Exercises & Lessons for Body awareness
10 Feldenkrais® Exercises to Try Gently at Home
Ten short Feldenkrais explorations you can do lying or seated, each one slow, small, and well below pain, with attention on sensing change rather than reaching a stretch.
Somatic Jaw Release: Gentle Movement to Ease Tension
A somatic jaw release uses slow, easy movement to soften a clenched jaw and tight TMJ. Learn why it helps, with a short lesson you can try right now.
Functional Leg Length Discrepancy Exercises: A Gentle Lesson
A gentle lying down lesson for a functional leg length difference: compare your two legs, sense both sides of the pelvis, and let standing share weight more evenly.
TMJ Stretch Exercises: A Gentler Way to Ease a Tight Jaw
TMJ stretch exercises rarely calm a clenching jaw. Try a short awareness lesson that gives the jaw less to do, with slow movement of the head, neck and tongue.
Gentle Exercises for Foot Drop: A Slow Ankle Lesson
A seated and lying lesson for a foot that catches or slaps, working on the timing and attention behind the lift rather than on effort at the ankle alone.
Ankle Stretches: A Gentle Feldenkrais® Lesson for Stiff Ankles
Slow, small ankle movements you can do sitting or lying down, with nothing held and nothing forced, for ankles that feel stiff, creaky, or unsure underfoot.
Pelvic Clock: A Gentle Feldenkrais® Lesson You Can Do Lying Down
A quiet lying down lesson: picture a clock face on your lower belly, then let your pelvis roll slowly from hour to hour, small, easy, and unhurried.
SI Joint Stretches That Do Not Provoke a Sore Pelvis
SI joint stretches that stay small and slow, in a short lying down lesson for that nagging one sided ache low beside the tailbone.
Mindful Movement Yoga: A Slower, Softer Floor Practice
A short lesson in the spirit of mindful movement yoga: a tiny lying down twist done with full attention, where sensing matters more than the shape.
Short Foot Exercises: A Gentle Way to Sense Your Arch
A slow, seated lesson in the small doming movement behind short foot exercises, done with attention rather than effort, and comfortably below any strain.
How to Stretch Upper Traps Without Straining the Neck
The upper traps are usually holding rather than short. Here is how to stretch upper traps by letting the shoulders stop carrying themselves, not by pulling the head sideways.
Micro Movements: Why Smaller Is Easier to Feel
Micro movements are the core of Feldenkrais practice. Making a movement smaller sharpens what you can sense, and sensing is what lets a habit change.
Pelvic torsion exercises: a gentle way to feel both sides
A slow pelvic clock exploration for noticing how the right and left sides of your pelvis move, without chasing a perfectly matched pair of hips.
Nerve Gliding Exercises: A Gentle Lesson for Hands and Arms
Tiny, slow, oscillating glides for the hand and arm, taught in the unhurried spirit of Feldenkrais: nothing held, nothing pushed, never into tingling.
Proprioception Exercises: Train Your Sense of Where You Are
A seated eyes closed lesson that trains your sense of position by guessing where your arm is before checking, with gentle paths onward for every joint.
Standing Side Bends: A Gentle Lesson in a Forgotten Direction
A slow standing exploration of bending sideways: no reaching for the floor, no counting, just noticing what your ribs, pelvis and feet do on each side.
Wrist Stretches That Invite the Whole Arm: A Gentle Lesson
A short guided lesson of wrist stretches done as exploration: small circles, easy forearm rolls, and a shoulder that joins in, instead of positions you hold.
Ab Stretches: A Gentle Lesson for the Front of Your Body
A slow lying lesson that lengthens the front of the torso after hours of sitting and folding forward, guided by breath and attention rather than effort.
Carpal Tunnel Hand Exercises That Involve the Whole Arm
A slow sitting lesson for tingling, overworked hands that works with the arm as one chain from shoulder to fingertips, candid about what movement cannot do.
Shin Stretches Without Kneeling: A Gentle Feldenkrais® Lesson
A quiet lesson for the front of the lower leg, done in a chair and lying down, for shins that ache after hills, new shoes, or a long day on your feet.
Foot Exercises for Arches: A Gentle Lesson in Sensing
A short lying down lesson that treats the arch as a living, moving part of your foot, sensed through the whole leg, not a shape to hoist up and hold.
Gentle Calf Stretches: A Feldenkrais® Lesson for Tight Calves
Calf stretches without the strain: a slow, attentive lesson for heavy, tight calves and stiff ankles, done lying down or sitting comfortably in a chair.
Elbow Exercises for Pain: A Gentle Whole Arm Lesson
A slow lesson for an aching elbow: small movements of the forearm, wrist and shoulder together, so the whole arm learns to share the work it does all day.
How to Improve Back Flexibility for Dancers, Gently
How to improve back flexibility for dancers by spreading the bend through every vertebra instead of hinging in one spot, with a short floor lesson to try today.
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