Free the neck and head the Feldenkrais Way!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- This is another great lesson for golfers, racket sport players and swimmers. It explores the ability to move the head and eyes freely on the spine through progressively more challenging twists. You will probably feel a lot taller after the lesson!
It is based on AY 110 'On the back, twisting the spine with the head fixed.
Important medical information which you should read before undertaking the lesson:
Always consult your physician before beginning any exercise program. These lessons are not intended to diagnose any medical condition or to replace your healthcare professional. Consult with your healthcare professional to design an appropriate exercise prescription. If you experience any pain or difficulty with these exercises, stop and consult your healthcare provider. If you experience any symptoms of weakness, unsteadiness, light-headedness or dizziness, chest pain or pressure, nausea, or shortness of breath. Mild soreness after exercise may be experienced after beginning a new exercise. Contact your physician if the soreness does not improve after 2-3 days.
For more information about the Feldenkrais Method and my work please visit my site at stewarthamblin.... or visit me on Facebook at / stewart.hamblin
What a nice gift to our bodies
Thanks. Loved all the variations and that it was easy to follow. I am working with an injury and look forward to more exploration of neck, shoulder ( and spine and pelvic) unfolding
Thanks so much Russell 🙂🙏🏼
Hi Stewart! Thank you from Canada, practiced with this lesson during the evening as the sun set on a sunny Sunday. Really enjoyed the 'strong' moments with the one knee lifted and finding the different twists. I was surprised to find the sensations reaching these spots of deep tension in the upper middle of my back, in behind the base of my sternum. Great to find a lesson that touches those hard to reach areas, and provides freedom of movement and relief to tight spots at the base my neck. Thank you for spoiling us with these long, juicy lessons!
Hi Empty Form, you are very welcome. I am so pleased you enjoyed the lesson. Thank you for commenting.
As promised, I’m back. Extraordinary class, wonderful teacher. 🙏
Welcome back Dean. I hope you are ok😊
Another incredible lesson. Thank you so much. I'll be returning to this one many times.
Thanks from Italy for your videos, you are helping me a lot with a chronic neck pain.
I did not know the Feldenkrais method, I saw some teachers on the net but you are the best in absolute.
I really like your calm and passion that you put in giving us a lesson. Thank you for all the material you make available.
@@TheScabodda Thank you so much Laura, that's very kind of you 🙏😊
I really enjoy your calm voice and pacing. Very gentle and relaxing voice. Thank you Stewart!
Thank you so much Karlicia. I hope you have a lovely weekend. Stewart
The first time in only a month, I forgot the most, very sad. I feel this movement is very new. It’s important to follow those words, gently, slowly, explore, ask, feel. Your channel has been my morning calm life. Pointing and flexing of feet make ‘side bending’ ! A new finding this morning!
So nice to hear from you as ever Satsuko. Have a lovely day 🙂
Thank you Stewart!!! Both your verbal instructions and demonstration is clear and I got so much out of this 45 mins lesson. I am forever grateful and is now a subscriber.❤
Thank you so much 🙏 and welcome to the channel
Thank you so very much for this wonderful lesson.
Thank you!
Hello again, dear Stewart! Thank you for your reply yesterday.
I tried a few of your Fit Sit Stick series some time ago, but had forgotten about them. I will try them again, as I find this lesson here is so wonderful. I don’t know your Turning Back the Clock series, so will look for them, as well. I also started riding an indoor bike, and now climb nine floors of my building’s staircase, every morning after some Feldenkrais and qi gong, and am already feeling younger than ever before in my life! I realise I have to work at this, before it’s too late.
I did this lesson again just now, and feel even better than yesterday! I certainly feel the difference on each side of my spine, with my scoliosis, but feel a new suppleness and ease that I have never felt before. I will continue to do this exercise every day and try to also supplement with the others you mentioned.
I am a volunteer driver to help elderly people go to medical appointments, and see the difference in those who are active (walk a lot) and those who are sedentary. My mom and dad learned to play tennis after they retired, and they were both still playing at 82, when mom got breast cancer and had to stop. However, I know her activity helped her live a good life until she passed away at 96! I am determined, now that I have retired, to take care of my body and mind, the best way I can. Thank you so much for inspiring me, and helping me do this! 😊
Dear Denise, I couldn't agree with you more and I find your words inspiring. I had an accident in my 30s that severely impacted my right foot. For a time I was using a walking stick. It's what started me on this wonderful journey of exploring how movement can be used rehabilitatively to enrich our lives and I am on a mission to help people live the best lives they can as independently as possible and I love the fact that each day, each moment is an opportunity to engage in this learning. I wish you a wonderful weekend. Stewart
This feels soooooo good, Stewart! I do this lesson at least once a week, as I have back stiffness and scoliosis!
