Another gem from our tireless benefactor; some substantial positive changes in the way my hips felt after completing this sequence, which he thoroughly explained. I find that going slowly and focusing attention on each movement is key to improvement. Without this, it's a bit like a musician playing scales without listening to the notes. vielen Dank, Alfons!

@ImprovingAbility

4 жыл бұрын

wonderful example!

Your classes are wonderful , this is so much better than trying to learn from books .The gentleness of Feldenkrais movement is attainable for those with restrictions in movement in this case my stiff hips .It helps to re-introduce movement where other therapies are too extreme . There are no Feldenkrais teachers where I live so without you I would not be able to learn Feldenkrais movement Posting these lessons is a blessing , Thankyou Alfons !

I go back to this lesson time and time again. Magic.

Alfons! Once again, thank you! This was a simply terrific class! Can something so simple, so subtle, so playful, be so effective? I answer: YES OH MY, IT'S TRUE! I come to the floor, my beloved floor, each day now, with a new sense of wonder, of FUN! I only wish that there was a Feldenkrais practitioner in my area. Meanwhile I must thank you for ALL that you do! I am so grateful that you are on the planet!

@ImprovingAbility

8 жыл бұрын

Terrific comment ! And yes, it can ! Cheers to our beloved floors .. Thank you ! :-)

@painmagician

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful comment, my thoughts exactly. Thank you for this journey in creating orderliness in my body.

@katharinadittus3315

Жыл бұрын

You may find an practitioner of the Anat Baniel Method of Neuromovement, it’s the same idea based on the work of Moshe Feldenkrais 👍

Alfons, you're my hero!

I loved this lesson because it helped release my hip flexors. Afterwards I had much more hip extension when walking.

Alfons, this Lesson seemed to bring all my muscles into play ... and they (I) loved it! The Lesson brought energy and life to my old body. My goal is to revitalize all the muscles that haven’t been used to their full capacity lately. (Thank you for these movements!)

Great job, Alfons. I went from aching hip joints to happy hips. And it was taught so simply.

@ImprovingAbility

8 жыл бұрын

No, you did a great job ! Thank you Barbara :-) Good to know my teaching style is appreciated !

This is a fascinating series. Sometimes with the shoulder/neck lessons my right side feels comically larger than my right. But with this one I had my strongest sense yet of being completely balanced between left and right even though there was a difference in the performance of the movements between the two sides. At a rest point about 2/3 of the way through the lesson, my sense of 'mind' or awareness shifted from my head to my lower abdomen. That was very cool! It lasted for more than half a minute. I am so grateful for these videos! Mit vielen, vielen Dank!

This was an interesting lesson. I've done it twice because I think I will teach it in my ATM class tomorrow. I found I had to do a lot of modification to adjust for my cranky/ouchy disc problems, and to hold my pelvis quite still while bringing both knees up (otherwise it impinged on my lumbar vertebrae). But as with all Feldenkrais lessons, they are designed to be done as we need to do them, feeling our way through. Thx!!

@ImprovingAbility

8 жыл бұрын

Very good approach ! So important not to go into pain or injury patterns. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

This is as great lesson. I find that any pain in my hip joints and legs is eased afterwards. Thank you Alfons. I really value these lessons.

Another wonderful lesson… I just found this one. I was feeling very tense up and down my spine and through my legs, but now things have relaxed ... much of the tension is gone. As always thank you for your wonderful , relaxed attitude towards the lessons and encouraging us to enjoy movement and enjoy our bodies. It truly is full body meditation doing Feldenkrais with you.

Thank you, Alfons. I feel like I haven't felt for years.

I am so grateful for what you have given to me Alfons

how very generous of you to share these lessons thank you

Thanks for this class! It's amazing how much flatter my lower back got (in relation to the floor) while doing this class.

Amazing and very generous lesson. Thanks.

These series are becoming my favorite. Gracias, Alfons.✌️

I've had pain in my right hip over the last couple of days. This video helped ease the pain and give me a better foundation for walking. Thank you!!

This is a great lesson. I feel how much I am disconnected to my body, but now that I can feel it, I will be more aware that I can do something about it. This is so great and relaxing. Since I discover your work, I practice a little every day, few awareness movements. I love to do them slower that I would usually other exercices. These I see them as repair, as learning, lessons to connect to my body. I just am completly amaze at the feeling of all the wires and bones and muscle and organs that I want to dicover and enjoy. Thank you so much, this is enriching this human experience tremendously.

Thank you so much for these lessons. I just recently found your videos and have really been enjoying them. I love your teaching style!

