body awareness

Lessons from a Stubbed Toe: “Accident-Trauma-First Aid”

2024-04-26T22:57:30-07:00Irene's Musings, Nervous System Resiliency, Trauma & Survival Physiology, Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

Stubbing my toe in Berkeley I was walking quite fast through the residential area of Berkeley, California, this past October. I was wearing my open-toed Birkenstock sandals when BAM! “Ouch, #!^*…Oh, that REALLY hurts...” An uneven slab of sidewalk had put an abrupt stop to the forward motion of my second toe [...]

Feldenkrais and Musical Performance: Andrew Gibbons talks about finding skeletal support for better piano playing.

2024-04-26T23:13:57-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness.|

For Pianists and ANYONE who sits and uses their arms and hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UohDzxnEqHc Andrew Gibbons, Classical Pianist and Feldenkrais Practitioner in New York City, describes the process of discovering whole body awareness from a Feldenkrais perspective and how to produce better musical sound by finding greater skeletal support in sitting. [...]

Feldenkrais Teachings and Being a Ninja: Can you see the difference – Hands forward or backwards?

2024-04-26T23:25:00-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Movement. Awareness.|

(This post will be one of many to come that will fit into the “All Things Feldenkrais: The Amherst Diaries” feature which you see on the right side of the page. Here you will find writings, ideas, practical application, video, audio and 'all things Feldenkrais'. Moshe Feldenkrais' theories and [...]