Unlock your spine - the Feldenkrais Way!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- This is one of my absolute favorite Feldenkrais Lessons. Its great if you are a golfer or racket sports player as it can teach you how to access the power of your thoracic spine. Its equally good if you spend a lot of time sitting or at a desk or a laptop. The original lesson was called 'Classic Twist on the Side with an Advanced Opening'. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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
Wonderful lesson for moving the spine. As a person with a functional scoliosis, I can appreciate increasing the mobility of the spine and ribs.Thank you!
You are very welcome Audrey. I am glad you found the lesson helpful 🙏
not been practicing for a while returning to your class is a delight for body and soul. god bless you and thank you so much
Every morning before I start a new lesson, I think what kind of new challenging movements I have. My left side of the body was heavy, as I try your lesson every day, little by little, it is lighter with my left side. I thank you for your fantastic directions. I will keep practicing. have a nice day, Stewart.
Thank you for another rich and illuminating journey. . . . it is always such a pleasure to return to your teaching, no matter the lesson, and after each one I have the sense "That was the best lesson yet!" Thank you, Stewart!
You are most welcome Barbara. It's lovely to hear from you 🙏
Thank you Stewart that was amazing. I actually laughed out loud a few times when i felt big changes! Thanks for uploading this.
Sounds wonderful Colin. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I never get tired of this class. I feel so good after it. Thank you Stewart 🤗
You are very welcome Rachel. Thank you 🙏
Wow, incredible how long my upper body feels after this lessons! Great, thank you very much! I really love feldenkrais!!
Thank you Moncia. Am so glad you are enjoying the lessons. Feldenkrais certainly changed my life 😎
I really enjoyed this lesson and all your lessons. I'm beginning to get a new awareness of the parts of my body and how they move together - which is particularly important to me as I am 77. Thank you.
Thank you very much Anne. I am so pleased that you are finding the lessons helpful
Really really great!! At the beginning I was so uncomfortable lying on my back, I felt my lower back was arching too much. But after the lesson I felt totally comfortable, grounded and relaxed lying on my back. Super grateful, thank you so much! :) :) :)
That's wonderful to hear Siren. Thank you for letting me know :-)
Thanks once more for these fabulous videos. I am going through them once more. Just enjoying the movements and your very soothing voice!🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much Marcanello! 😊🙏🏼
Great movements and sequence. I do similar movements in the morning in bed before my feet hit the ground. I will fine tune my sequence with yours. Cheers
Thank you Roland 🙏
Thank you, Stewart This lesson is very relaxing and invigorating at the same time.
You are very welcome Marcanello 😊 thank you for leaving your feedback
As usually - It's something absolutely new for my body! And not as easy to do as it seems, but very pleasurable indeed! Gratitude for all work you are doing for people!
Thank you so much. I love your clear explanations, and am enjoying learning to Go Slow. Greetings from Melbourne - the most locked city in the world!!! You help to keep me sane ❤
Thank you very much Sheila. It looks like we are heading for a very bumpy Winter here in the UK. Stay safe. Stewart
Thank you Stewart for this brilliant lesson. What an amazing way to pump lymphatic fluid in and around the rib cage! I’m dealing with a head cold since a day ago and I look forward to seeing how this class boosts my immune response as well as the myriad other beautiful adjustments it made to all the small inter-vertebral joints in the spine. 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks so much Dean. I hope you feel better soon. Where I live, COVID numbers are very high at the moment. Stay safe. Stewart
@@stewarthamblin thanks for the reply, Stewart. We're heading into winter here. I'm sure our numbers will increase as well.
I've had the booster, and I've got some naturopathic support and we're still wearing masks. But our University students are sharing all sorts of viruses that haven't been in circulation for 2 years... It's been intense here in Australia.
Sending my best to your and your household.
My spine thanks you. Great as always 🙏
Wow! I really felt the difference before and after with this lesson Stewart.
Thankyou so much for sharing 🙏☺
Thank you again Matt. It's really good to hear how these videos are helping people to find new discoveries. It's why I love the Method.
Hi Stewart, thank you so much. Today is the first time I practised with you and very happy to meet you. What a great lesson!!
Thank you Sylvia. I am very happy to meet you too. Thank you for leaving a message and welcome to the channel 🙏🏼
Love this lesson. Thank you. My spine feels amazing
Thanks so much Louise 😊
This one is on my favorites list so helpful to unlock my neck and ribs!! Thank you for these lessons!
One of my favourites too! Thank you for leaving a message.
This is good for me to treat rib cage lifts , which caused by wrong neck traction last year , I can not open my upper back and shoulder , chest bone move up with rib cage , I feel something stuff up on chest , very suffering , I have disappointed on seeing any chiropractors locally , they do not work in CANADA !
Terrific explanations THANK YOU SO MUCH LOVE IT!
Already my second lesson that I enjoyed very much. Looking forward to more videos. 😊
Thank you Carola😊
Great video I can clearly notice a difference
That's awesome Lex
Great lesson. Very relaxing too.
Thank you so much for the lesson!! ❤
Gracias, Stewart. I really enjoyed this lesson .✌️
Hello from Brasil, thank you so much for these wonderful moments!
Thank you Betti, that's very kind of you.
I wish I had discovered this last year or years ago. Simply amazing how such slow movements can change everything. You're an amazing teacher helping us bring awareness to everything and the feldenkrais method is absolutely fantastic. Thank you! My whole body thanks you (one video and portion of the body at a time)!
