Hippie Chicks - 1 - Janis - Take Another Little Piece of My Heart
Hippie Chicks - 1 - Janis - Take Another Little Piece of My Heart
A series on freedom - with a lift in the chest.
Lift the chest with the aid of imaginary ribbons or beams of light. Connect the chest front and back to the lower belly and low back to support perky posture.
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Visualization as a Learning Tool - Dr. Huberman has some science-based tips
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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Do/Don't Do - Taking It Slow 4 - Spine Side to Side
Do/Don’t Do - Taking it Slow -4 - Spine Side to Side
A super slow, internally focused series to explore allowing movement - and not restricting movement.
Side bending can be thought of as the ribs as a fan - one side opens as the other closes. Or it can be the horizontal gliding of the spine, with the ribs just following along. How many ways can you move your spine?
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Do/Don't Do - Taking It Slow 3 - Spine Turn From Above, Spine Turn From Below
Do/Don’t Do - Taking it Slow -3 - Turn Spine From Above, Turn Spine From Belwo
A super slow, internally focused series to explore allowing movement - and not restricting movement.
How do the middle of the back ribs and spine absorb twisting from above and below? Useful information for just about any movement you want to bring awareness to.
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Practice Lifelong Learning - Quiz Yourself and Create Context
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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Of Course Any Movement Engages The Whole Body: Science Catches Up with Moshe Feldenkrais
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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Do/Don't Do - Taking It Slow 2 - Spine In, Spine Out, No Conflict
Do/Don’t Do - Taking it Slow -2 - Spine In, Spine Out
A super slow, internally focused series to explore allowing movement - and not restricting movement.
Allow the spine to release outward. Allow the spine to coil inward. Can you do just one thing at a time - release out, release in - and not fight your back? Ah - the lesson the question that is…
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Move Better, Feel Better - The 5 Day Challenge Starts May 6
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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Do/Don't Do - Taking It Slow 1 - Knees, Jaws, Eyes
Do/Don’t Do
A super slow, internally focused series to explore allowing movement - and not restricting movement.
This lesson connects eyes, knees, jaw and head for deep relaxation and coordination. These simple movements help uncover secret, hidden muscle and joint “helper” that actually get in the way of clear movement.
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About Walking - Recap - Your Self Image, In the Mirror Walking
About Walking - Recap - Self Image in Walking
Update your self image with this body-wide survey of how you “do” the basic movements of walking. Find the Wonder Woman smiling at you from the other side of the mirror.
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About Walking - 10 - Walking in Different Planes (Side, Back)
About Walking - 10 - Walking in Different Planes
Walk for a change of perspective - by “walking” on your side, maybe your back, to experience the foot, knee, hip and shoulder connections in a different light. Then get up into gravity and feel the difference!
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About Walking - 9 - Stillness at the Center - Infinity Hips
About Walking - 9 - Stillness at the Center - Infinity Hips
In the Feldenkrais world, it’s always about the pelvis.Channel your inner Jessica Rabbit and find that ‘stillness at center’ hip motion that makes walking a dance of fluidity.
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About Walking - 8 - Ahead, Behind and On Center
About Walking -8 - On the Horizontal
A simple, low-impact standing lesson, using the wall to help sense what’s happening behind you, and in front of you, in walking.
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Adam Gopnik on Adult Learning and Mastery - Go For It!
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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Women in Science - Changing the Conversation and the Research - Finally
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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NYT - Why Not Try: Do Your Kugels - with or without raisins
NYT: Why Not Try?
Pelvic Floor Exercises for ‘pandemic pelvis.’ You could engage a private pelvic floor exercise coach, or join an Awareness Through Movement lesson.
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About Walking - 7 - A Little Swish From Side To Side
About Walking - 7 - A Little Swish from Side to Side
A simple, low-impact chance to review the weight shifting that turns into walking. A good intro lesson, or a chance to integrate deeper leraning.
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About Walking - 6 - Stop In The Name of Love
About Walking - 6 - Stop! In the Name of Love
Motown have it: shoulder blades that are the force behind the torso swinging and the step steppin. The Supremes, the O’Jays and, of course, the Queen and her Ladies in Arms.
Based on an “Octaves” ATM as imagined and taught by David Kaetz, GCFT
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