I am also adding much more of my own awareness of and coordinating deeper breathing with all these movements (important in yoga), and the result is even more profound.
Thank you from Switzerland ! ❤️🌷
It's one of my favourites too Denise 🙏😊
did it again!!! my body and soul are thanking you, god bless you.
Bless you too Rivka. Thank you 🙏🏼😊
really enjoy your lessons! thank you so much and greetings from Israel.
You are very welcome Rivka. I need to return to Tel Aviv soon!
Still loving it! Hello from California!
Hi Michelle, we have sunshine here too today!
Thank you. I really enjoyed the lesson and it freed up my stiff neck. Amazing!
You are very welcome Miriam. Have a great weekend 🙏
This was amazing! I started with a huge gap in my lower back but towards the end my lower back was much closer to the floor. Thank you for a wonderful lesson!
You are very welcome Jennifer. Am so happy the lesson helped 😊🙏
Excellent class…thank you so much. For about 10 days now I’ve had stiff/ limited movement in turning the head to the left…that is no more after participating here 👍👍😊😊💜💜
Thank you so much Teresa. I am so pleased you found the lesson helpful.
Excellent lesson! I'm recovering from autonomous dysfunction and your lessons help me tremendously. Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your knowledge and experience with the world like that. You're a life saver! Thank you!
Thank you so much Flosse for your kind words. I wish you a speedy recovery.
This is one of my favorite lessons now. I felt so tall after the lesson & there was no tension left in my neck. Thank you.💕
One of my favourites too Angie!
Loved this lesson. Will certainly do it again. Thanks, you're great!
Thank you so much Elena
Big Thanks from Los Angeles !
You are very welcome Anna!
Thank you! Finding this so useful.
Dear Stewart, thank you for this delicious lesson!
I’m 72 and have some scoliosis in my spine. I’m lucky to be retired and have time to try your lessons. They have helped me become so much more aware of how my entire body moves, especially in my core, where I had no awareness before. I feel younger with a new suppleness in my body, and the pain and tightness in my back have greatly improved. Your patience and clear guidance make it easy to follow your lessons, and I will continue to keep practising! Thank you from Switzerland!
Dear Denise, thank you so much for your lovely message and I am so happy that you have found the lessons helpful. You can understand why I love this wonderful method. If you get a chance, I would encourage you to have a look at some of the Fit Sit Stick lessons, particularly the Turning Back the Clock series. I think you will find them very interesting indeed in working with and understanding your scoliosis. 🙏😊
Hi Steward 🤗 I want you to know that your videos are so helpful! I noticed huge difference after the 1st session!👻Thank you for putting so much work out on TH-cam that it would be possible for people from around the world be connected and follow along with your lessons! Sending you lots of gratitude from California.☀️🤗🙏🏼🌎
Thank you so much AB, it's very kind of you to take the time to write. It's been a very strange year for us all and I am so grateful that people have found the lessons useful. Stewart
I am so glad that I discovered this method to relax my body and mind as well, I do one video every night before sleep every day and became so flexible, sleep very well and eating habits are getting better. During Covid locked down life was around kitchen and now, thankfully to the method you teach I feel hope for a better health. Would you be so kind to make a video on relaxing or balancing facial muscles from left to right!🙏🏼 I have not find it anywhere yet! Thank you again, Stewart!❤️🌎
sincerely u have a gift. thanks for sharing. i love how you describe the feelings and sensations and just love your style and type of lessons you put up. very unique and helpful.
Thank you so much Andrea, that's really kind of you to say so.
@@stewarthamblin @Feldenkrais Moments with Stewart Hamblin And i say it meaningfully. I have one question for you. I notice that I always tend to be more on my right side, in life, so when I lay down, I feel my right side weighted to the floor and the other side in space. After these lessons, it improves a lot. But physiotherapists tell me that I have muscle imbalances causing that. So do you think I need to also work on muscle imbalances, strengthening certain muscles on certain sides as well?? What are your thoughts on how to correct this?
