Freeing the Shoulders and Neck - Feldenkrais Awareness Exercises

ABOUT THE LESSON
Welcome to my channel! If you have pain or a movement problem please read all the advice and instructions below before you begin.
For most people this lesson is a gentle yet very effective way to improve the comfort and mobility of your shoulders and neck. Shoulder and neck pain can make it difficult to exercise or do everyday things. There are many possible causes, including muscular tension, bursitis, tendinitis (or injury to the rotator cuff tendons) and frozen shoulder. Whatever the cause the important thing is to keep yourself moving, but to stay in a range that feels 100%comfortable.
Many people don’t realise that stiffness in the upper back and ribs (thoracic area) creates strain on the shoulders and neck. By improving your thoracic mobility this lesson helps take the strain off adjacent areas.
TIPS FOR MAXIMUM BENEFIT
Pay attention to your breathing - allow it to be natural and easy. Reduce effort and keep the movements Small, Slow and Smooth Don't do anything that doesn't feel right to you. To reduce pain and tension, become an expert in sensing your body more clearly and accurately.
SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONS
First watch the video, imagining yourself doing the movements smoothly and effortlessly. Then lie down on a comfortable mat, thick carpet or folded blanket and do the movements with your eyes closed, listening to the instructions and paying close attention to the sensations in your body.
PLEASE VISIT US:
free2move.com.au/ for lots more info on the Feldenkrais Method and exercises you can do at home for your back, neck, jaw, shoulders and hips.
IMPORTANT REMINDER:
Listen to your body and don't do anything that doesn't feel comfortable for you. Only you can feel when something is safe.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to acknowledge Moshe Feldenkrais, inventor of the method.
DISCLAIMER:
This programme is for education purposes only and is not intended to replace medical advice. It may not be right for every person. Always seek the advice of a medical professional before beginning any new exercise programme. Jodie Krantz, Free2Move Physiotherapy and its owner, employees and contractors are not liable for any injuries sustained while participating in this exercise programme.

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  • @ZenGrammy
    @ZenGrammy5 жыл бұрын

    Love Love Love. Thank you, Jodie. Always a happy day when you give us another of your wonderful videos.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Penthesilea, I have lots more coming this year and I'll also have full length audio lessons available on my website soon. I so appreciate your encouragement! 😃 All the best for 2019, Jodie

  • @ZenGrammy

    @ZenGrammy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Great to hear. Happy New Year!

  • @ZenGrammy

    @ZenGrammy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Great to hear. Happy New Year!

  • @ZenGrammy

    @ZenGrammy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Great to hear. Happy New Year!

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ZenGrammy thanks and wishing you a wonderful 2019 also!

  • @kateplagercandidatestatere584
    @kateplagercandidatestatere584Ай бұрын

    Hi Jodi, I've been following you for 12 years! I live in Olympia, Washington, USA. I love the sessions I always feel better! Thank you so much. Gratitude.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    Ай бұрын

    Wow, thank you so much for sharing that Kate, it's really lovely to hear from you. So glad you like the lessons! Jodie

  • @helenfrajman8178
    @helenfrajman81782 жыл бұрын

    So excited to have found your videos Jodie. This one is wonderful. Thank you very much.

  • @elizabethshammash2338
    @elizabethshammash23384 жыл бұрын

    This lesson is so beautiful - thank you! I also love your teaching style.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Elizabeth!

  • @saramariaarmasdelpozo555
    @saramariaarmasdelpozo5552 жыл бұрын

    Gracias! Hermosa lección y muy bién explicada .

  • @juliansmith4230
    @juliansmith42304 жыл бұрын

    Great routine. So relaxing. Thank you.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    3 жыл бұрын

    So glad!

  • @melaniecamras8619
    @melaniecamras8619 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! This is really helpful!

