I love your way to teach Feldenkrais. It's Always a Real pleasure to practise and test your lessons because you speak very well about sensations.

I have had chronic pain in my neck and shoulder for years. The challenge for me was to move my arm so slowly while doing the arm circles on my back, that the stabbing pain did not arrive. Very exciting. Lying on my stomach almost always hurts my neck anyway, so I had to stop the lesson and realize that even with Feldenkrais I can reach my physical limits. I might try again, first I´ll do the "Tight Neck Course" But I can see, feel and almost taste the pleasure you get from the movement - not without envy. In the meantime I can say: I hardly spend as many evenings with anyone as I do with Alfons 😀. It is really great how you transmit this wonderful Feldenkrais magic art (?). Especially through your differentiated words one notices how deeply you have experienced the great holistic potential of Feldenkrais, how you live it, and how you convey it with love. But also your carpet deserves a compliment and makes me envious. In my case, the hand has to slide over yoga mat, cold floor, lambskin..... stumbling.... If I could I would be a patron, if I win the lottery I would come for 100 private lessons. Thank you for all the free videos and your lived passion for Feldenrais that you share with us. Sorry, Deepl will translate for me, but anyway, you are a perfect broken English speaker 😜.

@ImprovingAbility

Жыл бұрын

I had 2 high floor lamb wool mats before (1,2m x 2m) but I did so many hours of Feldenkrais on them they both were completely worn out and had to be disposed 😆 What I have now are really nice mats, but made from polyester or something. If you go to a carpet store you might find something more cozy that is of more organic nature and really inviting to lie down and roll around… or take naps on 😁 Thank you for your passionate comment!

Your teaching get through to my cells so deep is your frequeny.Thank you for this sensory Travel .

@ImprovingAbility

11 ай бұрын

Great to hear you’re enjoying your journey through my YT channel 😄🙏❤️

@nordwind4

11 ай бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility I am deeply greatful to you.Wish you good Luck and Health.

very good.

Thank you Alfons🙏, surprise lesson ! It makes my shoulders Neck and arms ready to fly 😇,removing tension and weight!love it!

Great video, definitely need do this one more often

Thinking and moving good morning!!!

It is very interesting because I am a fan of both of you 🙆🏻‍♀️

Top!

I like to thank you Sir for making such a great video, too by a great professional like your self. I am a mover (hence attracted to this lovely channel )and in my opinion, without movement a person like me or even a great thinker would perish, coz we a just modern cavemen (meant to hunt or move).

WoW! 26:00 min and the following: Alfons, I am envious😔

@ImprovingAbility

Жыл бұрын

🤣👍 Keep going! Students are meant to eventually surpass their teachers!

@gobontu6224

Жыл бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility 🥴😀🤪haha, wont be easy, although I spend most of my evenings rolling back and forth on my carpet with master Alfons on the sceen.

Feldenkrais improves your common sense

I noticed the subtle critique of Peterson within the first minute, and I applaud you for it. I am extremely far from being enamoured with his rhetoric to say the least, I honestly think he's nuts, but not everything has to be an overt attack to get the point across. A maxim I just broke I realize... Let's pretend it was for comedic effect 😁 The movement sequence is amazing. My shoulders feel light and fluid.

@ImprovingAbility

Жыл бұрын

My favourite psycholinguists are Frank Smith and Stephan Krashen, I love their work. They have a lot to say about language acquisition and learning. However, they would be hardly recognisable on a thumbnail… However, in hindsight the Peterson critique (and critique of "thinkers" in general, the ones who split the atom, that is created the idea of body and mind being separate entities, etc) seemed to have introduced some fierceness in my speech, not sure if I like it. But well, it was worth a try, an experiment .. 😅

@Nillerus

Жыл бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility I found it interesting. And as someone clever once said, it is through iteration and exploration we improve 😉

It comes to temperament. Phleumatics and Melancholics are more to the "thinking" side, whereas Cholerics and Sanguines are more to the "doing and moving" side.

@ImprovingAbility

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your objection, it helps me to improve how I phrase my thesis. This video is about creating (and experiencing) movement lessons in the way I did in this video, somewhat in the style of Moshé Feldenkrais (a pioneer of Somatic Education.) The topic might be phrased as “Can essays be written without words, in movement only? What constitutes a good essay in movement? And will that improve our ability to think, sense, feel and move?” It’s not about the four classic temperaments by Greek philosopher Claudius Galenus (216 AD).

Didn't think you would be someone pushing that Lobster huckster. Disappointing. 👋🏻

@ImprovingAbility

Жыл бұрын

I cut quite a bit from my speech, thought the critique is harsh enough as it is now in the final edit. Certainly not a push, just tried to find common grounds with what’s popular on KZread and take it from there. Thank you for your comment!

@m_a_p

Жыл бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility my bad. I have had bad experiences with creators unexpectedly going full lobster, and judged prematurely.

@ImprovingAbility

Жыл бұрын

I uploaded a new version (titled "An Essay in Movement"). I like the introduction and overall feel much better. Do you feel the same? I will leave this video here up for reference. Funny coincidence: the intro is of the exact same length, boggles my mind!

@m_a_p

Жыл бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility I like the new intro a lot better. Gives better context and feels more authentic imo. 👍🏻