Better Turning of the Spine for Neck & Back Health

[@suzannebransome860]

11:06am EST. March 8. I’m aware of my strengths and my weaknesses..I feel more alive and definitely more flexible than when I started. Thank you Marek.

[@sharongordon2322]

Thank you this was a wonderful short practice to start the day!

[@debrachilcott7179]

Delightful lesson to open ourselves to the new year. I feel like I have dancers arms that want to reach out and share the air.

[@DYMASbeautiful]

Thanks for this!

[@joycelawrence1396]

A beautiful brilliant lesson. An amazing change in mobility. Will add this to my daily practice and share with my students in class tomorrow. Thanks for creating this video for all of us to learn from.

[@FeldenkraisNYC]

How delightful! Changes are possible with a little of practice. Onwards and upwards.

[@luyzqint3760]

Thank you ✌️

[@EllsworthBeastMajor]

Such an amazing change in my thoracic mobility from this video. Looking forward to getting into the back catalogue! Thank you!

[@FeldenkraisNYC]

You got this!

[@tbella57]

This felt amazing!

[@joycelawrence1396]

Kindly explain differentiation. I want to understand it. Thank you.

[@FeldenkraisNYC]

Differentiation is when there is freedom of movement/freedom to choose to move one part of the body or a bone relative to another., Undifferentiated movement is when both parts are moving together like one piece. For example you can turn the head and eyes in a fixed (undifferentiated way) like a submarine's periscope, or you can differentiate movements of the eyes and head - move eyes first, move head first, move eyes and head in opposition, etc. I hop this explanation helped.

[@joycelawrence1396]

@@FeldenkraisNYC Thank you for this very thorough explanation of differentiation. I appreciated you bringing this together for me.

[@luyzqint3760]

Do we have to do one at the time, or can we do two or three lessons at once?.✌️

[@meerashah9006]

Are these movements safe if you have osteoporosis ??

[@FeldenkraisNYC]

Spine with osteoporosis is most vulnerable with flexion (meaning forward bending) especially with compression. The movements presented in this particular series do not have forward bending component. Most of them explore rotation with an element of extension (backward bending). I would skip session #6 and 7, otherwise as long as you move within an easy and comfortable range of motion you should be fine. In the Feldenkrais Method it is not important to move to the limit. The most essential is to practice the feeling of ease and pleasure of movement, not strain.

[@meerashah9006]

Thank you