FIX FORWARD HEAD POSTURE: 3 Feldenkrais Exercises That Will Change Your Life
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- Have you been struggling to correct your forward head posture? Is your neck and shoulders tense all the time? Do you feel like you can't move forward or backward because of your neck and shoulders?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you need to watch this video! In this episode, I'll be teaching you 3 Feldenkrais based exercises that will help to change your life.
If you're looking for a "fix" for your forward head posture, then watch this video and learn how to correct it using Feldenkrais based exercises. These exercises are simple to do and will help you to move your neck and shoulders back to their natural position! So make sure to watch the video and get started!
Exercise 1 04:28
Exercise 2 07:19
Exercise 3 11:40
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My name is Taro Iwamoto. I'm a movement coach. I help people go from feeling overwhelmed, confused, and frustrated about not knowing their own body, what their body needs and how they should be moving, to feeling connected with their body, understanding their body and needs, and how to move in the best way possible for their own body from the inside out so that they can move with a sense of ease, comfort, and confidence! If this is you, I believe you will get lots of values from my contents.
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Here's is something very important I want you to know.
Our culture (modernized culture, mostly Western culture) trains us to be disconnected from our bodies. Our culture trains us to view our bodies as external objects as an outside observer. Our culture trains to look to outside experts to fix us, fix our body issues but doesn't train us to connect with our own body, own sensory experience, "listen" to our body, feel our body, and learn from our inner intelligence.
This is cultural influence on our beliefs influences our behaviors. Many people believe that they need more information in order to overcome their limitations and challenges. Many believe that they just haven't found the "right" information yet so keep seeking outside for their answer. Reality is that we have too much information, and we are so disconnected from our own body and experience.
It's easy to view my videos as another exercise video, and approach it from that mindset, that is to approach your body like fixing mechanical parts that lie external to you. Then, you are really missing the point. This is not a conventional way of thinking in Western culture, so it's easy to let my message pass through you. But, don't worry! I am persistent and will repeat over and over and over:) I'm not here to teach you exercises to correct your body structures. I am here to help you connect with YOUR BODY, YOUR SENSORY EXPERIENCE, learn from YOUR BODY, and create a new way of movng, using yourself, being in your body!
This paradigm shift is necessary for transformation, changes in your nervous system, movement patterns, quality of life because your body and mind are one! I really encourage you to keep this message in your mind as you watch my videos and practice movement!
As a Feldenkrais practitioner, I don't believe in "fixing" bodies. I believe in one's intelligent nervous system that is capable of learning and adapting.
One of misunderstanding about "fixing" forward head posture is that people only look at the head and neck and they try to correct the position. It is important to understand that "head and neck start at hips", meaning that head is connected to the spine (neck, mid and lower back) and pelvis/hips. It is also important to understand that "fixing" forward head posture requires re-training your movement patterns and create a new relationship between head, torso, and pelvis/hips. So "fixing" your posture really means improving your movement.
In this video I share 3 movement training/exercises that will help you become aware of those connections and retrain your movement patterns to "fix" forward head posture.
Exercise 1 04:28
Exercise 2 07:19
Exercise 3 11:40
If you have any questions or comments, please leave it in the comment below!
Thanks!! Any video for the anterior pelvic tilt ? I believe there is the root of my movement patern
@@gonzalollache7306 Thanks for leaving the comment. Can you give me a few specific contexts in regards to anterior pelvic tilts?
The leg bone is connected to the ankle bone...
@@patriciagriffin1505 the ankle bone connected to the shin bone...
I'm sure your videos are great and I wouldn't question their worth for most viewers but I hate them. I hate all the slow explanations (and you are hard to hear and understand for my eyes) and I just want to see the exercises or postures or stretches or whatever. If they were on first all at once that would be great and then continue all the talk for everyone else. Believe me I am an analytical person just want short analytics. Others with demonstration videos are on the same page as you but they don't go on as long.