@@ImpulsoCreativo9322 Hi Andrea, I am the opposite. It is usually my right side that is lighter when I lie down and this also shows up in standing in that the right side of the pelvis rotates forward. For me, as a Feldenkrais practitioner, its less about correcting individual muscles but about bringing awareness to what I am doing and working with movement rather than muscles. The fact that you are detecting these differences means that you have information to act upon. For example, in standing I realise that I am often not really bearing weight down into my right heel. The question for me then becomes, ah! what would it be like if I did let weight come into that heel in the same way as my left. Once you begin to recognise these differences you have information to act on and that's the key, from a Feldenkrais perspective, to real change.
@@stewarthamblin love it, please keep up helping others to heal. THanks for your sharing and your insight, good points.
Another great lesson. I’m addicted to your TH-cam videos. Thank you for the time and effort you put into each lesson. Much appreciated.
Thank you very much Kaye
Great lesson! Thanks, Stewart!
You are welcome Jeanne, thank you.
Hi, Stewart! Megan from Taiwan. Thanks for making this video. I found this super helpful. Been practicing yoga for a while and started to teach this year. I've noticed through the practice I've harmed myself by wanting to accomplish some asanas. Your video gives me techniques to listen more to my body which is so wonderful. Thank you so much!
Hi Megan, thanks so much for your message. My yoga and the way that I teach yoga has been transformed by the Feldenkrais Method. We are on a similar journey. It's wonderful that you are finding new insights about the way you work with yourself and i am sure that will carry forward into your teaching. Have a wonderful weekend. Stewart
It such a wonderful feeling of light and juicy body after the lesson! Thank you so much Stewart!!!. I am so grateful for what you are giving to us.
Thank you so much TL! 'Light and juicy' sounds wonderful. Stay safe and well. Stewart
Very interesting move ! Thanks for these videos. Feldenkrais is so special and I’m glad someone like you is producing this free content. Cheers from New Jersey
Thank you very much Brian. Am glad you are finding the lessons helpful 🙂
Thank you so much! I have just found Feldenkrais and I have a very tight neck! This is hard but I feel much better after! I’ve done this twice now and im very much looking forward to your other classes
Thank you very much Jennifer. It's very kind of you to leave a message. Welcome to the channel 🙏
@@stewarthamblin Thank you for posting and making Feldenkais available to the public! I appreciate it! I am planning on doing your hip video next but my neck feels amazing today! I have done this neck video twice, about 3 days apart, and I'm so astounded by the change and improvement in my body. It's a miracle!
@@arabellalife2351 Thank you very much for your message Arabella. I am so pleased that you found the lesson helpful. It's a favourite of mine 🙏
Thanks so much for that wonderful lesson Stewart. To be repeated......often🙂
Thanks so much JoJo🙏🏼
Thank you Stewart, that was amazing. I was profoundly affected in many ways. I’ll be returning to this class again.
Thank you very much Dean, it's great to hear from you
Blooming marvellous Stewart. Long live the Feldenkrais method.
Thank you Bryn and I completely agree! I am teaching a very powerful follow up lesson to this lesson today which I hope to have recorded by the end of the week 🙂
What a fabulous lesson to do on our first day of winter. My head felt so light turning at the end and my ribs had melted into the floor. Many thanks once again Stewart 🙏
You're so welcome Karen. Thank you for commenting.
Thank you for this lesson, I really needed to try. Yesterday morning I tried for the first time and I tried second time in the afternoon. I feel better and better. I appreciate you much.
Thank you very much Satsuko!
Great lesson! Thank you very much! I'm so glad I found your channel.
Thank you very much Bambeboop. Am glad you found the channel! Have a lovely weekend. Stewart
this is my absolute favorite so far Stewart! Thank you, feeling so much better.
I love them all Shyama but this too is a favorite of mine!
After doing the lesson I went for a run and I felt great, taller, and flowing by the road. Thanks, Stewart
How wonderful Majava. Thank you for letting me know.
Amazing! Thank you!
Thank you Raquel. It's a lesson that I love. Best wishes Stewart
thanks for the nice exercises, the hip pain has completely disappeared
Thank you very much.
Just what I needed Stewart, thank you
You are very welcome Shirley xx
Hello Stewart, Lovely feeling after, thank you 🙏🏼
You are very welcome Clara!
