We all know what it's like to feel as though you'll never be allowed to stand up again - on an airplane, stuck in a meeting, stuck in class, in a waiting room, where you'd get funny looks for getting up and breaking out some awesome dance moves or stretches...
Read moreThe Purpose of Feldenkrais for Those Without Pain
"I'm not in pain, but you recommend I try Feldenkrais anyway. Why?"
It's true, most of the people who find me have been dealing with long term pain, have tried a million things, have had no luck, and are trying one more method because they are desperate for relief.
Read moreCompleting the Puzzle
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.
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