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Where does superior walk come from?
Sir, you must be the upper class because of your superior walk! No, I’m working class, the walk is because of my Scottish upbringing. This exchange is semi-serious or semi-humorous, however you wish to call it, however it continues the topic of how our posture and movements (acture, in Feldenkrais’ terms) are defined socially. The…
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Pain-free back: book review
Quite a good book, originally from 2008. It drives home a very important point that our posture – and by extension the manner of movement – is a cultural product. That’s good news – we’re not genetically sentenced to a back pain, we can re-learn and improve. Many methods and art forms are quoted as…
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The present is the time
A nice quote from Moshe Feldenkrais: The present is only a fleeting moment, an instant that passes at once into the past. … The present is the time in which we live, and what we do with our present selves is the most important thing. I hope these words move you to move, because it’s…
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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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