Hello Alfons ! I had heard about Feldenkrais method but never really explored and was a bit sceptical as well to be honest. I found out your video by searching for carpal tunnel problem and I decided to give it a go. It was like a magic. So much of body awareness and connection with such simple movements. I can really feel the difference. Thank you so much for all these videos. Great way of explaining with gentleness and compassion which we seems to have lost with ourselves. Thank you again.
This eas profound. Half an hour into the movements tears began flowing, something I haven't done since my injury. An emotional as well as physical release. Thank you❤
Hello Alfons, after this lesson my arm feels very happy and prickeling. Amazing stuff. Especially for musicians as we have to use our Hands in a very gentle and thoughtful way. This lesson has changed how I play the harp! :)
Hello Alfons, I have spent the last few days doing your lessons - sometimes more than one a day, and I'm really enjoying them. My reason for doing them is that I have chronic headaches as a result of shoulder and neck tension. I have tried many things over the years, and your are my latest attempt at a solution (not a lst resort I hope!) I'm not expecting instant results, but I hope for a slow and gradual improvement. I'll let you know how I get on. Many thanks.
This lesson was very powerful for me. Had a windsurfing high impact accident 24 years ago (April 4, 1994). This lesson really got in there. Just did not have the strength (I now realise body organisation) to hold on to wishbone in force 8 gust. Catapulted as attached at waist level with harness. Like hitting concrete, the water. Bleed on brain. Collapsed 3 weeks later. Lucky to be alive. Recovering every since. Releasing today. Very emotional. Thank you. X
Thanks again Alfons. I could feel my shoulders lying flatter on the ground after this and my head turn was as if my neck had been oiled. A gorgeous feeling! You rock ♡
hullo and thank you again Alfons I am repeating these introductory lessons and find they are going much easier now. The shoulder joints one with rotator cuff problem much improved less pain and more power. hope to find my way to the hips too as I have been working on lower back, sciatica, S.I. tight hip flexor problem for a long time and my lumbar spine still can.t get anywhere near the floor, Much appreciation and respect for Feldenkrais and Alfons.for posting from an almost 80 year old South Aftican.
Hi Alfons, I am following your you tube channel since several weeks. Affected by a frozen shoulder since months and a nice bursitis since a few weeks (both on my right side,hahaha, shoulder - hip connection is proofed ) I felt today a nice stressless relief in my right shoulder. It felt better than the healthy left shoulder. Fantastic! Im becoming a feldenkrais fan-.I also practice your shoulder and hip programs regulary. They work but I know I have to be patient Just go on with your videos. They are great. Thanks! Did I already mention that I am teaching yoga since 12 years (4 lessons per week) but there is always something to learn outside!!! Liebe Grüße nach Bregenz! Karin aus München.
Had some interesting reactions... a little frustration at how stuck or stiff some movements felt... the judge 👩⚖️ in me was very vocal for a but ;) then you’re chat guiding me back to sense and feel was at the right moment. Left arm (have some old injury pains) was the one who got treatment today. Will check out the right side another day. Feels like a lot of processing and integration is going on already. THANKS again for these lessons! Really helping!
Thank you very much for your lovely lessons Alfons, I've had tendonitis in my right shoulder for over 10 years and these feldenkrais videos are helping me with my healing incredibly. Especially the learning how to relax through movement part. I had a particularly rough day and then this lovely lesson conveniently popped up for me :) Your instructions are clear and your channel is great! My gratitude for all the awesome free content! I'll keep an eye out for updates from you
All you need is listen and believe in the step-by-step carpal tunnel system and that this system will make your pain and suffering go away. Go here => ---www.carpaltunnel.drmcstuffin.com---
Thank you, thank you, thank you Alfons! Such a gift to give everyone. There is no feldenkrais classes in my area and I have long been interested so I thank you so very much. Internal body awareness is so important. We just take for granted and abuse ourselves. I am learning to "micro listen" to my body...it feels like it is starting to float. :) When I focus just on the micro movements my mind becomes still and calm. I use is as part of my Meditation and I am loving it. With love.
Somewhere in the pandemic working from home my right shoulder froze and I didn't really notice for a while. This lesson has helped a bit and I'll keep at it. Always enjoy your lessons!
@@TheMaryhunter1 Hello back. I dealt with a frozen right shoulder for a year before the biliary colic pain occurred one night and I had to have gallbladder removal surgery. Apparently, according to Chinese medicine and acupuncture, the gallbladder meridians runs through the right side and right shoulder. At 69, I was not very comfortable in spite of good general health. Once the gallbladder was removed (it was the size of an apple) the shoulder pain never returned. Of course, I also follow Alfons and others as I practice Feldenkrais regularly. That always helps. But sometimes we need some medical intervention when the going gets rough. Wishing you well.
@@sujatavarma1904 thanks for your response Sujata. I think my shoulder had to do with "soldiering on" in a rigid way - I am curious about whether that would tie up with the energy of the gall bladder in chinese medicine. I have made a lot of practical changes so I have a lot more freedom but I also went and just got a mechanical solution for my shoulder (had the joint expanded with saline to break the adhesions and cortisol to tamp down the inflammation) and it is now great. The body is an interesting creature! Glad you're well again and thanks for sharing your experience.
@@TheMaryhunter1 thank you so much for your kind response and for sharing. Unfortunately I am not a medical person to understand fully what you went through. Most importantly, if you are feeling well and the procedures you tried helped you in some way, then it is indeed gratifying and rewarding. I hope that Feldenkrais continues to be a helpful experience for all us who wish to continue the practice. Wishing you a peaceful, stress-free day, full of smiles and free of discomfort. It has been wonderful to correspond with you and learn your story.
Hello Alfons, I'm back! This is the 2nd time I've done this, the first was the day before yesterday. You were highly recommended by a good friend of mine who is a dancer / teacher / choreographer. So I came to this video already open and trusting you. I want to let you know that I love the way you use imagery and poetry. The arm swaying like a tree, feeling the arm moving as if walking on the forest floor, and resting the arm beside you like a friend. Just wonderful.
Great like every video of yours. More spectacular thing is to compare one side to other after work: you realize you have one hand, an elbow, a shoulder. you sense you have your body (just half until transfer work to other side...). Thanks a lot for software tips Alfons!
Hello Alfons! I tried an experiment today, doing both arms at the same time, up until the shoulder stands, then I alternated them. Both hands and arms feel fine .... (I've been knitting for the last few days, and that's very repetitive movements in both hands, and they are very grateful). It is such a simple easy lesson, I was able to be more aware than usual, thank you and see you in the next xxx
Immediately upon sitting up, my upper right side felt beautifully relaxed and light. This is the side that has been tormenting me for 50 years. When I lifted my right arm it felt like a cloud. My left side, which usually feels pretty good, felt like a bucket of rusty, decrepit bones and bolts. So I immediately restarted the video, laid back down and treated my left side to this beautiful lesson. Thank you, Maestro.
Hello Alfons, thank you for this video. It is deemed most worthy, enabling many of us to reclaim the ally of our right and left arm. A nice feeling to have the arms float upwards towards the ceiling. I especially felt a great benefit thumping the left shoulder blade down on the floor, particularly since both shoulder blades had previously been locked in and down to a limited range of immobility (due to condition that I had been diagnosed with), and over time loosening the shoulder blades. Great to let go of tension in the hands, particularly the right hand which I use to lean on my brolly for support sometimes (although now with practice of Feldenkrais I am finding I can walk more upright), sending contraction into the right shoulder. Quite a lot of adjustments occur with shifting of weight, so doing Awareness through movement is wonderful way to unwind and rewire the circuits in the brain. I so enjoy your lessons and your good humour and how you use the English language.... it is a bit odd when one looks at the words. hahahaha. Many thanks.
Dear Alfons, Wow! This helped my left wrist go from nearly vertical only to a nice deep sinking. Even my husband was impressed. Injured it 3 weeks ago while gardening, have been wearing a carpal tunnel brace to keep from bending it but now feel new possibilities floating around in there among all the bones and ligaments, like hope from imprisonment for my wrist! haha! Thanks so much! Have been inviting friends. Wasn't realizing how much we depend on the wrist now have a renewed respect, and love, for dear wrist. :)
I didn't expect my right leg, which usually feels shorter than my left, to feel longer and my foot to feel very relaxed in standing after this lesson. Wow!
Dear Alfons, once again a very revealing lesson. I've worked with this basic exploration before, but you break it down and deepen it by getting our attention on hands, fingers, and wrists. So relaxing that I have fallen asleep a few times before finishing the lesson. But I got through it all, and really appreciate the scapula like a foot connection. Keep on rockin, Kevin from Maine.
Hello Alfons. I am doing qigong, and lots of stretching. Hard ones. 😢 tight shoulders and overstretched hands. I found this somatic education soft and calm. Thank you
Once again, loved the lesson. I didn't notice much difference between the arms at the end of the lesson. But I love entering into the quiet bodily awareness with these lessons. Noticed aswell, that when standing the whole arm, my shoulder blade was not fully flat on the floor. When you said the arm was like a leg and the shoulder blade a foot - my foot was standing on the toes (the toes pointing in to the spine (the heel was a little off the floor). Thank you.
Hi Alfons, This is to thank you for your wonderful video lessons. My friend told me about Feldenkrais a few weeks ago and I soon found your video collection. I am very much in need of somatic awareness and so happy to learn about my body this way. I remember having a friend point out to me years ago that I had neck pain because I kept twitching to relieve the discomfort - I had not even noticed. Now I am working on hip pain caused by FAI and I need to correct anterior pelvic tilt when I stand and walk, but I lose consciousness of my posture so this will help. Also, I need to learn to coordinate the firing of my glutes and hamstrings correctly when climbing an incline - a year ago I could not tell the difference between them from the inside - I am learning. One thing that has really surprised me in your lessons is the effect on my overall wellbeing. I come away feeling peaceful, rested, calm. My perspective seems to shift to a place with cherry blossoms dangling over a quiet pool. Thank you so much.
