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
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,
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
Self Image | Body Image
“The behavior of human beings is firmly based on the self-image they have made for themselves. Accordingly, if one wishes to change one’s behavior, it will be necessary to change this image. What is a self-image? I would argue that
“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