Late night mind trip - Feldenkrais, NOT dance

[@MrVincent537]

What I have seen here is beyond the words beautiful on all levels. Feldenkrais spoke about the easiness and the elegance, about the musicality of movement. Alfons exemplifies in this video like no other seen until now that these qualities in moving oneself are possible in practicing pure Feldenkrais lessons with no mixing of other methods or systems. The music suits ideally to the movements as if it generates the movements, the movements being an expression of the music. It's no ballet, it's more pleasurable to see this video than any ballet because it is more organic and more natural than any dancing. Every video seen with Alfons Grabher proves that he is not only a Feldenkrais praktitioner, but he is through his way of presenting, of explaing and of practicing the Feldenkrais method already a master of this method to its core.

[@ImprovingAbility]

thank you Paul for this in depth comment ! :-) I too find it organic, and I like to look at the video myself. I keep discovering things I did not see or feel before, Feldenkrais is a truly interesting journey!

[@diverstalent]

Hi Paul, I too find this much more pleasurable than ballet; when i look at the tonus of the muscles of the ballet dancers i cringe.. It makes me feel uncomfortable. Regards

[@trixyb6869]

Feeling body movement takes you to places in your mind where you have never been

[@Manta307]

I totally agree!!! More than beautiful! The body must feel super great after this!

[@irynadz1894]

Wow, beautiful, mesmerizing, inspiring, motivating, enjoyable, just WOW !!!!!!! Thank you very much !!!

[@ImprovingAbility]

Thank you for your passionate feedback ! Indeed, I myself still have the same feelings when watching the video

[@rinskegemen3678]

Beautiful and inspirational! My all time favorite video of yours, Alfons. 🙏

[@ThisIsMadameStarla]

this is so beautiful, thank you! I've been coming back to this video for several years now and it still touches me everytime I watch it! especially the rolling lessons were such a big revelation to me, I can literally feel it in myself when I watch you. It almost makes me cry (in a joyous way) in combination with the music.

[@ImprovingAbility]

Thank you for this beautiful feedback, Madame Starla ❤️🙏

[@theresam2409]

He and Ruthy Alons have given us templates for beautiful and freeing movement.It's movement as nature intended.They're the King and Queen of movement!

[@gabrielamorteo7672]

Ohhhh! Thank you Alfons‼️So inspiring organic and moving ❤

[@paolomaccagno423]

Thank you Alfons! This is great... Feldenkrais as art. The intuition you are following will lead you in places we still don't know. In my understanding your way of doing Feldenkrais is one of the most interesting in its courage to continue Feldenkrais's intuitive capacity. Instead of just repeating his lessons you are actually deepening his path and making your own. Also your simplicity and easiness in sharing Feldenkrais realises in practice one of the biggest dream of Moshe, which is to take his method to the world in the more democratic way... Thank you!

[@drionaitalia]

I am a dancer and I'm stunned by this. What gorgeous, relaxed movement quality.

[@ImprovingAbility]

oh! Thank you for your kind words! It was my first experiment of combining music together with my movement experiments, I certainly felt insecure about uploading this, so I’m happy for your great feedback!!

[@kastaylor01]

Beautiful sequence very flowing and intuitive movements. Every joint worked and fascia unbounded. Thanks. Nice music btw.

[@gobontu6224]

Alfons, you are just a guy I like to see rolling around in my living room. Also your outfit including socks you have chosen perfectly. How fantastic Feldenkrais is and how ambitious and contagious you present it, the others have surely already said. I wish I had a carpet like that now too, my floorboards are too cold and hard.

[@ImprovingAbility]

🍀❤️

[@atbamericadelsur]

Dear One What you shared here with us is soooooo beautiful, it almost feel a sacred moment! I can see your passion for feldenkrais, for movement, ease, flow, joy, aliveness, listening, presence, a movement that at every moment has a quality of deep listening, of connecting the whole body and being! Even me just by watching it I end up so much relaxed, quiet! You are an inspiration! A big hug full of love and Gratitude! Thanks for all you offer so generously! And courageously!

