Making our lives easier, more efficient and more comfortable can emerge from a more efficient use of our skeleton, yet it is a hidden and relatively unperceived aspect of who we are. The function of our skeleton is to bear weight and transmit force, however it is underutilized in our everyday life. Becoming clearer about our skeleton and how it functions can open up new ways for us to interact with our environment. Through Awareness Through Movement you will discover how you can become more “skeletal“, resulting in a new and more vital sense of yourself in a truly foundational way.
by Alan Questel
Making our lives easier, more efficient and more comfortable can emerge from a more efficient use of our skeleton, yet it is a hidden and relatively unperceived aspect of who we are. The function of our skeleton is to bear weight and transmit force, however it is underutilized in our everyday life. Becoming clearer about our skeleton and how it functions can open up new ways for us to interact with our environment. Through Awareness Through Movement you will discover how you can become more “skeletal“, resulting in a new and more vital sense of yourself in a truly foundational way.
6 Audio CDs
This series is a live recording from the Weekend Workshop: May The Force Go Through You
Presented by Alan Questel in Lucerne, Switzerland, April 12-13, 2008
CD ONE
Intro and some of the ideas we’ll be exploring
ATM 1: Using The Ground To Move Yourself
Discussion – Using ourselves in surprising ways / A change is how different we are from our habitual way of sensing ourselves
CD TWO
ATM 2: Turning Through The Top Of Your Head
Discussion – How novelty can affect us / The antagonistic relationship of our muscles / Ben Gurion standing on his head
ATM 3: Rocking And Oscillating Through Yourself #1
CD THREE
Discussion – Stable...mobile... stable... / Uncomfortable or unfamiliar
ATM 4: Minimal Lifting – Organizing Yourself At The Initiation
Discussion – Lots of ideas
CD FOUR
ATM 5: Impossible Lifting Or Possible Pressing
Discussion – And more ideas
ATM 6: Sitting to Stand With More Of Yourself
CD FIVE
Discussion – What changes / Reminding ourselves / The feeling of surprise and utilizing things
Discussion – What is a well organized movement / Feelings / Sympathetic vibrations
ATM 7: Rocking And Oscillating Through Yourself #2
Discussion – What if I don’t feel something...
CD SIX
ATM 8: Walking With Your Back... Letting The Force Go Through You
Discussion – What we do with our bellies / Remembering to like yourself
Alan S. Questel trained directly with Dr. Feldenkrais in Amherst, Massachusettes. Since that time, he has lectured and taught at hospitals, colleges and Feldenkrais Professional Training Programs throughout the world. He is known for his clarity, creativity and down-to-earth style of teaching. He brings a depth of understanding, humor and a gentle human perspective to the learning of the Method and creates lively conditions for learning.
An actor before becoming interested in the Feldenkrais Method, Alan worked and toured with Jerzy Grotowski (My Dinner With Andre) and Paul Sills (Second City, Chicago and Story Theatre). Even today, one of his great interests is the embodiment of creativity, and he has developed a body of work for performers utilizing the Feldenkrais Method. Alan sees the Method as a means for individual maturation, and aspires towards making this appreciable and concrete for his students both in training programs and in his practice.
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