Wasted effort vs. potent work

How much muscular work is required, and when does it cross the line into effort?

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E.B. White and movement

What does "omit needless words” have to do with movement?

How to make yourself trainable

How to create a responsible, connected, trainable nervous system: Notes from the world of dogs.

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How contrast improves your life

In all human domains, we need contrast—a comparison—to know anything.

Change is healthy

An overview of how the learning process works. A good place to start to understand the method.

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Questions and, perhaps, some answers

Questions from students that are good for everyone.

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Being perfect is not the goal

Perfect mechanics does not guarantee perfect movement.

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A framework for progress in three steps

Establish comfort, rebuild components, learn new patterns.

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Three steps to elegant movement

Moshe Feldenkrais often referred to the aesthetics of movement. "It must be aesthetically pleasing," he said.

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Context, experience, and finding words

Even as my mental faculties propelled me forward, I was in tremendous physical pain. I couldn't think my way out of it, I knew I needed something, but what?

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Do we always have to make a small movement?

My student thought the whole point of Feldenkrais was to make small movements. "That's what you always say," she continued, "make small movements."

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Can't fix what's not broken

Aristotle says learning is pleasurable, but letting go is hard.

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Innovation and the resting brain

The "insight mindset" comes from letting go and wandering.

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Eliminate options (yes, I really mean it!)

How “deciding” means to “kill off” and why this is a good thing.

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Finding what matters

Our very survival depends on how we allocate our attention.

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How to move beyond your habits

We are not moving just to move, we study how we move.

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How guessing helps you move better

All Feldenkrais lessons are like guessing jellybeans. Guessing and guessing and guessing again.

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All possible movments: Training your spine

You never know when that moment will emerge when your nervous system shifts gears so deeply and profoundly that you wonder why you ever felt differently, lived differently, or breathed, walked, or slept differently.

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