FIX FORWARD NECK POSTURE WITH THIS UNUSUAL APPROACH? | Feldenkrais with Alfons

[@fiamaperiltutto]

Your unperfectness and humor make me happy. Thank you for your natural authenticity

[@ImprovingAbility]

UNPERFECTNESS, this is going on a T-Shirt !! :-D

[@cinmac3]

Copywriter from Dianna on that shirt, lol

[@glicialinden1631]

Loving your classes. Everyday at 6am we have a date... I feel wonderful for the rest of the day. I am 72. Love from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@Ana-ns8fs]

Alfons, your lessons are great! And the way you teach is so cool and non threatening!!! keep up the good work, and thank you for sharing your lessons with the world. We appreciate it!!

[@susan97701]

Thank you for saying that it's an achievement to lie down without pain and that it can take awhile to get there

[@ImprovingAbility]

it is ! 😊❤️

[@Schweik2]

This one was awesome! Nearly 70 and the neck/head aches of the last several days are massively improved. More important though, is learning about how my body is put together and can function as integrated whole. I'm working my way through the videos and also through your Patreon account. Marvelous, all of them. As someone else wrote, I feel as though I'm in the room with you. Your are a natural for video, thank heavens, because Austria is a long, expensive way to go for Feldenkrais instruction!

[@SylviaYamshchikova]

Dear Alfons, A friend introduced your videos to us and can't wait to share now with so many friends and family. These movements are a revelation, revealing tensions we didn't know we had, but have been secretly impacting. After this lesson my head and shoulders feel like a teenager again (in my 60s), MUCH more aware of my neck! How do we loose this kind of joyful awareness? Nevermind, there's a way to get it back! Feldenkrais with Alfons!! Thanks for sharing your love of Feldenkrais, and for keeping us chuckling as well! :):):)

[@mmapinkall]

"It's dark outside. There are no people in the streets. The shops are closed." This randomness has captured me forever.

[@DD-sr8dp]

Thanks so much, Alfons, for your channel -- for your generosity of spirit, your warmth and humor, and the fantastic, gentle (aware) instruction. You have helped me tremendously this past week. I found your channel when searching for ways to be able to get up from the floor. lol I had heard of Feldenkrais, but didn't know too much. Now I'm hooked and recommend you to everyone. I agree with others: I feel happy and physically better after spending time with you ... and the thousands of others in your online classes. :) Sending gratitude and wishing you all the best.

[@jsatrapa]

Oh my goodness. This lesson made such an enormous difference. Thank you Alfons

[@emilyeyre4658]

thank you for this lesson! due to lyme disease complicationsm i have been struggling just to hold my head up for about a year and half now! i had days when my head felt like a bowling ball and all i could do was find a place to kneel down and hang my head...this lesson was a perfect starting point and i look forward to regaining freedom of movement through these sessions!

[@loesie79]

Just started your classes and already happy to have found them. Just like in real life, first impressions tell a lot. And it's like not only you are telling, but my body is telling too: it recognizes and responds to your natural way of being. Your humour and naturalness all add to what I would call radical allowance. Just what I needed. I have been in pain for two years now and I tried a lot of therapies. Looking forward to our next date. Thank you for being there! Can't imagine a more reliable and carefree date :-).

[@meganmcintyre2012]

Your lessons are an inspiration to me. I have done about six and intend to continue. I do appreciate that you do the lesson yourself so we see that everything is not completely perfect in your body! Thanks from the bottom of my heart.

[@denitsapuneva4174]

Hi, Alfons. My wife directed me to your lessons. It is me, Petko, writing from her profile after watching your introduction and practising with you your 1st lesson. I am almost in love with you, man (No worries, I am a straight guy...so just liking from heart to heart :) ). Your presence, your humor, your "peace with yourself"... Thanks, Alfons! Your first lesson reminded me about myself...about my precious "forgotton" body. In two times there appeared happy tears in my eyes. Thanks again, Alfons! Keep on spreading your message. Feldenkrais method is so simple and such difference !!!

