August ATM's a variety of lessons #6

Hamstrings - Jim Stephens

The purpose in offering a variety of lessons during this period is to give you a sense of the broad scope practitioners ‘teach’ from. There is no manual as such as far as the ways to deliver content is concerned, it’s up to each individual… and each individual has their own way of interpreting the material and the way they want to run their businesses.

Some have a passion for dancing, others are more athletic, a large percentage of practitioners (particularly in Australia) have a physiotherapy background, Feldenkrais offers physiotherapists an edge not addressed in their profession so many are drawn to this Method.

There’s the “professions” drawn to Feldenkrais, there’s the creatives, and there are people with their own quirky interests who find this method so stimulating they take it in different directions.

Jim Stephens seems to be of the scientific world, he’s written numerous papers detailing how Feldenkrais differs from the rest. He has a lesson specifically for the hamstrings, which are not often mentioned so I thought you might like to discover how yours work!

Here they are:

Ewww, and I asked AI why they’re called ‘hamstrings’, it came back with this:

“The name likely originates from the practice of hanging butchered pigs by their tendons, which were called "hams". "String" referred to the string-like tendons themselves. Thus, the name "hamstrings" literally means the "strings of the ham".

Enjoy learning more about, with and FOR your self with Jim Stephens: