Why Movement? Movement is Richer than Feeling and Thought
07/03/23 • 22 min
"We all have more experience of movement, and more capacity for it, than of feeling and thought," says Moshe Feldenkrais in his 3rd argument for Why Movement as a basis for self-improvement.
In the North American culture I call home, there is a strong emphasis on personal growth through acquiring information like facts and ideas with not much of a focus on learning through movement (I understand the irony that I am creating a podcast to share information 😆). Feldenkrais believes movement offers richer experience for us than thoughts and feelings. We can learn directly through movement and find out for ourselves.
In this episode you'll hear about:
Movement's primacy in the nervous system.
Jeffrey's personal experience of disregarding his body.
Sensitivity vs. Over-Excitability (a continuation of the idea's from last's week's episode).
Avoiding difficult feelings.
"Thought-terminating Cliches".
Uncovering our deep beliefs and stories.
Feldenkrais' goal to lead people to being critical- and free-thinkers.
For this episode, I draw from Feldenkrais' book Awareness Through Movement.
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Hi, I’m Jeffrey.
I am a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Filmmaker. I am the director of the upcoming documentary on the Feldenkrais Method.
Stay connected and subscribe to the podcast.
New Course Coming! I Need Your Help.
Do you feel stuck lately? Are old ways of thinking, feeling, or moving holding you back? What do you need more support with?
I am doing research interviews with people like you in order to build an online course. Would you be open to a 15-20min interview? Send me an email: [email protected]
Download my free guide: 9 Surprising Benefits of the Feldenkrais Method
Watch the Feldenkrais Documentary Teaser Trailer: teaser.feldenkraismovie.com
Follow Me on Instagram: @expandyourability
Had an Aha? Let me know: [email protected]
"We all have more experience of movement, and more capacity for it, than of feeling and thought," says Moshe Feldenkrais in his 3rd argument for Why Movement as a basis for self-improvement.
In the North American culture I call home, there is a strong emphasis on personal growth through acquiring information like facts and ideas with not much of a focus on learning through movement (I understand the irony that I am creating a podcast to share information 😆). Feldenkrais believes movement offers richer experience for us than thoughts and feelings. We can learn directly through movement and find out for ourselves.
In this episode you'll hear about:
Movement's primacy in the nervous system.
Jeffrey's personal experience of disregarding his body.
Sensitivity vs. Over-Excitability (a continuation of the idea's from last's week's episode).
Avoiding difficult feelings.
"Thought-terminating Cliches".
Uncovering our deep beliefs and stories.
Feldenkrais' goal to lead people to being critical- and free-thinkers.
For this episode, I draw from Feldenkrais' book Awareness Through Movement.
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Hi, I’m Jeffrey.
I am a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Filmmaker. I am the director of the upcoming documentary on the Feldenkrais Method.
Stay connected and subscribe to the podcast.
New Course Coming! I Need Your Help.
Do you feel stuck lately? Are old ways of thinking, feeling, or moving holding you back? What do you need more support with?
I am doing research interviews with people like you in order to build an online course. Would you be open to a 15-20min interview? Send me an email: [email protected]
Download my free guide: 9 Surprising Benefits of the Feldenkrais Method
Watch the Feldenkrais Documentary Teaser Trailer: teaser.feldenkraismovie.com
Follow Me on Instagram: @expandyourability
Had an Aha? Let me know: [email protected]
Previous Episode
Reframing Being "Too Sensitive" and a Technique to Settle Down
Have you ever been called "too sensitive"? I have and I don't like it. It's not helpful and I think it misses the point.
In this episode, I reframe sensitivity. Sensitivity is a good and necessary quality. Sensitivity is about how you receive information from the world to inform your actions. Wouldn't you prefer a partner who is sensitive to your needs? A baker who is sensitive to the ingredients? A driver who is sensitive to the road?
The issue is when we react too intensely to what we're paying attention too. This is over-excitability. Over-excitability is like the small dog that barks wildly, waking up the whole house because he heard something (just the wind) outside.
I offer a technique to quiet down your internal excitable puppy. (hint: it will be boring 😆)
In this episode, you will hear:
- Sensitivity reframed as good and useful
- Over-Excitability is what wears us out
- A guided technique for interacting with difficult experiences
- Our habits are maintained in our muscular tone
- Developing a taste for 'unnecessary urgency'
- The importance of low-effort present with your experience ('just enter the pool')
- The power of acting bored
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New Course Coming! I Need Your Help.
Do you feel stuck lately?
Are old ways of thinking, feeling, or moving holding you back?
What do you need more support with?
I'm building an online course to help people deepen their connection with their bodies, overcome entrenched habits and open up new pathways of moving, thinking and feeling.
To build this course, I'm doing research interviews with people like you to see what you need.
Would you be open to a 15-20min interview?
Send me an email: [email protected]
Hi, I’m Jeffrey.
I am a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Filmmaker. I am the director of the upcoming documentary on the Feldenkrais Method.
Stay connected and subscribe to the podcast.
Download my free guide: 9 Surprising Benefits of the Feldenkrais Method
Watch the DocumentaryTeaser Trailer: teaser.feldenkraismovie.com
Follow Me on Instagram: @expandyourability
Had an Aha? Let me know: [email protected]
Next Episode
Embrace Your Creativity with the Feldenkrais Method
For over a decade I have done video editing. So often by the end of a work session I would walk away feeling cranky or prickly. While creating the videos I was also creating unnecessary discomfort (which sent my on a journey into the Feldenkrais Method). That was the basis for burnout and resentment. Not good.
I believe everybody is fundamentally creative. We create the relationships we have with the choices we make (whether or not we know what choices we are making). The Feldenkrais Method is a method of becoming aware of the choices we make so we open up new choices.
I offer a brief Awareness Through Movement exploration to give you a direct experience of how your choices create new (and better) experiences for yourself.
In this episode you will hear:
- How all people are inherently creative
- Another look at the Self-Image
- How our invisible choices interfere with creativity
- Examples of how Feldenkrais lessons are co-created between teacher and student
- How creativity is taking new unexpected paths
- A guided movement exploration that shows how the choices you make affect your stability and balance
Hi, I’m Jeffrey.
I am a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Filmmaker. I am the director of the upcoming documentary on the Feldenkrais Method.
Stay connected and subscribe to the podcast.
New Course Coming! I Need Your Help.
Do you feel stuck lately? Are old ways of thinking, feeling, or moving holding you back? What do you need more support with?
I am doing research interviews with people like you in order to build an online course. Would you be open to a 15-20min interview? Send me an email: [email protected]
Download my free guide: 9 Surprising Benefits of the Feldenkrais Method
Watch the DocumentaryTeaser Trailer: teaser.feldenkraismovie.com
Follow Me on Instagram: @expandyourability
Had an Aha? Let me know: [email protected]
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