[@ImprovingAbility]

Hi Petko, oh my, what a good wife you have! Welcome on board! I'm happy you can appreciate my teachings 😊🍀❤️ I wish you a good time practicing. I myself love this introductory series, good times ahead! Best greetings, thank you for your lovely feedback, Alfons

[@anitaacevedo4776]

Thank you, Alfons, for being so generous with us via youtube. I practice your videos more regularly now and I notice feeling like my movements are more supple and fluid - your transparency is uniquely you and makes the lessons almost like being with you in person!

[@jojolouis]

Alfons You're a national treasure......no ! .....an INTERnational treasure! Thanks for all your fantastic lessons! And there are fun too!!

[@cofycup]

I certainly felt that my neck could move through its rotations much more smoothly, as if the movement was using muscles it hadn't been using before, and not using others that it had been. It was quite a pleasurable sensation of freedom. Thank you.

[@ljsandahl]

Hi, Alfons -- I have what's called Young Onset Parkinson's Disease, and I want you to know that Feldenkrais and your videos in particular have been a huge help to me. I have been using the Getting Better Day by Day series for a few weeks and it has made an enormous difference. As you may know, Parkinson's causes stiffness and balance problems, and Feldenkrais has helped more than anything else I've tried. I have been doing exercises 6 days a week, and plan to keep right on! I don't really understand HOW it works so quickly -- maybe nobody does -- but I felt better after the first class. So thank you, Alfons!

[@ImprovingAbility]

Hi Linda, that's so lovely to hear, thank you for your sharing! ❤️

[@joangrady6731]

I have had the privilege of teaching hatha yoga for over 35 years, your teachings are so very helpful thank you for your generous time! I was taught one of the moves thirty years ago and share that one in my classes a neuromusckuler massage therapist , just that one makes all the difference

[@shaynaformity1384]

I did the whole Better Day by Day series, then did other Feldenkrais lessons for a couple of months, and came back to this one. It was such a pleasure to see how much improvement I've had! It was so much smoother and easier this time around, and I could feel so much more of my back, shoulders, etc. I'm looking forward to going through the remainder of the Day by Day series again!

[@ImprovingAbility]

Thank you for sharing, Shayna, I’m happy to hear about this kind of progress! 😊

[@MsYoganut]

This is the first class I’ve ever done. I have to thank my daughter for telling me about you. I feel great! I’m 71

[@toolboxtidbits5674]

I've noticed myself "slumped over" when driving my car. After going through this lesson several times, I find myself easily correcting my driving posture. It's becoming more automatic for me. Thanks for making these videos available on KZbin. Kindly, Jane M. Ft Myers Florida

[@HaleyMyles]

Thank you, Alfons, for this wonderful lesson! I am looking forward to going through your "Getting Better Day by Day" sequence. I am new to the Feldenkrais method and I am amazed what a difference I feel after half an hour of slight movements.

[@patricayoung6711]

The aha moment occurred near the end of the lesson when you used the word roll...that movement changed everything ...it changed my understanding of why Feldenkrais is so awesome and something shifted inside. Thank you.

[@hannahwilson5994]

This is my first time revisiting this video since starting my Feldenkrais journey with this lesson in the Spring. In the meantime I have purchased the companion book and practiced movement lessons on my own as well as doing many of the videos on this channel. The difference is remarkable. I didn’t need a pillow this time, because my head wasn’t hanging over the ground. I could feel movement in my ribs and chest that I’d never felt before with these movements. Lifting my head felt truly light at the end of this, which it never did on my first attempts at this lesson. Thanks for all this wonderful lessons.

[@ImprovingAbility]

Great to hear! Thank you for sharing your progress and impressions!

[@SylviaYamshchikova]

Alfons, didn't do this for quite some time, so glad to be back to it today! So simple, and so soothing!!

[@JohnMoseley]

Wow. Dramatic difference between how I lifted my head at the start and end. Quite difficult at the start, very easy at the end. Also, lots of tension in the back of the neck and shoulders gone. Brilliant. Thank you.

[@suehall4253]

I just started doing your program and am committing to follow a lesson every day and leaving a comment daily on how my progress is going. I have Lyme Disease and a lot of chronic pain and am unable to go to classes so I am happy to have found your program. I will be ordering your book which I found on Amazon. Thanks for doing all these wonderful videos.

[@zephyronfire3821]

Alfons, this was my very first lesson with you & I have to say, I'm purely amazed! I'm the 51 year old that wrote to you yesterday (Mary). :) I actually have tears in my eyes because I feel myself again. -I don't know how to explain it, but to say that I have a feeling of blood circulating again b/w my shoulder blades. I have 'severe' DDD on the left & 'moderate' DDD on the right (c5/6, 6/7), so ironically (to me anyway-haha), my right shoulder was shaking toward the end of the part where we try to take our right elbow and aim it toward the left knee. -I wasn't going vigorously either (I promise-haha)...I guess I felt as if this was my very tight and weak right shoulder/neck area reacting to having to 'do extra', as maybe it is always the side of me that picks up the slack for that 'severe' left side. Even as I move the cursor right now, that shoulder area on the right still is shaking! I don't know...totally guessing, but boy did that arm/shoulder on the right shake toward the end. *Now that I've done 'class 1", should I move on toward class 2 tomorrow? I didn't care that my arm shook by the way-I know it is weak and I once was told I had bursitis b/c of the elbow pain in that same arm. Of course, it is always the trigger point area on the trap that I feel the pain when I'm walking. Ok! I know that this might not sound very positive, but guess what? It is! haha! I feel amazing. *This week, I get my last 2 episodes of traction with that DRX9000 machine. The chiropractor may want to check my thoracic spine again to see if I adjust. -Hmmm..never have and usually like a 'rock'....I wonder...as I feel softer...but perhaps this may take some time. Even so, my goal is not to 'crack' with a spinal cracker (haha-had to say that), but to be "soft unto myself." (And of course, being pain free is always a goal, right? :)). God Bless your amazing self!

[@zephyronfire3821]

Feldenkrais with Alfons, Yes, it’s something I do not enjoy....I’ve never went to one in Nova Scotia. After some of the traction episodes with the DRX9000 machine, he would check my thoracic spine and i try to adjust it (and my neck). The mid back never loosened and I thought I was going to ‘break’. Seriously! I just thought I’m tough or something. Lol...But it was a very uncomfortable feeling. Anyway....todays’ traction is over. If I do the neck ‘high chair’ exercises (pushing with weights), I’d be surprised if it does anything but make me sore. It seems so ‘static’....whereas your activities are real-t0-movement, real-to-life!

[@claireholland6186]

So helpful! I popped a muscle in my calf 1 week ago and it's still tight and sore. I carefully got on the floor for the first time to do this lesson and when I got up afterwards, my calf was noticibly less tight. As was the rest of me! I was cautious as I have chronic neck and shoulder stiffnes, usually even very gentle head and neck movements make my neck feel tighter. But this sequence of gentle exercises really did losen my neck and shoulder muscles. For me, I think the relaxed, exploratory, curious nature of the movements really helps. It naturally takes my attention away from striving to achieve a certain posture, therefore removing any straining. Thank you so much Alfons, for your generosity, love and humour in sharing these lessons! Now I've discovered your site I will follow all of the lessons on here! Much Love xx

[@leanmaker]

Thanks Alfons, I completed 9 video's and am repeating them, I found them beneficial, and I'm sure each time I do them, I would experience another level of awareness

[@frenchbutter]

At 25:08..."Outside is dark. No people on the streets. And the shops are closed." I thought you were going to say a pensive poem. Made me smile. Have just found your channel and am looking forward to all the videos. Thank you so much!

[@Schweik2]

Just starting through this series a second time and can see the improvement in flexibility in just 11 days. But it's the improvement in my awareness that I find most surprising. Wasn't expecting that. This series and the 4 other videos I've done so far are like a voyage of discovery of how I create my presence in the world. Increased awareness in one area highlights unawareness in other areas which leads to more awareness revealing more unawareness and so on and on and on. It's like playing hide and seek with my body! :-)

[@ImprovingAbility]

Exactly! You got it! 😁 I find it so amazing, and fascinating, that the actual theory and teachings are like watermarks sitting inside the movements, and if a person dedicates herself/himself to explore the lessons she/he will find the principles, the theory, the connections, one by one, deeper and deeper...

[@Schweik2]

@@ImprovingAbility Mensch, you are up late! Thanks for confirming what I had also been sensing from the spaces between many of your comments. It helps that I have also had some experience with Mindell's Process Work plus dance and yoga, but none of them ever took me into the realms you and Feldenkrais are. :-)

[@elby8612]

Really easier to lift the head now. Thank you for your lessons Alfons, helps me for my knee pain and I will work with whole body. Now I might not like my yoga any more so much haha 😅 thank you for sharing your knowledge😊🙏❤️😊🙏

[@ImprovingAbility]

You can do both 😄🙏⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@lovetoplayharp]

Alfons, I could just sit and listen to you. Quote: "This is on KZbin"...[peering at the camera]..."I can't really see you..." Hahaha. Loved that comment. You make me laugh and your lessons are very helpful. Others have talked about your authenticity, "unperfectness" and realness. I love that in you. Thank you!

[@ImprovingAbility]

but I can read your comments and feedback, which I enjoy doing ! Thank you Jan

[@liztorres1912]

I found your channel "by chance" and I can not express well enough how much I was needing this. Thank you for your lessons and I just finished this one and I felt as if I was actually having a conversation with you, like being in the same room practicing, I laughed and enjoyed it so much!! Liz ☺️👏🏻

[@ImprovingAbility]

Hi Liz, thank you for your lovely feedback, and I'm glad you found my channel, welcome on board ! :-)

[@shoshilevy9150]

The same for me. Thanks

[@jamesfitch6452]

Alfons, your explanations and demonstrations are s very helpful. I notice much improvement in my 80 year old body. Thanks you

[@blaggie2]

Starting the series again, my favourite I think; I can't believe it was 2 years ago I first did this class. Thank you Alfons

[@blaggie2]

and again.... !!!

[@blaggie2]

so, when I make the first attempt to lift my head, all the effort is in the sides of my neck; at the end of the lesson when I lift it, the effort is in the back of the neck! et voila! much more better!

[@blaggie2]

another year, a happy return xxxx

[@marciapoezevara3395]

Merci Alfons, I’m feeling an incredible difference on my neck and upper spine after this experience. I’ll continue experiencing your propositions in next videos.

[@newmania]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! I've been using your videos all summer with much benefit. looking forward to a winter of exploring movement and awareness with you and everyone here. Serveus aus California, Newman

[@hanomazom9670]

I feel like a big animal, i'm like my own horse myself! there's an incredible amount of work in just maintenance on many levels, every day... So thank you for making this duty much easier and so much more enjoyable!

[@deniseparrott9678]

Wow, the head lifting before and after, what a difference!

[@DialogueAuthentique]

Thank you Alfons. I like that you said we can do as we feel like doing even if you give options of what to do.

[@chirologypalmistry]

yes marvellous! grateful thanks!

[@j.culverhouse8193]

Great first lesson! I’m 65 and in chronic pain. One lesson a day is my max. I’ve been looking for a feldenkrais channel! Your enthusiasm and knowledge are just what I want. Small change already - My stiff neck of 3weeks is gone! I’d pay for what you offer ,so I’ll watch the commercials gladly to keep you on KZbin!