Thank you Alfons🙏 I woke up with a very painful shoulder and I couldn’t lift it out to the side at all or to the front without extreme pain. After the lesson I can lift it almost halfway in the front and a little to the side! Thank you so much, I benefit greatly from your videos!
Thank you very much. This helps me more than anything else with my shoulder and upperback. Feldenkrais has been a big discovery for me and I want to keep learning.
I fell asleep yesterday and had to do again today. My right arm after doing this feels lighter and moves more freely than my left. My right also feels more difficult to raise in comparison. Thanks Alfons! My partner experienced a lot of relief from doing this.
Wonderful feeling after every Feldenkrais Movement. Felt a ligament or a muscle twitch slightly in the neck. Also felt in the left arm, as if both the lower arms' bones were getting free from some entanglement. Practice is the key to this method. Thanks Alfons for the lesson.
P.S. to my comment today--my instructor told me a few years ago "Those fingers are overused!" She was referring to both my thumbs and index fingers which had always been diagnosed with arthritis. Thumb and index finger on right hand are noticeably more free and more useable as I proceed through this day!
Alright, I somehow dozed off right after dropping my hand a couple of times and woke up to the wish to see each other again in one of the other videos, I'll give it another try after lunch :)
This was so relaxing that I kept falling asleep, just like in Bell Hand. Your skeletal intro, however, and attention to wrist and upward left my wrist and even my shoulder feeling looser and more free. Will definitely do this on the other side.
Another great lesson. I'm so pleased to have found your channel that gives me a way to explore gentle movement and hopefully in time relieve pain. For this lesson, I found lifting my shoulder and elbow quite hard work. The rest of my body felt relaxed, but there was shuddering in my shoulder and a sort of clunky/pinging sensation like the muscles and bones weren't quite getting along like they should. Will keep exploring this!
I have LOVED the lessons so far… but this one not as much, not sure why. Can you recommend a lesson for front of the neck tension…from stress from pulling shoulders up around the ears, to relax the trapezius?
thx for the great lesson! it's always funny to see one shoulder hanging much lower than the other after a one-sided feldenkrais lesson. i think the "unterarm" is called forearm in english
Good morning Alfons! :) I really enjoyed this one as well. I used my dominant (writing) arm which is my left one (& where the DDD registered as 'severe' on an MRI). Anway, I was surprised at how I could really feel the 'restricted' movement in my scapular region on that side. This too is where there is a bone spur. At any rate, I do feel looser now, but discovered that as I lower my head (as I typed this), I could feel the tightness in the mid-spine. I just kept nodding to feel it but unfortunately, could not get it to loosen with the nodding movement. It does tell me why I do experience the shoulder pain and stiffness, I suppose. -Have a great day!
My R shoulder is stilli troublesome for me, that has been at least a year . When i used the two arms it did seem to help some. That my reception, thankvs for that thought.
Hey Alfons! Can you explain a tiny bit about the hand - breathing connection? I have an issue with a contracted thoracic spine and rib connectors which causes breathing restriction for me, and i also have a ton of tension in my hand and I have never heard of this connection. The exercise didn't make a difference but I will try it a second time. Big fan of your videos! Thank you for making them
Thank you for everything! could you add more wrist and arm lessons if you're still adding? I hope you are. I've been mostly unable to type for 10+ years and the diagnosis keeps changing...something to do with the median nerve i think. But I went to my first feldenkrais arm workshop a few weeks ago and did a few movements that involved straightening the arm and pulling back the hand, and i've had extremely painful claw-hands ever since. So I'm wondering about other options?
Hi Alfons, thanks for your videos. Can you do a lesson on tennis elbow? I get some pain after serving on the outside of the elbow in line with the pinky
Thank you for the lesson, it is lovely for the shouldet and elbow but I have expected some result for my steff fingers. They were in the same condition after the lesson. Do you have any suggestions for better finger function?
Dear Alfons. What s a great lesson!!!! My right shoulder feels so better!!!! I have calcific tendinosis and don t know how often would be good to work with it? I do appreciate your advice... Thank you soooo much.. Olga
Thank you Olga, I'm glad this lesson was good for you :-) You could do this lessons a couple of times, maybe once a week. Or even better, practice short parts of it now and then, maybe every morning 2-3 minutes. Try to transfer your learning and gentle movements into sitting and standing. I can tell you I had calcification myself (discovered by X-Ray) but it never bothers me. It's all about how we move and take care of ourselves :-)
+Feldenkrais with Alfons thanks for everything you do for us- people in pain .... I started whole somatic because of shoulder pain , but slowly it is getting better as well is my back!!!! I have Big hope in your guidance and excellent experience Olga
Dear Alfons, I' working through your "getting day by day-lessons from july 2020. I often repeat this lesson for the hand, because I have a Dupyitren-Syndrom on the downside from my left (writing) hand between the little and the ring-finger, since almost 2 years. Some month ago I feel ake in the left hand on the outside of the ellbow, coming from the strength of the Dupyitren-Syndrom. Perhaps you have specificated lessons for it? Thanks a lot for an anwser. I'm writing from Germany with many thanks for your helpful lessons. With best regards
Unbelievable. My whole hand started moving (twitching) as long as I didn't try to control it, circles, back and forth, side to side. What's up with that? Weird. But my hand feels much better after this lesson. Thank you.
