Healthy Back Workshop

Yesterday I attended the monthly Healthy Back Workshop with Barbara Leverone.  The Workshop is an extension of Barabara's regular Feldenkrais lessons.

 

The Feldenkrais Method is something I had never heard of until I attended my yoga teacher training.  Barbara taught the anatomy portion of our training, and she taught us via the Feldenkrais Method .  Feldenkrais is Awareness Through Movement, you learn to move and use body parts that you didn't know weren't working--or didn't know they weren't working properly.

 

I, being someone who is always in my head, have never had great body awareness.  Even after 5 years of yoga my body awareness is still pretty low, but these Feldenkrais lessons really teach me to 'connect the dots'.  Every time I attend class I find another piece of the body puzzle.  It always amazes me when I learn the connective relationships of the different body parts.  What is even more amazing is when I understand the relationships.  I wouldn't be surprised if you could actually see the lightbulb turn on above my head, just like in the cartoons.

 

I highly recommend that anyone try Feldenkrais just once--you'll be hooked!  I've turned several family members and friends onto it and they keep coming back!