[@sabrinab5220]

It´s so beautiful feldenkrais exo and video... The music helps! Very good night travelling for me! Nice inspiration😊 Thanks for all Alfons

[@purewater77887]

The music is overwhelming. Provokes emotions in me like a landslide, like an eruption of a volcano. I am impressed that you were able to contain yourself to small movements - maybe that 's what Feledenkrais is about: being VERY mindful.

[@renofeldenkrais]

This was mesmerizing, Alfons, and equally inspiring, thought provoking and beautifully performed. I don't think I have ever enjoyed watching someone do anything like this any more than I enjoyed watching you. Bravo!

[@ImprovingAbility]

wow, thank you Carole! I too find it "mesmerizing" 😊 the music and movements entrance me

[@leichterbewegen626]

Stunning! Respekt! Schön anzusehen und anzuhören und gleichzeitig hoch anregend, vom Sitzen hochzukommen und sich selbst (mit) zu bewegen ... ... originelle Idee und elegante Ausführung ... muss wohl an der Diät liegen ;)

[@FeldenkraisPuebla]

Thanks for this beautiful trip you are sharing with us. I love movement, I love Feldenkrais! Greetings from Puebla, México!

[@karinakornek3736]

Wunderschön. Es war bestimmt ein besonderes Gefühl nach dieser Aneinanderreihung von Lektionen.Danke Du machst eine wunderbare Arbeit!

[@russelllew1139]

Thank you Alfons, your KZbin videos are incredibly inspiring. Please keep them coming.

[@timothymcdermott2505]

Beautiful, beautiful- so free! Thank you for a wonderful performance.

[@ImprovingAbility]

thank you for your wonderful feedback! :-)

[@bonniekrause-gams1769]

What a beautiful gift. Thank you

[@klf153]

Thank you. So beautiful...so inspiring.

[@marie-noellet.7455]

Beautiful, so elegant way of moving...

[@abrydges]

Alfons, I love your work. You are a Super Star in my view -- and the music? EPIC. :)

[@soniaoh3140]

hi Alfons, J'adore vos vidéos sur la méthode Feldenkrais. Je n'ai jamais pris de cours de groupe. J'ai visionné plusieurs vidéos sur youtube pour apprendre. Vous êtes le meilleur professeur et initiateur de cette méthode que je commence à connaître un peu plus chaque jour grâce à votre enseignement plein d'originalité. Vous avez beaucoup de charme, cher monsieur. J'aurais tellement aimé suivre un de vos cours. Je suppose que vous demeurez en Allemagne? Merci pour vos vidéos.

[@ImprovingAbility]

Oh la la Sonia ! Merci beaucoup pour ton compliment, very much appreciated, thank you for participating :-) Je suis Autrichienne, j'habit près de la Suisse. You can contact me through my website www.feldenkraiswerkstatt.at in case you pass by

[@rinskegemen3678]

BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@annemackey1512]

I am very new to Feldenkrais and only in my 10th day …...yesterday I felt like giving up because I was in so much pain after trying to sit cross legged. I suffer from osteoarthritis in the knees but am trying to use movement rather than sitting in a chair dosed up with painkillers and crying! I hope one day I can do at least 70% of this. Danke Alfons.

[@suzychristensen8977]

This is beautiful , thank you

[@smartcoremethod8956]

This looks like what I call my 'morning dance' only in reverse where I end up standing and ready for my day :) Love your work and passion for getting the work out there. Kaylee

[@frenykhory5158]

Truly amazing. This video is superb with all different movements which enables one to be so so plastic and flexibility in the physical is beyond any limitations. Wow, great video Alfons and thank you very much for the same. Grateful to Feldenkrais Method for helping humanity to reach that height of plasticity.

[@rebelrebel11]

Es un método tan bueno y maravilloso, que no me explico porqué no es tan conocido. 👏👏👏

[@consuelodelgado641]

Thank you Alfons, genial, high performance, wonderful movements with good music.👌 I posted in my Facebook. 🌟 Happy New Year. 🎆

[@noramiriam1]

Absolutamente genial!! Muy inspirador. Gracias!! Saludos desde Argentina

[@gillgarner2944]

WOW! This is beyond awesome x

[@arqfran75]

Gorgeous work. Thx bud.

