Lessons & Learning Blog
Reflection and Lessons: We Evolved for Easy Walking
In this “little dip” of discussion and lessons we explore how we evolved to move our whole self harmoniously, using the suppleness of our chest and torsos, integrated with our legs, to carry us around for miles a day with grace and ease. Our cultural environment makes it hard to claim this birthright.
New FREE Audio Lesson for Posture, Walking, and Running
This question is Moshe Feldenkrais’s title for lesson #1 in his book Awareness Through Movement, which he wrote to introduce his method to the masses. His answer…
Resilience: Here’s the Course Summary
The FP Weekly Zoom Class Resilience Tuesdays in August and September, 2023 Nick Strauss-Klein led all dates It’s a chaotic world out there. We face unexpected challenges all the time. When life knocks us down, how do we find the internal resources to get up again? Moshe Feldenkrais’s Judo background meant he took this question…
What Is Good Posture? Feldenkrais’s Answer
In this “little dip” of discussion and lessons we explore Moshe Feldenkrais’s answer to his titular question for lesson #2 in his book Awareness Through Movement. His answer is simple, precise, and probably not what you’d guess.
New Feature: “Little Dips” Added to Deep Dives Page
To make it easier to find some hidden great content on our website in the form of old blog posts, we’ve just added “Little Dips” to our page of Deep Dive courses. These reflections on studying particular topics always include one or more free lessons. You can access our Deep Dive page from our homepage,…
Replays Available – Alan Questel and Nick: Walking with Your Whole Self
Pay-what-you-can tuition. FREE intro class replay. The FP Weekly Class: Walking with Your Whole Self Tuesdays, June 13 – July 28, 2023 Nick Strauss-Klein led June 13 – July 11 Alan Questel led July 18 and July 25 Order Replays Nick’s introductory class from June 6 is a free replay: click to check out…
New Pelvic Floor Course! First lesson free through July 16
We’ve just added a new Deep Dive course called The Pelvic Floor: Less Is More. It gathers together unique new lessons I’ve added to The FP’s collection this spring, and some closely related oldies-but-goodies. To read our newsletter about it, and learn about our temporary “peek at Patron perks” (the first lesson is free through…
Deep Dive: The Pelvic Floor – Less Is More
Discover the Feldenkrais “non-Kegel” and enjoy more awareness, ease, and control! Great for continence, sexual function, digestion and elimination, breathing, walking, balancing, and more.
Free replay: Feldenkrais for Walking – FP Weekly Class Open House
The FP Weekly Class presents Feldenkrais for Walking an Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lesson and discussion with Nick Strauss-Klein Discover how the Feldenkrais Method can improve your walking skills! In this mostly lying down Feldenkrais lesson, you’ll nourish the neurological “roots” of walking by learning how to better integrate your axis with your arms…
On Freedom…and Aging
A “little dip” of discussion and lessons. In Feldenkrais study we discover that we can question our experience, and liberate ourselves from our own compulsive behaviors. Through self-education we learn how to escape habits that cause suffering in us, and in those around us. And we learn to adapt in a healthy, graceful way to what aging is doing to us.