According to Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology at University of California, Berkeley, “awe is what’s most human in us” and “human goodness was he most common source of awe mentioned” in hundreds of stories collected from twenty-six countries. Selected excerpts from an interview in the September issue of Sun Magazine.
Read MoreOne of the 20 caterpillars - I feared all were eaten by slugs - survived and just hatched. My heart is lighter.
Read MoreMoshe on learning - pay attention to be a lifelong learner
Read MoreEight Shades of Play
Lighten Up! It’s time to get serious about Play! Play is the ultimate portal to learning for kids and grownups. . We all have signature play styles developed in childhood, but as an adult, you can add to your repertoire.
Week 1 of the series is for giggling with the Joker and loving movement with the Kinesthete. It’s a side-lying lesson - both sides - to feel the joy of easy breath, the freedom of ‘shimmy ribs,’ and a little self-tickle.
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Read MoreToo Darn Hot! Super Cool, Minimal Moves
Almost nothing to do in this one but imagine a ball rolling from heel to fingertips. How clear are the diagonal lines of force in your minds eye?
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Read MoreLearning from failure is essential to learning; useful failure is built into every ATM
Read MoreToo Darn Hot! Super Cool, Minimal Moves
Almost nothing to do in this one but imagine a ball rolling from heel to fingertips. How clear are the diagonal lines of force in your minds eye?
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Read MoreThe fourth rainiest July on record must have been good for butterflies - a bonanza of caterpillars.
Read MoreToo Darn Hot! Super Cool, Minimal Moves
Use your assets: your heaviest bones and muscles. A variation on the famous pelvic clock lesson to get the hips doing the work so the rest of you can stay chill.
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Read MoreToo Darn Hot! Super Cool, Minimal Moves
Get the most air in for the least amount of work. Expand your breathing repertoire. Get a nice deep breath with this exploration of ‘see saw’ or ‘paradoxical’ breathing.
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Read MoreToo Darn Hot! Super Cool, Minimal Moves
All in the Eyes - seminal lesson on how eyes direct movement, done as lazily as possible.
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Read MoreGrowth mindset - encouraging effort over identity - is baked into the Feldenkrais Method. The practice encourages curiosity, experimentation, and self-awareness over results. New research shows that a growth mindset leads to enhanced performance in current and future activities. Based, of course, on a recent Huberman Lab podcast.
Read MoreHippie Chicks - 10 - Mary - Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Coming Full Circle
We go full circle, returning to the familiar full-body survey lesson. On front, back and front again. Or seated.
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Read MoreHippie Chicks - 9 - Rickie Lee - The Second Time Around - The Hug Lesson
Last “Hippie Chick” in this series - a second time around for a classic lesson that starts with bent knees tipping and ends in a rolling self-hug, with an emphasis on the connection between shoulder blades.
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Read MoreNew research shows that the brain processes silence as if it were a sound.
Read MoreHippie Chicks - 8 - Carole - You’ve Got A Friend - Soft Hands
It’s the touch. Yes, in the hands. But the hands connect all the way up to the shoulders and chest. The soft touch is backed by full-body connection and power.
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