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We've been focusing (so to speak) on the eye in its functions of vision and leading action of the whole self--now, let's weigh (so to speak--is the pun tired yet?) its simple physical existence: our grasp of the eye in our self-image.

In this lesson focused on the eyes (so to speak), we take our eyes through the range of divergence and convergence--looking at objects near and far away.

In this lesson, we're organizing the eyes and extending the spine--with some adjustments to the head-neck relationship on the way.

Kicking off our first fall 2011 series with a lesson differentiating the eyes.

If you're a seasoned Feldenkrais person, I'm curious what you think about the arm position as I teach it here. Looking back at the lesson in the ATM book, it's ambiguous between starting with the arm long and bending as you turn, and starting with it bent. I'm curious what you think about trying it this way. Discussion at Feldy Notebook: http://feldynotebook.wikispaces.com/Movement+of+the+Eyes+Organizes+the+M...

You'll also notice that I actually mess up the instructions for eye-head differentiation. Mea culpa. See above outline at Feldy Notebook (or the ATM book itself) for the right variations.

We can address the eyes in many ways in our explorations: in this lesson their calm, and the quality of our vision of the dark, is a marker of the overall state of the nervous system. See Bourdon's image Eyes and nervous system to feed your sensing and thinking.