It's all about connection...with yourself...and with others

I have never met anyone who doesn’t want more kindness in their life. Are you kind? Would you like to be kinder?

Kindness is a skill you can develop.

Alan has written this wonderfully practical guide to creating more kindness in your life towards yourself and others. It takes you through processes you can immediately use in your everyday life.

And there is more… would you like to like yourself more? Intentional Acts of Kindness helps you change how you feel about yourself. Discovering how your kind actions are the means to a more satisfying and happier you.

I loved having this conversation with Alan about his book.

Find out more on the book website:

www.practicing-kindness.com

Bio

Alan S. Questel is known for his clarity, creativity and down-to-earth style of teaching while bringing a depth of understanding, humor and a gentle human perspective to learning the Method.  Trained by Dr. Feldenkrais, he teaches in and directs Feldenkrais Professional Training Programs in the USA, Australia, Europe, Japan and South America. He is the author of Creating Creativity, creator of Pregnant Pauses – Movement for Moms as well as 19 Feldenkrais-Awareness Through Movement CD sets for the public. His new book on Kindness will be released soon and his current trainings are in Santa Fe, NM and upcoming in Aurillac, France

Alan's Website:

www.uncommonsensing.com

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As a teen, Lisa fell down a flight of stairs which caused extreme pain and started her on a journey of healing and ultimately freedom. A fascinating story on how her search for healing led her to discover and practice tools of meditation, higher self-communication, self dream-interpreting and noticing nature signs, and finally to Feldenkrais. These discoveries helped her to re-remember that we are so much more than our physical self, and have a Self-connected with the Universe which includes ways to heal, even for those with stubborn pain. It's her passion to share Feldenkrais and inspire hope on your own journey to more pleasure and freedom in your life. Enjoy our conversation.

Lisa Ponichter-Stanley Bio

Life is better when you can tap into the JOY of what you love without the burden of pain hindering you or stopping you. Over the past 21 years, Lisa has helped people achieve feeling great again melting pain patterns and returning to what they love. She utilizes her rich understanding of the body through her PT education and harnesses the power of communicating with the brain and nervous system through the Feldenkrais approach. Lisa helps people achieve the bliss that comes when they can again do what they love!

Website:

www.awakeningmovements.com

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Erifily create the first Feldenkrais app. I had an amazing chat with her about how she fell into dance, Yoga and Feldenkrais practitioner.

In this episode of Awareness in Motion, Angela welcomes Erifily Nikola, all the way from Greece. Erifily shares her background in movement and how she got into yoga and Feldenkrais.

Erifily started with belly dancing, which she found attracted to due to the grounded, natural movements for the body. She then got into yoga for the fitness aspect of her dancing, and eventually became a yoga teacher. During her yoga training, she was introduced to Feldenkrais by her assistant trainer and has since been practising and teaching it.

Erifily highlights the difference between belly dance and ballet, with the former being based on natural movements and the latter being unnatural. She also shares her belief in going big and turning her interests into professions.

Aikido is a martial art that focuses on not opposing force but rearranging it in space. The practitioner uses the force and energy of their opponent to control their movements.

Focusing on physical movement and mindfulness can help people navigate challenging times. Feldenkrais can be a tool for personal growth and resilience building. Erifily teaches both live and online classes for yoga, Feldenkrais, and awareness in movement.

Erifily feels that online classes allow them to reach a wider audience but that there is a difference in the energy and interaction of live classes.

Erifily believes that tools like Feldenkrais can help people navigate difficult times and come out stronger, but acknowledges that it can be easier to take the easy way out and take medication to cope.

Erifily Nikola Bio

Erifily is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner (2012) and Kripalu Yoga Teacher (2008) with a passion for both the human body and the human potential. Her favourite pastimes are anatomy, aikido, clowning and dancing. Currently, Erifily lives in Athens, Greece and teaches Online Feldenkrais lessons in Greek & English. In her classes, she offers people the space and time to unfold themselves.

Website

www.feldenkraisandyoga.com

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Jutta von Bieberstein Bio

My passion is to bring joy of movement to my clients while responding to their individual needs. They strengthen their resilience and feel freer and lighter in body and mind. 17 years ago without warning, a herniated disc hit me. I could no longer sit, walk, lie down - the pain was omnipresent. My professional and social life collapsed. I decided to take the Feldenkrais training and eventually there was light at the end of the tunnel. For more than 10 years now I have been passing on my wealth of experience in group and individual sessions and helping my clients on their way to a better life.

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This podcast is recorded on Kaurna land in Adelaide, South Australia. I acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of this country and pay my respects to elders past and present.

This season Awareness In Motion moves deeper, from somatic movement into embodied identity. How your nervous system shapes who you become. What you have been rehearsing. And how that changes.

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Margaret Kaye Bio

Margaret Kaye has been teaching the Feldenkrais Method of Movement for over 20 years. I am a certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner, Assistant Trainer, mentor, and Australian Feldenkrais Guild member. Due to an Occupational Overuse injury, I was unable to work for several years. This is now a speciality area. I also specialise in working with performers, such as actors, musicians and athletes. I have taught Feldenkrais in many tertiary educational places including: The Australian Institute Of Music; The National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA); & the Academy of Music And Performing Arts.

Website

www.feldenkrais.net.au

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This podcast is recorded on Kaurna land in Adelaide, South Australia. I acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of this country and pay my respects to elders past and present.

This season Awareness In Motion moves deeper, from somatic movement into embodied identity. How your nervous system shapes who you become. What you have been rehearsing. And how that changes.

