Moving from the Inside Out: 7 Principles for Ease and Mastery in Movement--A Feldenkrais Approach
Seven powerful principles for better, more easeful movement--a Feldenkrais approach.

More often than not, we move through life focused on results or where we're going, rarely paying attention to how we move until we experience pain or need to learn a new skill or perform at an elite level. But movement isn't just about getting things done or getting from here to there: at its essence, it's an integration of thinking, sensing, and feeling with action such that to change one part changes the whole.

This book is written for those times when we don't need quick fixes, bandaids, or shortcuts to solve an immediate problem, but can instead dedicate time and attention to explore, laying the foundation to become experts in our own body and movement patterns for long-lasting positive growth. Moving from the Inside Out shows us how to resolve complex movement issues, balance stability and instability, increase power and precision, and explore our own movement using innate learning strategies.

Written for practitioners, movement therapists, and somatic teachers and students, the curious athlete or casual learner will also find much to gain in learning the practical and accessible fundamentals of movement. Authors Lesley McLennan and Julie Peck introduce seven core principles that address:
  • The dynamic balance between instability and stability
  • How to move with ease and grace
  • The secrets of flexibility and support embedded in every musculo-skeletal system
  • How anxiety and curiosity shape our individual developmental sequence
  • How qualities of movement are clues for your investigation
  • The special role of intra-abdominal pressure in our physical and emotional worlds
  • How moving and learning are entwined
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    Moving from the Inside Out: 7 Principles for Ease and Mastery in Movement--A Feldenkrais Approach
    Seven powerful principles for better, more easeful movement--a Feldenkrais approach.

    More often than not, we move through life focused on results or where we're going, rarely paying attention to how we move until we experience pain or need to learn a new skill or perform at an elite level. But movement isn't just about getting things done or getting from here to there: at its essence, it's an integration of thinking, sensing, and feeling with action such that to change one part changes the whole.

    This book is written for those times when we don't need quick fixes, bandaids, or shortcuts to solve an immediate problem, but can instead dedicate time and attention to explore, laying the foundation to become experts in our own body and movement patterns for long-lasting positive growth. Moving from the Inside Out shows us how to resolve complex movement issues, balance stability and instability, increase power and precision, and explore our own movement using innate learning strategies.

    Written for practitioners, movement therapists, and somatic teachers and students, the curious athlete or casual learner will also find much to gain in learning the practical and accessible fundamentals of movement. Authors Lesley McLennan and Julie Peck introduce seven core principles that address:
  • The dynamic balance between instability and stability
  • How to move with ease and grace
  • The secrets of flexibility and support embedded in every musculo-skeletal system
  • How anxiety and curiosity shape our individual developmental sequence
  • How qualities of movement are clues for your investigation
  • The special role of intra-abdominal pressure in our physical and emotional worlds
  • How moving and learning are entwined
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    Moving from the Inside Out: 7 Principles for Ease and Mastery in Movement--A Feldenkrais Approach

    Moving from the Inside Out: 7 Principles for Ease and Mastery in Movement--A Feldenkrais Approach

    by Lesley McLennan, Julie Peck
    Moving from the Inside Out: 7 Principles for Ease and Mastery in Movement--A Feldenkrais Approach

    Moving from the Inside Out: 7 Principles for Ease and Mastery in Movement--A Feldenkrais Approach

    by Lesley McLennan, Julie Peck

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    Seven powerful principles for better, more easeful movement--a Feldenkrais approach.

    More often than not, we move through life focused on results or where we're going, rarely paying attention to how we move until we experience pain or need to learn a new skill or perform at an elite level. But movement isn't just about getting things done or getting from here to there: at its essence, it's an integration of thinking, sensing, and feeling with action such that to change one part changes the whole.

    This book is written for those times when we don't need quick fixes, bandaids, or shortcuts to solve an immediate problem, but can instead dedicate time and attention to explore, laying the foundation to become experts in our own body and movement patterns for long-lasting positive growth. Moving from the Inside Out shows us how to resolve complex movement issues, balance stability and instability, increase power and precision, and explore our own movement using innate learning strategies.

    Written for practitioners, movement therapists, and somatic teachers and students, the curious athlete or casual learner will also find much to gain in learning the practical and accessible fundamentals of movement. Authors Lesley McLennan and Julie Peck introduce seven core principles that address:
  • The dynamic balance between instability and stability
  • How to move with ease and grace
  • The secrets of flexibility and support embedded in every musculo-skeletal system
  • How anxiety and curiosity shape our individual developmental sequence
  • How qualities of movement are clues for your investigation
  • The special role of intra-abdominal pressure in our physical and emotional worlds
  • How moving and learning are entwined

  • Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9781623175092
    Publisher: North Atlantic Books
    Publication date: 07/28/2020
    Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
    Format: eBook
    Pages: 208
    File size: 5 MB

    About the Author

    LESLEY MCLENNAN has had a diverse background through teaching, performance, arts administration, and philanthropy. The unifying themes of movement and accessibility have linked each stage in her professional career. McLennan initiated the webinars on Organising Principles that have been the foundation of this book. JULIE PECK is an internationally respected educational director of Feldenkrais professional training programs (FPTPs). Her annual schedule has her crossing the world to teach, present workshops, and mentor, between weeks at home working in her practice. Her passion is creating learning environments through which students can discover their full potential.

    Table of Contents

    Starting Points 1

    The Power of Principles 2

    The Power of Distinctions 2

    The Power of Stories 4

    Seven Organizing Principles of Movement 6

    The Presence of Absence 8

    Neuroplasticity 9

    Using This Book 11

    OP1 Balance Is Dynamic 15

    The Beginning of Balance 17

    Moving Across the Ground 21

    Sensing Yourself 25

    Shifting and Balancing 26

    OP2 Skeletal Alignment Liberates Movement 35

    Alignment and Action 37

    Defying Gravity 39

    Power and Alignment 43

    OP3 Progress Is Cyclical 49

    Spinal Movement 51

    Homologous Movement 54

    Homolateral Movement 58

    Contralateral Movement 63

    Moving in Cycles 66

    OP4 Qualities Refine Self-Direction 69

    Absence of Effort 71

    Absence of Resistance 74

    Presence of Reversibility 77

    Freedom of Breath 82

    Exploring Qualities 85

    OP5 Head Guides and Pelvis Drives 87

    Your Guide: The Head 89

    Connecting Through the Spine 96

    Your Drive: The Pelvis 102

    Parts of the Whole 117

    OP6 Power Is Central and Precision Peripheral 119

    Two Ends of an Action 121

    Specialization of Power and Direction 126

    Freeing the Limbs 129

    OP7 Pressure Organizes 133

    Meeting Pressure with Pressure 134

    Strong Muscles May Cover Weakness 136

    The Strength of Pressure 138

    Pressure and Anxiety 140

    The Pressure of Contact 142

    Learning from the Inside Out 147

    The Power of Processes 148

    Seven Learning Processes 149

    Principles into Practice 171

    Feldenkrais: A Framework for Learning 172

    Starting, Again 174

    References 177

    Index 179

    About the Authors 189

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