Feldenkrais® ~ Potent Voice ~ Performance ~ Bodymindfulness ~ Personal Development
In my mission to discover the full potential of sound-making, singing, and the human voice, it has become more and more clear over the years that the ability to maximise our hearing by improving the way we listen is a vital element of both the tonal qualities available to us when we vocalise, and the ease with which we produce our voice in speech and song.
Harmonising Your Diaphragms & Your Sphincters When we think about the way we move as an indicator of the state of our health, we might picture a younger, more lively version of ourself, perhaps running up the stairs two at…
When you attend an Awareness Through Movement class you lie on the floor and follow instructions for very precise actions from your teacher, but she or he will not be showing you what to do.This is so that you can…
By way of an example, have a look at this piece How To Sit Ergonomically At Work. It is a good article, it is mostly accurate, and yet, viewed from a different angle, it is also completely wrong. The wrongness is…
“Feldenkrais is the most sophisticated and effective method I have seen for the prevention and reversal of deterioration of function. We’re condemning millions of people to a deteriorated old age that’s not necessary”. Margaret Mead Anthropologist In between growing up and…
I came across this quotation a few years ago now, but it is still very timely: “There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision…
“In poor posture the muscles are doing a part of the job of the bones.” Moshe Feldenkrais: Awareness Through Movement, 1980 Correct “Posture” versus Dynamic “Acture” When I first started using the term ‘dynamic stability’ to describe the fluid relationship with…
“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.” Niels Bohr (Physicist)* Pain is something of an issue for teachers of the Feldenkrais Method. First of all…
Current research into pain supports the view that the pain you experience is a message – your nervous system is signalling to your conscious brain that something is happening that shouldn’t be happening, or possibly that something isn’t happening that…
Grace is one of the benefits that I offer to entice potential students to come and try out my classes, but I suspect for many people achieving physical grace may seem too distant a possibility. It is a lovely word,…