Lessons & Learning Blog
“Rest and Recharge” is December’s Zoom Class Theme
UPDATE: now that December classes are over I’ve posted details about each week’s lesson at the bottom of this post. Rest is rest. Action is action. Learn the difference. Yikes! This no-nonsense phrase coincidentally arrived in my Facebook feed as I was thinking about our next Zoom class theme. It was shared with me by…
“Sensing Stability” is November’s Zoom Class Theme
Life is not a stable process. Our ability to recover is our greatest quality –Moshe Feldenkrais It’s a tough go right now. In the USA the dueling tensions of election season and the surge in the pandemic batter our sanity and safety. For me it’s been essential each day to harness the sense of stability…
Featured Listener: A young musician finds “a powerful sense of dignity” in our lessons
An October 2020 Feldenkrais Project Newsletter featured a note from Joe, a new Patron of the Feldenkrais Project who’s enjoying “calm, freedom, and progress” through his studies. Joe also recommends a current favorite free Feldenkrais Project lesson for us all to enjoy. Read the Newsletter
“Practicing Lovingkindness” is October’s Zoom Class Theme
Weekly Live Feldenkrais Tuesday mornings, 9:30-10:30 AM CDT Pay-What-You-Want model. Newcomers are always welcome and you will receive a recording when you order a class, whether you attend live or not. Order Zoom Classes It’s easy to feel reactive and out of control as we face 2020’s many challenges. Back in the early summer my…
Letters and Links from Listeners and Donors
Our September 2020 Feldenkrais Project Newsletter is full of amazing testimonials and links to the lessons that inspired them. Click here to read it. To hear about our new and featured free lessons twice a month, click here to sign up for our newsletter!
Additional Downloads Now Available for Our Donors
Making lemonade out of lemons In this hot last week of August in Minnesota I’m reflecting that 2020 keeps teaching us to make lemonade out of lemons. Even as so many plans are on hold, there are opportunities. The trick when things don’t go the way we intend is becoming aware of the constraints, and finding…
Now Free for All to Enjoy: Arms Like a Skeleton, with a Bias
An important lesson has joined our public collection of recordings. Thanks to our donors, Arms Like a Skeleton, with a Bias is now free for all to enjoy. I’m excited to share with everyone what’s perhaps my favorite offering of the last several months. It’s a classic Feldenkrais lesson on the surface, with a wrinkle…
Preparing for Today’s Class
Tuesday, May 18, 9:30-10:30am US Central Daylight Time (UTC -5), with discussion following class for those who wish to stay. Useful to know: Today’s lesson will begin and end in standing, but we’ll spend most of the hour in side-lying. Please have a bath towel or other firm head support available if needed. Please don’t…
For Members and Patrons: May’s ATM and AMA
[UPDATE: As a temporary additional donor benefit during the first months of quarantine I offered periodic donors-only Zoom Feldenkrais ATM classes and Q&A discussions. These three recordings are available to current Members and Patrons of the Feldenkrais Project, and they include the event below. -Nick] Thursday May 28, 11:00 AM (CDT) Videoconference Awareness Through Movement…
Just Breathing: three free lessons (please share!)
Originally published as our April 2020 monthly featured free lesson newsletter. You can subscribe to our mailing list (and receive four free downloadable lessons) right here. As you may know, breathing ‘properly’ (whatever that is) – or even thinking about my breathing – makes me anxious, probably because I studied two contradictory techniques as a…