Lessons & Learning Blog
The FP’s Birthday Bonanza: New Course, New Lessons, New Study Tool!
It’s time to celebrate! Five years ago today, with the support of hundreds of donors and thousands of listeners, we launched FeldenkraisProject.com in pursuit of a shared vision. Since then it’s become one of the top Feldenkrais destinations on the internet. Our wonderful global community of has expanded dramatically. Our library of audio lessons has…
Deep Dive: Grounding for Liftoff
Deep Dive: Grounding for Liftoff Our Deep Dives gather standalone Feldenkrais Project lessons into themed courses of study. Newcomers, we recommend exploring our primary collections first for a more generalized intro to Feldenkrais. My purpose is to allow people to move closer to actually being creatures of free choice, to genuinely reflect individual creativity and emotion, freeing the body…
Self Empowerment Workshop
(Members & Patrons video content)
Includes a FREE talk and two ATM lessons for donors, plus discussion. Lesson #1, Heel Spirals Through Buttocks, Hips, and Shoulders (back-lying), combines and refines ideas from the three Lifting Up and Through lessons (linked below). Lesson #2, Integrating the Feet for Potent Uprightness (back-lying), grounds us in another way, making all that we do in gravity easier. This workshop is a literally uplifting celebration of finding inner strength with Feldenkrais!
“Use your glutes!” they say. But how?
“Use your glutes!” …say the fitness and wellness pros. “The pelvis is your power center.” “The gluteus maximus is the largest muscle in the body.” “Use your butt, not your back!” We’ve all heard it before, but simply flexing your buttocks more vigorously doesn’t always help the movement and postural problems its supposed to….
Lifting Up and Through 3: Buttocks and Buoyancy
(Members & Patrons video lesson)
This exploration of Feldenkrais’s classic buttocks lessons is especially tuned to improve walking. Along with Lifting Up and Through 1 & 2, these three closely-related lessons are designed to be explored and reviewed in any order. They may seem different on the surface, but they all point to global patterns of lifting ourselves into effective action through clarified connections with the earth.
FP Weekly Zoom Class: Winter 2023-2024
The FP Weekly Zoom Class Pay-what-you-can tuition Awareness Through Movement: Principles and Practice Tuesdays, November 2023 – March 2024 9:30-10:30am US Central Time (click for timezone checker) All orders include an emailed lesson replay. Nick Strauss-Klein leads all dates. Newcomers and drop-ins welcome! Order Zoom Links and Replays This winter our class is taking…
PSA: Feldenkrais Teacher Training Starts Soon!
Whether you simply want to immerse yourself as deeply as possible in Feldenkrais study or you’re planning to integrate Feldenkrais into your career, a Feldenkrais Professional Training Program is an amazing learning opportunity.
Joining a Feldenkrais training was one most significant and personally beneficial choices I’ve ever made, and not just because I’ve made a career teaching this method that I love. My Feldenkrais training was like an instruction manual for being human, and for life-long learning and maturing.
2023 By the Numbers – How much Feldenkrais did we share?!
Happy New Year! 2024 brings an anniversary that doesn’t seem possible: our “new” website turns five in March! For five years, listeners, donors, and I have been collaborating to spread the life-changing benefits of Feldenkrais study as widely as possible. This year I’ll be exploring some exciting new ways to elevate global awareness…
Another Holiday Gift from The FP: New Free Lesson!
Plus a new lesson for Members and Patrons
Happy Holidays! Here’s another gift for everyone, from The FP: Lifting Up and Through is a brand new addition to our free lesson collection called Better Posture, Walking, and Running. Linked below, this lesson introduces a more elegant and potent relationship with gravity. Experience the difference between pushing into the ground as you…
Lifting Up and Through 2: Organizing Your Feet
(Members & Patrons video lesson)
Directly related to Lifting Up and Through 1, but may be explored before or after it A more detailed teaching of our popular Activating the Arches lesson. There are screen share illustrations and many unique variations, and it’s especially tuned for walking.