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Two weeks earlier, we did a lesson (not recorded, but similar to Amherst, Year 2, Tape #31) that involved rolling a full 360 degrees on the floor. I noticed that there was much less agility in the phase of the rolling that was face down--and in that lesson, we spent less time on that aspect. So here's a lesson a couple of weeks later to spend some time developing that agility face down.

When we say that people in general (people in our culture) "live in their heads," this is more than metaphorical. If you watch people moving from one orientation to another, or from one level to another (lying to sitting or sitting to standing), their action is usually organized around the idea of getting their head where it's going. The pelvis is an afterthought.

A hallmark of well-organized movement, according to Feldenkrais, is its reversibility. At any point in an action, can you turn around, go back, change your mind, do something else? An optimally-organized action would be one where you retain the freedom at any point to change your mind (or react to changing circumstances) and do something different.

This is the second part of the previous lesson; do take your time and come back to this another day!

First steps towards going places with the Flexors, aka folding lesson.