  • @jilllong4660
    @jilllong46605 жыл бұрын

    Hi Jodie wonderful gentle movements,very helpful for my injured shoulder, love this lesson . Thank you

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your positive feedback Jill, much appreciated 😃

  • @steffyjustin5108
    @steffyjustin51083 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! I loved the sensations around the end when my body would just flow effortlessly. I feel like a warm flow now in my left shoulder which was so tensed before. Thank you! 🙂

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful to hear Steffy

  • @AY-lv6we
    @AY-lv6we3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for your video,the pace is right,not too fast

  • @marcanello
    @marcanello3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Jodie. Very special lesson

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Marcanello, thank you for watching and for your kind feedback

  • @cheryliantorno2915
    @cheryliantorno29152 жыл бұрын

    It gives a sense of unity to the body and relaxation to the mind. Thank you !!

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully put Cheryl, thanks so much for sharing 😊

  • @stinehee1083
    @stinehee1083 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for all your fine feldenkreis video. I use them almost daily for the time being. And they help me with my neck and shoulder and rest of the body. Stine ❤

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for your kind feedback Stone!

  • @atbamericadelsur
    @atbamericadelsur Жыл бұрын

    Thank you dear One! Always a GIFT to go to the floor with you 😊 I make many more longer pauses, as i felt in this lesson my body needed a lot to integrate! Love and Gratitude!💙

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    Жыл бұрын

    Lovely to hear from you and so good to take those long pauses!

  • @kristenfrancis9585
    @kristenfrancis9585 Жыл бұрын

    I feel so happy to come upon your videos. This exercise helps me daily and gets all the kinks out. You’re a wonderful instructor. Keep the lessons coming please !!

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much Kristen Francis, that makes me so happy to know! So many more videos are planned!

  • @gloriaimbert8654

    @gloriaimbert8654

    10 ай бұрын

    This exervise help me a lot Gracias Grazie Thank You😊

  • @dingosmith9932
    @dingosmith99322 жыл бұрын

    Excellent exercise and instruction!

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Dingo

  • @Redzircon
    @Redzircon3 жыл бұрын

    Another excellent video, thanks.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much Stefan 😊

  • @mezzofeldenkrais6131
    @mezzofeldenkrais61314 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful lesson. I like your teaching style very much. Your pacing and delivery. Very straightforward.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much Mezzo, I was lucky to be trained by Paul and Julie Rubin, Russell and Linda Delman and Ruthy Alon

  • @mezzofeldenkrais6131

    @mezzofeldenkrais6131

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@JodieKrantz Good folks.

  • @marielquevedo3352
    @marielquevedo3352 Жыл бұрын

    Loved it! Thank you so much my neck will be thankful all day long

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    Жыл бұрын

    Mariel Quevedo so glad you found this helpful ❤️

  • @eileenleblanc7866
    @eileenleblanc78664 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful...thank you

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Eileen, thank you so much for visiting my channel

  • @deepsleepclinicdeirdreocon7211
    @deepsleepclinicdeirdreocon72115 жыл бұрын

    Great lesson Jodie.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much Deirdre 😊

  • @marcelaelfant3406
    @marcelaelfant34063 жыл бұрын

    So slowly so enjoyable So natural. difficulties aré steps to learn Thanks you.🙏❤️

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Marcela Eifant thanks so much for your kind words

  • @natalag3411
    @natalag34115 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Jodie! For some reason my “comment” won’t show up but I want you to know that the self-discoveries I’ve made with this are full of surprises!

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi there Natala! Great to hear from you and thank you for your comments. I'm so glad you are making new discoveries! Warm regards, Jodie

  • @cinmac3
    @cinmac32 жыл бұрын

    We shall see or feel, I hope. Thanks

  • @colleentobin1812
    @colleentobin18123 жыл бұрын

    I love this lesson , I'm a Guild Feldenkrais Practitioner , I will teach this one, I've done one similar, to this...I live these variations...bless you for sharing🦋🌷🍃🍂

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Colleen, where do you practise?

  • @colleentobin1812

    @colleentobin1812

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JodieKrantz I live in Canada British Columbia, Kamloops...💃🙏❤

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@colleentobin1812We stopped in Kamloops in 2011 on way to the Canadian Rockies. BC is magnificent!

