Meg found out the hard way. She found out just how important it is to understand how to improve strength with the Feldenkrais Method after a shocking surprise. No one, least of all Meg, could have imagined how her life would change. Meg walked into surgery more or less fine. But she walked out with a spinal cord injury. Meg had no idea she had anything wrong with her spine. She only discovered the issue when she had to undergo a scan for a completely different reason. It was then that they … [Read more...]

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what constitutes strength. Through listening to my own experiences and exploring ways to integrate my history of traumas and my weaknesses these past few months. Through sharing my experiences with my husband Sean and dear friends. Through negotiating a new friendship. Through mindfulness practices and reading wise words from people like Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron, Moshe Feldenkrais and others… I’ve been musing… And I’ve come to make … [Read more...]

In the last blog post, I promised we’d take a deeper look at one of the two elements that contain all the details of how I made the transition from pain to wellness using the Feldenkrais MethodⓇ. Those two elements were: Deeply embracing the fact that life is a process Becoming an awesome learner I think that last blog post made it pretty clear that understanding that life is a process paves the way for becoming a better learner. So let’s take a look at this whole notion of … [Read more...]

In the last post, I wrote about the health benefits of walking, not the least of which was consolidating learning from Awareness Through MovementⓇ and Functional IntegrationⓇ lessons. In it, I hinted at a couple of things that make walking more graceful and effortless. Today’s post is going to quickly make those things clearer. One thing was that walking better was connected to activating your anti-gravity mechanism better. I’ve written about the anti-gravity mechanism before in How To Find … [Read more...]

In last week's post, I introduced this series on Quality Movement. In it, I suggest that “good posture” isn’t necessarily all its cracked up to be. This week, we’ll take a look at another way to consider “posture”, and explain more about the nature of the first of the four elements of quality movement, the absence of effort. Feldenkrais spent a great deal of time making it clear that, “….posture relates to action, and not to the maintenance of any given position. Acture would perhaps be a … [Read more...]

One of the most common questions I’m asked from new clients after their first Feldenkrais lesson or two is: “How do I keep this?!” Even if you practice mindfulness -- in whatever form.... And have gained enough wisdom to recognize the impermanence of all things... You probably still recognize that question sneaking up quietly in the back of your mind when you’re experiencing something that feels wonderful. You want the 'wonderful-ness' to last forever. So after … [Read more...]