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  • Joanna Jenner on Secrets of the Seated Twist

    Thank you, this was amazing for me. When we twisted to the right at the very end I heard a series of crunches on my spine, that gradually disappeared as I continued to repeat the movement. What a change in posture and sense of my self! I can’t wait to see if it is easier to breathe that side when I swim.

    February 6, 2025

  • Nate Loker on Breathing Tall + Q&A
    (Members & Patrons bonus video)

    I loved this lesson. It’s nice to do paradoxical breathing in the different postures. Very helpful for exploring different breathing muscles and building awareness. Thanks Nick!

    February 2, 2025

  • Susi Bali on Deep Dives

    Thank you Nick - to study quite regurlarly is definitivly on my list! All the best form Vienna/Europe 🙂

    February 2, 2025

  • Nick Strauss-Klein on Deep Dives

    That's an interesting question. A wide variety of types of ATM lessons, studying very regularly (at least 2-3 per week) will be very helpful. If you want to try something that is more "on the nose," I wonder about the hand/eyes differentiation explored in this lesson? You can also search our lessons for "eyes". Another thought is to explore your primary spinal bias (this is one of the "Little Dips" above). It may be fascinating and integrative to dive deeply into your natural asymmetries. I've often thought of expanding this Little Dip into a Deep Dive, but as it says, you can also simply use our Search & Filter for the term "bias" for lots more on this topic.

    February 2, 2025

  • Susi Bali on Deep Dives

    Hi Nick! I am about to dive into your wonderful page again after a longer break. I am looking for lessons that can help inprove lateral organisation of brain and body. I only recently disoverd that I could be a forced right hander and have a cross eye-hand donminance. And I do have problems with balance, concentration. Since ATM has helped me a lot before, I do believe there will be many benefits in a lot of lessons. Maybe it could be an idea to bundle them. Or maybe you could be so kind an point out where to look. All the best!

    February 1, 2025

  • Sara on Sensing Stability: The Sacral Clock (Patrons)

    I appreciate the way we work with asymmetry in order to feel what true balance would be. A sensation of width and warmth across my sacrum now.

    January 31, 2025

  • Catherine WHITE on Long Belly, Strong Back: Short Version (38m)

    This has been my go-to first aid lesson for the past 2 weeks after 2 encounters with a new PT. In an effort to strengthen my core, my PT aggressively introduced me to IAP (Intra-abdominal pressure). Although Nick's warning light went off as I tried to EFFORT my way to push and pull my abdominal muscles, diaphragm, and pelvis, it was my back that screamed at me! I blamed myself for doing it incorrectly, so returned for a second session, and as my back pain returned, I heard Nick's voice reminding me that my body deserves better than this! Nick's reference to creating a "cylinder" at the beginning of this lesson confirmed that I was on the right track to lengthen my belly and strengthen my back in a kind way. Each time I do this lesson, I'm aware of spacious length and ease, and a way happier back! Knowing I can turn to Feldenkrais lessons has opened me to a world of options, surprises, and possibilities! I'm so grateful, and in the meantime will substitute PT sessions with ATM's.

    January 28, 2025

  • Sara on Agile Hips, Knees, and Feet

    I am finding this to be a wonderful way to explore a relative limitation in left hip mobility which sometimes causes discomfort and recently produced twinges in my knee. It is showing me how to work gently but broadly to discover how all those movements of the left limb fit together. And to let my upper body help. Goes deep.

    January 28, 2025

  • Nick Strauss-Klein on Patrons Quarterly, January 2025
    (ATM – Essence for Experts: Whole Body Arms)

    Great, yes! The goal of sensing and acting from the spine and pelvis—really the whole self—and blending flexion, extension, rotation, and side-bending into multi-planar functional movement explorations, all this creates a close link between these lessons. I love that you called this out, especially since the two lessons start in different relationships to gravity: one is side-lying, one is back-lying. Students often isolate their physical imagination based on that, but in fact the starting configuration of the body in gravity is often just a convenience for teaching and understanding at the beginning of lessons. Awesome that you caught that these lessons are about the same things.

    January 24, 2025

  • Richard Fancy on Patrons Quarterly, January 2025
    (ATM – Essence for Experts: Whole Body Arms)

    This review lesson and the short head under the gap lesson felt very similar. In both I had the feeling (since I had done the longer version several times) I “knew” how to do it. I had what amounted to physical memory of the long version which made it easy to experience the moment as a whole as Nick was emphasizing.