Thank you for being so generous. I also think you are very funny and have such a beautiful accent.

What a briliant lesson, thank you

Thank you, Alfons.

This is a great lesson. Thanks a lot Alfons.

Thank you Alfons! It was again amazing.

This was awesome, thank you Alfons!

Thank you so much! Women in my family have suffered hip joint pain for three generations and now I am free from pain!

@ImprovingAbility

5 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Maybe it was time for you to break free from that spell ❤️👍😊

Like the previous classes, I loved these movements. Really noticed the difference in standing after this class and the more fluid movements of bringing the knees closer to the chest at the end. My stand was like my whole body had been stretched without stretching...like there was more space between vertebrae...like gravity was not so much of a problem. Thank you so much.

@ImprovingAbility

7 жыл бұрын

great ! that's how I feel with these lessons too ! thank you for sharing :-)

What a wonderful class again! Thanks so much, just find out you only eat plants, no wonder you are so brilliant !👍💛

Wonderful, thanks a lot for the public lessons, ruth

This has woken up my hip joints in a very powerful way. I can feel them 🤩🤩🤩

Wow I totally love Feldenkrais and I really enjoy your lessons. I am 36 year old female and have suffered with low back pain since I was 18. I fell down stairs 2 years ago and since then the discomfort has been acute, I've tried every kind of treatment, osteopathy, physio, acupuncture and nothing works like Feldenkrais. I love the full body reorganising! After this lesson I feel tall and light when walking... my feet feel very flat on the floor, and weight balanced between legs - my back flat and long, all pelvic tension and discomfort is relieved.:). Thank you so much. I will definitely follow more of your lessons and send in a question. Thanks again.

Thanks. This is a great lesson. I did somatic practices with my body teacher. But this has given me a lot of options apart from what I learnt.

Silky smooth movement. At the start, my knees were resistant to touch my chest. By the end, the option for coordination was enabled. Very fun to see all the movements stack together. Thanks man. :)

Wonderful Alfons I had a pleasant experience thank you

A big thank you!

Thank you Alfons! My tailbone area was very sore and sensitive..after doing this video I feel much more relaxed in my body. I appreciate the images and opportunity to enter into the imagination as a process of healing. Please let us know if you ever visit NYC and offer a class/workshop! Thank you.

Love the shoulder stretch and the hip stretch reminds me of happy baby from yoga. Brilliant!

What an incredible lesson! I feel great after doing it and about an inch taller. I loved the imagery of the tennis balls. Also, nice to meet a fellow herbivore!

Thank you.

This helps more then anything i have been taught in my favorite big time muscle using sport called soccer

I love this lesson. My hips felt amazing after this lesson. Also enjoyed the shoulder massage. Also, the diagonal movements are something I haven't experienced before. And as always I enjoy your teaching style; humorous, authentic, easy to follow. Thanks for sharing these wonderful lessons. I am so grateful to find you on KZread. Joyce

Excellent lesson as usual,Alfons. What's great understanding of body movement !!new concept for me to move hand up by shoulder blades works just perfect. St the end- flat and sleepy, means relaxed. Thank

@ImprovingAbility

7 жыл бұрын

good feedback, I think I could do a video on the shoulder blades and reaching...

@olgashmidov7177

7 жыл бұрын

+Feldenkrais with Alfons would be great. Please keep me posted

You are great🙏🏼🤘🏼

Love the lesson. Really felt my hip flow and a release of heat in the muscles. Felt the knots in my shoulders click away I was hoping it would help align my pelvis. A video on supporting your pelvis be great because my si joint keeps locking Thank you again your videos

@ImprovingAbility

4 жыл бұрын

yeah good question... how to hold the pelvis? with what muscles? in what position? in what situation?

hey lieber Alfons..it is extremely helpful when you give little hints or guidance for very open hip joints. i missed it somehow this time and found myself a little lost.

Such a joy to walk and sit with my newly aligned body. Feeling taller and lighter !!

This one is amazing!! Can I double like this one 😂 second time through but think I benefited from it more this time! Thanks so much ❤

@ImprovingAbility

Жыл бұрын

Double thanks for watching! 😄

Thanks 🙏

Alfons, this is such a great video! I noticed when I was doing the movements initially, it was "regular". It wasn't until I began visualizing my spine getting longer where the magic happened. It is a whole new movement.

@ImprovingAbility

7 жыл бұрын

Marvelous ! 😊❤️

Colonna vertebrale, thanks for your video always very good and vary inspired

Merci pour ces belles vidéos efficaces bonne journee

thank you for lovely Saturday morning awakener.. I feel my body again.. I donated :)

@ImprovingAbility

8 жыл бұрын

wow THANK YOU Gina :-) .. for the nice feedback AND donation .. happy

Straight up poetry

Wow I feel so different thanks a lot

@tanjaweyl6748

5 жыл бұрын

Very very helpful

Fantastic ❣

Really enjoyed this I am feeling more flexible 😊

Is it weird that I felt I could feel my skeleton around halfway through the lesson? I felt as if I was delicately balancing/floating on the floor on my spine and tail bone! After the lesson I felt elongated and walking differently though I'm yet to understand how. I look forward to exploring further. Thankyou Alfons. I agree about the floor comments others have made. I work and sleep on it too for the last 4 weeks and love it.

I do all these hip sessions before my squats , squats feel very good

Alfons, thank you so much for this wonderful session! I felt so much lighter but also grounded. As if my ones were comfortably "on top one another". I have hiperextension on my knees, and left knee I have a tendon injury that never healed properly. I also have bow legs which makes standing up stable and straight very tiring and difficult. Could you please recommend me how to fix this please? I would be extremely grateful! Thank you again for this amazing video and all you other ones!! Greetings!

When I woke up this morning my right hip was screaming. After doing this lesson my hip quieted down and now I can walk fairly well without discomfort. By the way, I’m in love with the floor. I even took a nap on the floor yesterday, which was just as good as being on my bed ... even better. Contemplating this, I remembered how my grandfather used to lie on the floor for a nap after lunch. And my father's favorite thing was to do the same. So I guess I’m a third generation floor lover.

@ImprovingAbility

5 жыл бұрын

good to hear. Life gives us challenges, we just need to know how to face them. I too love the floor, especially when there's enough space to roll, it's clean and not too hot and not too cold 😁

a feldecomedian such fun and smiles

I've been following your lessons for a short while and am enjoying them, and so far all have helped a lot. Thank you! I've had some issues for quite a while with the left hip at the joint and surrounding area, and when I'm lying on the floor it feels as though the whole pelvis is twisted a bit (counterclockwise?) so that my right iliac crest is higher than my left iliac crest. When laying down the left hip joint also feels lower, closer to the floor than the right side, the two legs when lying on the floor feel different on the floor. Also when standing the left side sometimes looks higher (at iliac crest) than the right, and sometimes it feels as though the left leg is longer! When that happens it's uncomfortable. Sounds crazy. Are there any exercises to help correct this?

alfonso you are such fun, its great having a felde companion to do this with. excellent movment this is. I felt a difference immediately,as I was having trouble walking. thank you a million for these classes,I am glad I found you, I have been posting you off to other people. keep up the larfs you are a natural. also for me you can check out .......... words of peace global website and explore more ways to feel.cheers rebecca

I am very glad. To have this lesson I will do it to morrow Thank you You make a good lesson in joking Michèle france

Thank you very much for your lesson, however, I got very tense hamstring and trigger point on leg, it lead pain to the heel as well angle, I try to use roller, massager, do stretching, but it does not help. I found your lesson on many body part but except this issue, can you pls advise me the link of this lesson. Thanks and best regard/Ly

@ImprovingAbility

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Ly, the body parts are just titles. The real purpose is to learn to really take good care of yourself and don't hurt yourself. Be gentle, move slowly, dont strain yourself and don't hurt yourself. If you did: retreat, start again but more careful this time. Avoid pain triggers.

@hoangl.t3723

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alfons. I will follow your suggestions, however, my problem now is how to settle the current pending. If possible, by This very new method ( to me) show me how to settle it. Thanks

Brilliant lesson Alfons!! My pelvis and spine haven't felt this relaxed and at ease in a long long time :) I have a question - I have pain on the top of my right foot, and it increased with foot flexion. I tried your sciatica movement lesson and found great relief for the day in that pain. It did come back though. Can I add that lesson before or after to your hip movement series? Do you recommend looking at another one? Have suffered from lower back pain for 3+ years. Thanks a ton!!!

