Author: Emma

Half Term – International Feldenkrais Federation Conference

May 27, 2024

This week is half term. I’m attending the International Feldenkrais Federation conference in Germany this week, as the UK representative. It’s a usually a really interesting conference, with representatives from all the countries who have official Feldenkrais Method Guilds. It’s an opportunity to share how different countries meet the same challenges and questions, as well … More Half Term – International Feldenkrais Federation Conference

Breathing for Calm

May 12, 2024

It’s Moshe Feldenkrais’ birthday week, and International Feldenkrais Week! How many candles can you blow out? Moshe talked and wrote a lot around breathing and the breath. Let me share one thing to notice around the breath, if you’re teaching, but also if you’re talking to someone with a different point of view.  If someone … More Breathing for Calm

Finding ease

May 6, 2024

When I was little, I used to regularly visit London with my Mum to go to Great Ormond Street Hospital. I was history obsessed from a very early age, so after the hospital visit, if we had time, we would go to the British Museum. To do something nice after something less pleasant. We usually went to … More Finding ease

The Skeletal Path

April 30, 2024

A few weeks ago, I did some lessons around the pelvis. And I asked everyone (probably around 30-40 people) where their hip joints were. Very few people knew. Many people pointed to to the top of the pelvis at the sides (the ischium) and other people pointed lower down, in various places. And it’s not … More The Skeletal Path

Different Faces

March 28, 2024

Last weekend, I came down with tonsilitis whilst away performing in Switzerland. Which I haven’t had in decades. So it took me a while to recognise the symptoms. And thank goodness for modern medicine, which enabled me to still perform, if dosed up to the eyeballs. And for the antibiotics I picked up on the … More Different Faces

and pause…

March 18, 2024

This weekend I had a concert in Lichfield. It isn’t well connected in the late evening for public transport. It’s not alone of course. So I travelled by car, with a colleague. It took 2 1/2 hours to get there, and 3 to get home, with detours for roadworks, and a few wrong turns. Habits … More and pause…

Heads, Shoulders, Toes, Nervous System…

March 4, 2024

Why do Feldenkrais? Every time you move, with attention, you’re improving your awareness. You’re improving your connections between body and brain. Part of the problem for all of us is that we don’t sense enough of ourselves. We don’t feel the relationships between all the parts. In each lesson I shine a spotlight on a … More Heads, Shoulders, Toes, Nervous System…