April 17, 2020 /

Back-lying, with brief front and side-lying. A unique combination of internal vertical movements (paradoxical “seesaw” breathing movements) with external vertical movements up and down your mat, leading to a refined vertical organization and sense of the plumb line of gravity when you stand up. See Comfort & Configuration, below.

 

 

 

We offer over 50 free lessons, but this one’s just for our donors. You can learn about it in the lesson notes below, but to access the video you’ll need to join The FP as Member or Patron. Learn more

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Comfort & Configuration:

Because many of our donors are more experienced Feldenkrais students I used fewer “L.E.S.S.S. is more” cues than usual. Please always assume I mean “Light, Easy, Soft, Slow, and Smooth”, and stay within your comfort.

In particular the movements of “bearing down” should never be forceful, despite common associations with that phrase.

 

Clarifications:

When you return to pushing and pulling yourself up and down your mat at around the 50 minute mark, you’ll once again have your knees bent, your feet standing, just like at the beginning of the lesson.

 

Context:

Recorded live with donors on April 17, 2020, this replay is part of our Bonus Video Content for Members and Patrons. It also appears in our Breathing with Vitality Deep Dive.

 

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7 Comments

  1. chris andersen on April 13, 2020 at 9:56 am

    The question of pain during practice interests me. Sometimes my nervous systems throws pain signals my way for very mysterious reasons. When trying to continue the lesson but not have pain interfere with the learning…it can be challenging. Suggestions?

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    • Nick Strauss-Klein on April 14, 2020 at 12:19 pm

      Thanks for the great question, Chris. I’ll work this into the discussion and/or lesson on Friday.

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    • Kay Yount on April 16, 2020 at 8:19 am

      I have the same question.

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  2. Joan Oliver Goldsmith on April 14, 2020 at 4:47 pm

    Question for ask me anything: How do we transfer the skills/insight we get in class to daily activities like walking, going up stairs, lifting things, walking a dog who has a mind of her own.

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    • Nick Strauss-Klein on April 16, 2020 at 12:58 pm

      Great, ok! Will work both of these questions into the AMA and ATM.

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  3. Nick Strauss-Klein on April 18, 2020 at 4:11 pm

    Have to share this email feedback that came in:

    I loved your lesson yesterday…. This morning when I woke up I had a pleasant conscious awareness of my breathing in the stomach region. I love that about Feldenkrais; unknown regions coming into awareness, expanding the inner space of the body and becoming more and more alive (and calm at the same time).

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  4. Melissa Rice on April 25, 2020 at 10:20 am

    Thanks again for a great lesson! So appreciate this gift and service right now…

    Reply

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