Difficulty: Most Accessible
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.
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.
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.
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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