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Novelty in Movement:  NYT Reports It matters
Novelty in Movement: NYT Reports It matters

Research says: Challenging the brain makes for a better workout. (NYT)

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Jacki KatzmanSeptember 27, 2021
Catch Up, Redo, Try - More Pelvic Floor and Orchestra and Balcony Recordings
Jacki KatzmanSeptember 19, 2021
Liberating Your Neck and Jaw - 1 - First Feet
Liberating Your Neck and Jaw - 1 - First Feet

Liberating Your Neck and Jaw - 1 - Here’s a hint: the nose and the pubic bone move together. The spine stabilizes to support the head to move.

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Jacki KatzmanSeptember 19, 2021
A Good Year For Loons
A Good Year For Loons

2021 was a good year for loon nests on favorite kayaking ponds. Take a look.

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Jacki KatzmanSeptember 14, 2021
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are.   Liberating Your Neck and Jaw Starts 9.22
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are. Liberating Your Neck and Jaw Starts 9.22

Come Out, Come Out. Wherever You Are. Liberating Your Neck and Jaw begin Wednesday, September 22 @9:30 AM and 6:30 PM.

This series guides you to trace the connections from your neck, jaw and tongue to the entire body. That crick in your neck might come from your foot, hip or spine. Remind yourself how to move with grace and ease. Six week plus bonus session series. Register.

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Jacki KatzmanSeptember 13, 2021
Australian Feldenkrais Summit 2021 - The Whole Person - Recap
Australian Feldenkrais Summit 2021 - The Whole Person - Recap

The Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2021, “Working with Whole People,” featured nine presenters (and some great scenery.)

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Jacki KatzmanSeptember 6, 2021
Orchestra and Balcony - 5  - I'm Ready for my Closeup
Orchestra and Balcony - 5 - I'm Ready for my Closeup

It’s a wrap - get ready for your close up with a lesson that brings it all together, from hips to tips to lips.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanAugust 31, 2021orchestra and balcony, the tongue, botox lesson, marilyn monroe, gloria swanson
Liberate Your Mouth and Jaw - 6 Weeks of Mouth and Jaw Relaxation
Liberate Your Mouth and Jaw - 6 Weeks of Mouth and Jaw Relaxation

Liberate your neck and jaw. These 6 lessons, designed by master Feldenkrais Teacher David Zemach-Berson, will help interrupt the common habits of muscular tension that cause chronic contraction of the muscles of the mouth, jaw, eyes, and brow.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanAugust 31, 2021liberate your mouth and jaw, david zemach-berson, tmj
From Hatch to First Flight - An Afternoon Spent Following a Female Monarch
From Hatch to First Flight - An Afternoon Spent Following a Female Monarch

A newly hatched female monarch butterfly graciously allowed her opening, hardening and first flight to be filmed. So many flutterings, shudderings, near falls and sparkles. And, then, she flew!

(females lack the spot that marks the male’s lower wings)

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ThoughtsJacki KatzmanAugust 30, 2021
From Brain Science Podcast - Episode 187 - The LiveWired Brain
From Brain Science Podcast - Episode 187 - The LiveWired Brain

A digest of Dr. Ginger Campbell’s interview with David Eagleton on “The LiveWired Brain.” The brain is always rearranging itself, the principal upon which Awareness Through Movement® is base.

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Jacki KatzmanAugust 29, 2021
COVID and The Pelvic Floor - The Washington Post Weighs In
COVID and The Pelvic Floor - The Washington Post Weighs In

Sitting and Stressing Even Gets to Your Pelvic Floor, say experts in a Washington Post article. I’ve pulled the key points for you. Lesson to take home: don’t try to do pelvic floor exercises from a Tik-Tok video when you can get personalized lessons here.

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Jacki KatzmanAugust 23, 2021
Can You See The Wings?
Can You See The Wings?

Of the eight monarch caterpillars I shepherded, three have made cocoons I can find.

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Jacki KatzmanAugust 23, 2021
Orchestra and Balcony - 4 -  Carry it Like Audrey
Orchestra and Balcony - 4 - Carry it Like Audrey

Perfectly horizontal clavicles, shoulder blades like saris flowing to the floor: use your breath to carry it like Audrey.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanAugust 23, 2021orchestra and balcony, audrey, quadrant breathing, sabrina
From Caterpillars to Cocoons (3 of 8)
From Caterpillars to Cocoons (3 of 8)

Of the eight monarch caterpillars I shepherded, three have made cocoons I can find.

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Jacki KatzmanAugust 17, 2021
Orchestra and Balcony - 3 - You Know How to Whistle, Steve, Don't You?
Orchestra and Balcony - 3 - You Know How to Whistle, Steve, Don't You?

You put your lips together and blow. But, to get there, spend some time with a cork and a “Pelvic Floor” series Awareness Through Movement® lestson.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanAugust 17, 2021orchestra and balcony, whistle lesson, cork lesson, lauren bacall, maria fusera
Orchestra and Balcony - 2 - Lift and Separate - Gliding Ribs Front and Back, plus a  Shoulder Blade Detour
Orchestra and Balcony - 2 - Lift and Separate - Gliding Ribs Front and Back, plus a Shoulder Blade Detour

Orchestra and Balcony 2 - from the pelvic floor and core up to lithe ribs and shoulders. With last week’s lesson, the key to chest circles, twists, rotations and all the upper body flex power.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanAugust 10, 2021orchestra and balcony, ribs, belly dance, shakira, gentle fingers
Eight Monarch Caterpillars (Or why this newsletter is so late!)
Eight Monarch Caterpillars (Or why this newsletter is so late!)

First it was one caterpillar. The next day three. The day after, five. The next: eight!

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Jacki KatzmanAugust 9, 2021
More Pelvic Floor - Integration - Orchestra and Balcony  1 - Side-sliding Ribs
More Pelvic Floor - Integration - Orchestra and Balcony 1 - Side-sliding Ribs

Coordinating the pelvic floor (orchestra) and upper ribs (balcony) - what they want is what you see. A side-lying lesson bringing together the whole torso.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanAugust 3, 2021orchestra and balcony, tits and ass, side bending, shimmy workshop, pressing rribs, alan questel, ribs, pelvic floor
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