Do not try to achieve

We are so drilled or wired-in by prevailing educational methods that when we know what is required of us, we go all-out to achieve it, for fear of loss of face, regardless of what it costs us to do so.

Do not try to achieve

We are so drilled or wired-in by prevailing educational methods that when we know what is required of us, we go all-out to achieve it, for fear of loss of face, regardless of what it costs us to do so.

Do not concentrate

Do not concentrate if concentration means to you directing your attention to one particular important point to the utmost of your ability. This is a particular kind of concentration, useful as an exercise, but rarely in normal occupation and skills.

The point of leverage

Finding the point of leverage is learning how to make life workable. Practicing Feldenkrais is solving the puzzle of “workability” over and over again.

Why bother to be so efficient?

As advertised, you slide the shoulders and make small shifts in the neck. As they move up, down, and around, the quality improves, diminishing the jumpy, staccato muscle movements.

Falling in love with your life

This lesson continues the movement of the fingers in relation to the arms and upper back. It's remarkable how small changes in the sequence and orientation of the fingers, palm, and wrist change how we use the bigger muscles of the back.

Mastering how to learn is more important than the skill itself

I love this lesson not only because it releases the neck like crazy, but it also focuses on the inner and outer worlds, dividing one’s attention between the inner sensations and the outer environment.

How to learn

I love this lesson if I have been sitting too long. It unwinds the upper back in some amazing ways. The idea is to create a continuous sense of contact across the back, not only up but across and in circles.

Embracing mistakes

This lesson focuses on coordinating the trunk, almost as if you had no limbs. Try it to restore natural human coordination that gets lost in times of stress and tension.