Arms Like a Skeleton, Integrating the Neck, Jaw, and Eyes (Patrons)

Back-lying. Designed to help you find new options for ease in your neck, jaw, and eyes in relationship to movements of your shoulders and chest. Great for reducing tension and improving posture, particularly carriage of the head, neck, and shoulders.

60m

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Recorded live in a Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM) class, this lesson is copyright Nick Strauss-Klein, for personal use only.

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If you need head support in back-lying make sure it’s smooth and level, and only the minimum that you need to be comfortable. As the movements and lesson develop you may find you prefer less and less head support.

There are some interesting differences between how the movements are taught on the two sides, making this lesson a great candidate for reversing the lefts and rights on a subsequent listening.

This lesson is found in Patrons Monthly, our collection of lessons exclusively for Feldenkrais Project Patron-level donors.

It also appears in our Jaw, Neck, and Shoulders Deep Dive course.

It works well on its own but I’ve chosen not to edit out references to “last week’s class” which is “Beard Pull” Pecking, with Chanukia (Patrons). Both are in that course.

It was recorded on December 7, 2021.

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