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The 15th Boston Greenfest, with music at Christopher Columbus Park on the waterfront and exhibits down the Greenway, had great weather, educational exhibits, green vendors and music. Jah Free-I proudly make our 11th appearance. Locals, tourists, dogs and boats all came for the fun.

ReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 9 - Tippy Top Tongue

Imagine the tongue as the whip at the top of the spine. A flick of the tongue can shift your side-to-side and front-back balance subtly, or clearly, if you pay attention. A delicate fine-tune balance trick or amusing bit of internal play. Your call.

Adapted from David Zemach Berson’s “Primacy of the Tongue” lesson

Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here

This and more in this 10-day virtual event featuring 3-4 talks each day with 53 empowering expert speakers.

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ReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 8 - Twist Around Center

Twist again, better than you did way back then.

Adapted from “Coordination of the Flexor Muscles and of the Extensors” by Moshe Feldenkrais

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A summary of “Learning to learn from positive experiences,” Journal of Positive Psychology, 6 December 2021, by Dr. Rick Hansen et al, from a Feldenkrais Method® perspective.

Science validates Dr. Feldenkrais’ approach to learning, including: introducing new experiences, enriching them with variation and novelty, absorbing the learning with rest and awareness, and linking the experience to positive change with before and after body scans.

The study validates the hypothesis that this learning approach can lead to lasting positive changes.

Awareness in the Sanctuary - Yearning - 2 - Inner Voice

Your own voice becomes the spiritual tool for exploring how you listen to the worlds, outside and in. The vibrations of your voice reveal tensions in the neck, jaw and body that may interfere with how you perceive and process sound.

Awareness in the Sanctuary, hosted by the Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, is in its fifth year. Join BHC member and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® Jacki Katzman with special introductions by Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum. Free and open to the public. Appropriate for all body types, levels of fitness, spiritual or religious orientation.

Thursdays in July, 9:30 AM, in the BHC Sanctuary and by Zoom (register here).

The Huberman Lab Podcast dives into the Art and Science of Movement with global movement star Ido Permit. Permit is a student of Dr. Feldenkrais and incorporates the Feldenkrais Method philosophy and practice into his own “Movement Culture” techniques.

Some key excerpts from the show notes included here.