[@ImprovingAbility]

one lesson a day is great! keep going, and thank you for your support

[@kevincurtin3184]

Great new sequence, Alfons. You are taking us back to first principals to integrate the whole body's movement train to lift the head. You don't really want or need a snappy title here, because you are aiming for integration from the sole of the feet on up to the head. Just the deviation move from midline, and the shifts with the elbow gave me a profound new sense of the head and neck, chest, shoulders, ribs and vertebrae. You have got it all going on, and I look forward to the next lesson in the train. Oh, and my head does float much better over the top of the spine.Best, Kevin in Maine

[@TheWBWoman]

Thanks! This was really helpful and I can feel the difference. My post-migraine head pain has finally healed enough so that I can do this laying down with a thin pillow. I started your videos and got the Getting Better Day By Day workbook too. It's so odd how such little movements can make my head feel so different afterwards. I really think the few minutes a day I spend doing the Feldenkrais moves I've learned so far are helping me a lot with my post-CV inflammation and health issues.

[@bebaaskaful]

Thank you for youre lessons. Im psysical therapist, and we dont have a lot of therapist doing Feldenkrais metod here in Serbia. This is the first time that I realize this kind of tehnique because I have a Ptsd. And Ive serched it for myself. Thank you so much for this. Because Ive had an expirience with yoga and it is not the same. Because when you dont have so much body awerness after yoga class sometimes I had greater problem. Because I dsconect from body. So particular the thing doing woth constriction is gentle work. Not going over the line of serious stiffness. Because if you do it you disconect even more. This is something from my expirience. First, I though that Im doing something wrong,, but it is not. Just be gentle, and this tehnique offers something wich go along to being well

[@habit-one]

I keep coming back to this class! Very nice one

[@vivienreynolds9844]

Thanks Alfons, I am fairly new to FELDENKRAIS and your explanations and insights are wonderful this video has made me feel quite emotional as I feel at last, I am really connecting and understanding my body which is no mean feat at 64! Your communication style is great and your sense of humour makes these videos a joy! Vivien

[@darlenecarman7644]

Goodness I so enjoy your teachings! My back round in a Somatic educator, so I simply love how you playfully break movement down. Thank you Dar

[@paolofabregas]

Just finished your lesson, Alfonse. When you said, "Wonderful" in the end of the lesson that was exactly what I was thinking. Really feel like my head is floating on top of my spine. I'm suddenly so aware of the distance between my head and my shoulders and everything. My neck feels so long! Giraffe-like.

[@theresaleung2620]

This kind of teaching is precious. It encourages endless exploration of our body. I tried to look for the first action in my body before my head actually lifts... it’s the back of the neck... oh no, it’s the upper back... no it’s the abdomen... Every time I lift the head, I always find a new part of the body initiating it. I am looking forward to a 5-hour lesson on how to stand the feet’s while lying down :-)

[@veramentegina]

This was amazing.. When I finished, I realized where my placement should be.. It was a miracle.. Thank you!!

[@ImprovingAbility]

Glad to hear that! ☀️☺️

[@CT-lu7kl]

Thank you for this gentle lesson!

[@joribloomberg2256]

I wish I could come to Austria and take your classes. Until then I will pretend that I am there. This lesson was amazing . I have come to feel gravity and be friends with it. T

[@ruyoga]

thank you, the introduction made me laugh like crazy..... that is a fix in itself

[@susib8]

Thank you so much Alfons. You just fixed my stiffed neck. Just unbelievable. Thank you 😃

[@caraduryea]

Thank you, Alfons! I love your light-hearted demeanor and wonderful explorations.... Gratitude!

[@mrscpc1918]

Right I’m going to try to take a less rushed approach and I’m starting at the beginning. Lesson 1 instead of trying to fix my specific problems. Here we go !

[@ImprovingAbility]

I tried to cover a lot of ground with this series, I hope your patience will be rewarded! 👍👍

[@weeziebaker]

Thank you so much for this! I love the funny, light-hearted way that you present this. I found it very helpful.

[@irynadz1894]

Thank you very much for this lesson. I am slowly recovering from severe lumbar back pain due to injury and muscle spasm which happened one month ago after lifting my adorable granddaughter :). Finally today I felt better and was able to start doing Feldenkrais again. At the beginning of this lesson I had dull pain in my lumber area while lying on floor but after lesson, to my surprise, my lumbar back pain went away. At the beginning of lesson I felt that I touched the floor with my sacrum area but at the end I felt floor with my buttocks. It is so amazing connection of all areas of our spine and all body. Thanks again. Will do your lessons every day now.

