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
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
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
Spreading Your Wings: Online Feldenkrais Classes for Arms, Neck and Shoulders
Did you know that your shoulder blades have no skeletal attachment on your back? That your arms attach, via your collarbones, at the top of your breast bone, right under your throat—like a bird’s wings? If you moved your arms
“The more we reside in the body…
… the more we find ourselves living in the penumbral awareness of the body itself. In time, we find ourselves knowing our world not so much through thinking about it, but by sensing it and feeling it, not just as