Why Movement? Your Body Won't Let You Fall

05/08/23 • 14 min

Put aside your self-help books. Step away for a moment from the your therapy session. Consider movement as a key ingredient you've been missing.

In a world that's so focused on thinking and feeling, why would movement be necessary for self-improvement? Let's find out.

Moshe Feldenkrais in his book Awareness Through Movement gives 9 reasons for Why Movement? We tackle the first one: Your nervous system is preoccupied mainly with movement.

Expect to learn: - why nervous system is primarily concerned with movement - you're the descendent of a great line of movers - put your feet up like Freud

This is episode one in a nine episode series.

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Put aside your self-help books. Step away for a moment from the your therapy session. Consider movement as a key ingredient you've been missing.

In a world that's so focused on thinking and feeling, why would movement be necessary for self-improvement? Let's find out.

Moshe Feldenkrais in his book Awareness Through Movement gives 9 reasons for Why Movement? We tackle the first one: Your nervous system is preoccupied mainly with movement.

Expect to learn: - why nervous system is primarily concerned with movement - you're the descendent of a great line of movers - put your feet up like Freud

This is episode one in a nine episode series.

Stay connected and subscribe to the podcast! Support the podcast with a tip.

Previous Episode

Awareness Through Movement: What you need to know to get started

When your friend says they are going to go do an ATM, do you look at them perplexed? I guarantee you they are not grabbing money from a machine. 💸💸

ATM is the short hand for Awareness Through Movement ®, the group class of the Feldenkrais Method®.

If you find yourself curious about Awareness Through Movement, but you want to know what you're getting yourself into, listen to this episode. You'll learn everything you need to step into a class whether in person or online.

In this episode, you will learn

the basics of the ATM structure
what makes ATM unique
what students report after a lesson
your responsibilities as a student
what clothes and gear to bring
tips on giving this work a fair trial.

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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.

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Next Episode

Surprising Benefits of the Feldenkrais Method(!)

There is the common list of benefits about the Feldenkrais Method: people get from lessons saying they feel taller, more grounded, lighter, more graceful, easier movement, less pain etc.

That's a good and with this episode I wanted to focus on the surprising benefits of this work. The benefits that emerge as new thoughts for yourself.

Like the following:

I didn't know I was doing that!
I never expected I could do that!
I improved my game without practicing!

As one continues on their Feldenkrais journey, more and more benefits reveal themselves. To learn more about these, I've created a short ebook on the 9 Surprising Benefits of the Feldenkrais Method.Download it here