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Erin Finkelstein BIO

Child-like comfort and joy in movement is possible at every age, and with any activity. Erin is a classically trained musician (M.M.) and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner with over 15 years of professional experience as a somatic movement educator and performer, both in-person and online. Erin has helped hundreds of people from all professions, ages, and walks of life, to learn how to move with more ease and perform pain-free. In her private practice, Sound Movement Services, as well as through courses and workshops for Universities and Community Colleges, she brings a compassionate and knowledgeable approach to helping you live a more skilled, creative, and vibrant life.

Website

www.erinfinkelstein.com

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This podcast is recorded on Kaurna land in Adelaide, South Australia. I acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of this country and pay my respects to elders past and present.

This season Awareness In Motion moves deeper, from somatic movement into embodied identity. How your nervous system shapes who you become. What you have been rehearsing. And how that changes.

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Ruth started her career in dance. Like many dancers her first Feldenkrais lesson was met with this doesn’t do anything, believing you have to push work hard and get sore for movement training to be ‘working’. After discovering Yoga and more gentle ways to move, she natural gravitted back to Feldenkrais. Enjoy our conversation about dance, Yoga and birthing.

Ruth Polden BIo

Ruth is passionate about helping people move with comfort, ease and confidence. To feel happy and at home in themselves and function better in what they love to do.  She is a "life learner" in pursuit of wonderment.  A Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and yoga teacher. Ruth is Co Director of the YogaBirth Teacher Training,  and also on the faculty of the London Yoga Teacher Training Course (LYTTC). In addition to her private practice in UK and online, Ruth devotes much of her time, training and mentoring yoga teachers of the future.

Ruth is also an Active Birth teacher.  She is a former dancer / choreographer and first came to yoga, other somatic practices,  and ultimately to Feldenkrais, through a quest to know herself better and to explore sustainability in movement.

Her mission: to live life with curiosity, dignity and kindness and to help others to do the same.

Website:

www.ruthpolden.com

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This season Awareness In Motion moves deeper, from somatic movement into embodied identity. How your nervous system shapes who you become. What you have been rehearsing. And how that changes.

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Sarah never felt comfortable in fitness classes growing up. During her corporate career, she found Feldenkrais helped her be more comfortable in her body after long hours at the desk. I love that she has an adult-size playground in her backyard, one of the main reasons I would love to visit New Zealand across the pond from me. Enjoy our conversation

Sarah McAllum BIO

Sarah loves using movement and play to get the most out of life. Her real buzz is helping you power up your posture and unleash your potential to move well.

With more than 10 years of experience as a Movement Coach and Feldenkrais Practitioner, she uses easy, bite-sized awareness and movement tips to expertly guide you to:

* Improve everyday posture

* Unlock patterns of tension and pain

* Move with strength, mobility and ease.

When not nerding out on all things movement, you will find Sarah hanging out in her persimmon orchard or sampling her favourite red wine.

Website

www.movementworks.co.nz

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This season Awareness In Motion moves deeper, from somatic movement into embodied identity. How your nervous system shapes who you become. What you have been rehearsing. And how that changes.

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Christine had the unthinkable happen while training to become a dancer at conservatory school. A pelvic injury stopped her in her tracks. So painful she was unable to dance for months having to watch class from the sidelines. Finding relief with the Feldenkrais method she was able to return to dance and travel the world to learn other dance styles. Enjoy our conversation about her journey to recovery and what she does now to help others struggling with pain.

Christine Germain BIO

After dealing with chronic pelvic pain and seeing all sorts of professionals, and then being hit by a car, the Feldenkrais Method is what helped me the most. It wasn’t instant relief, but it brought well-being that became louder than the pain at first, and slowly the pain dissolved. This life-changing adventure allowed me to get back to dancing, circus training and to get stronger than ever. I empathize with clients and I am proud to be stubborn…because I believe strongly that we can improve their well-being together.

Website

www.motionexploration.com

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Facebook.com/MotionExploration

Linkedin.com/in/christinegermain

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This podcast is recorded on Kaurna land in Adelaide, South Australia. I acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of this country and pay my respects to elders past and present.

This season Awareness In Motion moves deeper, from somatic movement into embodied identity. How your nervous system shapes who you become. What you have been rehearsing. And how that changes.

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Barbara became interested in movement after first buying a book on Yoga at her local supermarket at 15. Teaching herself led her to start dance in her 20s, late for most. After a debilitating back injury, someone taught her a very simple Feldenkrais movement of her pelvis that changed her pain. For the past 40 years, Barbara has been teaching people about their bodies. Enjoy our conversation.

Barbara Anderson BIO

Barbara Anderson, M.A. Movement Education, Certified Feldenkrais practitioner, and Certified Yoga instructor since 1984, has been helping people move better for over 40 years. She has over 20,000 hours experience in working individually with students and another 20,000 hours of experience in teaching classes in yoga, modern dance and ballet, Awareness through Movement, Pilates and fitness. Having maintained her own studio for 26 years, she moved online after covid hit. She now teaches yoga, fitness and Awareness through Movement online classes. Barbara had a hip replacement in 2016. She is presently moving better than she did in 2006.

Website:

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This podcast is recorded on Kaurna land in Adelaide, South Australia. I acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of this country and pay my respects to elders past and present.

This season Awareness In Motion moves deeper, from somatic movement into embodied identity. How your nervous system shapes who you become. What you have been rehearsing. And how that changes.

The Feldenkrais and Movement Science Foundation is still here. We just went further.

The Private Feed. Already Ahead Episodes 2–6 are recorded and waiting, plus bonus content that never goes public.

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