    January 24, 2025

  • Muriel Soriano on The Anti-Gravity Lesson

    That was a really interesting lesson. I was amazed how different the floor felt when I got up! it was definitely "pushing me" up! Thank you Nick!

    January 23, 2025

  • Dee on Head Under the Gap, Supine: Workshop/Review Version (32m, Patrons)

    Great! That's so helpful – thank you. The exploration has resonances with Baby Liv's explorations on your 'what is Feldenkrais' video page!

    January 18, 2025

  • Nick Strauss-Klein on Head Under the Gap, Supine: Workshop/Review Version (32m, Patrons)

    No dumb questions, and I'm so glad you asked, because it made me realize I've got a few readily available photos this. For anyone reading this before doing the lesson: DON'T CLICK the following two links! Try the lesson first. It's better if you don't have an expectation. Here's one photo and here's another. NOTE: It's not at all necessary to be so far "under/through the gap" as the man in these photos is. But you can see how the back of the head slides back through the gap created by the bridged arm.

    January 17, 2025

  • Nick Strauss-Klein on Patrons Quarterly, January 2025
    (ATM – Essence for Experts: Whole Body Arms)

    Thanks for listening to the podcast! I'm so glad it was useful to you. Your wording is just about right, and I may have said it exactly that way. What I should have said is: it's the flexible parts of our body that typically get hurt, because they move more or differently than they should, because there's not enough movement in the rigid parts. Practical neuroplasticity practice, if you haven't done it yet: our Jaw, Neck, and Shoulders Deep Dive. All the lessons should be useful, but as you may be suspecting, the "non-jaw" lessons may be even more important to relieving your symptoms and improving function than the jaw-focused ones. These kinds of relationships are why there are so many neck and shoulder explorations in this Deep Dive. You can even skip the direct approach to jaw study to start, if it's too provocative.

    January 17, 2025

  • Dee on Patrons Quarterly, January 2025
    (ATM – Essence for Experts: Whole Body Arms)

    Hi Nick, I loved your podcast interview – I played it on the train journey home just now, And will definitely be listening to it again I learned so much from it - including, for example, you saying that (and please feel free to correct my wording) it's the flexible parts of our body that experience the pain, but the rigid parts that can be the cause/origin of it. It made me wonder afresh about the pain in my facial muscles (including tight masseter, muscles directly under my jawline, and the pterygoid? behind the ear) and how I'm holding my mouth and jaw, and then what parts of me might be rigid elsewhere, that has contributed to these self-made, unconscious "adjustments" to my muscles/jaw in my bodies attempt to protect me/keep me safe. I also loved hearing your story of how you came to Feldenkrais, and yes – practical Neuroplasticity!

    January 17, 2025

  • Julie Turner on Rib Basket, Shoulder Cloak (Patrons)

    There is something so beautiful and internally aesthetically pleasing about finding the space between the ribs and the shoulder blades. Every time I do this lesson I learn to feel that space more. Today I truly felt that the ribs and scapulas were in a dance together each responding in its unique way rather like the violins and cellos in an orchestra - in harmony but each with their own line of music. I finally have a shoulder cloak! Thanks Nick - I love this lesson

    January 17, 2025

  • Rachel Shaw on Lesson Search & Filter

    Oh, thanks very much Nick and I’ll have a look at all those possibilities. I think it is the Patrons Basic Arching and Folding actually, brilliant thank you.

    January 15, 2025

  • Nick Strauss-Klein on Lesson Search & Filter

    Thanks! I'm pretty sure you're describing Basic Arching and Folding (Patrons). Our only free lesson that is prone is The Power of Prone: Twisting on Your Belly. For better or worse, in aiming for accessibility I describe extension as "arching" and flexion as "folding." For more related lessons, try those terms in the search above.

    January 13, 2025

  • Dee on Head Under the Gap, Supine: Workshop/Review Version (32m, Patrons)

    Hi Nick, I know there is no such thing as a dumb question, tho this one feels a bit like one…! I couldn't understand where my head was meant to be, or what the "gap" was when, part way through the lesson, you said "under the gap"… I tried various different things like turning head left and right, up and down, and I knew it was somehow related to the hand position, but… Could you elaborate please! 😉

    January 12, 2025

  • Martha on Our Community

    Hi Nick! Inhave another question: Somewhere here have you written a comment on the relative merits of doing the same lesson repeatedly or doing a new lesson every day? I guess there is a sweet spot between repetition and variety. Also I guess there may be some criteria for judging. Is progress in Feldenkrais usually gradual or more like punctuated equilibrium in evolution, where you suddenly jump to a new understanding? Thanks!

