Latest Feldenkrais Podcast Episodes
Decompress for a Longer Spine - 75 minute yoga
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - November 18, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 92: A live 75 minute gentle yoga class. This class has a number of non-traditional sequences. Listen carefully and explore as you need to. Do what feels good! Sarah Baumert has been teaching movement since 2006. She is a certified yoga teacher, yoga therapist and Feldenkrais practiti...
S3 E8 Understanding Differentiation
Feldenkrais for Life podcast - October 21, 2022 23:25 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDifferentiation is a crucial concept in the Feldenkrais Method®. We discuss and define differentiation and give lots of examples and a guided movement experience so you can sense the differences. We discuss differentiation in emotions, movement, thinking, and sensing. Visit Donna’s site: http...
S3 E7 Your Brain Cannot Think Without Motor Function
Feldenkrais for Life podcast - October 07, 2022 23:19 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsA fundamental concept of the Feldenkrais Method® is the brain cannot think without motor movement. We get into this concept through some movement explorations and discussions. We talk about thinking, feeling, sensing, and acting and how we move our attention to these different domains of experie...
Free Hips and Shoulders - Blending of Yoga + Feldenkrais
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - October 07, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 90: A live 75 minute class blending yoga and the Feldenkrais method. In this class we push and pull against and away from the props to help free the hip and shoulder joints. Please have a looped strap, a blanket and a block. This class is an example of the kind of explorations done i...
S3 E6 Mind Sets and Priming Mental States
Feldenkrais for Life podcast - September 23, 2022 23:14 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe talk about the work of Alia Crum and the studies she has done on mindsets and their influence on our health and biology. We get into the effects of social suggestions on aging. We discuss auto-suggestion and how health care providers could improve their communication skills. We return to Dr. ...
Episode 89: Rolling a Ball from Hip to Hip with Pelvic Floor Awareness
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - September 16, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsIn today’s short Feldenkrais lesson we will use the pubic bone, the tailbone, and the creases of the hip joints as anatomical places of reference and awareness. This mini lesson is an example of the direction that the lessons will start to take in the Pelvic Floor and Deep Core Rapport Series. ...
Rolling a Ball from Hip to Hip with Pelvic Floor Awareness
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - September 16, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 89: A short Feldenkrais lesson using the pubic bone, the tailbone, and the creases of the hip joints as anatomical places of reference and awareness. This mini lesson is an example of the direction that the lessons will start to take in the Pelvic Floor and Deep Core Rapport Series. ...
S3 E5 The Mind and the Brain
Feldenkrais for Life podcast - September 09, 2022 23:11 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHow does the mind influence the brain? It was a widely held belief that the mind was a result of the brain, and the mind could not reflect and affect the functioning of the brain. It was just around 2000 that this belief started to change. Dr. Feldenkrais understood this decades ago and applied ...
The Pelvis as a Dynamic System: A Feldenkrais® Approach to Pelvic Floor and Abdominal Health
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - September 02, 2022 06:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 88: An informational podcast about pelvic floor and deep abdominal health. Pelvic Floor Health and Abdominal strengthening is one of the most requested topics I get from students. Today, I will be discussing why pelvic floor health is so important and give you some context for my ser...
Episode 88: The Pelvis as a Dynamic System: A Feldenkrais® Approach to Pelvic Floor and Abdominal Health
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - September 02, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThis is an informational podcast about pelvic floor and deep abdominal health. Pelvic Floor Health and Abdominal strengthening is one of the most requested topics I get from students. Today, I will be discussing why pelvic floor health is so important and give you some context for my series: Th...
S3 E4 What is Reversibility?
Feldenkrais for Life podcast - August 26, 2022 23:02 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhat is reversibility? Dr. Feldenkrais considered this an essential concept of the Feldenkrais Method®. We give examples and do some explorations with reversibility. We also discuss good posture, cultivating quality movement, and choice. We end with how the method is generalized to daily life an...
S3 E3 Your Jaw
Feldenkrais for Life podcast - August 12, 2022 22:59 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe discuss the functioning of the mouth and jaw. What is the relationship between the jaw, neck, and eyes? How does the pelvis influence the functioning of the jaw? What part does the tongue play in a well-organized jaw? We discuss and explore these ideas in this podcast, which introduces our au...
Yoga Restoratives with Detail
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - August 05, 2022 06:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 87: A 40 minute yoga class of slow active restoratives. We mostly focus on three poses, a shoulder opener, a twist, and a restorative backbend. With attention and detail, we will unstick the shoulder blades, move into a twist and a backbend, practice neck awareness, softening the ch...
Episode 87: Yoga Restoratives with Detail
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - August 05, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 87 is a 40 minute yoga class of slow active restoratives. We mostly focus on three poses, a shoulder opener, a twist, and a restorative backbend. With attention and detail, we will unstick the shoulder blades, move into a twist and a backbend, practice neck awareness, softening the ch...
S3 E2 Making Finer Distinctions for Improvement
Feldenkrais for Life podcast - July 29, 2022 21:47 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe discuss a concept Dr. Feldenkrais presents in his book Body and Mature Behavior. Which is that there are two paths of development. One is the pathway of improvement in which a person continues to make finer and finer distinctions. The other is the pathway of decline in which a person lumps th...