@ImprovingAbility

7 жыл бұрын

There's the official lessons, which are crafted quite precisely. I study them like they are. But for my own home, freestyle practice I just combine all sorts of movements, whatever comes to my mind. Or whatever seems to help me for specific questions of problems. Darn body mechanics, always something to take care of ! ;-)

Thanks, this one is great. I have extreme clicking and popping in my right shoulder and this seems to have popped it back into the place where it's supposed to go. My whole right side has been a mess for ages, with a general sense of being compressed and sunk inward. I have anterior pelvic tilt on that side and my shoulder has limited range of movement in most directions. I always struggle to bend my foot back on the little toe side and I often have a similar weakness in bending back my fifth finger and that side of the wrist. After lengthening the spine something seemed to wake up in my little toe and the ankle began bending more evenly. My right wrist is freer too. Are there nerves in common with the toes and fingers or something? I always found it weird that I usually have a similar restriction for both the hand and foot on that side. It's very odd to feel both loosen at the same time.

@ImprovingAbility

4 жыл бұрын

surprising! and fascinating 😊👍 thank you for sharing your observations and thoughts! hm I’m no modern anatomy expert, but when we surround ourselves only with small animals we tend to think that we are so big there cant possibly be connections all the way from head to toe (or hand to foot). But then, a giraffe, elk, or elephant also have all these connections! For anatomy tips, google “anatomy + Stephen Levin” or Jean-Claude Guimberteau

@cziffra1980

4 жыл бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility yeah, there definitely seems to be some kind of a link. I've been looking for ages to try to figure out what my root problem is and I think now that it may well be that I'm getting squashed on that side because I don't usually push the heel out enough (possibly due to that slightly dead feeling on the little toe side). Are there any similar but shorter exercises? I'll try doing this a few times first to see if I can make a lasting change, but it would be good to have something short and quick that I could do every day, if necessary.

Tough one.

Hallo Alfons, Ich hatte das Gefühl dass meine Hüftgelenke das erste mal so richtig geöffnet wurden. Vor allem am hinteren Teil, als hätten sich ein verklebtes und verkrümpfeltes Blatt Papier entfaltet. 1000 Dank für deine Videos!! Mit der Diagnose Hip-Inpingement habe ich seit 3 Jahren Schmerzen im untern Rücken und in der Hüfte. Deine Übungen sind die ersten die wirklich anhaltende Verbesserungen bringen! Ich habe eine Frage: Ist es normal dass der untere Rücken nicht aufliegt wenn man die Beine auf dem Rücken aufstellt?

@ImprovingAbility

7 жыл бұрын

Freut mich sehr, gratuliere ! Ich meine du hast dir jetzt quasi selbst geholfen. Bleib dran :-) Das mit dem Rücken aufliegen bei aufgestellten Beinen: dies hängt von verschiedenen Faktoren ab. Kann eine chronisch verspannte Rückenmuskulatur (zum Schutz der LWS bei strukturellem Schaden) sein, kann die natürliche Krümmung sein... ich würde empfehlen sie keinesfalls zu Boden zu zwingen. LG

Hi Alfons , while I’m hooked on to ur practice , I recently developed a funny strain in my gates on one side maybe from yoga or walking , and it’s been troubling me .a localised annoying pain ,,doc said it was not sciatica .I wanted to better organise my body to help alleviate this , could u help

I love

When doing the side bend I find my head doesn't slide easily on the carpet. so I put a piece of lino under my head and shoulders. That slides more easily but my neck muscles hurt. I must be working them too hard? How do you suggest sliding the head as easily as you are doing? Where are you initiating the bend from? Even without the side bend this lesson is so helpful and good fun! :)

My hip melted on the floor Thanks

Everybody seems to know what to do. I didn't - was the long spine meant with: pressing the lower part of the back onto the floor? LWS with floorcontact? and even when pulling knees up - no tilt=movement of the pelvis? I tried with "normal" spine - made my pelvis tilt very much, with "long" spine not so much. I think I feel differently after the lesson that before - thank you Alfons for guiding us through these times of seeking some enlightment, perhaps it comes to me in one of the other lessons ;)

@ImprovingAbility

4 жыл бұрын

Great sharing, thank you! A sign of “learning is happening” indeed is that questions arise. So at first the mere appearance of questions is more important than the answers. I can’t detail an answer here, but if the spine LWS is flexed and pressed against the floor then it is flexed, curved, and thus not as long as in “neutral”.... keep asking, answers are inside you and all around...

I have pain and stretching in my groin muscles and the muscles on top of my knees. And my knees hurt. My hips have less pain

Hi, alfons! Can you explain me please, why the flex of the heel when you bring the knee to your chest? For what porpuse?

@ImprovingAbility

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel, this lesson is about the 5 lines of the body and preparing ourselves for standing, that's why we include the feet (as in a Bio-Tensegrity structure). If this explanation is not precise enough, could you please specify your question? Is your question why we do dorsi-flexion and not plantar-flexion? Or is your question more general, why humans have feet (anatomically)?