    January 11, 2025

  • Martha on As Light as a Finger: Games of Weightlessness (Patrons)

    Interesting and profound indeed. For most of the lesson, I was following your directions but mostly noticing how much effort was needed, especially to lift the head, rather than ease and weightlessness. Then, suddenly lifting the left foot was Easy: Qualitatively different. It was then fun to explore exactly what that meant, to compare, etc., but time was running out. I will take Joan's cue and repeat this to see what develops. Thank you! Also thank you for the "talking" which is equally important to me.

    January 11, 2025

  • Rachel Shaw on Lesson Search & Filter

    Hello ☺️ I’m wondering if you could please help direct me to a particular lesson I did some time ago? It was a full length lesson, (I’m sure it was a freely available to all one) which involved a lot of lying prone, lifting the head and then torso by following eyes forward along the ground in front of me and gradually further up the wall - as if following a little bug! I seem to remember you saying! - lengthening up through the front of the body. The lesson also included some lying supine, folding up with hands clasped behind the head and elbows reaching to knees. I’ve searched under various headings such as flexors/extensors/prone but without success. Thank you very much! I love your project it is a fantastic resource.

    January 11, 2025

  • Nick Strauss-Klein on Have you found all our short lessons?

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    January 9, 2025

  • Marc Bauchet on Have you found all our short lessons?

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    January 9, 2025

  • Trudy Jacquelin on Long Belly, Strong Back: Short Version (38m)

    Oh and I meant to say. This lesson is about the societal pervasive suggestion of having a flat stomach. Well that's what I ended up with........a flatter stomach. I guess the lengthening in the exercise helped to release my stomach area, and bingo, a flatter area.😃😃😃 Thanks Nick!

    January 7, 2025

  • Trudy Jacquelin on Long Belly, Strong Back: Short Version (38m)

    This lesson left me with a wonderful sense of ease, comfort, peace and a distinct length in the front of my body. There was much more ease and range of movement, as well as engagement of my whole body, which became evident from the standing test of turning from side to side following the lesson. My whole digestive area was gurgling and suggested to me that it was more relaxed and at ease........."thank goodness....I can relax" it said to me 😃 Love these shorter classes Nick and I appreciate this wonderful resource that I can use anywhere, anytime, wherever I am in the world! That is a "stability" for me knowing I can take care of myself anytime I need it. Thank you!

    January 7, 2025

  • Nick Strauss-Klein on Sitting and Turning with Length (26m)

    Sure! In the middle, the moment when you're not turned at all, you are in a pretty fully-flexed position: pelvis tilted back, back rounded, head low. Then as you turn you unfold into arching, and looking up. Does that explain it? Feel free to ask more questions.

    January 6, 2025

  • Nick Strauss-Klein on Rib Basket, Shoulder Cloak (Patrons)

    Those are lovely details you caught the second time through. Thanks for describing for other users how the process of re-exploring lessons tends to go. It is always a new experience! I believe your 30-100% observation will indeed be very helpful to explore. Very small, slow, light movements, where you sense that you don't have to go to 100%, will help you find more sensitivity and control.

    January 6, 2025

  • Frederik Theuwis on Rib Basket, Shoulder Cloak (Patrons)

    This is my second time doing this lesson. I really like it as it frees my chest and upper back into a almost fluid vessel for breath and movement. Also, it deepens my interest in the clavicula-scapula region. Having had many shoulder injuries, it is an area of both interest and avoidance for me. What I see in doing this lesson again, is that there are really a lot of ways of moving the shoulder blades throughout this lesson itself. There appear more and more options of how they stay on the ground and how they move according to the suggestions, and where the initiative comes from. It quite surprised me how more diverse my second experience was than the first time. Still I see that I uncomfortably strain the sides of my torso, serratus anterior. It seems that they go from 30% contraction to 100% and may have to learn the subtle gradualness in between.

    January 6, 2025

  • Martha on Folding, Foundation, and Feet

    Thank you! I have been reading " Awareness Through Movement" , and realizing I have been approaching these lessons with many misconceptions, so I was glad you addressed this at the start. Is this correct?: We are trying to improve our awareness by analyzing how we move, and the goal... or perhaps the measure of progress?... is improvement in our "self-image". ? By "self-image" does Feldenkrais mean physical proprioception (our internal idea of where parts of our body are, size, etc., without touching)? or is he referring to self-image in terms of social characteristics, e.g.,how we relate to others, function in the world? A mind-body connection?

