Ageing gracefully
This week sees my 86th Dad’s birthday. He’s one of the oldest ever Alters – from our family at least.…
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Awareness: Your Superpower (part 2)
This week I was at the Royal Academy of Music teaching a workshop on Reducing Stage Anxiety to the undergraduates…
Awareness: Your Superpower
I was reading a Masters dissertation on Dorothy DeLay this week. She was a famous violin pedagogue. She taught Hilary…
Belly breathing: A hidden cause of back pain?
What if it’s not really useful to breathe into the belly? What most people mean when they tell you to…
How much space do you have in your jaw?
When I talk to clients and students about where they hold their tension, many talk about the jaw. That it…
Interoception
What is interoception? It’s your body’s ability to sense and perceive its internal sensations. These include basic needs/sensations such as…
How Free is Your Belly?
In the 21st century, we still don’t understand our bellies. We’re taught to pull in the belly. Hold it, keep…
Mental Health Month
I started doing Feldenkrais to improve my physical health and mobility. I kept doing it because it transformed my mental…
Looking at the Bigger Picture
These last few weeks I’ve been part of the Royal Opera House’s performance of Arminio, a Handel opera. And as…
Silencing the Inner Critic: How Self-Talk and Feldenkrais Can Help Tame Anxiety
A topic that came up a few times in my individual sessions this week was the question of self talk.…