Awareness Through Movement #142

Frog - BALANCE - Vita and Asanga, might be best to imagine this one!

What I love about the way Moshe “thinks” or educates people about their/our bodies is his strategy to have people lie on the back and explore what’s possible while somewhat rested before inviting people to come into the same position with a different relationship to gravity.

Learning this has had me explore different ways to move on my back first… IF I can do it on my back first, it must be possible… right?

Yeah, right says my brain as I bring the practice into reality.. with gravity and sometimes grim determination.

frog, balance, rocks, Feldenkrais lesson

We’ve all seen the way a frog sits really comfortably with knees bent to the side, they make it look so easy. Then when they spring and the legs go really long… it might be a good visual to have for this lesson!

The important thing is to play, to remember.. if your body is not used to these..