Walk and Talks -
Excerpts from a NYT article outlining the health benefits of taking a walk with a friend, with some ‘prompts’ for conversational topics.
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The Washington Post reports an increase in dog walker injuries. See excerpted suggestions on safer dog walking and remember - a centered calm walker is the best doggie parent. Hint - Awareness Through Movement® lessons improve balance, soften the chest and help walkers manage puppy pulls.
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In case you missed it, Seth Godin’s May 23, 2023 blog post channels Moshe Feldenkrais’ wisdom. Thoughts on the risk of security.
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Visualization as a learning tool often shows up in Awareness Through Movement lessons. Dr. Andrew Huberman, in a recent Huberman Lab podcast, lays out the science of how, when and why visualization can enhance learning, especially motor skills learning. Here are a few highlights from that 2-hour pod.
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Research shared in a New York Times essay by psychology professor Daniel T. WIllingham, indicates that the best way to get material to ‘stick’ is to repeatedly test yourself. Also, when taking in information, relating it to a larger context can help the material find purchase in your mind, and stay there. For example, thinking of an event in historical context. Awareness Through Movement lessons incorporate these basic learning strategies to help you master and retain new movement options.
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Again, science is catching up with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. Moshe posited that the whole body is engaged in movement.
Newly released MRI data indicate that the whole body is engaged in motor activity. A newly recognized strip of brain matter lying directly below the motor cortex lights up when movement is initiated, activating relevant changes in blood pressure, brain activity and more.
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Move Better, Feel Better - 5 Day Awareness Through Movement Challenge Begins May 6
The Move Better, Feel Better events get better every year. This year it’s a 5-day, virtual challenge. What is the challenge? Do one movement lesson each day for five days, the Feldenkrais-way, and see what unfolds in your life.
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On Mastery -
Adam Gopnik learns to drive, paint and box as an adult, and meditates on the nature of learning and mastery.
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The Huberman Lab podcast featuring Dr. Sara Gottfried covers numerous issues in women’s health, and some choice words on the health risks associated with being female.
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The Huberman Lab Podcast explores the neuroscience of meditation: how and when it works, and why. Learn to assess your current state and choose the right meditative form to relax or activate, go inward or connect outward, and return to balance. These same assessments can help you optimize your Awareness to Movement lesson time.
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Colleague Anita Bueno walks the Feldenkrais walk and takes occasional rests. Her students continue their ATM studies independently, following Anita’s wise ‘Feldy Lesson Principles.”
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A newly hatched female monarch butterfly graciously allowed her opening, hardening and first flight to be filmed. So many flutterings, shudderings, near falls and sparkles. And, then, she flew!
(females lack the spot that marks the male’s lower wings)
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