Work on and improve the placement and spread of the four points, and the position of the pelvis; go through the whole lesson several times; practice parts of the lesson on a casual schedule; don’t strain, don’t try to achieve via willpower, give it time; do other lessons that you feel can help, with themes like side-bending, twist, flexion/extension, hip joints, and hamstrings...
@@ImprovingAbility supporting my 4 points using different heights, as you suggested in the video, made me realize my weight is almost only on my feet, when I try the exercise on the ground. That already has helped a lot! I have really tight hips, and poor leg extension and flexibility, so to just touch the ground without lifting my heels has already been a great accomplishment! Thank you very much, Alfons! Great lesson!
I just looove those basic movements - getting from standing -> sitting /kneeling-> lying -> sitting and up to standing - we just need it everyday and it is SO important that those movements come/happen with ease and do not stress us. Great !!
Thank you, wonderful lesson. I have not been able to sit on floor or stand up….I know the steps you have demonstrated are doable and I will practice them each day. The connection between the brain and physical movement awareness makes all the difference. I very much appreciate your providing these lessons in such a thoughtful manner.
You are truly my favorite Feldenkrais teacher, you are truly brilliant, what I particularly like about your way of teaching is the passion you transmit for the Feldenkrais Method which I feel very strong in me too.
i like how you describe the move to lying supine first without demo. I found out that if I allow the twisted torso (which results from leg threading through gate) to continue unwinding (which is initiated by the one hand leaving the floor while siting down), then I can come to supine position from the opposite side (comparing to what the students are doing in the recordings). So it results in a larger circle and needs the standing knee to go with the circle instead of staying still and it feels fun too! Feeling great I tried the move before watching the demo:) Thank you for the inspiring video! I'll keep practicing this.
Great techniques! I sleep on the floor so now I have an excellent method to get into a supine position efficiently. It's a bit ragged at the moment but I have lots of opportunities to practice! Thanks for the amusing and clear teaching Alfons!
Oh my goodness this is great. I love the sweeping arcs. I have hitches from a past knee injury and sciatica. They create interesting exploration to stay out of pain and spiral down and through. I also found myself giggling quite a bit. 😆😆😆 in delight as I played with the various variations. I defiantly felt the difference between the 2 sides and felt improvement as I moved through the movements. Lovely.
Hey Alfons, I really enjoyed the tip of making a circle over the head. Trying the move at 38:39 I have this idea/suggestion: rotating the palm of the hand to the ceiling while approaching laying on the floor, makes it more smooth.
I have chronic ischias pain and restless legs very strongly now for 4 years! I do the exercises for lower back pain on your channel. Is there some specific one for my pain?
LOWERING MY BODY WITH THE SPIRAL AND FEELING ECSTASY Life offers me fluidity As I spiral Un To Ecstasy, First from standing, Then to the floor, I twist my hips And so explore, The joy Of fluid movement. What utter grace, Can be. As I lower Of my body Why it’s all So Heav…en-ly.
@@ImprovingAbility Be my guest in using it however you choose. I am writing a book on Attaining Bliss Without the Use of Couches, Beds and Chairs and since many people are concerned about falling I was investigating ways that would alleviate some of the fears people had of moving from a stand up position to one of sitting on the floor. Your presentation was very helpful.
The moment I started paying more attention to the path/arch my eyes are making- the path of looking, it feels much more easy to coordinate the movement. While the eyes are traveling a U shape and the pelvis is making an upside down U shape- then comes the ease.
Thank you Alfons 🙏 I wonder if core muscles active or how to find right muscle tone, specially while moving long leg through one at a time. Is my brain able to find it out on it's own, or is there a feldenkraisian way to handle core activity while twisting with a weight ( leg, foot )?
As a general rule, according to the latest science, there should be a general muscle tone of about 1/3 of maximum contraction on your core in order to keep your spine safe (but I‘m not sure if this is meant to be like „always“ or just while being up in any posture). What I can tell you from personal experience is that the general tipps from some „Yogis“ and „Spiritual Guides“ and even from some „Movement Professionals“ to relax the belly and let it hang out (while moving or loading the spine), is highly dangerous and puts your spine in risk of damage. Don‘t follow such uninformed advice, even if it seems to be coming from authority. I guess that sort of advice is from the early 1950s or something, seems like folks back then had different posture and a tendency to over-engage their core muscles. I think it is a historical/change-of-culture thing. But don‘t just take my word for it, use google, there‘s so many well researched articles and well done studies nowadays. 😅 To answer your question specifically: you don‘t twist your spine with a weight. In Feldenkrais we do twisting without weight (in technical terms „without loading the spine“). At least in most lessons... I think... 😅😁 There‘s this classic „coordinating the flexors and extensors“ lesson, where the spine is twisted with the legs crossed, in lying supine. If you observe that theme in workshops or trainings, you might see some folks breaking into pain. That‘s why I personally don‘t teach these lessons to the general public, since there might already be some conditions with their spines, which might be triggered or worsened with this kind of twisting mechanics.
