Feldenrkais® Awareness Through Movement® Mini-Moves

 PREPARATION:

Please read Recording INTRO Instructions to prepare yourself for the Feldenkrais Lessons.

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I created these shorter Awareness Through Movement lessons because many of my patients had difficulty with the 45-60 minute lessons. Their “difficulty” could have been about time management and/or learning to attend to oneself mindfully for that amount of time.

 These ATM Mini-Moves are a great way to get introduced to the Awareness Through Movement lessons. Most of them are taken from a full length lesson broken down into 2 or 3 segments.

 There are probably 1000’s of different Awareness Through Movement lessons that Dr. Feldenkrais created. Most of the lessons I have taught and recorded are less complex than many other lessons offered by other practitioners. However due to my work with people in pain, I have selected lessons that are less physically challenging. With that said, all lessons should be approached with the student listening to their own capacity and limitations while avoiding the urge to “push” oneself. One of the key elements of these movement lessons is to learn to feel for quality not quantity. Often much more learning can happen in the brain and nervous system by doing much less rather than pushing to ones end-range or limits. The intention is for you to learn to move with greater ease, grace and organization, rather than what we often do in our culture where we admire and praise those who can push themselves to their limits.

 Remember to HAVE FUN. Learning to move with ease and grace may initially feel awkward in learning how to move slowly and with intention but you will improve with practice. Hopefully you will begin to feel small changes in how you sense yourself that filter into your everyday life and make life more enjoyable.

82 Grounding

1. Grounding Movements — 9:11 min

2. Grounding Orienting — 4:58 min

3. Grounding Floating Bones — 15:42 min

4. Grounding Pressing to the Ground — 11:32 min

5. Grounding Surrendering to the Ground — 10:30 min

6. Lift Press Ground — 9:11 min

83 Body Scan

1. Sand — 10:38 min

2. Balance Beam — 9:15 min

84 Breath

1. Breathing Basics — 8:40 min

2. See Saw Breathing — 16:24 min

3. Breath Upper and Lower Expansion — 11:59 min

4. Breath Pelvic Floor — 10:19 min

5. Walking Meditation — 4:48 min

6. Breath Expanding All Directions — 25:22 min

94 Calm Your Pain Movement

1. Push Thru Foot — 11:50 min

2. Segmental Sitting — 11:37 min

3. Sitting Options — 26:14 min

4. Lift Press Ground — 9:14 min

5. Alien Hands and Head — 15:30 min

6. Sitting Postural Habits — 9:01 min 

7. Shoulder Relaxation — 13:13 min

8. Folding Around Golden Ball — 17:37 min

9. Standing Grounding Through Feet — 22:54 min

95 Feldi: Options

1. Options Lower Body — 19:30 min

2. Head-Eyes-Shoulders — 19:54 min

3. Connecting Upper Lower — 15:21 min

4. Sitting Options — 26:20 min

96 Feldi: Frog Legs

1. Frog Legs 1 — 17:21 min

2. Frog Legs 2 Side Bending — 19:12 min

97 Feldi: Sit-Ups

1. Feldi Sit-ups 1 for Flexible Ribs — 23:16 min

2. Feldi Sit-ups 2 Progression — 19:54 min

98 Feldi: Pelvic Rock

1. Pelvic Rock Lower — 13:26 min

2. Pelvic Rock Upper Body — 30:48 min

3. Spine Like a Chain Connecting Upper and Lower — 13:59 min

99 Feldi: Pelvic Clock

1. Pelvic Clock Intro: Six to Twelve — 18:16 min

2. Pelvic Clock: Three to Nine — 16:14 min

3. Pelvic Clock: Full Circle — 21:10 min

4. Pelvic Clock: Circle - Lines — 23:21 min

5. Pelvic Clock: Random __ 19:17 min

Medical Disclaimer: These practices are not intended to be a substitute for the medical advice of physicians.