The comment i would like today about doing the left side , after or while we are doing the right. I do understand that , for those who need more of a focus on their wrist. I do not know if that can work well with what you are teaching, can it?
Hi Alfons, I have been doing this series up to this lesson and it has made me sore in my neck (but less tense) and lower back. Is this normal? Do you have any recommendations or knowledge about how long this might last? Great Stuff.
My hand was very uncomfortable burning, numb and very cold... so it was hard for me to concentrate or feel good... only when I stood did that feeling dissipate.. completed it.. nighttime when sleeping is the worse for me 😫
You certainly can perform the movements with both hands simultaneously, but… can you also observe the details and sensory feedback of each hand at the same time? This would almost be like listening to two people talk at the same time… not saying that it's impossible, it might be possible, but certainly most people will perceive this as more stressful than listening to only one person - or one hand - at a time. What do you think?
in a DIY approach it’s a bit trial and error.. maybe start with my 3-part neck and shoulder series? then come back to this hand lesson, and “reaching like a skeleton”
Impossible to say without having seen to you. Practice slowly and attentively, never go into pain, find what movements are comfortable. Then this lesson might have some very beneficial effects. The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education is neither medical nor therapeutical.
Happy holidays!. Question: is it normal that after doing these exercises* on both hands, my breathing change and now I have hard time breathing. I feel like something moved in the middle of my sternum and is not allowing me to breathe normal. Is there any exercise* that can help me with that?. Thank you ✌️
Hi, no that’s not normal, I could only guess why. Instead you could follow it up with my video “The sternum becoming flexible”, or the series “Neck and Shoulders” (the ones with the red blanket). Good luck!
@@ImprovingAbility I do have a very mild (but highly problematic) scoliosis between T1 to T4. And it creates all kinds of neurological issues and unstable cervical.
Here’s the link to the sternum video: th-cam.com/video/zR7VBHPMiRc/w-d-xo.html I recommend 1. doing the movements only small and slowly, and keep your touch light 2. focus on the explorations rather than the movements 3. learn all the steps in the lesson by heart and practice on your own (for example in bed after waking up or before falling asleep) Wish you all the best!
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Hello Alfons ! I had heard about Feldenkrais method but never really explored and was a bit sceptical as well to be honest. I found out your video by searching for carpal tunnel problem and I decided to give it a go. It was like a magic. So much of body awareness and connection with such simple movements. I can really feel the difference. Thank you so much for all these videos. Great way of explaining with gentleness and compassion which we seems to have lost with ourselves. Thank you again.
This eas profound. Half an hour into the movements tears began flowing, something I haven't done since my injury. An emotional as well as physical release. Thank you❤
Hello Alfons, after this lesson my arm feels very happy and prickeling. Amazing stuff. Especially for musicians as we have to use our Hands in a very gentle and thoughtful way. This lesson has changed how I play the harp! :)
Hello Alfons, I have spent the last few days doing your lessons - sometimes more than one a day, and I'm really enjoying them. My reason for doing them is that I have chronic headaches as a result of shoulder and neck tension. I have tried many things over the years, and your are my latest attempt at a solution (not a lst resort I hope!) I'm not expecting instant results, but I hope for a slow and gradual improvement. I'll let you know how I get on. Many thanks.
This lesson was very powerful for me. Had a windsurfing high impact accident 24 years ago (April 4, 1994). This lesson really got in there. Just did not have the strength (I now realise body organisation) to hold on to wishbone in force 8 gust. Catapulted as attached at waist level with harness. Like hitting concrete, the water. Bleed on brain. Collapsed 3 weeks later. Lucky to be alive. Recovering every since. Releasing today. Very emotional. Thank you. X
Thanks again Alfons. I could feel my shoulders lying flatter on the ground after this and my head turn was as if my neck had been oiled. A gorgeous feeling! You rock ♡
hullo and thank you again Alfons I am repeating these introductory lessons and find they are going much easier now. The shoulder joints one with rotator cuff problem much improved less pain and more power. hope to find my way to the hips too as I have been working on lower back, sciatica, S.I. tight hip flexor problem for a long time and my lumbar spine still can.t get anywhere near the floor, Much appreciation and respect for Feldenkrais and Alfons.for posting from an almost 80 year old South Aftican.