Just the "before and after" picture in the thumbnail helped me! lol :D
I have straight spine now after 50 years hunching, thank you, should have watched this 50 years ago and saved 50 k on physio fees
Sounds like I need to hire you to promote me :)
You're welcome , happy to spread the good news, keep up presenting great solutions, help heal the world. Good on you!
I get what you mean but he wasn't born and even computers were barely a thing 50yrs ago...... Sorry, couldn't help myself
Do you have any idea how many physios I went to that said my hips had nothing to do with my neck or head? All they work on is the neck and shoulders. Now I know what muscles I actually need to work on. I can feel the difference. Your whole approach is logical, especially when I knew my hips were involved. Sometimes I think physios make you worse on purpose so you keep going back and they make more money. If your videos actually fix my problems I will be happy to pay you something. I'll keep at it for a full month and see how it goes.
i am sorry you havent had positive experience with your physio. it makes sense to look at whole body and how one part relates to the others.
Wow really? The first thing we learn is, that everything is connected in the body. Every change of tension has consequences
Yes yes yes. Also I love the Upright Health youtube channel.
Love how clearly you explain the condition and the exercises. 🙏🏻
Hahaha! PTs make less money than they did 30 years ago despite being doctors. Insurance companies force them to treat joint by joint. Only brave PTs set out their own shingle to be able to treat while body. Every year more money is cut and salaries go down and patient flow goes up. Hope I never see you with any physical issues…looking for in network care.
These exercises seem so much more logical to me and my 69 year old back! I’ve never been able to sit up without pain and straining. I can’t hold myself in that straighter position. Thank you for sharing these with us.
Feldenkrais method is just wonderful. Thank you for your videos
Dude, this one video is solid gold. I have parts of myself that have been "asleep" for several decades now after a car accident. After practicing MA (including internals like Systema and Taijiquan) for years, I've know these parts to be asleep but couldn't figure out how to wake them up. I know Moshe was originally a martial artist also, no? What incredible intelligent design his system of concious movement is. Thank you for your contribution, Taro.
you are welcome！ Yes Moshe practiced Judo
Great stuff. Summary of three exercises 15:20
Do people really not have the attention span or the interest to learn more about why and how exercises work?
@@heikesiegl2640 it's just useful because I go back here everyday
Very helpful corrective for years of slumping over screen or paper…
I felt a change immediately after doing these exercises. I've extensively tried mckenzie chin tucks and neck stretches but this is definitely the superior solution. Truly appreciate you making this video!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for creating your videos. I have been doing these exercises for 2 weeks. I took a side profile picture on day 1 and day 2. My head is now 1.5” back from where it was on day 1!! I plan to keep these as part of a daily routine. Thank you!!!
These are powerful little movements. I’ve always found it difficult to sit at a 90* angle without feeling sore and tired. Thank you.
You are a legend brother, well done!!!
I have been in so much pain for years. Decade! I have this posture. And curvature of spine. TY for the exercises. Sincerely! I have tried them. Can’t move very much. But it felt like blood rushed into my arms and back. So it did something! I cannot thank you enough. Will be doing these religiously!
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Feels so good🙏
As I held the position at the top with my arm, I noticed on one arm, it was the right front delt causing the issue, and the left rear delt and the knots had seem to let go and no pain after a week or so...props to you, Taro! This is remarkable.
Thanks, I'm glad I found these exercises. When I did the first one, it seemed to clear congestion from my lungs!
Wonderful!
Pure Gold, much appreciate you!
my pleasure!
Been working on my posture earlier today and I’m so glad I came across this video now. These exercises really made me aware of my spine in new ways. Very grateful!
You are very welcome! Improving posture comes from improving whole body connection.
WOWZER!!! Thanks Again!
I am so happy to have found your channel! I like this Feldenkrais approach. Thanks for helping fix lifelong problems.
There’s such a difference moving the hips to straighten the back. Thanks so much
yes there's a big difference!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support!
Ive had 3 open chest heart surgeries since 2003. After each surgery ive had trouble keeping my head straight. I can use these exercises & am going to start today. These movements should be part of cardiac rehab because i think every heart surgery patient has this problem. Thank you so much!
