Position: floor-sitting

58m

The “Morning Prayer” Lesson (Patrons)

With the hands together like a child praying, learn to move them up and down in front of you first in lying down, then sitting, then kneeling, gradually expanding this gentle movement into a larger and larger action. Details of the scapulas, spine, atlas, tongue, eyes, and floor support are investigated. Framed by brief explorations in standing.
January 26, 2024
54m

Spatial Relationships as a Means to Coordinated Action (Patrons)

Floor-seated, with back-lying rests. Can be altered to chair-seated. Guided asymmetrical attention and imagination tasks are applied to symmetrical movements, leading to a powerful demonstration of your neuroplastic ability to change and improve perception and action based simply on what you pay attention to. Includes broader discussion of individuated vs. in-common patterns of human action.
March 10, 2022
58m

Secrets of the Seated Twist

Side-sitting, back-lying, and side-lying. Beginning and ending with classic Feldenkrais explorations of twisting while side-sitting on the floor, this lesson is designed to make side-sitting more accessible, and to free your torso and hips. Alterations – including chair-seated – are discussed, and long lying down portions of the lesson reveal how folding and arching can improve turning and twisting.
January 7, 2022
60m

Freeing the Shoulders by Rolling the Arms (Patrons)

Mostly back-lying, arms in a "letter T" position. Improving the function and mobility of the shoulders by connecting them more skillfully with the chest, spine, and head. Particular attention is given to the neck and to the spine between the shoulder blades.
December 6, 2021
58m

Thinking and Breathing (Patrons)

Expand your awareness and use of the whole breathing apparatus by directing attention to specific anatomy, while experimenting with "stepped" breathing and different body configurations. Starts with an essential anatomy lesson that cultivates concepts and imagery used throughout the ATM lesson.
October 20, 2021
64m

Perfecting the Self-Image (Patrons)

Seated, back-lying, and eventually transitioning between, all while holding one foot in two hands. This lesson clarifies how our attention and sensory motor imagination can be consciously harnessed to improve our self-image, options, and behavior, since – as Feldenkrais writes – "We act in accordance with our self-image."
April 22, 2021
59m

Driving and Dynamic Sitting – Floor Practice

Mostly back-lying. Begins and ends in floor-seated. With explorations and benefits for all sitting situations, this lesson uses imagery of being in the driver's seat to promote lively, dynamic sitting and turning while negotiating the challenge of a typical "bucket" car seat. Postural expressions of rounding and arching are clarified, then used to improve the range, comfort, and awareness of whole body turning movements.
January 26, 2018
62m

Rolling to Sitting, and Beyond

How do we get off the floor? This lesson explores the path from lying on your back to sitting up, and getting back down again, organizing the torso and limbs towards a smoother, simpler, more pleasurable transition. These movements are also powerful organizers for improving upright posture.
June 29, 2017
64m

More Precise Hips and Spine

Quietly prepare for, then clarify, an important primary relationship in the body: arching the spine while flexing the hips. Floor-sitting at the beginning and end of the lesson helps connect your learning to upright activity.
March 2, 2017
64m

The Movement of the Eyes Organizes the Movement of the Body (Patrons)

Standing, then mostly side-sitting on the floor, with rests lying on the back. Discovering how improving the smooth tracking of the eyes in various turning motions can improve the whole self.
November 19, 2015