    January 5, 2025

  • matt weiner on Sitting and Turning with Length (26m)

    Nick, this is amazing stuff! the instruction toward the end when you suggest we turn, but then look down to the pelvis and twist the pelvis (?) and then arch back up....this is the only instruction you've ever suggested that im not sure I follow how you mean....any help?

    January 5, 2025

  • Muriel Soriano on Anatomy in Action: Scapulas
    (Members & Patrons bonus video)

    Thank you so much Nick for this really interesting lesson. The video before the lesson showing, the mechanics of the shoulder and shoulder blade, was really helpful. I'd been suffering with painfully stiff shoulders and neck for the last three day, and, as always, Feldenkrais wove its magic: pain gone and arms so much looser! Thank you. Muriel

    January 5, 2025

  • Sara on Free Your Torso for Better Posture, Walking, and Running

    A fascinating thing happened when I went walking after this session. After a while I noticed that my hands, which usually face my body, were facing backwards as my arms swung. I've always wondered why some people's hands naturally do this since it seemed so unnatural to me. My shoulders and shoulder blades feel as comfortable as usual; the sensation is more as if the way in which my humerus fits into its socket has become more mobile.

    January 5, 2025

  • Nick Strauss-Klein on Arms in a Hoop, with Continuous Ground Support (Patrons)

    That's a great way to think about this lesson. I'll be reviewing it at some point with that in mind, and may add it to our Better Balance Deep Dive. Thank you for the idea!

    January 5, 2025

  • Sara on Arms in a Hoop, with Continuous Ground Support (Patrons)

    I was fascinated by the way this asked me to zone in on the vertebrae in the middle of my spine where the upper body can turns one way and the lower the other. A revelation also about using a strong wide base while still being able to turn through the whole spine in a lifted way. Should be good for balance skills, which makes me think that this lesson also belongs with others on balance.

    January 4, 2025

  • Martha on Driving and Dynamic Sitting – Floor Practice

    Thank you, that is very helpful, especially the second paragraph. I am trying to develop a more appropriate perspective on and understanding of what Feldenkrais (and other non-medical but life-supporting? modalities) can do. Attitude is the one aspect of life we can control, but even that is subject to/responsive to physical influences. Thanks again.

    December 27, 2024

  • Nick Strauss-Klein on Driving and Dynamic Sitting – Floor Practice

    Definitely, far more! I doubt Shan is excluding other benefits when she says she feels wonderful with Feldenkrais! As far as any individual's health circumstances, one never knows all causes, especially from afar. There are endless factors, including genetic influences, patterns from childhood, any lifetime's accidents and injuries.... Practicing Feldenkrais helps us find the internal resources to meet a chaotic world with more dignity and autonomy. I myself, with nearly 25 years of Feldenkrais practice, experienced a serious spinal injury this summer. I still don't know how it happened. But the awareness gained in my decades of study has helped me claim agency in my healing process, and speed my recovery.

    December 27, 2024

  • Sara on Anatomy in Action: Scapulas
    (Members & Patrons bonus video)

    What an incredible journey into how the position of the scapulae can either hinder or enable wonderful movements of neck/head, arms and spine. I am discovering I think that my neck is often twisted slightly to one side and that explorations like this are helping my body to learn that this need not be so!

    December 26, 2024

  • Martha on Our Community

    Usually in lessons, you ask us to begin with the "easy" side, and them most of the work is done with that side. For example, in the "Driving & Dynamic Sitting", most of the time (10-20 min??) is spent on the easy arm, and then barely 2 minutes on the other arm. I can't understand how this helps. Generally the reason given is that the other side "learns" from the adept side. Yes, I believe such learning happens--, but only when the practice time is reversed. That is, if I as a rightxhanded person, want to play tennis with my left hand, I hit the ball with my right arm, as a model, and then spend most of my time working my left arm. I don't spend 20 minutes hitting balls with my right arm, 2 minutes with the left, and expect results. Am I wrong? It is said Feldenkrais "rewires neural circuits". It seems to me the easy side is already wired fine, plus it has the muscles needed. It's the off-side that needs rewiring AND muscle development. Sometimes in the lesson you will say, "ok, now you can do it all with the other side.". But by that time my focus is waning and I have no more time (also, in the winter, I get cold, there on the floor). It seems to me long practice time for the easy side is minimally productive, where it could be hugely beneficial fir the off-side What am I missing here? Thanks!

    December 25, 2024

  • Chris Sigurdson on Integrating the Feet, Torso, Head, and Breath: Connecting to the Earth (44m, Patrons)

    Had a trochanteric bursa inflammation and secondary Achilles strain. This is helping me move well again.

    December 25, 2024