Hello. Is there a lesson to help or improve techniques to turn over while laying flat on the back to stomach and vise versa. I feel like I am stuck in quick sand or a jar of peanut butter. I can't get my shoulder, arms and pelvis lightly clear without a struggle. I think I get scared of hurting my neck and not having the room spinning. I know I am holding my breath when doing any your body movement lesson I general do one side. This stand and sit lesson is a big one I want to accomplish and it will take time. Love it.
I have been attempting this for months but still far from floating down like a feather I crash like a fallen tree. Some part is not strong enough but what part I don’t know 🤔 However .... I HAVE MADE PROGRESS so I will persevere.
Good spirits, keep it up! 😊 Did you already go through my „Getting better day by day“ series? The counter-balancing you will acquire from these lessons should help with the floating down 😅
I spend more time trying to discern the appropriate lessons than doing the lesson. From 13 minutes in I try to join in and only 30 -40 secs of effort to get down to the floor .... I’m exhausted ! So I rest and try again but 😒. Is there a specific preparation lesson you can show to get to this stage Alfons I will not give up even if the answer is no !
😁 I love your good spirits! I myself I did 6+ years of lessons in lying supine and prone before I even started to have a taste for lessons in sitting and standing. Did you already work through my “Getting Better Day By Day” series? Maybe that’s a good primer for this one?
🐤🐤🙏🐦🐦 improving.. operations & functions 🌿🌴🌲 it's Very must* to our mobility.o.WE HUMAN 😂 that's why..நமஸ்கார்.☀️🌤️⛅🌥️🌦️worship.. metabolic workshop workship sheets & boards..nails..nuts bolts #ஃநற்பவி✒️my voice ignored .when I speak about this feature..with in the near-dear..too.மூட்டையை இறக்கி வச்ச மாதிரி உட்காரம்போதே.. கவனம் கொள்வோம்.நலம்பெறுவோம்.well bye now 🌲
Alfons! It's been a big challenge to just lift either my right or left foot. Any suggestion on how to get it smoother?
Work on and improve the placement and spread of the four points, and the position of the pelvis; go through the whole lesson several times; practice parts of the lesson on a casual schedule; don’t strain, don’t try to achieve via willpower, give it time; do other lessons that you feel can help, with themes like side-bending, twist, flexion/extension, hip joints, and hamstrings...
@@ImprovingAbility supporting my 4 points using different heights, as you suggested in the video, made me realize my weight is almost only on my feet, when I try the exercise on the ground. That already has helped a lot!
I have really tight hips, and poor leg extension and flexibility, so to just touch the ground without lifting my heels has already been a great accomplishment!
Thank you very much, Alfons! Great lesson!
There are hamstring videos now. Check them out!🎉
This is the best thing I do for my physical form I have severe sciatica, thank you
Thank you for helping me to learn about me! I am ever grateful!
Alphonse you are the greatest! I am determined to persevere despite having Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and many injuries old and new. Respect from UK
I just looove those basic movements - getting from standing -> sitting /kneeling-> lying -> sitting and up to standing - we just need it everyday and it is SO important that those movements come/happen with ease and do not stress us.
Great !!
Thank you, wonderful lesson. I have not been able to sit on floor or stand up….I know the steps you have demonstrated are doable and I will practice them each day. The connection between the brain and physical movement awareness makes all the difference. I very much appreciate your providing these lessons in such a thoughtful manner.
Thanks for this lesson. I really aprecciate that you aproach the homologous, homolateral e contralateral organization in a very interesting way.❤
Alfons 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼what an engineering feat! It’s amazing he didn’t get tangled n knotted up. Well done to your student!
You are truly my favorite Feldenkrais teacher, you are truly brilliant, what I particularly like about your way of teaching is the passion you transmit for the Feldenkrais Method which I feel very strong in me too.
wow! what an interesting lesson. i started to discover solder organization connected to the chest. and felt relief in my solder pain.
Thanks!
Thanks. Your video was a great help.
Organized body movements, organized thinking, organized being
i like how you describe the move to lying supine first without demo. I found out that if I allow the twisted torso (which results from leg threading through gate) to continue unwinding (which is initiated by the one hand leaving the floor while siting down), then I can come to supine position from the opposite side (comparing to what the students are doing in the recordings). So it results in a larger circle and needs the standing knee to go with the circle instead of staying still and it feels fun too! Feeling great I tried the move before watching the demo:) Thank you for the inspiring video! I'll keep practicing this.
Great techniques! I sleep on the floor so now I have an excellent method to get into a supine position efficiently. It's a bit ragged at the moment but I have lots of opportunities to practice! Thanks for the amusing and clear teaching Alfons!
Thanks Anton!
Oh my goodness this is great. I love the sweeping arcs. I have hitches from a past knee injury and sciatica. They create interesting exploration to stay out of pain and spiral down and through. I also found myself giggling quite a bit. 😆😆😆 in delight as I played with the various variations. I defiantly felt the difference between the 2 sides and felt improvement as I moved through the movements. Lovely.
Hey Alfons, I really enjoyed the tip of making a circle over the head. Trying the move at 38:39 I have this idea/suggestion: rotating the palm of the hand to the ceiling while approaching laying on the floor, makes it more smooth.