Thank you Andrei. You can see why I love this method so much. It took a long time for me to accept the idea that going slowly, paying attention and being kind to myself was the secret path to change. I am so glad that you are enjoying the channel. Can I ask: where do you live? I am always interested to know where in the world people are doing the lessons. Stewart
@@stewarthamblin First off, thank you for the content, it's amazing.
I was thinking the same while doing the movements, that since my health took a massive hit since december 2019 I too was in the idea that FAST, HARD.. intensive was the way to try to fix years of bad posture and misadvice, misguidance and last if not least the fact that even though medical laws indicate the obligation for prophylactic care by doctors it's not done at all. And this leads to chronic ilness when people say they can't do such exercises anymore because they simply can't physically(cardio, runnning and any other intensive exercise.. etc)
If it hadn't been for the chance meeting with Tai Chi and QiGong last year (2020) at the end of the summer, I had probably would be in even worse shape than now, because to be honest, somehow Tai Chi has the same ideas and concepts but done differently.
Now I'll be able to do all 3 of of them.
I'm now live in Romania although I lived 10+ years in Belgium.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find anyone here in the country practicing Feldenkrais as a teacher/therapist which is rather unfortunate since I know direct feedback is immensely helpful.
So I'm trying things online with.. great success I'd say.
How's the weather in the UK? How is life with COVID going on there?
Cheers!:)
Thank you so much
Thank you very much Miriam.
I expected to feel sore in my ribs after this, but I didn't. Another great lesson, thanks Stewart.
Thank you Georgia. I hope it helped with the shoulders too!
Hola Stuart soy amiga de Luciana Felgueroso y ella me dijo que te escribiera en español para que puedas practicarlo. Sigo tus clases me encanta tu forma de darlas... Realmente me hacen muy bien gracias!
Gracias a ti Cecilia y gracias a Luchiana! Me encanta que mis clases te gusten de verdad :-) Un dia, tengo que grabar un video en español!
Thank you .. wonderful lesson. 🌈
You are very welcome Frantziska!
So good, thanks!
Thank you
Great lesson
Thank you Graham
Thank you for the time and effort you took to help us. Would you mind telling me what mat you're using?
Hi Gipsy Blood. Thanks for the message. The mats come from a great company in Germany:
koeglvertrieb.de/produkt/oeko-gymnastikmatte-bebofit-vision-200x100x15-bellafit/
Where can we get the specific type of support you used under your head? Looks nice and firm and supportive.
Thank you!
Hi MsMayaane, thanks for the message. I get the pads from Amazon usually. If you search for Pilates head pads it should come up. They come in different thicknesses and the covers are generally sold separately.
The moment I start rising my head and my shoulders, a sensation of nausea comes into the middle of my stomach, and I can't continue doing the movements. Any idea why this happens? Ty
Hi Luiza, I am not sure why so please do take it easy. I used to get a similar sensation when I used to do backbends in a yoga class. If you are worried do seek medical advice.
This was a wonderful lesson, am wondering about he tighten the tummy tip as the shoulders goes back, is it too take the excess curve that might be happening in the lumber? I tend to over do it there myself so it did feel good just counterintuitive ,because when I think taking the shoulder back I think extension. I will play some more. I enjoy your lessons and thank you for sharing them. Dar
Thank you Dar. Have a lovely weekend
Are there any exercise to target rib cage shift up and can not move down nature position ? I prefer this targeting exercise in order resolve daily suffering in breathing and tightning for whole upper back and chest
Hi Jack, thank you very much for your two messages. It's very kind of you to write. There are many lessons that can bring change to the ribs and the spine but it's difficult for me to advise specially without seeing you. One suggestion would be to first explore the breathing lessons (ungluing the lungs) on my channel.
I loved this lesson Stewart, but I ended up with a sore lower back. By bed time I felt like I'd been on the rack all day - sore and stretched. Such a shame because I loved doing the class, but I think the movements irritated my sacroiliac.
Hi Georgia, I am sorry to hear that you have been in pain. Its happened to me in the past with certain lessons. When that happens I back off and then try to discover what it is that I may have been doing that was perhaps provoking the issue. I go slowler and try a smaller range of movement. Please don't move into pain though and I hope you feel better soon.
@@stewarthamblin Thanks Stewart, yes I think a smaller range of movement is a good idea. It's just my grumbly sacroiliac making its presence felt.
i enjoyed the lesson but i have such tight adductors that i cannot seem to convince to let go....in the final stages i could not do the movements cos my adductors started to protest too vehemently.. i am looking for a lesson that will dissuade my adductors from wanting to do every single task i undertake. Just lying with folded knees became too painful. They don't know how to relax. Reading feldenkrais again, i realise it is my brain that needs retraining. Any advice would be greatly welcome... do you have another video/exercise you recommend? i thought this would be for the whole spine.. hips etc. but it was really upper spine, wasn't it?
I would begin to explore the Happy Hip lessons, there are some great lessons in that series for the adductors.
I need all the upper thoracic lessons possible, chronic issues there, my shoulders and cervical.
Any suggestions?.
Have a wonderful weekend.✌️
Thank you Luyz. It was a lovely sunny weekend here in the UK. I am very reluctant for obvious reasons to recommend lessons in this way because I would really need to see what the issues are and how the person is moving.
@@stewarthamblin Can I send you my x-rays on your email?.✌️
Thrilled to find your channel. I loved this class, grateful thanks.
You are very welcome. Thank you for your message.