LEARNING CENTER
Why Should You Do Pelvic Circles?
The movement of the pelvis is central to all other movement of the body.
If you have back pain or pain in the feet, knees, shoulders, or neck, it could likely be from a stuck pelvis.
My arthritis was gone after my first year of Feldenkrais training because I unstuck my pelvis. Look for all my variations on Pelvic Circles on my YouTube channel.
Bell Hand and Heart-Focused Breathing
This Awareness Through Movement lesson accesses the calming branch of the nervous system and teaches the nervous system new connections that reduce tension in the body and make movement easier and more elegant.
This lesson is also particularly good for anyone who uses their hands for delicate and precise movement such as surgeons, artists or musicians.
Trauma and the Feldenkrais Method
I participated in this podcast with Christina Peterson in March of 2022. I explain how I got into the somatic methods. My neck was killing me after the death of my mother. My first Feldenkrais practitioner turned out to be a retired Jungian analyst who told me on the first day that the body holds trauma. I spent the next seven years figuring out what she meant by that.
Somatic methods let our body start to tell its story. It only wants to be heard.
FIVE MINUTE FELDIES
Video lessons you can do in five to ten minutes.
Awareness Through Movement® Audio Lessons
👉 Here are some videos of short Awareness Through Movement® lessons that you can do when you don’t have a lot of time.
👉 These lessons are classic building block movements that fit into larger full-length lessons.
👉You may not be able to do all of the movements. Remember, you can do the movement so small, you aren’t even moving and the nervous system can’t tell the difference. Always stay underneath any pain or discomfort.
👉 Listen to yourself. Take care of yourself.
Slow is Fast. Small is Big. Less is More.
Body Scan
This nine-minute body scan on the floor is a great way to start or end your day, bringing your focus back into yourself. Focusing on the outside world is exhausting.
Start every Awareness Through Movement lesson with a quick one- or two-minute body scan like this one.
Pelvic Tilt
This is the first lesson that anyone with any issue can do to improve their lives.
When our pelvis even has a little bit of stuck, it can confuse other parts of us and cause pain and dysfunction.
This lesson is also great for anxiety and depression.
Do this lesson to prepare for Pelvic Circles.
Lifting the Hips
This short video lesson is one of my favorites.
It is a foundational movement that will help you reconnect with your pelvis, your center of self-empowerment.
It is great for anxiety and depression as well as back pain in particular.
But getting the pelvis moving again will improve all your movements.
Do this lesson to prepare for Pelvic Circles.
Pelvic Circles
Pelvic Circles is one of the most perfect movement lessons for any issues in your body including anxiety and depression.
My arthritis was gone after my first year of training because of movement lessons like this one.
If you’ve had a bad day, try getting on the floor and connecting with your pelvis. It will make a big difference.
Do this lesson to prepare for the variations.
BOOKS
You’ve Got the Power
"You've Got the Power" dives into the somatic presence of our archetypal energies and gives us a roadmap for opening ourselves up to becoming the fully realized persons we dream about.
The Golden Cord
The Four Consents is an spiritual roadmap for how we must learn and grow in order to overcome early childhood trauma.
Invitation to Love
Thomas Keating's book, "Invitation to Love," provides a framework for understanding why and how we shut down as well as practices for staying present with our true self and opening ourselves up.