[@ImprovingAbility]

thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@timothyandcheryl1793]

wow, thank you ! I've been recovering from pelvic surgery and regaining strength and fluidity in movement has been quite the challenge. I've been a bit familiar with the work of Feledenkrais for many years, it is a delight to find this video.Right now I cannot keep up, yet. I will use this as a goal. Again, I cannot say thank you enough. ~Cheryl

[@otorishingen8600]

just feel relaxed watchin you - thank you :)

[@popadaniel9632]

artistic expression of the body. It is a real teaching video (inspiring). It is practical and beautiful. The last one is kind of lost nowadays. Everybody slipped away from beauty towards high performance. Rare video. Also, congratulations on your creativity. Music choices are fantastic

[@elenadnistryan3704]

Una bellissima combinazione!!!complimenti!!!

[@sandrawhitehouse801]

Just wonderful Alfons. I want to move like that again!

[@marycandullo526]

WoW! Beyond words.

[@diverstalent]

I like it how every movement is reversible!

[@mjparent222]

Great moves, rolling softly and harmoniously, completly in your body, rolling, rolling, what a great dance ! Music is beautiful, Some movement seems impossible to do, then you just roll some more and te movement takes place more with ease. Great work. Thank you for all these really inspiring videos. Aren't you coming in Montreal ? You would be more than welcome here ! But we can follow you internationaly with you youtube channel. Thanks again.

[@deedavis9511]

Such poetry in motion! Your coordinated movements To the music were brilliant! I would love to know the name of the stunning music in the introduction (the first part).

[@ImprovingAbility]

Aw thank you! Music titles are in the description :-)

[@jinjandovitz2370]

You are adorable, Afron. We should all make our body happy with graceful movement like you. ：）

[@sylvie004]

toujours un plaisir de regarder ces vidéos .. merci!! Inspirant! :)

[@carmeng6820]

Everything I - perhaps - wanted to say, is already said by Paul Doron, 4 years ago. *bravo* Alfons - perhaps a Masterpiece!

[@matteosollecito2448]

Thanks, alfons. This is a good wake up call that we can get creative, let loose and enjoy uninhibited movement. Society handcuffs us. It sucks.

[@abrams303]

Not a dance, but a commanding exploration. TKU

[@daynadavis2102]

This is so beautiful Alfons - I have just come across it but have had an interest in Feldenkrais for many years now - I have learnt a few movements - it really resonates. This video is pure joy to watch - I can feel how it makes my body feel by just watching you perform it, I am going to try to follow along but in saying that - how could one learn this or a similar routine? It is Jan 2021 and I realize this is 5 years old so have you developed this at all? I will also check your website...so beautiful, so encouraging, so subtle, gentle and easful..Thank You

[@ImprovingAbility]

Hi Dayna, thank you for your lovely feedback 💖 All of the movements in the video can be found on my KZbin channel in great detail. Maybe just go over the video thumbnails and you should be able to spot one or the other. I‘m happy I could inspire you 😁☀️

[@sabi7408]

Beautiful

[@idabra]

Cool! Thanks for sharing yourself. I do similar type of stuff for myself that I have developed from my understandings with my body through especially cranio sacral therapy along with self awareness and creativity. :)

[@The7Reverend]

A great video. I've posted it on my Facebook page.

[@ImprovingAbility]

Thank you Steve! Let's spread the goodness of doing Feldenkrais :-)

[@HeinzeStanley]

+Feldenkrais + Fitness Ⓥ I enjoy it! So organis and i love the music too!

[@luzarsacdetoro903]

Que c est beau!

[@mreudeco]

Poetry in motion

[@kevint5040]

I am a master tile setter turning 50, and lets say movement is becoming a struggle. This demonstration is inspiring to think I may achieve any level of what I witnessed. Thank you for your videos Kevin Tulk

[@adrianawilliams9633]

thanks for sharing your exercis I'm practice this muvent

[@weihawang4246]

The music just good as

[@carlosdiasdeoliveira4388]

Bela aula!!!obrigado!!

