Recently, I was working with a client who I have worked with a number of times before. This particular lesson took us to her neck, a place we hadn't worked with until that day. I commented at the end of her lesson that I realized the moment I touched her neck that I had never worked there before, at least not directly. She asked how I knew, and I told her that every neck has different tension patterns and no two necks feel alike. The way her neck felt in my hands matched what was going on in the rest of her body, filling out a picture in my head.
Read moreThe Myth of Symmetry
There are very few things in nature that are truly symmetrical. Plants don't grow straight up towards the sky with leaves sticking out symmetrically all over the place; they grow efficiently, towards the light, which is not always up, and their leaf growth pattern matches the direction. Even a redwood or pine tree, though it grows straight up, is not symmetrical.
Read moreFelden-What? How to Explain Feldenkrais to Anyone
When I answer the question, "What do you do?" and I say, "I'm a Feldenkrais practitioner," the response is too often, "I'm sorry, felden-what?" It's an ongoing issue that the method I practice has a name that doesn't mean anything to anyone, because it's some guy's hard to spell and hard to remember last name. The Feldenkrais Method isn't going to get rebranded anytime soon, so it's up to practitioners to make our work accessible to the public.
Read moreQ&A: Sleeping Positions
Q: Am I the only one who continuously wakes up with a stiff neck or tight back muscles? Do I just sleep in the worst possible positions? Help! (This person sleeps on both right and left sides with her knees bent, and avoids sleeping on her back and stomach due to back pain.)
Read moreKnee Pain: Common Causes and an Easy Solution
According to a CDC-funded study, nearly half of adults will develop osteoarthritis in at least one knee by the time they're 85, but that number doesn't actually need to be so high. Here's an explanation of where most knee pain comes from and an easy solution for relieving it.
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