Dive Into Feldenkrais: A Beginner's Guide to Practice Awareness Through Movement
Getting Oriented to Practice Awareness Through Movement (ATM)
For most Feldenkrais lessons you’ll need a comfortable place to lie down on the floor. This could be on a carpet, a rug, a mat, or folded blanket. Some lessons you will need a simple chair. You may also want to have a bath towel to be able to fold for support under your head in different positions.
Remember: comfort and safety first, above all else, as these are neurologically necessary conditions for learning!
If you have never practiced Feldenkrais, please read these guidelines first:
This is a back lying lesson, but you could also practice this sitting if it is more comfortable. If you enjoy this lesson, you may also appreciate the lessons in these self-paced online courses: Coming to Your Senses, Sensing Subtlety and Satisfaction, and Unraveling Body Anxiety.
This is mostly a side lying lesson suitable for beginners with a focus on the ribs, the pelvis, and the shoulders.
If you enjoy this lesson, you may also appreciate the lessons in the self-paced online course Generating Choices.
Using subtle, guided physical movements, this Feldenkrais practice trains your brain to shift between narrow sensory detail and broad spatial awareness. We bring attention to the center, deep within the bowl of the pelvis, and practice initiating all movement from this place.
Perfect as a standalone practice or as a sample of what’s to come, this lesson offers a preview of the refined explorations featured in the full Focused Body Series.
Using subtle, guided physical movements, this Feldenkrais practice trains your brain to shift between narrow sensory detail and broad spatial awareness. We bring attention to the center, deep within the bowl of the pelvis, and practice initiating all movement from this place.
Perfect as a standalone practice or as a sample of what’s to come, this lesson offers a preview of the refined explorations featured in the full Focused Body Series.
This short Feldenkrais audio lesson uses the pubic bone, tailbone, and hip joint creases as key anatomical points of reference. You will learn to sense your hip joints as an integrated part of your pelvis while deepening awareness from your pelvic floor outward.
Perfect as a standalone practice or as a sample of what’s to come, this lesson offers a preview of the gentle, refined explorations featured in the full Pelvic Floor and Deep Core Rapport Series.
This short Feldenkrais audio lesson uses the pubic bone, tailbone, and hip joint creases as key anatomical points of reference. You will learn to sense your hip joints as an integrated part of your pelvis while deepening awareness from your pelvic floor outward.
Perfect as a standalone practice or as a sample of what’s to come, this lesson offers a preview of the gentle, refined explorations featured in the full Pelvic Floor and Deep Core Rapport Series.