Your lesson was very helpful i will buy your book but listening to your explanation is better has a powerful effect
Hi Alfons, I am following your you tube channel since several weeks. Affected by a frozen shoulder since months and a nice bursitis since a few weeks (both on my right side,hahaha, shoulder - hip connection is proofed ) I felt today a nice stressless relief in my right shoulder. It felt better than the healthy left shoulder. Fantastic! Im becoming a feldenkrais fan-.I also practice your shoulder and hip programs regulary. They work but I know I have to be patient Just go on with your videos. They are great. Thanks! Did I already mention that I am teaching yoga since 12 years (4 lessons per week) but there is always something to learn outside!!! Liebe Grüße nach Bregenz! Karin aus München.
Had some interesting reactions... a little frustration at how stuck or stiff some movements felt... the judge 👩⚖️ in me was very vocal for a but ;) then you’re chat guiding me back to sense and feel was at the right moment. Left arm (have some old injury pains) was the one who got treatment today. Will check out the right side another day. Feels like a lot of processing and integration is going on already. THANKS again for these lessons! Really helping!
Thank you very much for your lovely lessons Alfons, I've had tendonitis in my right shoulder for over 10 years and these feldenkrais videos are helping me with my healing incredibly. Especially the learning how to relax through movement part. I had a particularly rough day and then this lovely lesson conveniently popped up for me :) Your instructions are clear and your channel is great! My gratitude for all the awesome free content! I'll keep an eye out for updates from you
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Game changer, youre a great teacher man. I love that you took the time to walk through the anatomy of it !
And I started to think the anatomy part is superfluous 😅 Thank you for your kind feedback
Thank you, thank you, thank you Alfons! Such a gift to give everyone. There is no feldenkrais classes in my area and I have long been interested so I thank you so very much. Internal body awareness is so important. We just take for granted and abuse ourselves. I am learning to "micro listen" to my body...it feels like it is starting to float. :) When I focus just on the micro movements my mind becomes still and calm. I use is as part of my Meditation and I am loving it. With love.
Somewhere in the pandemic working from home my right shoulder froze and I didn't really notice for a while. This lesson has helped a bit and I'll keep at it. Always enjoy your lessons!
A frozen right shoulder is also indicative of gallbladder problems.
@@sujatavarma1904 could you say more about that?
@@TheMaryhunter1 Hello back. I dealt with a frozen right shoulder for a year before the biliary colic pain occurred one night and I had to have gallbladder removal surgery. Apparently, according to Chinese medicine and acupuncture, the gallbladder meridians runs through the right side and right shoulder. At 69, I was not very comfortable in spite of good general health. Once the gallbladder was removed (it was the size of an apple) the shoulder pain never returned. Of course, I also follow Alfons and others as I practice Feldenkrais regularly. That always helps. But sometimes we need some medical intervention when the going gets rough. Wishing you well.
@@sujatavarma1904 thanks for your response Sujata. I think my shoulder had to do with "soldiering on" in a rigid way - I am curious about whether that would tie up with the energy of the gall bladder in chinese medicine. I have made a lot of practical changes so I have a lot more freedom but I also went and just got a mechanical solution for my shoulder (had the joint expanded with saline to break the adhesions and cortisol to tamp down the inflammation) and it is now great. The body is an interesting creature! Glad you're well again and thanks for sharing your experience.
@@TheMaryhunter1 thank you so much for your kind response and for sharing. Unfortunately I am not a medical person to understand fully what you went through. Most importantly, if you are feeling well and the procedures you tried helped you in some way, then it is indeed gratifying and rewarding. I hope that Feldenkrais continues to be a helpful experience for all us who wish to continue the practice. Wishing you a peaceful, stress-free day, full of smiles and free of discomfort. It has been wonderful to correspond with you and learn your story.
Hello Alfons, I'm back! This is the 2nd time I've done this, the first was the day before yesterday. You were highly recommended by a good friend of mine who is a dancer / teacher / choreographer. So I came to this video already open and trusting you. I want to let you know that I love the way you use imagery and poetry. The arm swaying like a tree, feeling the arm moving as if walking on the forest floor, and resting the arm beside you like a friend. Just wonderful.
You, Alfons, have contributed to my well-being, and I thank you!
Thank you, Alfons, feel a deep relaxation, expanded awareness everywhere. Wow!
Great like every video of yours. More spectacular thing is to compare one side to other after work: you realize you have one hand, an elbow, a shoulder. you sense you have your body (just half until transfer work to other side...).
Thanks a lot for software tips Alfons!
Hello Alfons! I tried an experiment today, doing both arms at the same time, up until the shoulder stands, then I alternated them. Both hands and arms feel fine .... (I've been knitting for the last few days, and that's very repetitive movements in both hands, and they are very grateful). It is such a simple easy lesson, I was able to be more aware than usual, thank you and see you in the next xxx
Immediately upon sitting up, my upper right side felt beautifully relaxed and light. This is the side that has been tormenting me for 50 years. When I lifted my right arm it felt like a cloud. My left side, which usually feels pretty good, felt like a bucket of rusty, decrepit bones and bolts. So I immediately restarted the video, laid back down and treated my left side to this beautiful lesson. Thank you, Maestro.