[@amareadaloud7360]

Alfons, My goodness. I appreciate your presence so much. I am so joyed to discover your channel. Thank you!

[@shelleywalters3478]

Thank you. So soothing and I am learning so much.

[@sarahg7315]

I love these videos. They are so lighthearted and relaxing and they make a difference and make me smile. Thanks Alfons!

[@nordwind4]

You need this lesson we need your knoledge. Like your Humor. Thank you for sharing

[@mariapiadiprospero4269]

I like too much the Way you give us Feldenkrais method's clases.You make them enjoyable!!! THANK YOU🎈👌♥️🎶

[@NtathuAllen]

I feel very regal and graceful. Makes a big difference when you said to be aware of the space between the floor and the head. Thank you. Maybe you could "market this sequence☺" as how to improve your posture" or tips to ease neck ache from slouching all day at computer? because I definitely feel more open and square across the chest and my posture and head neck and back alignment improved. And yes...I do feel better for doing this sequence. Thanks for all you do.

[@ImprovingAbility]

Thank you for your feedback, always good to read from you ! Having regular "students" here on KZbin is quite something :-) I myself love this sequence. Currently I'm turning it into a live workshop format, I'm planing on teaching it often, where's my Tour bus ?? :-D

[@dianemurphy5495]

Thanks Alfons. I love your presentation method. Great exercises

[@ClaraLuciaRevsbechalquimia]

I live in Danmark and work as a massage terapeut and yoga training and I recomend your channel to every one. Thank you for your great job and help us.

[@ImprovingAbility]

Oh that's wonderful, thank you! 🍀❤️

[@ClaraLuciaRevsbechalquimia]

@@ImprovingAbility Thak you to YOU!!!!!

[@yogabvi]

Love your way and charm Alfons. This is my third KZbin lesson with you and I am enjoying them ever so much. Thank you 🙏

[@eileenbabbitt6285]

Thank you Alfons. I broke my patella bone on right over a year ago. This beginning neck forward video seemed to help my leg and realignment of my leg and hip and shoulders. Knee hurts less right after this and I'll take a walk. I have bee doing PT for more than 7 months and I'm excited about doing your day 2 lesson tomorrow. lucy

[@brigitterhea1460]

Thank you Alfons. This was lovely and refreshing.

[@lynettcram487]

Absolutely love these exercises!

[@susannam1172]

What a difference in the neck! Thank you. While doing your exercises it feels like “I’m doing nothing, this is not going to change anything”. Yet it really does!!!! Thank you again :)

[@nordwind4]

Alfons you are briliant.

[@perefraseshomedes1778]

Thank You Alfons! You're really authentic! I laugh so much!

[@nelipottery]

thanks Alfons. Just found and started going through your videos. They make me smile and physically the few i have done feel good!

[@carmeng6820]

my head feels light, almost like a ballon filled with helium ( but no dizzyness ), I am very happy that I found your channel on KZbin, it will be a great warmup for movement awareness classes in October - until then I can explore how long the effect will last and how far I can progress in movement - the idea of Feldenkrais movement has totally caught my attention. How can something be so easy, almost effortless and yet be SO effective - positive! Great! I end up doing these classes any time of the day - sometimes with coffee in the morning, sometimes midday, sometimes before bedtime, but other than Yoga, it always sets me in a calm state of mind and feeling, almost everytime I could feel an improvement/change right after/in lesson - which encourages me to continue. Thank you so much, and I am looking forward to: Getting Better Day by Day (what a catchy title!) ;)

[@ImprovingAbility]

Thank you so much for your generous sharing here in the comments, Carmen! ☀️🙏 Keep progressing 😁 Alfons

[@deirdreosullivan7292]

Wow, super duper. Great freedom in my neck. Thanks so much.

