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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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Sleeping comfortably: better mattress or softer body
Many of us have trouble finding a comfortable position for sleep. We toss and turn during the night trying to find the one that would keep us happy for a long time. To rescue come complex systems of pillows and expensive mattresses promising the best night sleep. Past injuries and traumas aside, a lot of…
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Playing musical instruments is good for maintaining brain health
A recent article in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry explores benefits of playing musical instrument for cognitive health in later life. The article is here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gps.6061. On an intuitive level this has been known, but it’s good to have a controlled study broadly confirming it while adding some interesting details. For example, simply listening…
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Season’s Greetings!
We are done for 2023, the first class next year is Wednesday 3rd January. – Dimitri Popolov
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There should be no hurry, only speed
In Feldenkrais lessons the speed of movement is achieved not through effort, but exactly opposite – elimination of parasitic effort and inefficiencies in organisation of the movement: All the energy should be turned into movement and not into hesitation, holding, preparing and all that. – Moshe Feldenkrais (ES1) We improve speed through the mind, not…
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New Year’s resolution
In the coming year we are continuing our weekly Awareness Through Movement classes in the downtown London. The ‘active ingredient’ for improvement is the awareness, so the classes remain accessible with regards to movements – no fancy contortions and dramatic moves. However we will address topics relevant to all of us in the daily life:…
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Good posture for musicians
All musicians are aware of “importance of good posture” for the best results and for avoiding repetitive strain injuries. Most musicians have tried some method for improving posture and performance. Sage advice is abundant: From the FM perspective such advice is useless or may be even counterproductive. Useless because what does “keeping head straight” means…
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