I have chronic ischias pain and restless legs very strongly now for 4 years! I do the exercises for lower back pain on your channel. Is there some specific one for my pain?
LOWERING MY BODY WITH THE SPIRAL AND FEELING ECSTASY
Life offers me fluidity
As I spiral
Un
To
Ecstasy,
First from standing,
Then to the floor,
I twist my hips
And so explore,
The joy
Of fluid movement.
What utter grace,
Can be.
As I lower
Of my body
Why it’s all
So
Heav…en-ly.
In the name of the great spiral, Martin! What a wonderful poem! Imagine my surprise!! O what joy 🎹🥳❤️
@@ImprovingAbility Be my guest in using it however you choose. I am writing a book on Attaining Bliss Without the Use of Couches, Beds and Chairs and since many people are concerned about falling I was investigating ways that would alleviate some of the fears people had of moving from a stand up position to one of sitting on the floor. Your presentation was very helpful.
The moment I started paying more attention to the path/arch my eyes are making- the path of looking, it feels much more easy to coordinate the movement. While the eyes are traveling a U shape and the pelvis is making an upside down U shape- then comes the ease.
Thank you Alfons 🙏 I wonder if core muscles active or how to find right muscle tone, specially while moving long leg through one at a time. Is my brain able to find it out on it's own, or is there a feldenkraisian way to handle core activity while twisting with a weight ( leg, foot )?
As a general rule, according to the latest science, there should be a general muscle tone of about 1/3 of maximum contraction on your core in order to keep your spine safe (but I‘m not sure if this is meant to be like „always“ or just while being up in any posture).
What I can tell you from personal experience is that the general tipps from some „Yogis“ and „Spiritual Guides“ and even from some „Movement Professionals“ to relax the belly and let it hang out (while moving or loading the spine), is highly dangerous and puts your spine in risk of damage. Don‘t follow such uninformed advice, even if it seems to be coming from authority.
I guess that sort of advice is from the early 1950s or something, seems like folks back then had different posture and a tendency to over-engage their core muscles. I think it is a historical/change-of-culture thing.
But don‘t just take my word for it, use google, there‘s so many well researched articles and well done studies nowadays. 😅
To answer your question specifically: you don‘t twist your spine with a weight. In Feldenkrais we do twisting without weight (in technical terms „without loading the spine“). At least in most lessons... I think... 😅😁
There‘s this classic „coordinating the flexors and extensors“ lesson, where the spine is twisted with the legs crossed, in lying supine. If you observe that theme in workshops or trainings, you might see some folks breaking into pain. That‘s why I personally don‘t teach these lessons to the general public, since there might already be some conditions with their spines, which might be triggered or worsened with this kind of twisting mechanics.
@@ImprovingAbility thanks a lot 🌠
I will keep practicing. Difficult cos I ve had a right hip replacement so it’s not a fluid movement.
Thanks Alfons! How do I become a patron?
I think he's great
Good for body
Hello. Is there a lesson to help or improve techniques to turn over while laying flat on the back to stomach and vise versa. I feel like I am stuck in quick sand or a jar of peanut butter. I can't get my shoulder, arms and pelvis lightly clear without a struggle. I think I get scared of hurting my neck and not having the room spinning. I know I am holding my breath when doing any your body movement lesson I general do one side. This stand and sit lesson is a big one I want to accomplish and it will take time. Love it.
I have been attempting this for months but still far from floating down like a feather I crash like a fallen tree. Some part is not strong enough but what part I don’t know 🤔 However .... I HAVE MADE PROGRESS so I will persevere.
Good spirits, keep it up! 😊 Did you already go through my „Getting better day by day“ series? The counter-balancing you will acquire from these lessons should help with the floating down 😅
oince you start feeling that lower jaw and lips moving your on the right track . you have maximised your body to your full potential
I spend more time trying to discern the appropriate lessons than doing the lesson. From 13 minutes in I try to join in and only 30 -40 secs of effort to get down to the floor .... I’m exhausted ! So I rest and try again but 😒. Is there a specific preparation lesson you can show to get to this stage Alfons I will not give up even if the answer is no !
😁 I love your good spirits! I myself I did 6+ years of lessons in lying supine and prone before I even started to have a taste for lessons in sitting and standing. Did you already work through my “Getting Better Day By Day” series? Maybe that’s a good primer for this one?
Don’t make me love you.
🤣😅
Too much talking before starting the movements.
🐤🐤🙏🐦🐦 improving.. operations & functions 🌿🌴🌲 it's Very must* to our mobility.o.WE HUMAN 😂 that's why..நமஸ்கார்.☀️🌤️⛅🌥️🌦️worship.. metabolic workshop workship sheets & boards..nails..nuts bolts #ஃநற்பவி✒️my voice ignored .when I speak about this feature..with in the near-dear..too.மூட்டையை இறக்கி வச்ச மாதிரி உட்காரம்போதே.. கவனம் கொள்வோம்.நலம்பெறுவோம்.well bye now 🌲
Thanks!
Thanks!
oh wow, thank you so much Mitch!! ❤️
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support Carol!