Hello Alfons, thank you for this video. It is deemed most worthy, enabling many of us to reclaim the ally of our right and left arm. A nice feeling to have the arms float upwards towards the ceiling. I especially felt a great benefit thumping the left shoulder blade down on the floor, particularly since both shoulder blades had previously been locked in and down to a limited range of immobility (due to condition that I had been diagnosed with), and over time loosening the shoulder blades. Great to let go of tension in the hands, particularly the right hand which I use to lean on my brolly for support sometimes (although now with practice of Feldenkrais I am finding I can walk more upright), sending contraction into the right shoulder. Quite a lot of adjustments occur with shifting of weight, so doing Awareness through movement is wonderful way to unwind and rewire the circuits in the brain. I so enjoy your lessons and your good humour and how you use the English language.... it is a bit odd when one looks at the words. hahahaha. Many thanks.
Dear Alfons, Wow! This helped my left wrist go from nearly vertical only to a nice deep sinking. Even my husband was impressed. Injured it 3 weeks ago while gardening, have been wearing a carpal tunnel brace to keep from bending it but now feel new possibilities floating around in there among all the bones and ligaments, like hope from imprisonment for my wrist! haha! Thanks so much! Have been inviting friends. Wasn't realizing how much we depend on the wrist now have a renewed respect, and love, for dear wrist. :)
Beautiful lesson will continue to explore these movements in healing my wrist, with sincere gratitude 🙏
I do your lessons daily .After being diagnosed with PTSD the feldenkrasis method has started me to feel so much more connected to myself !!..
I didn't expect my right leg, which usually feels shorter than my left, to feel longer and my foot to feel very relaxed in standing after this lesson. Wow!
Julie Fitzgerald ss
Dear Alfons, once again a very revealing lesson. I've worked with this basic exploration before, but you break it down and deepen it by getting our attention on hands, fingers, and wrists. So relaxing that I have fallen asleep a few times before finishing the lesson. But I got through it all, and really appreciate the scapula like a foot connection. Keep on rockin,
Kevin from Maine.
Thank you Alfons. I am so pleased an amazed for your dedication and intensity, it is wonderful and revealing, clear and precise.
Wow. I'm ready to do the other side now. That's significantly different and changed my ease in movement.
Hello Alfons. I am doing qigong, and lots of stretching. Hard ones. 😢 tight shoulders and overstretched hands. I found this somatic education soft and calm. Thank you
Hello alfons! This lesson made a huge difference in the mobility of my right frozen shoulder!! Thank you!
Once again, loved the lesson. I didn't notice much difference between the arms at the end of the lesson. But I love entering into the quiet bodily awareness with these lessons. Noticed aswell, that when standing the whole arm, my shoulder blade was not fully flat on the floor. When you said the arm was like a leg and the shoulder blade a foot - my foot was standing on the toes (the toes pointing in to the spine (the heel was a little off the floor). Thank you.
Hi Alfons, This is to thank you for your wonderful video lessons. My friend told me about Feldenkrais a few weeks ago and I soon found your video collection. I am very much in need of somatic awareness and so happy to learn about my body this way. I remember having a friend point out to me years ago that I had neck pain because I kept twitching to relieve the discomfort - I had not even noticed. Now I am working on hip pain caused by FAI and I need to correct anterior pelvic tilt when I stand and walk, but I lose consciousness of my posture so this will help. Also, I need to learn to coordinate the firing of my glutes and hamstrings correctly when climbing an incline - a year ago I could not tell the difference between them from the inside - I am learning. One thing that has really surprised me in your lessons is the effect on my overall wellbeing. I come away feeling peaceful, rested, calm. My perspective seems to shift to a place with cherry blossoms dangling over a quiet pool. Thank you so much.
thanks a lot for all your lessons and the happy mood way you give it ...
thank you for your feedback and participation, I'm glad you like my lessons :-)
Thank you Alfons🙏 I woke up with a very painful shoulder and I couldn’t lift it out to the side at all or to the front without extreme pain. After the lesson I can lift it almost halfway in the front and a little to the side! Thank you so much, I benefit greatly from your videos!
What a difference in both sides of the body now! I'm gonna find some time soon to work with the other hand! Thank u!
Thank you very much. This helps me more than anything else with my shoulder and upperback. Feldenkrais has been a big discovery for me and I want to keep learning.
I fell asleep yesterday and had to do again today. My right arm after doing this feels lighter and moves more freely than my left. My right also feels more difficult to raise in comparison. Thanks Alfons! My partner experienced a lot of relief from doing this.
Wonderful feeling after every Feldenkrais Movement. Felt a ligament or a muscle twitch slightly in the neck. Also felt in the left arm, as if both the lower arms' bones were getting free from some entanglement. Practice is the key to this method. Thanks Alfons for the lesson.
Wow! This was my first session with Alfons. Amazing work. Excellent teacher. I'll be back.
