Brain Plasticity and the POWER of YET
When making mistakes is not a disaster anymore Carol Dweck, pioneer researcher in motivation and successful learning, explains in her TED talk the power of cultivating a “Growth Mind-Set”, in other words, shifting our mind-set from “I failed” to “I didn´t get it right yet”. “Fixed Mind-Set” vs “Growth Mind-Set” While students with a “Fixed […]
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Free Feldenkrais Lesson – Relieve tension in your mouth and jaw
The online Feldenkrais class this week was about paying close attention to different parts of our face: mouth, jaw, and head cavity. With this Feldenkrais lesson you can relieve tension in your mouth and jaw; increase your ability to sense your breath moving between your nostrils and your mouth; you will become aware of the […]
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Join me for Body & Voice Workshops at the International Focusing Institute
Come and join us at the International Focusing Institute’s week long certification program in Punto de Tralca, Chile January 13 – 18, 2019. I’ll be giving a series of five Bioenergetics and Feldenkrais group classes. The workshop will combine body and voice based practices in which we will explore different ways to connect with ourselves […]
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Join me for a Free Running Clinic in Golden, Colorado
For those of you in the Golden, Denver, Boulder area – come and join me for a free running clinic at Bentgate Mountaineering, on October 17th between 6-7pm. Whether you’re an experienced runner or you’ve just started jogging for fun, we all share one desire: To feel our body at ease and to experience this rewarding feeling of lightness and […]
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Free Feldenkrais Lesson – Wriggle your toes and walk, run and move better than ever before
Join me for another free Feldenkrais lesson. In this lesson we work on our toes and it will help you to walk, run and move better than you ever dreamt possible. Run to your mat and try this 35 minute free Feldenkrais lesson! Fifty-four people joined me on Zoom to do it and enjoyed the experience and […]
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Free Lesson – Listen to your eyes and improve your presence and awareness
Give this new lesson a try – it’s free! It combines an Awareness Through Movement lesson and work on Presence, the way use our eyes, the way we gaze, pay attention to the space, and look at a person, or a group. You can access the audio file or download it here. Let me know […]
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Working with babies and parents to facilitate motor development and strengthen attachment
Working with babies and their parents to facilitate motor development and strengthen attachment is a blessing. It’s been an honor and a privilege to be part of the Child’Space professional training in Buenos Aires.
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Free Lesson – The Four Diagonals free, advanced Feldenkrais Lesson
I recently gave an advanced Feldenkrais lesson “Four diagonals in folding” to a group of over 20 experienced practitioners who joined me online from as far away as Italy, Japan and Canada. You can listen or download the audio recording of the lesson for free. Enjoy! Agnes
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EVERYBODY CAN CHANGE
A great lecture from R.Sapolsky, neurobiologist at Standford University about human behavior and how important it is 1) to take in account a wide variety of environmental factors (see the screenshot of Sapolsky’s PowerPoint above) and 2) no behavior is frozen in time and that every individual has the ability to change. Summarizing the content […]
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THE LIMBIC SYSTEM OR HOW OUR EMOTIONAL STATE DEPENDS PRIMARILY ON BODY CUES
What is the common factor between doing body-mind oriented psychotherapy, taking a class and /or an individual session of the Feldenkrais method, Fitzmaurice VoiceWork or Focusing? Your body and the way it influences your behavior! Your brain, your prefrontal cortex more precisely, is heavily reliant on the messages sent by your body. Let’s see what Scientists can tell us about it. The limbic system (see diagram) is […]
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