Movement of the Eyes Organizes the Movement of the Body
Submitted by Lynette Reid on Sat, 2011-09-17 11:34
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.
- Lesson Title: Movement of the Eyes Organizes the Movement of the Body
- Teacher: Lynette Reid
- Volume: ATM Boook
- Lesson Number: 10
- Length: 54:00 minutes (12.36 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 22kHz 32Kbps (CBR)
mistaken variant
I've decided that the variant I thought I saw here is a mistake. With the arm extended (and then bending), there is a tension in the shoulder that fixes the upper spine. The experience of doing the lesson this (wrong, I believe) way makes me realize how strong the lesson is as an exploration of connecting the head and pelvis through the spine and "past" (in the context of) quite diverse use of the arms: one arm "suspended" (and given the whole position of the body, centre of gravity, and shape of the bent legs on which you rest, the arm isn't so much "hanging from the shoulder" as it is poised over a large footprint), and the other arm propping. Then the spine and ribs gain so much freedom in between, by relating the head and the pelvis clearly.
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