Thank you Alfons for another great video. I’ve been suffering carpal tunnel pain and this video has helped immensely.
My whole torso feels much more free and flexible. Thanks 🙏
Everytime I do one of your lessons, I feel great afterwards. Thank you so much!!!💕
Thank you for this lesson, Alfons! My right arm is now big, heavy and relaxed and I feel less of a tension headache that I've been having.
If only I knew what is the "next video" I whish they had numbers.... 🤔
Alfons you got a 👍🏽 for every video I have seen.
Thank you Gob! 👍 Please refer to the thumbnails for sequence numbers, another way would be to use the playlist.
P.S. to my comment today--my instructor told me a few years ago "Those fingers are overused!" She was referring to both my thumbs and index fingers which had always been diagnosed with arthritis. Thumb and index finger on right hand are noticeably more free and more useable as I proceed through this day!
Alright, I somehow dozed off right after dropping my hand a couple of times and woke up to the wish to see each other again in one of the other videos, I'll give it another try after lunch :)
Well done!!
This was so relaxing that I kept falling asleep, just like in Bell Hand. Your skeletal intro, however, and attention to wrist and upward left my wrist and even my shoulder feeling looser and more free. Will definitely do this on the other side.
Alfons thanks a lot for this and other video. Your videos are just awesome
Another great lesson. I'm so pleased to have found your channel that gives me a way to explore gentle movement and hopefully in time relieve pain. For this lesson, I found lifting my shoulder and elbow quite hard work. The rest of my body felt relaxed, but there was shuddering in my shoulder and a sort of clunky/pinging sensation like the muscles and bones weren't quite getting along like they should. Will keep exploring this!
The anatomy is fascinating
Excellent series, Alfons. This helped me a great deal. Thank you.
Loved the anatomy part! Thank you Alfons, great work!! Also thanks for the software tips! :)
I love this lesson Alfons, I play the piano, and my practice felt so much more natural & enjoyable.. more ease & connection! Thankyou 😊
I have LOVED the lessons so far… but this one not as much, not sure why. Can you recommend a lesson for front of the neck tension…from stress from pulling shoulders up around the ears, to relax the trapezius?
My “Tight neck? Here’s help!” series would address that
Another great lesson. wow, I can feel the difference. Thank you so much, once again
Alfons, again just wonderful! Thank you
thx for the great lesson! it's always funny to see one shoulder hanging much lower than the other after a one-sided feldenkrais lesson. i think the "unterarm" is called forearm in english
thanks :-)
Loved this lesson. Thank you Alfons
Our body is wonderfully made..wow!
Fabulous. I have had a swimmer's shoulder....this really helped. Thank you.
L. Hulsizer you know what Pete Egocue says, its the body we bring to play tennis or to the job, the Hobby, sport or......
Thank you Alfons and have a blessed Easter!
thanks for this lesson
Really excellent series. Thanks Alfons.
Thank you Alfons 🙏☀️💚🌙
thank you sir
You’re amazing! I love Feldenkrais!
Good one thanks for sharing 👍🙏
Good morning Alfons! :) I really enjoyed this one as well. I used my dominant (writing) arm which is my left one (& where the DDD registered as 'severe' on an MRI). Anway, I was surprised at how I could really feel the 'restricted' movement in my scapular region on that side. This too is where there is a bone spur. At any rate, I do feel looser now, but discovered that as I lower my head (as I typed this), I could feel the tightness in the mid-spine. I just kept nodding to feel it but unfortunately, could not get it to loosen with the nodding movement. It does tell me why I do experience the shoulder pain and stiffness, I suppose. -Have a great day!
My R shoulder is stilli troublesome for me, that has been at least a year .
When i used the two arms it did seem to help some.
That my reception, thankvs for that thought.
Thank you so much!!!
Now I understand when you mentioned last video - small pleasant nap you can take during class and wake up refreshed to other movements :D
😅🤣👍✅ A+
And thank you for the amazing anatomy lesson!
I never felt this good in my shoulder since a very long time.
Hey Alfons! Can you explain a tiny bit about the hand - breathing connection? I have an issue with a contracted thoracic spine and rib connectors which causes breathing restriction for me, and i also have a ton of tension in my hand and I have never heard of this connection. The exercise didn't make a difference but I will try it a second time. Big fan of your videos! Thank you for making them
❤️ thank you so much for this video!
Thank you for everything! could you add more wrist and arm lessons if you're still adding? I hope you are. I've been mostly unable to type for 10+ years and the diagnosis keeps changing...something to do with the median nerve i think. But I went to my first feldenkrais arm workshop a few weeks ago and did a few movements that involved straightening the arm and pulling back the hand, and i've had extremely painful claw-hands ever since. So I'm wondering about other options?
Thanks. It is an inverted pendulum. See Wikipedia.
Thanks! very helpful
Hi Alfons, thanks for your videos. Can you do a lesson on tennis elbow? I get some pain after serving on the outside of the elbow in line with the pinky
Thank you for the lesson, it is lovely for the shouldet and elbow but I have expected some result for my steff fingers. They were in the same condition after the lesson. Do you have any suggestions for better finger function?
