The Whole Woman® approach to pelvic health addresses the glaring misunderstandings of standard gynecology and orthopedics bu offering women self-help approaches to managing prolapsed pelvic organs. Relearn how to stand like a 9-year old for better pelvic health.
Read MoreA Glimpse of Leg - 1 - Leg Circles
Feel deeply into the hip socket from sitting and tummy-lying by circling the feet.
BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
Read MoreHow well do you know how you use your major moving parts? This full body survey is a spotlight on what you do well, what you never noticed and what you might want to improve.
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Read MoreAn intro taster lesson and/or an easy lesson to bring together the previous Recentering lessons “Everything, Right Here, All At Once”: center plane, infinity hips center point, spine like a wave, diagonals front and back, playing with your elbows, inner and outer space, top and bottom, twist around your center and tippy top tongue. Hands and feet mirror the center line with everything you can bring to it.
Adapted from “Classical Mechanics: Poise 4” as taught by Andrew Gibbons.
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreImagine 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
Read MoreTwist again, better than you did way back then.
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreBoldly go where you haven’t been: deep into your internal and outer space, all the while holding your center. An eye exploration for the whole body.
Adapted from “Esalen Workshop: Reeducation of the Eyes” by Moshe Feldenkrais.
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
Read MoreThis ‘ReCentering’ variation explores the internal diagonals from sternum to sacrum and the opposite diagonal from between shoulder blades to the pubis. These torso diagonals balance the front/back and top/bottom: flexibility within stability.
Adapted from “Gentle Fingers and Ribbons” lesson as taught by Alan Questel
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
Read MoreAwareness in the Sanctuary - Yearning - 4 - Inner Alignment
The practical can also be the spiritual with intention. Align your spine for strength, flexibility and clarity.
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).
Read MoreReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 5 - Play From The Elbows
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
Read MoreAwareness in the Sanctuary - Yearning - 3 - Heart as Compass
The practical can also be the spiritual with intention. This week the intention is dual: have a deep, satisfying upper back stretch, and focus awareness on the heart.
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).
Read MoreAwareness 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).
Read MoreReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 4 - Meeting in the Center: Diagonals Front and Back
A familiar lesson with a new focus. How do you align your “corners” (hips and shoulders) with your center line? Can you find better left/right, front/back balance for greater stability to move with abandon?
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreAwareness in the Sanctuary - Yearning - 1 - Inner Vision
The eyes move and focus. And in doing so, affect the entire body. Close your eyes to track how smoothly you look forward, back, side to side, and to sense how the entire body shifts with the movement. As the lesson develops, “see” an image of what you desire to attune to where your vision is clear, and where you lose focus.
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).
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