Sensing the Pubic Bone - Live Yoga
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - July 22, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 86: A 75 minute live class blending yoga and the Feldenkrais method. We will use the pubic bone as an anatomical place of reference and awareness. Using a multidisciplinary approach, including breathing practices, myofascial release, active and passive stretching, acquaint yourself wi...
Episode 86: Sensing the Pubic Bone - Live Yoga
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - July 22, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThis is a 75 minute live class blending yoga and the Feldenkrais method. We will use the pubic bone as an anatomical place of reference and awareness. Using a multidisciplinary approach, including breathing practices, myofascial release, active and passive stretching, acquaint yourself with the ...
S3 E1 The Importance of Resting
Feldenkrais for Life podcast - July 15, 2022 21:39 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhy rest? When to rest? How does resting improve learning and productivity? There is resting as in naps, and there are rests that help us learn. Waking rests helps improve and integrate what you were just doing—facilitating learning. Resting can reset the brain and nervous system for improved pe...
Relaxed Eyes - Soften the System Feldenkrais®
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - July 01, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 85: The third and final class I am posting as an introduction to the Body Matter Feldenkrais® series, Soften the System. Today we take another Feldenkrais® approach to practicing the ability to settle the body. This class again utilizes the powerful effect that calming the hands can ...
Episode 85: Relaxed Eyes - Soften the System Feldenkrais
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - July 01, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThis class is the third and final class I am posting as an introduction to the Body Matter Feldenkrais series, Soften the System. Today we take another Feldenkrais approach to practicing the ability to settle the body. This class again utilizes the powerful effect that calming the hands can hav...
Episode 84: Marbles and Jellyfish - Inhabiting the Hands - Feldenkrais
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - June 24, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThis class is the second of a series of classes I am posting as an introduction to the Body Matter Feldenkrais series, Soften the System. Today we take another Feldenkrais approach to practicing the ability to settle the body. This class utilizes the powerful effect that calming the hands can h...
Marbles and Jellyfish - Inhabiting the Hands - A Feldenkrais® Bell Hand Variation
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - June 24, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 84: The second of a series of classes I am posting as an introduction to the Body Matter Feldenkrais® series, Soften the System. Today we take another Feldenkrais® approach to practicing the ability to settle the body. This class utilizes the powerful effect that calming the hands ca...
Episode 83: Mobilizing and Connecting to the Ribs - Feldenkrais
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - June 17, 2022 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThis class is the first of a series of classes I will be posting as an introduction to the upcoming Body Matter Feldenkrais series, Soften the System. Today we take a very gentle Feldenkrais approach to mobilizing the chest by connecting the shoulders to the ribs and sternum. There will also be ...
Episode 83: Mobilizing and Connecting to the Ribs
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - June 17, 2022 05:00 ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThis class is the first of a series of classes I will be posting as an introduction to the upcoming Body Matter Feldenkrais series, Soften the System. Today we take a very gentle Feldenkrais approach to mobilizing the chest by connecting the shoulders to the ribs and sternum. There will also be ...
Mobilizing and Connecting to the Ribs - Feldenkrais®
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - June 17, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 83: The first of a series of classes I will be posting as an introduction to the upcoming Body Matter Feldenkrais series, Soften the System. Today we take a very gentle Feldenkrais approach to mobilizing the chest by connecting the shoulders to the ribs and sternum. There will also be...
Episode 82: A Re-Introduction
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - June 10, 2022 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsToday's class is a reintroduction of the Sarah B Yoga podcast and your teacher Sarah Baumert. Even if you have been listening for a while, or you’ve known me since the beginning of my teaching, this could still be a fun listen. This podcast does date back to 2007! I will talk a little about my e...
A Re-Introduction
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - June 10, 2022 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 82: A reintroduction of the Sarah B Yoga podcast and your teacher Sarah Baumert. Even if you have been listening for a while, or you’ve known me since the beginning of my teaching, this could still be a fun listen. This podcast does date back to 2007! I will talk a little about my evo...
Episode 81: Full Body Grounding: Connections from Feet to Head
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - May 27, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThis class is a grounding practice that gives you effective learning tools for nervous system care, pain management, and finding ease while the body is in a stress response. This episode uses a rocking motion often associated with self soothing and we continue our look at neck care by zooming ou...
Full Body Grounding: Connections from Feet to Head
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - May 27, 2022 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEpisode 81: A grounding practice that gives you effective learning tools for nervous system care, pain management, and finding ease while the body is in a stress response. This episode uses a rocking motion often associated with self soothing and we continue our look at neck care by zooming o...
Episode 80: Neck Care Part 4 - Neck and Shoulder Relationships
Sarah B. Yoga + Feldenkrais® - May 20, 2022 06:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsToday we take a Feldenkrais approach to Neck Care by connecting the shoulders, the chest, and the whole self to how the neck moves, and how the neck can feel supported. With poor postural organization, it’s common that the muscles of your neck are forced to work overtime to hold your head up. ...
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