Difficulty: Most Accessible

32m

Supple Ankles, Shifting Pelvis (32m, Patrons)

Framed by explorations in standing, this mostly back-lying lesson explores how improvements in the sensitivity and function of the ankles and feet relate to movements of shifting and turning the hip joints, pelvis, spine, and chest.
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12m

Easier Sitting Workshop Lesson 2 (12m)

This brief lesson directly follows up on the previous one and is intended to be explored after a short break. Turning relationships of the head, eyes, chest, pelvis, knees, and sitbones are explored, using imagery of sitting in the driver's seat.
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7m

Easier Sitting Workshop Talk 2 (7 min)

Nick discusses the value of sitting dynamically and moving as an integrated whole, no matter what constraining situation is expected of you. Modern cultural expectations and chair design are discussed as the major factor in our sitting challenges. The underlying principles of the workshop are briefly named and discussed.
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58m

Easier Sitting Workshop Lesson 1

Chair-seated, with a middle portion in back-lying. Identifying the sitbones and enriching your awareness of them, then developing the relationships between the head, sitbones, and spine as they relate to plumb (the line of gravity through the vertical skeleton). Introduces the classic Feldenkrais pelvic clock image as a way to refine and expand dynamic support possibilities for the sitbones, pelvis, and whole self.
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4m

Easier Sitting Workshop Talk 1 (5 min)

Nick introduces the workshop and discusses how to stay comfortable in the lessons, and why we're often tempted to try harder than is useful for the learning and improvement process Feldenkrais harnesses. The sitbones are discussed. The workshop's handout graphics are in the Curiosities tab of the lesson notes below the audio player.
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70m

Breath, Belly, Back, and Hips: Connecting to the Earth (workshop lesson)

Back-lying, mostly knees bent, framed by brief explorations in standing. Investigations of the lower torso, especially as it connects through the legs and feet to the earth. This lesson develops awareness and spaciousness of this "middle" area, and the tanden is discussed and sensed. (The tanden is a concept from the martial arts, also known as the lower dantian.)
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63m

Driving and Dynamic Sitting – Chair Practice

Clarify the skeletal support provided by our sitbones and discover their lively role (and roll!) in all seated movements. With some emphasis on side-bending, all three planes of movement are discussed, explored, and differentiated, first in "pure" forms, and then blended together into natural movements.
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