From the Kinēsa Newsletter
Give yourself a hug
My students often tease me because I often, when beginning a class, say "This is one of my top ten lessons." They even once challenged me to teach the top ten, ten weeks in a row. Of course I realized I have more than ten, but this one still is in the running. One of...
Imagine!
“I had a vision before the game that I would make a big play. And then it happened.” -Malcolm Butler of the New England Patriots about his amazing game changing intercept. When the physicist Moshe Feldenkrais decided to dedicate his life to developing his Method in...
Who Has My Stuff?
The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. The Tempest Act 4, scene...
Inspiration for Artists
The creative act is always a somatic experience, and an opportunity for embodiment. Here's a lovely article and lesson by my colleague and artist Margot Schaal in the latest issue of SenseAbility, the Feldenkrais Newsletter.
To Give and Receive
Hold your hands in front of you, with your palms down. Notice the length of your fingers. Most people’s fingers will be almost straight. Now turn your hands over without interfering with the fingers. Notice how the fingers curl. This is what remains of our grasp...
An Attitude of Gratitude
Moshe Feldenkrais said that how we move, is how we move through life. What if every day, I spent a moment moving towards gratitude?