Wonderful lesson,you get so motivated that everyday you want to learn more, thanks again from Costa Rica
My pleasure Fabrice. I hope you are well and safe 😊
I’m new to feldenkrais and I’m really enjoying these videos! My low back definitely was much more grounded by the end of the sequence, and I felt less effortful rotating my head.
Welcome to the channel and to Feldenkrais Khalli. That's wonderful to hear about your back. Thank you very much for your message. Enjoy your weekend. Stewart
Muchas gracias¡¡¡ Excelente lección¡ :)
I’m really fascinated with this neuroplasticity idea and am experiencing much greater flexibility. I also appreciate your clear and easy to follow directions.
That's wonderful to hear Anne, it's a fascinating topic. Thank you for leaving a message.
Marvelous lessons, thanks so much.
You are very welcome Enith. Thank you for your comment 😊
Buenísima clase!!
Awesome lesson! I loved it. I have all sorts of joint issues from Lyme Disease. Just checking. Linking my hands together is hard, so I am just placing the each hand on top of each other and I can do the movements without pain.
That's a great adaption Karlicia. The important thing is to be kind to yourself and never move into pain 🙂
Thank you..I found the relaxing of the arms difficult in the position of being with hands on face.
Thanks for the message Pippa. It's great that you notice these things
I just found your channel, thanks so much for the videos (as a fiddle player, definitely not a sportswoman)
Thank you very much for your message SirElspeth. Welcome to the channel!
Sehr gute Lektion super erklärt,thank you
Thanks so much Heike, that's very kind of you.
Wonderful lesson, do you have FK lessons for TMJ pain and eyesight? Thanks
Thank you Tetyana. I will try and record something soon.
Thank you Great lesson,
You are very welcome Neda, thank you.
That was great😍
Thank you Jina
Hola, Stewart. I have been doing these movements for the last five days, I believe they are helping me.
My question is: is it advisable to do one day this class and the next day the " free the neck and head (advanced version)?.
Thanks ✌️
I think that would be fine Luyz if it feels ok for you
@@stewarthamblin Thank you, Stewart ✌️
Stewart what exercises you practice for your arms/upper body? Every time I try some lite pushup or lifting activities I ruin my already slouched posture
This isn't the greatest video but it will give you some ideas: th-cam.com/video/948UebZk1NU/w-d-xo.html
Thanks again Stewart! I felt a stretch in the front of my hip at the end of the lesson and definitely felt freer in turning my head. I didn't feel much of a twist along my spine during the twists. Am I to keep my core stabilized or let it go? I am worried that if I let it go I will end up twisting all from the lumbar...
Hi Sharon, thank you for the message. Its a really good self obsevation that you make about the lumbar. You definitely do not want all the twist to come from the lumber so yes I would keep the core stabilized, Its not a big twist at all more of a lengthening counter rotation.
Hello, Stewart. At 26:50 I can't keep my shoulder or elbow on the floor. Would still work?.✌️
Hi Lucy, you only tilt the legs to the point that you can keep the shoulder on the floor. As soon as you feel it lift come back. Even if you only move the legs a millimeter , that's absolutely fine
@@stewarthamblin Thank you!. Neither shoulder reach the floor.
FYI: my name is Luyz, not Lucy.✌️😜
Thanks, Stewart.
Can I do this movements as a daily routine?.
Saludos ✌️
You certainly can Luyz.
Does it take years to become a Feldenkrais teacher? Where do you study?
Hi Lucy, the Feldenkrais Guild's training usually takes 4 years.It seems like a long time but for me it passed very quickly. Its about 40 days (from memory) each year over the 4 years. I absolutely loved it. I took my training in the UK but you can do it all over Europe and the world. There are other teachers who studied with Moshe who offer a different training format over a shorter period of time. Its a life transforming experience.
Thank you for answering Stewart! I was talking to a friend exactly about that, that's quite difficult if you are not in Situ. I have been doing two days, your classes, It is so i mediate the change, and it goes to your brain, and the brain stars re-education again. I AM THRILLED. cause now I see my scapula, are like glued fossils on my ribs. Thanks
It isso good🎉
Thanks so much Kirsten!
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This is a good lesson, thanks Stewart.. Please consider speaking less during the sessions to allow for more introspection. It’s important for the practitioner to connect with their own process. I found the instructions to be excessive. At any rate, thank you for a good lesson, my neck thanks you!
Thank you for sharing 🙏
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I am working on a new series that I think you will find very interesting to help with neck and shoulders Wei Ha Wang 😊