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8 Shades of Play V2 - 1 - The Joker and The Kinesthete

Eight Shades of Play

Lighten Up! It’s time to get serious about Play! Play is the ultimate portal to learning for kids and grownups. . We all have signature play styles developed in childhood, but as an adult, you can add to your repertoire.

Week 1 of the series is for giggling with the Joker and loving movement with the Kinesthete. It’s a side-lying lesson - both sides - to feel the joy of easy breath, the freedom of ‘shimmy ribs,’ and a little self-tickle.

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

LessonsJacki KatzmanSeptember 11, 20238 shades of play, joker, kinesthete, pressing rribs, olay, play

Too Darn Hot! Super Cool Minimal Movement - 5 - Coordinating Connections

Too Darn Hot! Super Cool, Minimal Moves

Almost nothing to do in this one but imagine a ball rolling from heel to fingertips. How clear are the diagonal lines of force in your minds eye?

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The Master Has Failed More Times Than The Novice Has Tried - built into every ATM

Learning from failure is essential to learning; useful failure is built into every ATM

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanAugust 28, 2023failure, moshe feldenkrais marital artist, simone biles, guardian

Too Darn Hot! Super Cool Minimal Movement - 4 - Imagining Connections

Too Darn Hot! Super Cool, Minimal Moves

Almost nothing to do in this one but imagine a ball rolling from heel to fingertips. How clear are the diagonal lines of force in your minds eye?

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The Hungry Caterpillars - A Surprise Monarch Bonanza

The fourth rainiest July on record must have been good for butterflies - a bonanza of caterpillars.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanAugust 22, 2023monarch butterfly caterpillars

Too Darn Hot! Super Cool Minimal Movement - 3 - Use You Assets, Slow The Clock

Too Darn Hot! Super Cool, Minimal Moves

Use your assets: your heaviest bones and muscles. A variation on the famous pelvic clock lesson to get the hips doing the work so the rest of you can stay chill.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanAugust 14, 2023too darn hot, minimal movement, pelvic clock, Awareness Through Movement

Too Darn Hot! Super Cool Minimal Movement - 2 - See Saw Breathing

Too Darn Hot! Super Cool, Minimal Moves

Get the most air in for the least amount of work. Expand your breathing repertoire. Get a nice deep breath with this exploration of ‘see saw’ or ‘paradoxical’ breathing.

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Jacki KatzmanAugust 8, 2023

Movement Mentor, Discovered Behind Popcorn Machine, Debuts At Surfer Flick

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanAugust 8, 2023surfing, colonial theater, yin and yang of gerry lopez, breathing lesson, demonstration

Too Darn Hot! Super Cool Minimal Movement ... It's All In The Eyes

Too Darn Hot! Super Cool, Minimal Moves

All in the Eyes - seminal lesson on how eyes direct movement, done as lazily as possible.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanJuly 31, 2023too darn hot, minimal movement, eyes, dead bird, movement of the eyes, summer, cool

The Growth Mindset Baked Into The Feldenkrais Method

Growth mindset - encouraging effort over identity - is baked into the Feldenkrais Method. The practice encourages curiosity, experimentation, and self-awareness over results. New research shows that a growth mindset leads to enhanced performance in current and future activities. Based, of course, on a recent Huberman Lab podcast.

Hippie Chicks - 10 - Mary - Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Coming Full Cycle

Hippie Chicks - 10 - Mary - Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Coming Full Circle

We go full circle, returning to the familiar full-body survey lesson. On front, back and front again. Or seated.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanJuly 23, 2023hippie chicks, shoulder blades, sternum, breath, posture, pelvis, flexors and extensors

Hippie Chicks - 9 - Rickie Lee - The Second Time Around - The Hug Lesson

Last “Hippie Chick” in this series - a second time around for a classic lesson that starts with bent knees tipping and ends in a rolling self-hug, with an emphasis on the connection between shoulder blades.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanJuly 17, 2023hippie chicks, shoulder blades, sternum, breath, posture, pelvis, flexors and extensors

Music IS The Space Between Notes - New Research on the Sounds of Silence

New research shows that the brain processes silence as if it were a sound.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanJuly 16, 2023brain science, presence of absence, pnas, silence

Hippie Chicks - 8 - Carole - You've Got A Friend - Soft Hands

Hippie Chicks - 8 - Carole - You’ve Got A Friend - Soft Hands

It’s the touch. Yes, in the hands. But the hands connect all the way up to the shoulders and chest. The soft touch is backed by full-body connection and power.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanJuly 10, 2023hippie chicks, shoulder blades, sternum, breath, posture, pelvis, bell hand, elbows

NCCR Interview with DJ Penny Keeler

North Country Community Radio (NCCR) DJ Penny Keeler, the friendliest voice in radio, and I will co-host her weekly show, Out of the Box, on Tuesday, July 11 at 9:00 AM. Tune in to 99.9 FM in Bethlehem, or stream live at nococommunityradio.org

Jacki KatzmanJuly 9, 2023

Clumsy Is A State of Mind - You can overcome childhood fears and learn to love sports

Klutziness is real. But, with conscious training, a realistic self image that includes seeing strengths, people who think themselves uncoordinated can enjoy sports. Based on a July 6, 2023 NYT article.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanJuly 9, 2023neuroplasticity, self image, clumsiness, nyt

Hippie Chicks - 7 - Judy- Amazing Grace - Prayer Hands

Hippie Chicks - 7 - Judy - Amazing Grace - Prayer Hands

Another experience of isolating the shoulder blades - middle, bottom and top - to feel the connection between the shoulder blades and head as the spine twists. Based on the “Prayer Hands” lesson as taught by Moshe Feldenkrais.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanJuly 3, 2023hippie chicks, shoulder blades, sternum, breath, posture, pelvis, chanukia, ay18