All of the exercises you have shown I can definitely feel. I am in bad shape, “a mess” my doctor said. I am almost 67 and have severe kyphosis, scoliosis, and spinal stenosis from cervical to lumbar. I know how much more pain I will be in tomorrow but I am willing to try working with you. I have tried working on my forward head posture and holding my shoulders back for a long time and I just keep migraine headaches.
I love your work, your way and your words. I am trying to re-find awareness, retrain movement patterns and strengthen muscles I let myself deteriorate after a lifetime as a modern dancer/teacher using many modalities including Feldenkrais! I was lucky to be in a weekend workshop with HIM in Chicago in about 1978!! I had a signed copy of Awareness Through Movement until a horrible flood 2 yrs ago. You are giving me hope again even though I am 66 and life has changed so much. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing your story! We all have the ability to learn and grow for a lifetime, so I'm glad you're re-finding awareneness, re-connecting with yourself!
Amazing! Instantly works... and again, like all the other videos I have watched of yours easy to do, no pain. I had focused on head, neck and shoulders... which did not work as you know. Reminding myself to do just one thing which is to shift the pelvis forward totally created the alignment in the upper body! Lol... how simple! Finally after years of physical therapy, tons of chiropractors and tons of videos trying to find what would work; I found your videos!
Wonderful! Why you dont have a billion subscribers is a mystery to me.
thank you!
Agree
Hmm you’re life must be quite puzzling. This dude is great though
I have been to a lot of phisios, ostepaths, doctors, etc. No thing seems to help. I Keep tellong my hips are tight, my low back hurts, my chest hurts, my forword head posture doesnt se em to change. I tried these exercises and I do feel the work. I Will Keep doing them witha hope of a final solution to my forward head posture and chronic pain. Thank yij.
i'm sure you can improve your posture with right movement practice. keep me updated!
What a wonderful teachings ….!!!!
All others experts gave us the wrong and useless advisees to correct our hunchback posture that we can’t
remember for long it does not help….
But your teachings are quite deferent
To rearrange the muscles to a correct
Posture …. Thanks so much…
You are a great teacher….!!!!!
Your channel is brilliant buddy
thank you!
The exercises are very effective and easy. Thank you for the help 🙏
These exercises are so helpful. At first I couldn’t do the third exercise when I tried it a few weeks ago, but since practicing moving the sternum up and down now I can, and I’ve noticed my back of neck pain improving. TY for sharing 😊
Thank you … you are amazing. I have had intermittent neck, back, hip, thoracic pain over the last twenty years (I’m 65). I also have forward head posture.
I am going to start doing your exercises. You and your teachings are wonderful . It all makes sense. I’ve done many self help programs over the years ( somatics, Ecosque, etc) but nothing seems to help me get out of permanent pain. Hoping this works for me. Thank you
Thanks, great video that is helpful to my old back and neck.
👏👏👏 Soo helpful
glad to hear it!
Wow.i felt pain in the total opposite direction. My neck hurts and my right shoulder is stiff since years. I felt pain in the left side of my waist in my back... after the 2nd and 3rd exercise, wow... As if someone has restarted my systems. Big thank you!! 😍 I'll definitely try more of these.
I just found your channel, you are truly a godsend. I am a nurse and have worked almost everyday for the past 30 years. I have so many aches and pains in my back and neck and my posture is getting worse. Thank you so much for sharing your much needed knowledge.
Thank you what you do. Many nurses are under paid and quiet heroes.
@@jmc8076 Thank you very much, I appreciate your comment 😊❤️
Exercise 1 04:28
Exercise 2 07:19
Exercise 3 11:40
Thank you. That is a great idea!
Thank you
Thanks Neo cheers
Thanks
I can barely hear this video. What's wrong with the sound?
I've had several accidents in the past two years, and I developed a hunchback i never had before. It's so fixed that I can't even move into a straight-back posture. Is it possible to fix if I do these exercises daily? So happy I found this channel!
I'm going to try this after work
More of us need to be aware of this... including myself!
yes absolutely!
Your exercices are simply the best! Thank you so much!
thank you!!