[@ginahagg3097]

you are so on the music.. you could have been a dancer. That's why it comes out so beautiful to watch.. By the way, i wish we had more things we could do on the fly when at work. It is impossible to lie down somewhere while at the office and that's exactly where we also need to remember our bodies most. Is it possible to have shorter, modified awareness movements we can do while taking a few minutes break at the office?

[@ImprovingAbility]

Hi Gina ! Thank you for your lovely feedback, much appreciated! yes indeed, it was a special evening. I'm glad I did this recording. Good question about the office. There's lessons for sitting (and standing). I like to do small movements in between (in sitting) or do tiny, tiny, differentiated movements while others would sit still. Head movements in between with eyes closed is also quite nice kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYnNep6viNGKga8 .. eyes+head+shoulder combos .... it seems like we humans could have the ability to move in a way that improves movement, constantly improves our wellbeing .... instead of restricting and feeling sour, tired ... huge question actually, I want to do a Q&A video with it sometime

[@somatonusbewegenmitwohl-fu2167]

Reminds me a bit of the "male version" of Ruthy Alon`s bones for life ;-)). Great to watch

[@ImprovingAbility]

thank you :-) I'm certainly not as proficient as Ruthy Alon, but I agree! :-D ;-)

[@deedavis9511]

Yes, Alfons was poetic and inspirational.

[@hgracern]

Morning Alfons, 1 year on and l'm still trying to join you in this trip. I love this music too, what is it please? Do you k now if there is a way to play this vid on slow, slow, slow? Thank you, Alfons.

[@ImprovingAbility]

Hi Hazel, nice to read from you. Music: Max Richter (1. November, 2. Sarajevo, 3. Embers). Slow: Click the settings wheel in the KZbin player, select Speed, 0.5. As you know, you'll find many of the movements I did in this video explained in detail in other videos here on my KZbin channel. Greetings!

[@hgracern]

Feldenkrais with Alfons thank you thank you so much. X

[@ErifilyNikola]

So proficient!!! Congrats!

[@ImprovingAbility]

Thank you Erifily, really appreciate your feedback! Greatest praise on facebook btw, I love it!

[@janvalik]

superb!

[@deedavis9511]

Hello, Alfons. I’m four months into healing from a cracked femur and I’ve been practicing (experiencing) this lesson to where I now can do the basic moves. I’ve been having periods of dizziness, which I suppose could be attributed to my advanced age, but I’m happy to say that when I’m finished doing this lesson (and any other Feldenkrais lesson) the dizziness totally disappears. Do you have an explanation for this?

[@ImprovingAbility]

Hi Dee, no I cant explain. Happy it works for you though :-) things connected with balance are, for example, how one uses their eyes, but also the ankles, and there’s tiny stuff in the ears that can get swooshed around

[@elizafa8342]

I know it's old but very beautiful

[@ImprovingAbility]

It is! I should do that again, not the video necessarily, but moving to music, using select Feldenkrais elements

[@elizafa8342]

I tried following along - there is so much in there. Maybe a week long workshop!!

[@ilonastirbiene9742]

Wonderfull! Why not a dance? it's real dance! I was waiting for your smile in the end!

[@PeterBinns]

ve don't use metronomes..... someone said that... some old guy on a tape...

[@sanielmattina]

excelente, muchas gracias por compartir tu conocimiento.

[@Max_Green]

Hey mein bester.. tolles Video, auch wenns in englisch ist ;)) Mein ABO lass ich gern da!! Bist natürlich auch herzlich bei mir willkommen ;) weiter so und viele Grüße, Max GREEN

[@moris491]

Please! Whats the name of the song???? Thanks!!!

[@ImprovingAbility]

+Andrés Mauricio Chaparro , Music: Max Richter (1. November, 2. Sarajevo, 3. Embers)

[@fannyleurent203]

beautiful

[@kasiamaria1313]

awesome!

[@ImprovingAbility]

Thank you Kasia, I'm very happy you like my Feldenkrais video!

[@6Mr6mr6mr]

beautiful