of us more than others. Are you are deeply affected by the environment around you—sights, sounds, crowds, light and space, or the moods of others? Are you easily overwhelmed or drained by noisy or stressful situations? There is nothing wrong with you. You are one of the 20% of people who is likely highly sensitive, which is a physiological state of high arousal or discomfort when faced with certain stimuli and not a personality trait. Highly sensitive people can be shy or gregarious. It's a category of experience, not of personality.
This amazing lesson series uses gentle movement and directed awareness to tune into and honor the deep body-sense of yourself. With more tools to manage over-stimulation, less of your energy goes to coping with restrictions and more of it is free for living. Learn to listen when your nervous system is overwhelmed. Note: The physiology of the Highly Sensitive Person is based on the work of Dr. Elaine Aron.
Relevant books:
The Highly Sensitive Person, Dr. Elaine Aron
Solitude: A Return to the Self, Anthony Storr
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, Susan Cain
Read more about HSPs, take the HSP test, and see excerpts from these books
help for the highly sensitive person, part 1
(part 2 coming soon)
1a jaw 1, 15 min
1b jaw 2, 24 min
2a beginning of eyes
2b eyes left, right, bouncing ball, 26 min
2c end of eye lesson
2d oscillating in standing, corollary to eye lesson, 50 min
3 dots and lines, 35 min
4a breathing into four places, 24 min
4b soft belly in standing
4c round and bend in standing, 14 min