[@ferociousdesigner]

So glad t have found these lessons Alfons - So wonderful. I first watched lesson 1 all the way through and then O rearranged my bedroom so would have a feldenkrais corner. and Sacred space to meditate and heal. Then I listened to the lesson as I followed the instructions. Tommorrow I will do the same with the second lesson. Thank you so much from Kathleen in Bend, Oregon.

[@cherylinnorton5499]

I love this lesson! I come back to it often and do it especially when I feel tension or stress in my body. It’s very relaxing and I love picturing your Austrian village in the quiet of the winter evening. Ciao Alfons 🌲🦌🐿

[@Adrian.katzenstein]

i have alot of headaches and even my neck and eyes hurt very often and doctors cant tell what it is, im looking forward to trying this series you made thank you so much!

[@ImprovingAbility]

Hi Adrian, thank you for your comments. I can only imagine what you are going through. Maybe a little encouragement: I myself had severe headaches back in the days when I was a Software engineer. At times they were so strong, that I would have to stay for hours in a completely dark room without moving and wait for them to pass. Luckily, they completely disappeared. I think it is indeed because of the Feldenkrais lessons, and my regular practice. Another thing I did, which might not apply to you, but I think helped me: I quit coffee years ago. Coffee, as great as it is, after all it is a neurotoxin alkaloid, and a drug, and has withdrawal headaches as side effect. Sometimes I get clients with migraine and severe headaches. But so far none of them wanted to Feldenkrais lessons or do my exercises as homework, let alone quit coffee, smoking, or change diet. I think the least they could have tried was a couple of hours of Feldenkrais lessons, but they refused. Therefore I can't report any other success stories than my own.

[@Adrian.katzenstein]

I have been living with this for 8 years and i am only 28 years old, and through my own personal research i came to the conclusion that i have silent migranes and regular ones, high sensitivity to light sometimes and other symptoms that come along with it, and this i feel happens because of an alignment problem, no matter what doctors say, i know and listen to my body i know that the preassure in my joints is not even and this causes all my aches along my whole body, specifically my neck and head. I can't really do a lot of walking or standing up because i start having tension and pain all over my body, i tried yoga but it really dosent work for me i think it's too rough and invasive for me and i feel worse after streching like that.

[@Adrian.katzenstein]

Regarding the coffee and diet, they say that the stomach is the second brain and that it has to do with emotions too,and i think so too i can't think clearly when my stomache is not well, so i am on a path to healing it as well and commited to do this i am doing 1 apple in the morning with small breakfast like oatmeal and i started drinking Aloe vera in the morning and nights i drink coffee only 1 or 2 times in a month

[@Adrian.katzenstein]

Yesterday i did day 1 and day 2 and i felt really really good! my jaw felt better not as tight and my head too, my chest is still very tight and i know it will take time and dedication but im willing to work with this because it's way better for me than regular yoga i cannot stretch like a regular person

[@Adrian.katzenstein]

Thanks again, i will donate some money today and will be doing the Feldenkrais method again today im excited to have the opportunity to get better and walk pain free again that is my goal!

[@TinTownKing]

The advert on this video was some athlete yelling about posture whilst slapping the abs of a greased up assistant. What a pleasure when that dissolved into your dulcet tones. Thank you for this video.

[@ImprovingAbility]

haha omg different worlds.... give the boys 20 more years, they will change the grease for a comfy top and the slapping for a caring touch

[@lindaclark798]

This lesson made my neck and shoulders way more relaxed . thank you afonce

[@fyodorfaustov7381]

THANK YOU!!!! Your videos help me a lot!

[@doritpittman8494]

Can’t thank you enough. Enjoy you talking. Viennese was my second language and sometimes I get confused w American sintac . Or maybe you’re just so charming🤷🏻‍♀️. This is my third viewing. Had one lesson w local teacher via zoom, that’s how come I like your style better. What order should I watch in? Or just pick when a different part hurts? I watch you on my tv via roku on YT. BTW I’m 70 and never thought about being grateful I can lay on floor. Thanks for the awareness. Dorit

[@doristea]

The headache went away! Thank you so much 😊

[@rosasarralde9757]

doristea that wonderful

[@What10037]

Thank you for this lesson Alfons - I noticed a real difference in how I felt afterwards. The Feldenkrias method is a revelation for me !