  • @suminphysiotherapist9484
    @suminphysiotherapist94845 жыл бұрын

    Awesome... I am studying Physiotherapy in UniSA. I am so interested in Feldenkrais Methods. After watching the video from Jeremy Krauss, and reading Awareness through movement. One day, I hope I can visit your clinic and learn from you. My mentor also did Feldenkrais Method, he is a Italian physiotherapist. I think that Feldenkrais Method can be used for all populations. really appreciate for sharing such valuable knowledge.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your encouragement! Physio is a great occupation and Feldenkrais complements it so well. Good luck with your studies. Warmly Jodie

  • @heidiward9563
    @heidiward956310 ай бұрын

    Love this❤

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much Heidi 😊

  • @ImpulsoCreativo9322
    @ImpulsoCreativo93224 жыл бұрын

    Greatly helped my upper trap. But yes I got confused at the end.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Andrea. Don't worry if you get confused. In Feldenkrais we say that confusion happens when you are just about to learn something new! You can't really get things 'wrong' in Feldenkrais. Sometimes we learn more when we make mistakes than when we do it 'right'. So just try the video again and bring a curious and playful attitude and see what you discover! Warmly, Jodie

  • @steffyjustin5108
    @steffyjustin51083 жыл бұрын

    Hi Jodie ! Thank you for this wonderful practice. I was having a pain in the middle of my back all evening. I tried stretching, moving my torso to free this part but the pain still remained. Before going to bed, I thought about this exercise and just did the end part (doing circles with the arms and allowing the body to follow). Miracle ! My pain was no longer there. I was skeptical. Sat up and checked. Yes, it was no longer there, just with a few circles. Still a bit skeptical, I did circles in the other direction. I just have one question, please : at 6:26 you say move the "pelvis backwards". I'ev tried to watch closely so many times, but still can't figure out what you mean. Is it the crest of the pelvis that we move towards the ground, thus lifting the tail bone ? Or the other way round ? or something else. My spine arches are not moving naturally (I guess from years of trying to straighen my back) so I am not sure I get the right impulse. Thank you.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Steffy, yes backwards here means to lift the tailbone first, so that the back of the waistline comes closer to the floor. So glad to hear that the videos are helping you free yourself from pain Steffy! 😃

  • @steffyjustin5108

    @steffyjustin5108

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JodieKrantz Thank you for the clarification 🙂

  • @stephaniethepainreliefspec7893
    @stephaniethepainreliefspec78934 жыл бұрын

    you mention part 1 - what is a link for that video

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Here it is Stephanie kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIuft82mkrSfZM4.html

  • @cinmac3
    @cinmac3 Жыл бұрын

    i hope my swimming will be easier today, after this movement?

  • @nrp5791
    @nrp57914 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Trying for seven months to work out apparent Scalene/Radiculopathy pinched nerve symptoms. 😫

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    4 жыл бұрын

    That sounds really tough. Do you have a Feldenkrais practitioner near where you live?

  • @nrp5791

    @nrp5791

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JodieKrantz I don't know really. Never heard about it until I been looking at how I can resolve all this. I feel like the doctors I see only focus on a narrow view of how to correct. You would think some physicians would ask better questions about ones symptoms to get a better treatment plan. I didn't even know that you can miss diagnose cervical radiculopathy and it could be the Scalene muscles causing the problem. Been searching the internet and KZread for months for a solution.😖

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nrp5791 have you had a cervical MRI or CT scan? You certainly can get functional Thoracic Outlet Syndrome from very tight scalenes

  • @nrp5791

    @nrp5791

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JodieKrantz I've had an X-ray which came up nothing and and MRI showing bulging discs C5 C6. This has led my doctor's to believe they are pinching nerves. Been also taking PEA supplement. That's an anagelisc for compressed nerve syndrome. It does fine but even with Naproxen barely anything touches this let alone stops the symptoms.

  • @nrp5791

    @nrp5791

    4 жыл бұрын

    I did the tests with online tutorials for thoracic outlet syndrome. The only one I failed was to be able to turn my head in my ear all the way to my shoulder. The muscles are sometimes tense then not. 🤷‍♂️ Burning stingy bruising like symptoms go from shoulders to upper arms and with a feeling up carpal tunnel. It's nuts.

