Lessons & Learning Blog
Learning How to Learn is our theme for September’s weekly Zoom classes
Learning How to Learn Tuesdays in September, 9:30-10:30 AM Central time, with live discussion after class, and lesson notes and recordings delivered by email Feldenkrais Trainer Deborah Bowes leads our class Sept 7. Nick teaches Sept 14, 21, & 28 One has to set about learning to learn as is befitting for the most important…
“Long, Tall, & Graceful” is our theme for August’s weekly Zoom classes
This feeling of the spine lengthening accompanies most actions of the body when they are properly carried out. – Moshe Feldenkrais, Awareness Through Movement In August our weekly class returns to a favorite Feldenkrais topic of mine: how to find and take advantage of our full length and height. Unlike our animal friends we…
Nick’s Podcast Interview on Feldenkrais: Moving into the Unknown
In the spring of 2021 I was interviewed on the Feldenkrais: Moving into the Unknown podcast. The hosts were training to become professional Feldenkrais Practitioners, and part of their podcast’s mission is to explore how “to truly embody our human potential in a world of constant change.” I love it! They’re working hard, through this…
“Walking with Your Sternum” is free to all until July 5
This post originally appeared as a Feldenkrais Project Newsletter, which arrives in inboxes 2-3 times per month and features our freely offered, donor-supported lesson content. Click here to subscribe. Hello Felden-fans, This month’s featured free lesson is normally part of our “thank you” lessons for Feldenkrais Project Patron-level donors, but with so many listeners getting…
Feldenkrais Trainer Deborah Bowes leads July weekly Zooms
Recordings of this course are available in video and audio form, for streaming or downloading, on our pay-what-you-can Zoom class page. Deborah is a Feldenkrais Trainer whose remarkable career of teaching and study has included a doctorate of Physical Therapy and decades of experience in Tai Chi, dance, and yoga. Her work has been profoundly…
“Walking with Your Whole Self” is our Zoom class topic for May and June
MAY 21 UPDATE: By request from the students we’re continuing our Walking with Your Whole Self theme through June! Walking is a boon for all ages. It provides exercise, builds bone, aids digestion, and even has psychological benefits. But often as we age – accumulating sedentary habits, injuries, and the effects of the world’s hard,…
Register here for the FREE Feldenkrais Awareness Summit, including my ATM lesson on May 1
It’s time again for the Feldenkrais Awareness Summit. Just like The Feldenkrais Project it’s free and available to anyone with an internet connection. Last year’s summit reached 30,000 people! I’m sharing this with you because it fits in beautifully with our vision to share the life-changing benefits of Feldenkrais study as widely as possible, AND…
“Encountering Freedom” is our theme for April’s weekly Zoom classes
Though we all still face many pandemic-related difficulties, here in Minnesota there’s a lot of excitement on the spring breeze. With Covid vaccinations now available to all adults in our state, my family and I are finally glimpsing the approaching end of some of our quarantine practices. Plus, celebrations of spring and Passover (and Easter,…
2nd Anniversary Update and "Bell Hands…and Feet" Lessons
(Members & Patrons bonus video)
This Zoom event replay includes
- The FP at 2! – a 10-minute Feldenkrais Project update and lesson intro
- Lesson #1: One Bell Hand (side-lying)
- Lesson #2: Two Bell Hands…and Feet (back-lying)
- Discussion of the lessons
March Weekly Zoom Class Includes Special Events and “Intelligent Effort” Theme
In celebration of the Feldenkrais Project’s second birthday in March AND in celebration of the many silver linings of 52 weeks of pandemic-inspired Zoom classes, we’ll enjoy two special events as part of our regular weekly Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement class, which takes place every Tuesday morning, 9:30-10:30 AM Central time. You can read below…