Position: side-lying

60m

One Bell Hand / Two Bell Hands…and Feet (31m + 29m, Patrons)

Named after the shape the hand makes, this pair of half-hour lessons is designed to be completed together the first time through. Reset your nervous system and learn to relate the activity and skillfulness of your hands with your whole self.
  • Lesson 1 - Side-lying, balancing a forearm and lower leg in relationship with bell hand movements.
  • Lesson 2 (starts at 31:30) - Back-lying, sensing the relationship of the orientation of head and eyes with the activity of the hands, and relating the hands with the feet.
April 28, 2021
58m

Side-Bending with Listening Hands, Connecting Legs and Head (Patrons)

Side-lying. Using your own soft, listening hands to help integrate your head, hips, and legs with an increased awareness and suppleness of your ribs.
January 21, 2021
42m

Side Clock: Hips (Patrons)

Uses the image of a clock face on your mat to explore precise movement coordination, developing freedom and skill in the hips, lower back, chest, and more, with nudges toward improvisation.
January 7, 2021
57m

The Liminal Lesson: Transitions Between Action and Rest (Patrons)

Mostly side-lying. Improving quality of rest and efficiency of action by clarifying the transitions between them. Get to know the actual sensations and somatic processes of preparing for action and transitioning to rest. Explored in a lesson structure designed to improve uprightness and gait.
December 21, 2020
60m

Side Clock: Shoulders (and Intro to Hip)

Starts as a "Feldenkrais basics" shoulders-and-hips lesson, then uses the image of a clock face to explore precise coordination, developing freedom and skill in the shoulders, chest, neck, and more. An emphasis on choice, imagery, principles, and improvisation creates a unique learning opportunity for your Feldenkrais study: you're invited to complete your own hip clocks.
December 17, 2020
58m

Arms Like a Skeleton, Freeing the Shoulders and Neck (Patrons)

This detailed exploration starts simply then dives deep into variations designed to help you get to know your scapulas and improve their relationship with your spine, chest, pelvis, neck, and head.
October 11, 2020
59m

Side-lying Twist, and Rolling Recap (Patrons)

Back-lying, side-lying, transitioning, and eventually circling the arm. Recorded as the third in a series (see the Related Lessons tab). With plenty of room for improvisation, this lesson builds on recent classes and discussions with students about encountering difficulty in Feldenkrais study. Starts and ends with three-minute talks.
August 27, 2020
19m

The One Shoulder Lesson (Patrons)

Don't miss this brief, potent, asymmetrical exploration of movements of one arm and shoulder in relationship with the whole self. It's intended to leave you experiencing the differences created between the two sides of your body, which is a curious and powerful learning state that will improve both sides. (You can also repeat the recording for the other side, or improvise it, later.)
July 21, 2020
39m

Stretch Without Strain

Feldenkrais isn’t stretching, it’s learning! Without any strain at all, in this side-lying lesson you'll improve a reference twist of sweeping your long, straight arm through the air as you unlock greater ease and mobility for your shoulders, neck, ribs, and hips.
February 18, 2020
71m

Workshop: Stretch Without Strain (Patrons)

This full workshop recording presents two short talks and two lessons on the theme of Stretch without Strain. Patrons can listen to the full, uninterrupted workshop on this page. All users can access the separate, edited tracks in our Getting Oriented collection.
February 9, 2020