Lessons & Learning Blog
“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…
“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,…
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…
Members and Patrons: Here’s the recording of our March 4th ATM + Q&A Birthday Zoom Event for Donors
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Little Dip: Spinal Support
Hello Felden-fans, Spinal support is the theme for this month’s featured free Feldenkrais Project lessons! You can “choose your own adventure”: below you’ll find links to Fundamentals of a Healthy Back (a great choice for most people) and two shorter lessons if you don’t have a whole hour. Too much screen time lately? We’ve all…
Recent “Bell Hand” Zoom Lessons: What people are saying
Recently my weekly class headed in an interesting direction that I’ve not yet explored in our permanent Feldenkrais Project audio lesson collection, but Zoom recordings are available on the page linked below. We dove into two weeks of the “Bell Hand” genre of Feldenkrais lessons. Studying Bell Hand lessons allows our nervous system to be…