8 minutes in and my spine is easing out and loving this movement. I am recovering from a serious bout of shingles and this movement practice is perfect to reduce nerve pain as I regain my sense of safety in my body. ❤ thank you

It always feels like good timing when you release one of your lessons somehow 😁

This was Ah-mazing!!! I haven't done one of your vids in months and this is exactly what I needed to day!!! Thank you soooooo much :)💚

just did the first 12 minutes. i have to pause for tonight because that’s all my attention span can manage without forcing. it’s been over a month since i played with feldenkrais! i know my concentration will come back but for tonight that’s all i can do. thank you alfons! i’ll send you money when i get paid, you deserve it for helping so many people and providing so much for free on youtube

@ImprovingAbility

4 ай бұрын

It’s a very densely packed and challenging lesson. Good that you decided to give yourself a break! Actually if I teach in person I would teach a lesson like this over 2-3 days in a workshop. Thank you for your support and much ❤️! Alfons

I love these lessons

Great lesson! Thanks Alfons🎉

Excellent thanks 😂

You are truly a gift! This was a great lesson. Thank you. Love your books!

@ImprovingAbility

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support! ❤️

Perfect timing. I was having a little scoliosis pain and this resolved that. My body feels much better organised!

Wow! The lesson just kept getting better and better! Every new variation helped improve little kinks in my neck, skull and shoulders. Thank you, Alfons, for teaching us this!

Grazie Alfons sei il migliore in assoluto! Ti seguo e ke tue lezioni mi aiutano per imparare nuovi movimenti per le mie terapie riabilitative

Superb - as always! Thank you! I also added the variation of rotating the stretched arm in a circle (combining the 2 planes).

@ImprovingAbility

4 ай бұрын

Excellent idea! 😍 I need to follow up with a separate video on this!!

@tycobrahe7663

4 ай бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility Learned from your previous videos:)

Thank you for this lesson, Alfons! Just finding my way into the starting position this morning was a lesson in itself. My right hip joint (psoas, maybe?) complained a lot, so I was very nice to it and went slow and made lots of adjustments. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear your thoughts about what might be helpful.

@ImprovingAbility

4 ай бұрын

Indeed! I feel you 😅😄 but I’m still quite surprised to hear that from you, Shayna, of all my fellow KZread companions! 😮😇😅 In Pilates they offer easier sitting variations, like the ones I show in the pictures 0:53 or google: Pilates Mermaid. Throughout the lesson the side-sit on the floor should become easier and easier. Or have another look at my „dead bird“ lessons, all the ones with me side-sitting and a big yellow arrow in the thumbnails. Remember to use this type of sitting thereafter, to keep it fresh. Don’t be afraid to repurpose chairs for this sitting style. Here in Vietnam everyone is sitting with at least one foot, but often both feet up on the chair!

@shaynaformity1384

4 ай бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility I was surprised by it, too! Looking at some Pilates images, I discovered that putting a cushion under my right hip helped, as well as putting my left hand off to the side instead of behind me. But even though it's afternoon now and I've done some activity so my muscles are warmed up, my hip is still a bit cranky. Ha! I just tried doing it on the left side, and that hip is very happy and open, but the left side of my neck complains when I try the side bending, lots of little grindy feelings. So I took a quick look for your videos with big yellow arrow - yes, neck turning! I will try those again. So much fun to explore! A concept that came to me through intuition several months ago is that I seem to have some kind of twist in my fascia, that moves around. It seems to hide somewhere that usually doesn't cause any apparent mischief, then comes out of hiding like a gremlin at seemingly random times, and different places (right hip, both sides of the neck, low back, jaw, etc.). Does that make sense to you, fit with any system you know about? I'd really like to unwind this... whatever it is. Hmmmm, maybe I could sit with it and ask it to tell me more...

@shaynaformity1384

4 ай бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility It was great to see a comment I made 3 years ago. Back then, basically any way I could calm down was a kind of miracle. I had so much physical/mental/emotional stress all day long every day. Now I focus on improving the quality of my life - it's a subtle difference, but you might have a sense of what I mean. I'm not in constant crisis mode. Your youtube channel has been a big part of this change in my life. We've come a long way, baby!

@shaynaformity1384

3 ай бұрын

Ha! The youtube algorithm has served me well. I mentioned wanting to unwind, and youtube suggested a somatics video about a process called unwinding. I did some of that, (it's quite pleasant!) and now I can easily get into this position. Hooray!

devine😘

@ImprovingAbility

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Nadine!

Hola estos ejercicios son recomendables para personas con escoliosis grado uno, rectificación cervcal y espondilolisis zona lumbar?

@ImprovingAbility

4 ай бұрын

Mis ejercicios son suaves y pueden hacerse en aproximaciones. No es necesario hacer todo o intentar lograr mucho. Haz los movimientos pequeños, siempre mantente dentro de tu zona de confort y usa tu buen juicio. ¡Con paciencia, verás mejoras! ¡Gracias por cuidar de ti y tu bienestar!

@marinamouny5657

4 ай бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility Muchas Gracias!!!

Excellent video! It was a tremendous way to start my morning today.

@ImprovingAbility

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, dear Dave! ❤️🍀💐 I truly savoured your feedback for a few days now. And I also love this sequence, there’s so much in it!