Separate Toes - Feldenkrais Octopus Lesson to Loosen Toes

Of course Octopuses don't have feet, just arms with suckers-- but this Feldenkrais lesson is to imagine the impossible with how to move your individual toes as if they had the flexibility of an octopus arm.
This short lesson is inspired from Annie Thoe's Feldenkrais Octopus Awareness series of 8 lessons on Sensing Vitality™ Patreon including naturalist information about octopuses. Improve individual toe and finger flexibility and dexterity using awareness through movement® based on the Feldenkrais Methoid®. Great to improve balance, reduce toe and foot stiffness, improve flexibility in your feet as well helpful exercise for those recovering from brain injury, cerebral palsy and stroke recovery.
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Annie Thoe is a Feldenkrais Teacher, Assistant Trainer in the Feldenkrais Method® and a Nature Awareness Teacher drawing from animal movements in her classes, a former clinical massage and kinesiology teacher with an extensive background working with injuries, healing, performance and vitality and naturalist study. For more self-help exercises for back or shoulders, check out Annie Thoe's Feldenkrais audio CDs available on Amazon and iTunes as well as streamable on her Patreon site.
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PS - Want to help octopuses? First, don't eat them or buy them as pets! Next, decrease your use of plastic - plastic bags, bottles, cups, clothing which goes into our oceans. Walk or bicycle, take public transit and decrease your use of fossil fuels that acidifies the oceans.

[@farashaaziz818]

This lesson was so weird and wonderful! I loved it! Thanks, Annie.

[@SensingVitality]

Great to hear! You are welcome

[@firebird2]

How lovely! My toes need this. Thank you!

[@SensingVitality]

Wonderful - you welcome

[@blueberrypieology3088]

Interestingly, I also noticed a lighter feeling across the shins as well. So where the toe muscles connect to the leg. This exercise is a welcome addition to the array of toe and ankle exercises. I have an older foot injury as well and I’m sure I ll benefit from this. Thanks again Annie

[@SensingVitality]

You are welcome!

[@serratus9747]

Very helpful video! My ankle is bothering me a lot (bow legged) and my foot muscles have atrophied, this activated my toes nicely.

[@SensingVitality]

Wonderful!

[@ZeBeFruity]

love this. thank you. i have cp and did this lying under the covers in bed to give my ns a bit of a hand. haha.

[@SensingVitality]

great! glad to hear you have modified this lesson

[@elizabethfraser2996]

👍👍