Feldenkrais for Life podcast
Episodes
S6 E7: State Shifting – How Movement Changes Everything
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
State shifting is the art of transforming how we feel, think, and act. Al and Donna reveal how Feldenkrais lessons gently guide us from stress to calm...
S6 E6: Narrative Integration – Reclaiming Your Personal Story
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do the stories we tell ourselves shape our lives? In this episode, Al and Donna explore how the Feldenkrais Method can help reshape personal narra...
S6E5 Memory Integration – Rewriting the Stories We Hold
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donna and Al discuss the fascinating world of memory, including how implicit and explicit memories shape our experiences. They reveal how Feldenkrais ...
S6 E4: Vertical Integration – Connecting Mind, Body, and Self
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Al and Donna explore vertical integration, the seamless connection between body, brain, and self. They discuss how Feldenkrais practi...
S6 E3: Lateral Integration – Balancing the Brain and Body
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode dives into the concept of lateral integration, emphasizing how the Feldenkrais Method fosters communication between the brain’s left an...
S6E2 The Spectrum of Integration – Finding Flow in Life
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Al and Donna explore how habits shape our movement, self-image, and overall well-being. They discuss how the Feldenkrais Method offers practical strat...
S6-E1: Transforming Habits for a Healthier Self
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
S5 E6 - Exploring Your Body Budget
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What can interoception, body scanning, and proprioception reveal about your overall "body budget"? We try a left eye awareness lesson as an example. V...
S5 E5 - The Use of Will Power
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When should we use willpower versus effortless flow in practicing movement? We explore how willpower decreases as ability increases and how too much w...
S5 E4 - Finding Harmony in Movement
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mindful movement can create greater harmony between the voluntary and autonomic nervous systems. We discuss this important brain-body connection for w...
S5 E3 - Q&A: Yoga, Emotions, Stretching
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Answering listener questions on topics like yoga, emotional release in practice, and why we don't stretch in the Feldenkrais Method®. Visit https://A...
S5 E2 - Creative Thinking: Convergent vs Divergent
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do convergent and divergent styles of thinking relate to creativity? We explore how Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons can stimulate f...
S5 E1 - Building Confidence and Resilience
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As our physical abilities improve through practice, so does our confidence to meet life's challenges. We discuss how the Feldenkrais Method can cultiv...
S4 E8 The Sacred Sacrum and the Pelvis
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ancient civilizations often referred to the sacrum as the “holy bone.” We discuss the “holy bone,” the social impact of our self-image and the...
S4 E7 Four Criteria for Coordinated Well-Learned Action
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In his book, The Potent Self, Dr. Feldenkrais puts forward four criteria for coordinated, well-learned action: the absence of effort, the absence of r...
S4 E6 Cross-Motivation
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cross-motivation is when we enact more than one motivation at the same time. By becoming aware of our cross-motivations and sorting out our intentions...
S4 E5 Trauma
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss trauma resolution from the perspective of psychotherapy and the Feldenkrais Method. Visit: https://AchievingExcellence.com and https://Donn...
S4 E4 Errors Mistakes and Correctness
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how mistakes are essential to learning. Hear a story about how a music teacher encouraged a little girl to make mistakes to help her learn;...
S4 E3 Going Slowly
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss why we move slowly when doing Feldenkrais lessons. And how essential that is for learning. Experience the difference between going quickly ...
S4 E2 Going to the Border
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Working within your range of comfort, Exploring variations at the border of ability, discovering a greater capacity, Doing too much, Involving more of...
S4 E1 Reframing Illness and Building Resilience
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how reframing an illness can improve the healing process. How your brain is predictive, and how to build resilience through intentionally e...
S3 E8 Understanding Differentiation
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Differentiation is a crucial concept in the Feldenkrais Method®. We discuss and define differentiation and give lots of examples and a guided movemen...
S3 E7 Your Brain Cannot Think Without Motor Function
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A fundamental concept of the Feldenkrais Method® is the brain cannot think without motor movement. We get into this concept through some movement exp...
S3 E6 Mind Sets and Priming Mental States
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the work of Alia Crum and the studies she has done on mindsets and their influence on our health and biology. We get into the effects of...
