Learning from the inside out
10-lesson online journey to inhabit your body with more joy, confidence, and vitality
Welcome!
Before participating please take a moment to read this.
- Prepare a quiet and pleasantly warm room where you will not be disturbed. Most lessons are done lying down so the muscles don’t have to work as hard. This helps you to become conscious of unnecessary muscular tension patterns.
- Pain is a signal from your body that you have something to change in the way you move, stand or sit. If you feel pain adjust the movement, do it even smaller or even in your imagination. Make yourself even more comfortable with pillows, rolls of blankets, a softer surface. Or contact me for a free 15-minute zoom consultation.
- Move as small and slowly as possible so that you learn to perceive more and observe more subtly how you move, how your body wants to and can move.
- Step into the session with a ‘Beginners mind’: an open, curious and inquisitive mindset towards your movement and play with the movement variations. Your body is your play-date.
- Practice not judging. Nothing is wrong or right. It is a journey of discovery to where you are now and what else is possible. Listen to your body with your full attention, learn about your emotional, physical, and mental preferences and habits, your own wisdom, and your body’s unique instruction manual. Enjoy!
Important!
If you have existing medical or health conditions, you should seek medical advice from your physician or other qualified health professionals before beginning these lessons.
These classes are not a substitute for medical advice, medical treatment, or medical diagnoses. Please do not wait to seek medical treatment because of anything you hear in this program.
These lessons are about paying attention to yourself. If you feel sick, dizzy, faint or lightheaded, or feel pain or unusual discomfort stop and consult your health care professional.
By continuing to participate in this program you acknowledge that you have read and understood and agree to follow these basic instructions and that you participate at your own risk
Do you want to make choices that are more in alignment with yourself?
Making different choices begins with getting a deeper understanding of yourself. This starts with a heartfelt encounter with yourself and a willingness to accept and embrace, and fully inhabit your sentient body again. That’s where this journey begins, and where it goes from there is up to you.
Each of these 10 Feldenkrais lessons, guides you to meet yourself a little differently. Each lesson offers you the possibility of a renewed and wonderful introduction to yourself, prompting new learning, a growing understanding of yourself, and revealing new opportunities to make those choices that rekindle your inner sparkle and connect you to your inner potential and wisdom. It all is about your mindset!
Let’s start… All you need is a mat and a quiet place to lie down
Lesson 1
Getting to know your ankle joints
Help the earth-forces flow freely through the feet to move and stand effortlessly on your feet with these gentle, playful Feldenkrais explorations for ankles and hips. This is a lovely and effective way for resetting muscular tension patterns in your pelvis, back, chest. And a powerful way to save more of your energy.
All you need is a mat. You will be lying on the ground (your mat) as my voice will guide you through a journey inward, sensing yourself and getting to know yourself from within through movement, attention, curiosity, and playfulness.
Audio: exploration
Lesson 2
Restore the relationship between jaw, head, and pelvis
For this session, you need a mat and a blanket or towel:
In this lesson, I will introduce you to thinking systemically and in relationships as you move. This class will help you refine the relationship between the jaw, head and pelvis to soften your back and restore fluidity to your pelvis.
Audio: exploration
Lesson 3
Refining the relationship of shoulders, neck, and jaw
For this lesson, you need a mat.
We will be looking at the relationship of shoulders, neck, and jaw.
Audio: exploration
Lesson 4
Creating an image of yourself through your shoulder
For this lesson, you need a mat.
We all develop a somatic image of ourselves through the way we see, perceive and experience our physical selves. Our brains use this image to move and interact with our environment.
In this lesson, you will learn about and refine your self-image by becoming more familiar with the movement repertoire and hidden habits of your left shoulder.
Audio: exploration
Lesson 5
A chat between knees and hip joints
For this lesson you need a mat.
A gentle exploration of the relationship between knees and hip joints. How does this relationship assist us in standing with ease and lightness?
Audio: exploration
Lesson 6
Feet dancing with the ribs
For this lesson you need a mat.
In this class, you’ll discover how your brain choreographs a masterful interplay, led by your feet. Much like a harmonious symphony.
Audio: exploration
Lesson 7
It takes two to tango
For this lesson you need a mat.
In this lesson, you’ll explore the somatic image of yourself through your hips dancing together.
Audio: exploration
Lesson 8
The power of you
For this lesson, you need a mat.
In this lesson, you will explore your ideas of core strength and cooperation. Discover how your back can feel better from now on and how you can tap into your inner strength without effort.
Audio: exploration
Lesson 9
Little toe adventures
For this lesson, you need a mat.
In this lesson, you will explore more of yourself through connecting feet and head, through the legs. Discover a renewed balance of mobility and stability in standing.
Audio: exploration
Lesson 10
Bending like a skeleton
For this lesson, you need a mat.
In this lesson we bring back the partnership between bones, joints, flexor muscles and extensor muscles through movement that engages your whole being
Audio: exploration