I’ve been teaching my students to move toward pleasure in their yoga and Feldenkrais® practices for many years. I find it a little awkward to use the word “pleasure”, with its connotations of sex and hedonism, but I’ve stuck with
Principles that Guide my Teaching
You, my student, are self-governing. My job is to guide you to deepen your awareness of yourself and help you to improve your ability to self-govern. I can’t create experience for you. I can only participate in creating the environment
Move Your Booty: Online Feldenkrais Classes for People who Sit
Huh? Move the part I’m sitting on?! We tend to think of our bottom as the bedrock of the building that is our body, but over-stabilizing the pelvis can lead to pelvis pain or discomfort elsewhere. Back pain, neck pain,
Constructive Disobedience: Feldenkrais in the Yoga Classroom
(Constructive Disobedience: Feldenkrais ® in the Yoga Classroom was originally published in May 2012. I offer it here as part of a series of favorites pieces I am updating for my new website. For another article on Feldenkrais in the
Dreaming the Real: Exploring Self, Place and Other through Dance Improvisation
a dance improvisation … … is an agreement to make something out of nothing with others through movement. The connective tissue of the dance is each dancer’s individual imagination, enacted in a safe and permissive environment, while those actions are
Free Your Feet: Online Feldenkrais Classes for the Feet and Legs
Sitting in chairs often leaves us with back pain or neck pain—what do our legs and feet have to do with it? Your lower limbs provide a foundation of support for the rest of you in sitting, with even the
Accessing Your Core Sense of Self: The Autumn In-Town Feldenkrais Retreat
What Happens in an In-Town Feldenkrais® Retreat? The Autumn In-Town Feldenkrais Retreat offers three days of gentle movement, awareness practice, self-care and restoration; a clean, quiet, comfortable space; an experienced teacher … and you don’t even have to travel to enjoy it! Each day
ROAR! Online Feldenkrais Classes for the Head, Neck and Jaws
GIVE ME MY FELDENKRAIS! Don’t be deceived! The gentle movement and awareness practice of the Feldenkrais Method ® has powerfully impressive results in relieving jaw pain and the tenacious trouble we can get into at the intersection of the head,
How Do You Play?
I am often asked by Awareness Through Movement ® students what they should do in between classes. I have some answers to this question that often surprise people: Firstly, you don’t have to do anything. However, if you feel curious
Moving Forward: A Spring In-Town Feldenkrais Retreat
UPDATE! The Spring Retreat is now Saturday ONLY! What Happens in an In-Town Feldenkrais Retreat? The Spring In-Town Feldenkrais Retreat offers three days of gentle movement, awareness practice, self-care and restoration; a clean, quiet, comfortable space; an experienced teacher … and you don’t