I am grateful for your videos!. Keep it up! I am now free of back pain!
Thank you so much! Your insight is unique! I've watched loads of videos about correcting bad posture and I've done lots of exercises. Nothing is as helpful as your videos.
you are welcome. glad you find my videos helpful
I activated the movement with the shoulders. First I actually moved with the shoulders ， then gradually the movement of the shoulders became just a hint. But I found my breath compressed!
Thank you thank you thank you !
I have TOS and this helps a lot, i can feel relief down my arm. Thank you
I have used a kneeling chair for many years, and it makes it possible for me to sit at the computer without sending my back into spasm. (Injured through nursing job) It makes your pelvis go into the correct position! My posture is pretty good now. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE SHOULDER/NECK VIDEO!!! I had a plane ride that totally sent my neck into spasm, but when I did your movements, it went away!
I love kneeling chair! there is also seiza chair
Very interesting! Thank you. Makes sense.
I learn so much from you.
I found this helpful. TY. I adjusted on the left side where my ribs are close together by extending my left arm in various positions. Did some reps w/ bent elbow as shown. Pops in elbow and shoulder, left side.
I love this guy
I want to personally thank you and I hope you see this.
I’m already having life changes from your exercise. My father has bad arthritis that he started taking steroids for at 35. I’m 28 now and spend almost my whole day sitting working on code or 3D design.
Literally just did exercise #3 here and felt the muscles between my shoulder blades working again. For sure I felt the overextension you warned about and just wow thank you. I’m going to be putting your exercises into a regiment for myself. Thank you so much.
Thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience! I appreciate it!
wow so so helpful thank you! Everyone should know this 🙌
My spine is fused, sacrum to mid shoulder blades. I’m at least becoming more body-aware of that I’ve been doing. Hoping that repeating these exercises will activate the small muscles that were essentially scarred and deactivated by the surgery. The fusion gave me a twist to the left. Thru you video I can feel the twist and identify what I’m doing. Very helpful!
That's what brought me here also. I've been fused since I was 12. I just turned 57 and have a lot of issues with my neck and between my shoulder blades.
@@renaisafan I have found a lot of helpful things on TH-cam. I’m 71 and have the time to spend an hour a day just on my body. It’s a basic necessity at this point if I want to keep walking, standing, and moving well. Feldenkrais has proven amazing!
Your Amazing. So happy I found your channel. I subbed
Thank you so much, this is wonderful and you explain how to do these exercises so thoroughly. I’m now an addict to your channel. ❤
You're so welcome!
SUPERB!!! Thank you so much!!!
Fantastic! It feels like I just relieved a point T12 with this exercise. Seems like I have so much going on ..such a mess!😎 However, I am going to add this in the beginning of my routine 2x daily and see if I can reverse my stucture challenges. Thank you.
my pleasure!
This is GREAT! And thank you for taking time to summarize your 3 “exercises”!
You are welcome! Which exercise did you find most helpful?
I guess it was the one Re lengthening your neck-aw shucks, ALL of it I benefit from.
I love your videos - but the volume could be better. Some of it is loud, and other is too quiet.
I need better posture habits, and to de-program the existing ones.
Thank you,bro appreciated, agrigatou. I had neck position problem. Cause headache.
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Thank you so much for all these video’s. Your video’s are very clear about how to adapt Feldenkrais in daily life. I wish I had discovered them earlier and had not waited until I had so much pain in my shoulder. I have followed Feldenkrais lessons many years ago and I have several books and CD’s with Feldenkrais lessons. Feldenkrais has helped me several times, but In the last years I have only practised it now and then. So I am very happy to have found your channel. It is difficult to know where to start now, as I understand now that I have to change a lot of habits to practise it in daily life.
An excellent teaching thank you Taro x you are always an inspiration
thank you!!
Thank you, very helpful.
Yoga on steroids! Finally a little bit of deeper explanation and meaning to the movements. I think you're going to be a hit!
Great video!
Thank you for a great video and for wonderful tips. How to see you soon.
Thank you! Lots more videos are on their way! Stay tuned!
