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Reaching From Your Core
$3.99 View DetailsTraditional core exercises can be boring and sometimes strain the neck or the back. This lesson explores reaching from lying on your back, discovering how you can strengthen your core while engaged in novel movements while lying down. And it has a Halloween punchline - although the holiday is not required :-).
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Press Down to Lighten Up
$3.99 View DetailsWhether you swing a golf club, dance the lindy or simply want to improve your balance, the relationship of your eyes to how you turn, twist and look is paramount. This lesson is done mostly in standing, so it's very practical for anyone who wants better rotation and balance.
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Open Your Heart by Awakening the Back
$3.99 View DetailsAnyone who has practiced Yoga has found themselves in Sphinx pose. Many people treat Sphinx like a baby version of Cobra. But there is so much going on in between your shoulder blades. And there is so much possibility for improving posture, working on that dowager hump, even reorganizing how your head sits on top of your shoulders when you explore this lesson. (42 min)
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Oscillation: The Path to Relaxation
$3.99 View DetailsYou may be old enough to remember the vibrating mattresses at hotels back in the day. You'd pop in a quarter (imagine a quarter buying ANYTHING now!) and the whole bed would jiggle back and forth. This oscillating movement is yours anytime you want it, simply by doing this lesson. Beneficial side effects include softer hips, improved breathing and a feeling that you are melting into the floor. Enjoy! (44 min)
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Soft back, soft hips and more.
$3.99 View Details42 min
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Get Into the Swing!
$3.99 View DetailsSo often when I ask people to sit up, they "pop up" straining in the neck or haul themselves up, grunting at the effort. We often teach people how to sit up following the path of least resistance, rolling to the side and easing up. This lesson explores another way to soften the back and chest to effortlessly "swing" up - a bit of elegance, a bit of momentum and voila! Don't worry if it doesn't bring you to sitting, or you don't want to "swing." Just the gentle movements of connecting head, neck and shoulders to the arms and legs is delightful in itself.
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Cat, Cow, Fish and More
$3.99 View DetailsA colleague named Stephen Rosenholtz once created an entire program for children called Move Like the Animals based on Feldenkrais lessons. While you won't necessarily become an animal after this, you will experience new possibilities for mobility and your spine. This lesson is really great for helping you reconnect with a relaxed and functional lower back. You will be in many different positions and will feel terrific afterwards! And if you love yoga, this will definitely enhance your practice.
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Your head is connected to your feet
$3.99 View DetailsYou've heard it before, but in this lesson, you will experience another way to access power and find a new way for your head, while discovering how to change your orientation. This starts on the stomach and goes into new territory.
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Themed Thursdays Online Series
$60.00 View DetailsSeries Theme:Your Lovin’ Arms (and hands, wrists and shoulder blades)
Four Thursdays, November 20, Dec. 4, 11, 18 (no class 11/27 US Thanksgiving)
All classes at 11 AM EST
Live or via replay
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Liberate Your Rib Basket
$65.00 View DetailsVideo lesson: 2 hr 7 min
Audio lesson: 1 hr 59 min -
Lengthen your arms with your feet
$3.99 View DetailsWe don't often think about our arms being connected to our feet, although of course, for every step you take, your arms participate by swinging. In some ways, the arm begins in the opposite hip, the diagonal complex of muscles giving power across the back. Your feet however, also transfer power through your spine to your shoulders and ultimately your arms. This lesson helps make all these connections as you explore movement in different orientations that not just lengthen your arms, but your spine as well.
Length: 48.13
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Liberating the Hip Joints
$3.99 View DetailsThe hip joints help us move forward in the world. Injury, trauma, grief and tension limit our possibilities. This incredibly subtle, yet powerful lesson will give you a new view on how the hip flexors connect to your back - impacting your posture and your walk.
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Rounding Your Back CAN Improve Your Posture
$3.99 View DetailsThis is another take on ways to widen your back, bring more flexibility into your spine (and your life) and yes, improve your posture while lying down. In addition, you will discover some connections between your facial expression and your back muscles - always a mind blower.
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My Favorite Back Lesson
$3.99 View DetailsI don't know if you ever heard of Hammacher Schlammer, but they offer the "best" of everything: the best night light, the best humidifier, the best de-humidifier, the best compression socks. Is the the best Back relief lesson ever? It is for me, I hope you enjoy it. In some ways, this lesson made me a Feldenkrais convert for life.
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Hamstrings and Lower Back
$3.99 View DetailsPeople often complain about having tight hamstrings, or lower back pain, or both. It's not that I'm a fan of "stretching" but certainly feeling a bit of freedom and flexibility in both affords better posture and more comfort in walking. If you sit a lot - driving, working at a computer, you need to explore this kind of movement. This is a lesson done in sitting. Modifications are offered if you are unable to sit on the floor. As always, listen to your comfort level, stay safe, and you will reap the benefits.
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The Spine Moves the Head
This amazing lesson explores all the directions in which the spine and head are connected, by literally connecting the movement of the two parts in a fascinating way. I have also found this to be a great way to connect with strengthening the back and core.$3.99 View Details -
Back Relief
$11.99 View DetailsFive Awareness Through Movement® lessons that can help educate your back for greater ease and comfort.
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Strengthen Your Back On Your Stomach
$3.99 View DetailsAfter this lesson, a student said, "I need to do this lesson every day!" While it may seem challenging to be on your stomach, the pay off is amazing in your improved posture and the support you'll feel in your lower back.
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Long Legged Side Bend
$3.99 View DetailsWe often don't realize how stiff our ribs can be, or how our ribs and legs work together. While in its original form, this lesson can be challenging, with props and careful attention you can modify it and get a lot learning.
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Flexors/extensors and Your Insides
$3.99 View DetailsThis lesson explores the classic legs crossed movement with the added support of learning what some people call see-saw breathing (even though your breath is not really the cause of the movement!) It's wonderful for anyone with back pain or wishing to lengthen the spine and legs.
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Frog Legs and Eyes
$3.99 View DetailsWhere the eyes go, the legs follow. Or vice versa. Learn how the movement of your eyes and your legs affect your pelvis and spine. This is a very gentle lesson with some profound neurological learning.
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Big X
$3.99 View DetailsOne day, a student called to ask if there were lessons for migraines. Then someone else walked in complaining of back pain. Someone else said, "Ugh, you have anything for my right hip?" At a loss, I decided to stick with my lesson plan and teach this amazing lesson that looks at EVERYTHING including our self-image. To my amazement, each of these people thanked me for choosing a lesson "just for me." While this lesson begins in sitting, it is mostly on the back. Enjoy!
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How Do You Arch?
$3.99 View DetailsYogis and non-yogis alike love this unusual, stress free way to explore ways of arching the back. This lesson looks at the "wave" of movement that travels from the feet to the shoulders, how the spine responds to the foot and hand's pressure, the shoulder and hip joint relationship, and maybe, discovering new possibilities for the backbend (Yoga wheel pose)