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Every year, our teachers record lessons for International Feldenkrais Week.

The lessons are here to stream (listen to) or download (keep) for your personal use and to share with friends or family. They are not for commercial use – thank you.

International Feldenkrais Week 2024

To mark International Feldenkrais Week and the anniversary of the 120th birthday of Moshe Feldenkrais, we are celebrating with the launch of a series of free online Awareness Through Movement (ATM) recordings.

Six ATM lessons, which fall under the theme of ‘Transitions’, will be available to download here and will be released on a daily basis between 6 and 13 May. Recordings are by teachers Sharon Gimpel, Hannah Wheeler, Josephine Horder, Scott Clark, Shelagh O’Neill and Kristin Fredricksson.

Details of free and low-cost in person classes during IFW 2024 are available here.

Day 2 – ‘Spring Awakening – Sensing Ground Forces’ with Sharon Gimpel

A short lesson exploring the force coming from the ground through the whole body – a world of connection from foot to pelvis through the spine to the head.

Feldenkrais said that babies are already preparing for learning to walk when they are on their backs playing and exploring gravity. I still remember the joy and surprise on my daughter’s face when, as a baby, she pushed her foot into the ground and felt her head moving – that’s the beginning of eventually standing and moving upright. This lesson is a short example of this theme on which Feldenkrais built so many of his lessons.

Sharon Gimpel is a Feldenkrais and somatic movement practitioner and a movement artist based in Stroud.

Day 1 – ‘From Side to Back’ with Shelagh O’Neill

Transitions – from side to back.

Moving from one thing to another – we do it all the time. 

This simple lesson, moving from side to back, can help us understand how clear articulation can make any transition easier. 

Managing transitions is a great test of resilience and flexibility. How quickly do we go? So quickly we can’t really manage the change? (perhaps we’d rather not dwell too long). Or so slowly we forget the intention? And apart from speed, what other factors seem relevant – comfort, attention?

Understanding the range of movement possibilities can help us find the way to do something with clarity and focus.

This lesson is a brief dip into the way the Feldenkrais Method brings freedom of action – not only in physical movement, but the way we think about enacting change.

Shelagh O’Neill is a Feldenkrais Practitioner based in the south-west of England.

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Full catalogue of audio files

Title/Author/Duration/Position Position Description

Neck Care

Charlotte Seirberg
20:12 minutes
Sit (chair), Sit (floor)

A lesson by Charlotte Seirberg.

Feel how to better support your head and neck, while you sit.

From the 2021 series “Looking after yourself in difficult times: Using the Feldenkrais Method for emotional, physical and mental wellbeing”.

Feeling More Connected

Sabine Schmid Blackaby
18:24 minutes
On back

A lesson by Sabine Schmid Blackaby.

During times of feeling disconnected from others, the world or ourselves, it can be soothing to lie down and take the attention inward. Attending to the ebb and blow of breath as well as sensing the supportive surface of the floor can lead to a feeling of balance and equilibrium.

From the 2021 series “Looking after yourself in difficult times: Using the Feldenkrais Method for emotional, physical and mental wellbeing”.

Freeing and Grounding the Breath

Emma Alter
30:28 minutes
On back

A lesson by Emma Alter.

Find how to relate breathing to movements of your pelvis and how this can connect you up all the way from pelvis, through the spine to the chest, neck and head.

From the 2021 series “Looking after yourself in difficult times: Using the Feldenkrais Method for emotional, physical and mental wellbeing”.

Breathe with Ease

Jackie Adkins
21:42 minutes
On back

A lesson by Jackie Adkins.

This lesson develops our side bending, with the aid of an image of our rib cage as an accordion to explore ways to give greater ease and capacity to our breathing.

From the 2021 series “Looking after yourself in difficult times: Using the Feldenkrais Method for emotional, physical and mental wellbeing”.

Knowledge is Power

Jenny Hill
13:24 minutes

A talk by Jenny Hill.

Jenny shares her introduction to the Feldenkrais Method and how it empowered and liberated her. She also shares her belief in the substantial benefits of developing a regular practice by doing Awareness Through Movement Lessons.

From the 2021 series of recordings “Looking after yourself in difficult times: Using the Feldenkrais Method for emotional, physical and mental wellbeing”.

Rolling on the Back

Sabine Riske
13:07 minutes
On back

A lesson by Sabine Riske.

Revisit the rolling motion across your back that you first knew as a baby. Always a popular way to de-stress…and have some fun.

From the 2021 series “Looking after yourself in difficult times: Using the Feldenkrais Method for emotional, physical and mental wellbeing”.

Inter-Weaving the Back with the Help of the Hands

Sharon Gimpel
20:06 minutes
On back

A lesson by Sharon Gimpel.

Use your hand two ways with this lesson. You will use fingers to add to your kinaesthetic sense of what your shoulders (muscles) are doing. You will add a helping hand to take over the work of your shoulder.

From the 2021 series “Looking after yourself in difficult times: Using the Feldenkrais Method for emotional, physical and mental wellbeing”.

Release Your Shoulders to Treat Yourself

Susanne Olfs
19 minutes
Sit (chair), Sit (floor)

A lesson by Susanne Olfs.

When working on-screens for too long or feeling oppressed by anxieties which weigh down your shoulders, listen closely to yourself as you explore these movements of your head, neck and shoulders.

From the 2021 series “Looking after yourself in difficult times: Using the Feldenkrais Method for emotional, physical and mental wellbeing”.