beginnings

How to DIY ATM

Introduce yourself to ATM
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choose a PRINCIPLE at random or by interest
read and think about it for a moment
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choose a LESSON at random or by interest
and do the lesson
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a day or two later, come back and choose an ACTIVITY
and use what you remember of the lesson to create your own new lesson
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browse by THEMES
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have a look at some lesson commentaries
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elsewhere on the web - Falk Feddersen's Open ATM Project has just moved to openatm.org

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Basic instructions for doing the lessons

The Equipment

Before you start playing the audio, you need to find the right space and setup. You need enough space to lie on the floor and extend your arms out to either side of you. (For some lessons you may need a little more space than this.)

You want the space to be reasonably quiet and warm enough that you won't be distracted. At the same time, you're not planning for a silent meditation retreat.

You probably would like to have some kind of blanket or mat.

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Learn to Learn, by Moshe Feldenkrais

This is from the website of the Feldenkrais Studiengesellschaft Wien--a Viennese Feldenkrais studio and training group. But it's in the original English. It's a very rewarding document by Moshe orienting the beginner to the process of doing ATM lessons.

Sidelying, sliding hands and knees

After you've done the lesson, feel free to write comments below sharing some of the discoveries you had in doing the lesson.

42:54 minutes (9.82 MB)

Face down, circles with the head

Where does flexibility come from? Why is it that we can only move so far, and then we stop? Tight muscles? Bad joints?--Or habits?

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By Lynette Reid at 2008-02-09 04:37
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circles
extensors
turning
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Elbows and knees touching

This is AY 27 as taught by Sharon Moyano, posted on the Open ATM Project page. Left click to play streaming, right click to download and save.

Order and pacing

The elusive and the obvious

Feldenkrais called one of his books “The Elusive Obvious.”

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By Lynette Reid at 2007-03-22 15:58
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Remembering the structure of a lesson

It's interesting to notice what sticks with you about a lesson and what didn't.

If I sum up the Sidelying, sliding hands and knees lesson from my own memory (almost a week after teaching it), here is the "skeleton outline" I would make of it.

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