Awareness Through Movement #235

Standing (Shaking in the heels) - SELF ORGANISATION in the vertical position

“Anatomically the legs are built so the distance between the two knees while walking always stays the same and the knees can move in two parallel lines.
We said that pushing the knees backward is an extreme situation can be done,
however it does not serve in walking or in standing.
It happens only with people whose pelvises and heads are not organised.
With the rest, if you look at the structure of the thigh bone
— it can be seen that it stands on the surface of the knee only when there isn’t a one-hundred-eighty-degree angle at the back of the knee.
Behind, it is as if a small bend — it seems like a slight bend when standing — however when you look at the skeleton you will see that the bone really stands only in this position.
There is an opening in the hip joint. When the knees are completely straight behind — that is disordered standing. This does not mean the knees will be bent until there is an opening in the front of the hip.
You need to feel the place where the leg stands, where the thigh bone stands on the knee, and where it can stand able to move with equal ease in all directions. We already saw it more than once.”
Moshe Feldenkrais