Flexible Minds

Flexible minds The idea of a lesson is not just to move ourselves, or be more flexible physically, but to have a different experience of yourself at the end of a lesson.Feldenkrais said “I don’t want flexible bodies, I want flexible minds”. The two go hand in hand. After all, our body and mind are … More Flexible Minds

Finding ease

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

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

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