Lessons & Learning Blog
2023 Upgrades Roadmap
APRIL 26 UPDATE: Welcome to feldenkraisproject.com 2.0! See our awesome lesson page upgrades below . Try them out and let us know what you think in the comments section. This year listener donations are funding a massive round of upgrades for us. As you may know from our vision, our website is a collaborative…
On Freedom…and Aging (free lessons included)
A few months ago I spotted this on a bumper sticker on one of my local Feldenkrais students’ cars: “Freedom is what we do with what’s been done to us.” – philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre It stopped me in my tracks! In so few words it affirms some of my deepest values. It’s not the first…
April & May FP Weekly Classes: Pain, Pleasure, and Feldenkrais
The FP Weekly Class Pain, Pleasure, and Feldenkrais: Navigating the space between stimulus and response Tuesdays, April 4 – May 30 Nick Strauss-Klein leads all dates Newcomers and drop-ins are always welcome! 9:30-10:30 AM US Central time (Timezone converter) Pay-what-you-can pricing Order Zoom links and/or Replays Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In…
New Deep Dive for the Shoulders, Ribs, and Sternum
It’s our birthday! The Feldenkrais Project website is four years old on March 5, 2023, and it’s hard to believe how much it’s grown. To celebrate I’ve created a new Deep Dive on a personal favorite topic. I’m calling it Shoulder Cloak, Rib Basket, Sliding Sternum. Surprised by the softness of those images? Our culture…
Updated – Feb & March FP Weekly Classes: Lengthen and Strengthen Your Spine
The FP Weekly Class Lengthen and Strengthen Your Spine Tuesdays, February 7 – March 28 Nick Strauss-Klein teaches 2/7-3/21. Guest teacher Deborah Bowes leads March 28 in a special lesson done in standing! Newcomers and drop-ins are always welcome! 9:30-10:30 AM US Central time International students NOTE: we switch to US Central Daylight Time on…
New Free Lesson: Simple Self-Hug
Here’s a little something for the holidays: give yourself a hug with our help! We’ve just added Simple Self-Hug. This half-hour lesson is perfect for when you need a tension-melting Feldenkrais tuneup for your shoulders, neck, and chest! You can follow that link or find it in Getting Oriented, our collection of short free lessons…
By reply or live, check out “Improving sitting on the floor” with Deborah Bowes on December 27
Just one final note for 2022: Deborah Bowes, who is a Feldenkrais Trainer (teacher of teachers) and Physical Therapist, returns to lead The Feldenkrais Project’s weekly class on Tuesday morning 12/27 at 9:30 Central time. Study live or enjoy the lesson replay anytime. As a grandmother, Deborah enjoys playing on the floor with little kids….
New Deep Dive: Better Balance
We’ve just added another Deep Dive, Better Balance, featuring many of Nick’s 2022 teachings about balance, and some older lessons, too. Check it out here! To read our newsletter about it, and learn about our temporary “peek at Patron perks” (additional free lesson in the Deep Dive) from Dec 8-18, 2022, click here.
Records of The FP Weekly Class’s charitable giving
Newest info from Nick is below in the comments section, where you’re also welcome to submit charities for us to consider! Our class charitable giving continues each month, but on 12/6/22 I cut-and-pasted all the content below here, from its original home on our FP Weekly Class page. It goes back to March of 2020!…
December and January’s FP Weekly Classes: Low Back & Hips
The FP Weekly Class Tuesdays in December and January: Low Back & Hips Nick Strauss-Klein taught all classes except Dec. 27, when special guest teacher Deborah Bowes led Lesson replays and free Feldenkrais Project “homework” recommendations included with every purchase December and January’s Zoom classes were designed to help you reduce hip and back pain,…