S3 E5 The Mind and the Brain
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does the mind influence the brain? It was a widely held belief that the mind was a result of the brain, and the mind could not reflect and affect ...
S3 E4 What is Reversibility?
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is reversibility? Dr. Feldenkrais considered this an essential concept of the Feldenkrais Method®. We give examples and do some explorations wit...
S3 E3 Your Jaw
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the functioning of the mouth and jaw. What is the relationship between the jaw, neck, and eyes? How does the pelvis influence the functioni...
S3 E2 Making Finer Distinctions for Improvement
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss a concept Dr. Feldenkrais presents in his book Body and Mature Behavior. Which is that there are two paths of development. One is the pathw...
S3 E1 The Importance of Resting
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why rest? When to rest? How does resting improve learning and productivity? There is resting as in naps, and there are rests that help us learn. Wakin...
S2 E9 - Feldenkrais Aging with Ease
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happens in the brain as we age? How can we use the Feldenkrais Method® to continue to improve ourselves and do the things that are important to ...
S2 E8 - How Language Creates Experience
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett’s books “How Emotions Are Made” and “7 1/2 Lessons about the Brain” confirm what Dr. Moshe Feldenkra...
S2 E7 - Spontaneity and Aging
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is spontaneity? How do social constraints inhibit our spontaneity? Experience spontaneous changes through Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement®...
S2 E6: Memory and Development
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about implicit memory, explicit memory, and re-evaluating memories to create a new present-day experience. We discuss childhood development an...
S2E5 - Categories of Experience
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the Feldenkrais Method referencing: sensing, thinking, moving, and feeling. We define what a “category of experience” is and create a c...
S2 E4: Are You Comfortable in Your Misery?
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Learn to move from negative states into positive ones. Experience pleasant sensations of the present moment. Integrate feelings for more effortless fl...
S2 E3: Prediction Error Correction
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the concept of Prediction Error Correction as Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett presents it in her book, “How Emotions Are Made,” from subtle ...
S2 E2: Truth, the Heels, and Body Budget
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is truth? We find a unique reality in the contact of the heels on the floor. We explore the idea of a body budget. Visit Donna’s site: http...
S2 E1: Self-Regulation, Dealing with Stress, and Improving Posture
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We consider the impact the restrictions of the pandemic have had on our brains and nervous systems. We discuss strategies to reduce stress from Zoomin...
Ep 8: Understanding and Resolving Pain
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss pain as a motivator to seek the Feldenkrais Method®; how movement affects acute pain and chronic pain. Donna shares how she managed pain a...
Ep 7: Mindfulness the Feldenkrais Way
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Feldenkrais Method® can enhance and invigorate your mindful practice. Whatever your practice - yoga, meditation, Tai-Chi, Aikido, or moving bould...
Ep 6: Moving, Sensing, Thinking and Feeling
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Feldenkrais Method® includes movement, sensing, thinking, and feeling in the development of Awareness. Movement quality, how you move, integrates...
Ep 5: Memory and Learning
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is the difference between implicit and explicit memories? Learn to make pleasant memories stick. Become familiar with strategies of learning with...
Ep 4: Learning, Unlearning and the Self-Image
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Conforming to socially accepted learning norms may create habits of tension in the body/mind. What is the Weber-Fechner law, and how does it apply to ...
Ep 3: Dr. Feldenkrais, Learning and Habits
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Learn about Dr. Feldenkrais and the professional trainings he developed. Consider, competence, confidence, and how beliefs shape our self-image. Donna...
Ep 2: Habits, breathing, and self-regulation
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us, and experience simple, easy-to-do, powerful Feldenkrais movements that demonstrate the nature of habit. Visit Donna’s site: https://Donna...
Ep 1: What is the Feldenkrais Method?
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Understand the difference between Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® and exercise. Experience a short movement learning experience. Recognizing ...
Trailer - Intro to the Feldenkrais For Life Podcast
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We introduce ourselves and give you a preview of what’s to come in the first season of our Feldenkrais for Life podcast. Visit Donna’s site: https...