challenges

Cheating

A very important resource for working on challenging lessons is the human capacity for disobedience and cheating.

After all, when faced with a choice between Obeying the Command of the Teacher and preserving your own well-being, why would you ever choose to do what the teacher tells you to do?

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On difficulty

Anything the human skeleton can do can be done effortlessly. That's one of the more provocative claims that is made in the Feldenkrais Method!

In the midst of a challenging lesson, you may pause to recall that, if it weren't for the effort of various muscles getting in the way, your skeleton could easily be configured in the position you're looking for.

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Extending arms and knees

What could he be thinking? How did anyone ever come up with the idea that you could lie on your side, top knee in front on the floor, turn your face and shoulders towards the ceiling, and tap your shoulder blades on the ground? It feels impossible - in an entirely unique way for each shoulder!

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