Alan Questel

May the Force Go Through You

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.

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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
  1. Intro and some of the ideas we’ll be exploring
  2. ATM 1: Using The Ground To Move Yourself
  3. Discussion – Using ourselves in surprising ways / A change is how different we are from our habitual way of sensing ourselves

CD TWO

  1. ATM 2: Turning Through The Top Of Your Head
  2. Discussion – How novelty can affect us / The antagonistic relationship of our muscles / Ben Gurion standing on his head
  3. ATM 3: Rocking And Oscillating Through Yourself #1

CD THREE

  1. Discussion – Stable...mobile... stable... / Uncomfortable or unfamiliar
  2. ATM 4: Minimal Lifting – Organizing Yourself At The Initiation
  3. Discussion – Lots of ideas
CD FOUR
  1. ATM 5: Impossible Lifting Or Possible Pressing
  2. Discussion – And more ideas
  3. ATM 6: Sitting to Stand With More Of Yourself
CD FIVE
  1. Discussion – What changes / Reminding ourselves / The feeling of surprise and utilizing things
  2. Discussion – What is a well organized movement / Feelings / Sympathetic vibrations
  3. ATM 7: Rocking And Oscillating Through Yourself #2
  4. Discussion – What if I don’t feel something...
CD SIX
  1. ATM 8: Walking With Your Back... Letting The Force Go Through You
  2. 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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