  • @desi9betancourt
    @desi9betancourt4 ай бұрын

  • @feldenkrais8404
    @feldenkrais84042 жыл бұрын

    Do you know the ATM, dental floss, spiral tweest or baby alligator tail? They were ruthy Alon's greatest ATMs, imo.

  • @SanthanNaidoo
    @SanthanNaidoo Жыл бұрын

    Even felt stronger in my feet after this one❤

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    Жыл бұрын

    @san naidoo good to hear! Thanks for sharing this

  • @cinmac3

    @cinmac3

    Жыл бұрын

    why the feet, do you think ? the first move i have not done recently, so i need to do them together for best results , kind of thing.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cinmac3 when the feet are 'standing' like this they support and help direct movement through the pelvis and chest. It would feel completely different if the legs were down long. Try it for yourself! I think this also shows that the place you notice changes isn't always where your attention is during the lesson. Also everyone's experience is different

  • @cinmac3

    @cinmac3

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JodieKrantz this response is a good thought, i been barefoot walking more often and i do sense this then, too i would have hoped that i would feel that in constructive rest when i done it, i haven’t felt it , using books pillow’s or not using anything for the head is confusing to me. i never have seen this one in yours.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cinmac3 would you like me to do a video on getting the right support for your head and shoulders?

  • @jmjohnson7504
    @jmjohnson750410 ай бұрын

    I have been doing this every day and gotten quite a bit of relief from my shoulder issues. Should I keep doing this one or should I try others? What do you recommend? Thank you in advance.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    10 ай бұрын

    I recommend to try some different ones now. The effortless posture series is also good or the Lazy Archer

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    10 ай бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/eH9ho5qimcexpLA.htmlsi=W0MqKFePORMcRq1O

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    10 ай бұрын

    I suggest you go through the 4 videos in order starting with explanation in Part 1 of Effortless posture kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGqTwY9xe6S2c7Q.htmlsi=Ujy4paMosnGuURPG

  • @davepowell7168
    @davepowell71682 жыл бұрын

    I shall have to practice this after memorising the position and movement. I tried to follow the instructions but found the position of the arms need a precise explanation when no visual information is available. Thanks anyway, all work appreciated. On second view, I realise l found discomfort because my hands were supine when I first tried. Progress hopefully.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Dave, I am glad you figured out a more comfortable way to do this. Do you have shoulder pain? The exercises are not intended to fix medical conditions, but they can help general stiffness and muscular soreness. Please ensure that you listen to your body and stay in your safe and comfortable range. It's often good to watch the video first, then do them movements while listening

  • @davepowell7168

    @davepowell7168

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JodieKrantz Thanks Jodie, it is not what I consider a 'medical condition ' just a sprain l aggravated by lack of rest. I shall take your advice. If I had a screen mounted higher before I could have followed you visually. This situation now rectified, although as you suggest watching before mimicking is time invested.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@davepowell7168 sounds good. Actually Moshe Feldenkrais rarely demonstrated and instructed his students largely through speaking or hands on guidance

  • @davepowell7168

    @davepowell7168

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JodieKrantz Today l am enjoying a slightly greater range of motion, and held the potential stress position of playing classical guitar without discomfort for a longer time. I shall maintain useful movement as shown but am aware of emotional and energetic aspects less visible. 35yrs ago l studied Shiatsu briefly so understand the value of touch and will look at Moshe's philosophy and practice for future reference . Thanks,your insights are appreciated.

  • @cinmac3
    @cinmac3 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Jody, i thought you all pretty much have the same thing but teach it differently. i need something very much like in my sternam that's is like Alfonse s flexable spine , but, today my ribs are very sore. would've doing yours or someone else be better.

  • @JodieKrantz

    @JodieKrantz

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes we teach differently but the same principles. Doing a variety of lessons is usually helpful. It's hard to know which lessons are best based only the location of your pain though Cindy

  • @gemmasoyls6445
    @gemmasoyls64452 жыл бұрын

    Ha ha hannukiah?