Thank you, Taro for Your work! I really appreciate your videos and your amazing teaching about this whole-body intelligence. After a few days of different exercises, I already feel more aligned, and my understanding about correct ways of using my body starts to show up even when I'm not trying to intentionally do so. This is amazing!
Thats great!!
Thank you for addressing this…I’m in my 70’s and have always had forward head posture. I’ve practiced hard and soft expression of martial arts for nearly 60 years with the accompanying wear and injuries to my body.
I’ve been diagnosed with degenerative arthritis of the spine. My posture in medical terms is unremarkable. The problem is that I am suffering a very inflexible almost locked position of the thoracic spine…if I stand with my back to the wall…I am unable to touch the wall with the back of my head. Worse…if I lie flat on the floor…my head is unable to touch the floor…it is only with great difficulty that it finally touches and then my chin feels it is being forced up and there is a very painful impingement between the shoulder blades. Getting up from that position is difficult and extremely painful as if the vertebrae between my shoulder blades seemed locked…until I can loosen it with movement.
This appears to be an habitual pattern that has become a structural deformation. I will begin your exercises today and see if it helps. I have also noticed that the thoracic tightness/kyphosis(?) is making my entire spine seem tight when I am not training.
Any thoughts or advice?
thanks for the comment. We so often focus on the problem areas, but the problem areas are often overworking areas. We usually get better results by working away from the problem areas and connecting towards them. Improving connection between hips and lower back may be a good starting point
Thank you…I’ll try using my Tai Chi Chuan with mental intention to extend the spine and energy upwardly from the hip…in addition to your exercises.
Do you have any tips for good habits when using a computer so we don't hunch over because we adapt the body to the environment, eg. when working on a laptop?
Thank you I instantly felt less pain. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. #MisterWalter #BballYOGI
Great job!
This is really helpful
Taro I can't watch this too many ads, too bad.
Very good tips Taro, I down it because I didn't like the way it was taught, thank you for this experience.
I definitely feel the muscles activating while doing these movements. Thank you, Taro. I hope to initiate new posture.
You are welcome:)
my other favorite
Wonderful - thank you.
Thank you
Hello! Thank you for your educational videos!
Another great video. I'm going to do these exercises every day for the next month and see what happens 🙂🙂
great explanations. Thabksa lot
Yesss!
Thank you so much. Great exercises.
My pleasure! Please check out my recent videos on posture and dont forget to grab your free Posture Transformation Guide there!
i've struggled with my back for two years now and have tried a lot of different things (strenghtening, streching, massaging, acupuncture) and nothing has helped on the long term but i felt every single one of these moves and i feel like they might be what i have been looking for!
Does the sphinx position help with posture? Please let me know! Thanks for your channel!😊
you mean, lying on stomach and on your elbows and forearms to get more extension through spine? it may help some, but for someone who tends to extend through lower back may not be ideal.
Great content.
I especially appreciate that you linked timestamps for the specific exercises. It's a time-saver!
Keep up the great work.
Great how clearly you explain the condition and the exercises. Thank you 🙏🏻
thank you!
Greatly effective, my pelvis and belly starated to tremor and release! And my pelvis, hara reorganized. Esp. useful for depression, anxiety, and seniors! Thank you!
Excellent , very helpful , i suffer from military neck. It’s progressing and I am looking for relief in alternative methods , because absolutely nothing else works . Thankyou
Please post a video on correcting neck posture 🙂
Such fantastic information, so helpful! Thank you! :)
You're so welcome!
Amazing, i will definitly try these excercises! Thank you
you are welcome. let me know how it goes.
@@TaroIwamoto for sure! Its already going quite well. After just one session of doing these exercises i can already notice some improvements. Needless to say this derserves my full commitment so ill keep on it!
This is amazing
Awesome video. It really helps. Are there videos for tight knees?
This is GOLD! Thank you for this video, it gives so much relief, and great to have a strategy now to undo and prevent it!
Worked the first time...crazy. I have not touched my toes for over a year
Thank u 🙏
Thank you so much so helpfull!’