@iamthewalrus3222

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility Ah, I don´t understand the concept of "5 lines of the body", where did youu get it?

How do I find all your hi and balancing videos, if they all connected why do you separate.

What number is this in hip series?

HI Alfons love your hip lessons. Question pls: Many struggle to hold leg up in air. Is there a way to prep for this? Of coarse take many breaks, but I am wondering what is getting in the way? Sometimes it looks like allot of extension in low back, sometimes it looks like grabbing in the belly and hip flexors? Maybe both? Maybe blanket under pelvis? Pls tell me your thoughts, I have tried this things , but I am asking but curious what you think. Thank you , Dar

@ImprovingAbility

3 жыл бұрын

if it‘s ok for the lower back you could indeed either stuff a towel under your hip joint (in between the very bottom of the bottom and the floor) or squeeze your hand (fist) in there. This will tilt the pelvis backwards (posterior) and it will be easier to keep the leg up. And yes, you can try anything that helps and also modify the lesson (for example do some parts in side-lying). As long as you know what is the purpose/theme of the lesson... be creative :)

@darlenecarman7644

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility Thank you!!! big help. I went back to your first hip lesson, added some of that before this :) very good recipe :)

My left back of hip is very sore., should I complete this cycle?

Please help any specific videos?

@ImprovingAbility

6 жыл бұрын

1. My video "The best knee exercise ever" kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJuXz5ekZZbVlrQ.html 2. Buttock /glutes workouts, for example "the glute bridge" (google it). This is serious advice, if you take it seriously you will improve. 😁❤️

It seems like you help people , how does having your knee not torn but misplaced in alignment feel not being able to kick a ball straight thank god i haven’t messed it up... help ??

@ImprovingAbility

6 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for using the comment section. In this way I can see your reaction to the video, answer questions in public, and communicate. This is a big question you're asking, btw! The most important step, however, is already done: YOUR interest in YOURSELF and your movements, and in how you produce movement, and what you can do YOURSELF to counter problems. And problems WILL arise with the human body. Life is a story of victories and defeats, and this process will continue until the very last second. Thanks for watching, best greetings! Alfons

You said in Spanish la Columba vertebral sounded Beatiful

ALPHONS você me salvou hoje. ;)zuzu

I wish you had a exercise that would help me too be able to sit on my heels I cannot sit on my heels because there's about 1 foot distance between my butt and my feet when I try to sit down my back of my legs go into cramps and so painful

@ImprovingAbility

6 жыл бұрын

I have a video called "Towards Japanese sitting and kneeling (full lesson)". This should help you IF you go slowly and carefully and do a lot less than shown. Take good care of yourself!

@BL-rb7jm

5 жыл бұрын

Feldenkrais with Alfons thank you. And I know my muscles are tight because I don't get enough magnesium we live in a country that takes way too much calcium which ends up in our bloodstream. Instead of going into our bones if you got high blood pressure you can be sure that you could possibly be taking too much calcium and to rectify this you have to take vitamin D3 and K2 what the K2 does it transports the calcium into the bones where it belongs. But lately I have been reading about magnesium and how we don't get enough. Calcium works as a stimulant for the muscles and magnesium works as a relaxant and lately my muscles have been so tight and cramping. So along with exercise stretching and proper nutrition and minerals we can improve

This lesson seems to slot together on revisiting.

I feel much better aligned

Alfons, is did an AY lesson or based on one of them?

@ImprovingAbility

7 жыл бұрын

yes.. there's an AY lesson with similar movements

Colonna vertebrale :)

when I pull my knee up and straighten my other leg, no matter what side, my weight stays On my left sit bone/pelvis

@ImprovingAbility

7 жыл бұрын

good finding, good starting point for further investigations. Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais used to say: "when we know what we do, we can do what we want"

@fuckthisaccount8133

7 жыл бұрын

Feldenkrais with Alfons yes indeed

Delicious!

Почему после этих упражнений казалось бы не сложных начинаются судороги в ногах и болит шея и головная боль

I have done a bunch of your videos. This was the only one that has consistent interruptions with ads and it really interferes with the flow. It is quite annoying.

@ImprovingAbility

3 жыл бұрын

really? thank you for your feedback, I usually enable ads only to appear before the beginning of the video lesson, I will look into it

I thought this was the fourth of 5?

@cinmac3

6 жыл бұрын

At 15:52 i had to stop i could not breath thru my nose, do you know why that could happen? . Alfonse do you know what i should have done to make that happen?