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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?

What are habits anyway? Feldenkrais had the idea that our limitations are the things we do really well. They work for us. So we do them again and again and forget that we can act differently. And what dissolves the power of habits isn't willpower, but perception. A habit is like a blind spot, and the process of change is a process of changing perception.

This was a "free intro" night at the Yoga Loft. This lesson does a nice job of showing an impact in the first 10 minutes of the student's experience.