Dear Alfons. What s a great lesson!!!! My right shoulder feels so better!!!! I have calcific tendinosis and don t know how often would be good to work with it? I do appreciate your advice... Thank you soooo much.. Olga
Thank you Olga, I'm glad this lesson was good for you :-) You could do this lessons a couple of times, maybe once a week. Or even better, practice short parts of it now and then, maybe every morning 2-3 minutes. Try to transfer your learning and gentle movements into sitting and standing.
I can tell you I had calcification myself (discovered by X-Ray) but it never bothers me. It's all about how we move and take care of ourselves :-)
+Feldenkrais with Alfons thanks for everything you do for us- people in pain .... I started whole somatic because of shoulder pain , but slowly it is getting better as well is my back!!!! I have Big hope in your guidance and excellent experience Olga
Dear Alfons, I' working through your "getting day by day-lessons from july 2020. I often repeat this lesson for the hand, because I have a Dupyitren-Syndrom on the downside from my left (writing) hand between the little and the ring-finger, since almost 2 years. Some month ago I feel ake in the left hand on the outside of the ellbow, coming from the strength of the Dupyitren-Syndrom. Perhaps you have specificated lessons for it? Thanks a lot for an anwser. I'm writing from Germany with many thanks for your helpful lessons. With best regards
Unbelievable. My whole hand started moving (twitching) as long as I didn't try to control it, circles, back and forth, side to side. What's up with that? Weird. But my hand feels much better after this lesson. Thank you.
Alfonso. Do you think about the movement Matt has suggested below
The comment i would like today about doing the left side , after or while we are doing the right.
I do understand that , for those who need more of a focus on their wrist.
I do not know if that can work well with what you are teaching, can it?
What i meant to say is i neglected the movement fully because i did not think you would do the other side.
Hi Alfons, I have been doing this series up to this lesson and it has made me sore in my neck (but less tense) and lower back. Is this normal? Do you have any recommendations or knowledge about how long this might last? Great Stuff.
Interesting, I hear this the first time about this lesson. What have you done to produce those "results"? What would you do differently next time?
WOW...I don't have carpal tunnel or frozen shoulder. My legs are relaxed and feet feel tingly.
My hand was very uncomfortable burning, numb and very cold... so it was hard for me to concentrate or feel good... only when I stood did that feeling dissipate.. completed it.. nighttime when sleeping is the worse for me 😫
Can you do Feldenkrais on hyper mobility patients
for sure, think “organisation”, “function”, and in this case also “stability” instead of stretching and flexibility
Hi Alfons, just wonder if we can practice with both hands at the same time?
You certainly can perform the movements with both hands simultaneously, but… can you also observe the details and sensory feedback of each hand at the same time? This would almost be like listening to two people talk at the same time… not saying that it's impossible, it might be possible, but certainly most people will perceive this as more stressful than listening to only one person - or one hand - at a time. What do you think?
@@ImprovingAbility Yes. That's true.
Lesson starts 11min in.
Thank you Alicia, I updated the description
0:00 Introduction
2:14 Looking at the bones
12:35 Main lesson
Hi Alfons, I can’t make a fist and I have tingles in my hand/hands, also numbness, can you recommend a class.
in a DIY approach it’s a bit trial and error.. maybe start with my 3-part neck and shoulder series? then come back to this hand lesson, and “reaching like a skeleton”
@@ImprovingAbility thank you
Hi i have pain on the bone of my shoulder the acromion area, maybe it is an impingement. Is this video suited to treating this condition
Impossible to say without having seen to you. Practice slowly and attentively, never go into pain, find what movements are comfortable. Then this lesson might have some very beneficial effects. The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education is neither medical nor therapeutical.
Happy holidays!.
Question: is it normal that after doing these exercises* on both hands, my breathing change and now I have hard time breathing. I feel like something moved in the middle of my sternum and is not allowing me to breathe normal. Is there any exercise* that can help me with that?.
Thank you ✌️
Hi, no that’s not normal, I could only guess why. Instead you could follow it up with my video “The sternum becoming flexible”, or the series “Neck and Shoulders” (the ones with the red blanket). Good luck!
@@ImprovingAbility Thank you so much!.✌️
@@ImprovingAbility I do have a very mild (but highly problematic) scoliosis between T1 to T4. And it creates all kinds of neurological issues and unstable cervical.
Here’s the link to the sternum video: th-cam.com/video/zR7VBHPMiRc/w-d-xo.html I recommend 1. doing the movements only small and slowly, and keep your touch light 2. focus on the explorations rather than the movements 3. learn all the steps in the lesson by heart and practice on your own (for example in bed after waking up or before falling asleep) Wish you all the best!
@@ImprovingAbility Thank you, Alfons. I will follow your advice.✌️
Waw
My arm feels a lot lighter
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Nice socks