Somatic Resilience

Following Dr. Sc. Moshe Feldenkrais´ success in Esalen the year before, in June 1973, he was invited again for a 5-week workshop in Berkeley. It attracted much attention and directly led to the 1975 San Francisco training. This is arguably the most famous ATM lesson devised by Feldenkrais.   David Zemach-Bersin, a senior at UC Berkeley at the time, saw a flyer stuck to a telephone pole. He says, "...

Working with the eye that is dominant - or the eye that does most of the work - which is not necessarily the same. Expand the focal field and peripheral vision. Clarify the difference between direction and focus. Improve the sensation of turning from the atlas/axis to the toes on your feet using the visual field to release tension and improve function.

What does it mean to adapt to the world rather than impose your vision on it? It's the difference between rigidity, pain and discomfort rather than good reflexes, balance and a feeling of ease!

Here's the clear premise: "Don't Use It, You Lose It!" It's not just the muscles around the eyes that need variety to maintain their elasticity and the circulation that keeps them working well, it's the muscles inside the eye. What? Most people don't realize that the way the eye focuses is by muscular contraction within the eye ball. If you spend hours looking at a computer, the distance never var...

Pain: Your Body Keeps the Score investigates somatic practices that alleviate pain and increase awareness of the intelligence of your own body and how to use it. The current sick-care system is light years behind the curve in the healing of musculoskeletal pain.  Pain is a feedback loop that the system doesn't want you to pay attention to. They want you to cover it up using some kind of a product,...

You don't have to have had a hip replacement or a knee replacement on one side for this to be a valuable lesson! For some, a strain or injury is the issue. For others, the gradual decline of aging has affected foot mobility. After 25 years of helping people regain function with musculoskeletal pain, I can attest to the fact that everyone looses mobility in the lower legs and feet over time, even i...

Grounded, clear space for a new world: one that is a manifestation of peace. Connect to the earth, experience the sacred essence rising within you, nourishing, healing, clarifying...Open the heart and the pineal gland, so that the bounty of peace on earth rains down like a waterfall. There are only two responses; all emotions can be reduced to a choice between love and fear. Choose love. Deliberat...

Living in times of excess: when all seems unstable, change is constant, and the need to hold it all together dominates along with constant distraction of focus, there is great need for clarity and calm. Renew your energy and equanimity, even in the face of overwhelm, learning to deliberately rest and ground yourself in that middle ground which stands at the center of any polarity. What comes and g...

This restorative meditation is based on a blend of ancient wisdom and modern science: Yoga Nidra and psychology. "Yoga Nidra" translates as "Lucid Dreaming." It's a way to harness Right Use of Will to move into Conscious Contact with the benevolence of Universal Mind. iRest is based in the Non-Dual Truths of Advaita Vedanta which dissolve the bonds of egoic perceiving. I have also integrated an em...

Lie down, relax, clear mind and emotions of old baggage. It's time. If life of late has left you feeling slightly diminished, take a moment for yourself. iRest is a special kind of meditation, done lying down. It allows you to clear the slate. In the same way that the dishes accumulate, and the laundry piles up, the emotional baggage of traumatic times clutters up the mind with memories. If the la...

As people age, core strength often seems to diminish. This is due to becoming more and more sedentary. Rather than doing a wide range of things, most people tend to do a smaller range of activities. Yet, repetition is actually more tiring than doing a variety of things because overuse makes things wear out faster. By contrast, in this course, discover the pleasant enjoyment of developmental phases...

Stretching: A Sisyphus Proposition. When to Stretch and When Not to Stretch - What is the Alternative? How to use awareness to improve your range of motion without challenging pain.

Eyes #1: Discover how to rest the eyes to relieve visual strain and muscular tension. Using mindful movement and visualization that stimulates neural connections, learn to rewire the brain to relinquish unconscious habits of tension. Improve peripheral vision, feel lighter and experience a new level of calm presence. If you happen to have trouble sleeping, the series of ATM lessons on the Eyes is...

We are hard-wired, neurologically to move in the direction we are looking. So, if you want to experience more comfort, more enjoyment in your life, you have to start turning towards what pleases you, what interests you. This lesson in the Feldenkrais Method® of Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) is a somatic seqence that provides very tangible, concrete ways to notice when we are headed in a direct...