[@ImprovingAbility]

You're very welcome Rob, thank you for participating and sharing your feedback !

[@gyans.tomasic6134]

Alfons, this has been an interesting lesson, after trying all the neck lift variations holding the head with hands with elbows out to sides, 45 degrees and straight up to ceiling, then angling elbow to opposite knee. After retesting the baseline neck lift, I was aware that while lifting the neck, the right knee bends. Alfons, you were right about the hip joint and uneven leg length having its cause higher up, in the head/neck. After accommodating shifting my weight to the left left to walk and move around, this strategy caused more imbalances, and lodged a bit of dull ache in the lower back, pelvic area, left of sacrum. And yes, lying flat on the floor became a challenge because the right thigh muscles did not release. With practice of feldenkrais and somatic yoga it has become easier to lie flat on the floor. So yes, lying on floor is an achievement. Even in yoga it is said that this pose is the most difficult - namely because we are unable to let go. So I see that right side energy has been lifted upwards (contracted) and causing the uneven leg length. After this lesson the tension in the lower back-sacrum area was eased a bit, and I can place the ball of left foot and below toes, flat on floor. I know this is a big achievement, since I am aware of what my feet do or don't do with every step. I feel optimistic that as I go through the Getting Better series that something will shift. Progress in mobility is happening. If you have any observations I would appreciate hearing them. The whole session was quite relaxing and I felt energy moving just with lying flat on floor... an achievement. hahahaha. Thank you for these videos. Feldenkrais is amazing, and as you said, like going down a rabbit hole.... and maybe I could call myself Alice in Wonderland. Bye for now.

[@cyberpilgrim1]

Thank you Alfon You are very generous with your time and enthusiasm about sharing. This it self gives good vibes. Your hesitation with language gives a fresh perspective in understanding unlike stream of words without the space to convey the idea. Whole thing is non mechanical. You impart your understanding really well. There is the quality of care. You are great.

[@joycelawrence1396]

Wonderfully explained and leaded. Many thanks. I enjoyed this lesson and felt taller and more relaxed after the lesson. I especially enjoy your realness and humor.

[@Glitter221]

Thank you, your lesson was excellent!

[@consuelodelgado641]

Wonderful , My neck is easy to move , more aware, thank very much. 😍 From Miami. 🌺🌿👏

[@Nillerus]

Each time I repeat your lessons I find new meaning in them. What is this sorcery!? 😁

[@ImprovingAbility]

Thank you Nils for keeping coming back! Good question btw 😂 I too keep finding new meaning in them (I write about some of my discoveries on my blog)

[@deboraheisel976]

I love your videos. Isolating movement is so instructive.

[@rubybeatricenewton5360]

I plan to watch more of your films. I feel really good after this one. Kate

[@pippidimerlo6751]

Hi Alfons, just tried this first lesson. It certainly brings both awareness and relaxation. Thank you. Silly observation: I noticed you sometimes laugh for no apparent reason. It’s delightful to witness because it adds a certain lightness to the lesson. I wonder if it is your way to express the pleasure of being alive.

[@maryforssberg8875]

amazing - thank you Alfons

[@harvardbiz]

Thank you for this series. I purchased the book and have gone through the youtube sessions. I has made a real difference in terms of coordination, less neck pain and breathing feels easier as well. I can highly recommend it.

[@annaronaldhowie7501]

Alfons extraordinary returning to this video after a few weeks. I have changed, so power of video is so much more. Lightness is head and awareness of its position on top of my shoulder - what a lovely, warm feeling. Thank you for recommending again. Would love to do Skype session when finances allow. Incapacity has drained my finances at moment. Ronald

[@Wonieka]

Thank you for thuis video. You sometimes make me smile or make me laugh.