Author Archives: alterbows

Often, at some point when my clients come to see me, we talk about shoes. We don’t think about shoes causing or preventing back pain, but when our feet and ankles can’t perform as intended, the strain gets transferred up the skeleton to the knees, hips and/or back and neck. Sadly, most shoes aren’t fitContinue reading “If the shoe fits…”

Most people, if they know a little about Feldenkrais think about it about becoming flexible, or moving more easily, and its true, and an important part of what Feldenkrais can do that you might find useful in your life. But its more than that. Feldenkrais famously wrote: “What I’m after is not flexible bodies, butContinue reading “Peace of mind & Feldenkrais:”

I had an urgent phone call from a friend whose physio had given up on him. Literally, whilst he was on her table. She said she couldn’t do anything whilst he was so tense. She had told him to do something to help him relax, and he thought of me. He had a diagnosis ofContinue reading “Tension and Feldenkrais”

The other day I bought some nail varnish, (in a sparkly purple, for those interested in the details). Obviously not such a notable event, except I don’t wear nail varnish. Well very rarely. In my childhood, nail varnish wasn’t something we did at home. My mother came from the generation where “nice girls” didn’t paintContinue reading “Change begins with small things.”

Vera’  – a musician re-discovers herself by Emma Alter  (as written for the FGUK newsletter) Musicians (with some exceptions) spend their life moving their fingers very precisely, whilst often contorting themselves in very unnatural ways. We often start when we are very young, and before we are really aware of the effects of repetitive movementsContinue reading “‘Vera’  – a musician re-discovers herself”

I feel lucky that often, going to work is a real treat. I was invited to give a Feldenkrais Workshop for Amateur String-players at their Summer Camp in Tonbridge in August. It is a course run by ELLSO- the East London Late Starters Orchestra– a group I had heard of many times, but never encounteredContinue reading “ELLSO- Feldenkrais for Amateur Musicians”

I was asked by client recently about how one can be comfortable in a state of change. For her, one facet of this was about being more aware of people looking at her as she walked around, now that she was more upright and open in her posture, and not finding it easy.  She wasn’tContinue reading “Change and Comfort”

A few weeks ago I had a minor eye procedure. Unpleasant, as such things usually are, but what I hadn’t counted on was how much my world would shift as I was wheeled out with a white pirate patch shutting out the world on my left side. Looking out of only one eye created aContinue reading “Cyclops and sight…”

For most of us, walking is a daily way of geting from A to B, yet how often do we think about how we do it? What’s your idea of how you walk? How are your different moods reflected in the way you walk? Do you lead your walking with your feet? Or is itContinue reading “Walking and December dates”