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Sitting straight is not a good sitting
Standing straight is not a good posture either… For years we’ve been told that good posture means standing tall, shoulders back and your spine straight as a rod. But that might not actually be true. … In fact, trying to hold yourself bolt upright all day could do more harm than good. …. Posture is…
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Toes and slipping
Recently we had a record snowfall in London, Ontario. Tractors were not coping so it was a chance for us humans to beat the paths through the deeper snow. And those beaten tracks were ‘naturally imperfect’ of course – uneven, full of little bumps and cavities. I felt that to avoid slipping, stumbling and falling…
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Training completed
Also let us not forget that the unity of motion, emotion and cognition is one of the key principles of Feldenkrais, so improving movements as per list above will lead to better emotional and cognitive well-being. In the method we work though bones and muscles, but the target for improvement is the nervous system in…
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Neck and shoulder issues
In Feldenkrais’ own words … what an enormous variety of movements separate the head from the shoulders and from the arms. … when we keep the arms and the head always going together in almost every movement – that’s looking for trouble! How on earth else would you have the neck stiff and the shoulders…
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We’re starting new season!
The first group class is on Wed September 4th. Don’t miss the new program – individual Functional Integration sessions are now available. By appointment, please email.
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TMD: Posture impacts teeth grinding
Very interesting article on CBC (https://www.cbc.ca/life/wellness/how-to-relieve-tension-and-pain-from-jaw-clenching-or-teeth-grinding-1.5926626) on temporomandibular disorder (TMD). Some key quotes: … When someone is a little bit stressed, we tend to hunch a little bit more, which then causes some low-level clenching. … Reducing stress is one obvious way to combat the issue, but so is addressing neck issues. … Improving your…
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Body stencil mat – bad idea
Came across this add for an exercise mat: From the viewpoint of Feldenkrais Method the lines on the mat are a very bad idea because they promote an emphasis on geometrical correctness and symmetry. What we are looking for in Feldenkrais is functional symmetry. Nobody is perfectly symmetrical. In fact it is physiologically impossible to…
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Tinnitus
There’s a news article on CBC called “Can retraining the brain help silence tinnitus?“: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/tinnitus-treatment-research-1.7100837. One amazing quote is that: some of the auditory pathways can integrate information from different senses like skin and the tongue. Retraining the brain or whole-person ‘somatic learning’ through increased awareness is what Feldenkrais Method does, so the above article…
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Shoulder pain
Many complain of shoulder pain. Some more medical descriptions of issues mention rotatory cuff, impingement syndrome, etc. One fact we have to know about shoulder is that it is a very shallow joint. There is a perfectly good reason for that – to provide range of movement. Unfortunately this very mobility that we need to…
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