Want to FEEL Inspired?

In the last two weeks, I have been honored to speak to three groups that were Feldenkrais informed, ranging from inspiration, healing trauma, self-care and leadership.

Here are a few resources that assisted me with these subjects. Enjoy, send me your favorite inspiration podcast, book or blog. 

Here is my short list:

• Podcasts:

  • OnBeing: Krista Tippet John O’Donohue #539, and #825 David Steindl-Rast 

  • Tim Ferries: #412 Josh Waitzken

  • Brain Science Podcast: Dr Norman Doidge

  • The Conversation: Ayse Birsel How to design the Life you Love 

  • Super Soul: Malcolm Gladwell: Talking to Strangers

  • Unlocking Us: Brene Brown: Shame and Accountability

  • Art of Manliness: How to design conversations that matter with Daniel Stillman

  • Kinesophics: Feldenkrais lessons

  • Oprah’s master Class: Dr. Maya Angelou Mar. 6, 2019

  • How I built Resilience: subscribe

  • Wisdom Shared: subscribe

  • Just Fly Performance: Edward Yu on Slowing Down #207

• Books: 

  • Design the Life You Love: Ayse Birsel

  • Mindful Spontaneity: Ruthy Alon

  • Quench: Dr Dana Cohen and Gina Bria

  • Strength Finders: Tom Rath 

  • Breath: James Nestor 

  • Beauty: John O’Donahue

  • Diverse Bodies, Diverse Practices: Don Hanlon Johnson

  • Devotions: Mary Oliver 

  • The Art of Learning: Josh Waitzken

  • Are You Sure? The unconscious Origins of Uncertainty: Virginia Campbell 

  • Wherever You Go There You Are: Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • Embodied Wisdom: Ed Elizabeth Beringer 

• Videos:

  • Linda Delman: Movement Essentials

  • David Hall: Practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method and Alexander Method

  • Irene Lyon: Polyvagal Theory

  • Elinor Silversein: On Sticky Topics

  • Cynthia Allen: Feldenkrais Summit

  • Susan Harper: The Heart of Continuum

• Sites: 

  • Tara Brach PhD: Deepening Connections

  • Andrew Gibbons: Body of Knowledge

  • Allison Rapp: Build Refine and Transform

  • Buffy Owens: Conscious Movements  

  • Lavinia Plonka: The Creative Body

  • Tiffany Sankuary: Movement and Creativity

  • Susan Dopart, MS RD: Motivational Interviewing

  • Seths Blog: Leadership

  • BrainPickings: Oliver Sacks, and Kahlil Girbran

  • Efeld- science of the Feldenkrais Method

  • A.Noone: Feldenkrais

• Instagram (you don’t need to have an account to visit)

  • #Feldenkrais

  • #awarenessthroughmovement

  • #smartsomaticsolutions

  • #somanaut

• TIME: Human Interest- What faces would look like if they were perfectly symmetrical (per Josh reference)

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“Constraints can easily become excuses for not living the life you want. Rather than constantly whining about them, or struggling to change them, the Feldenkrais Method offers a surprising alternative: accept the constraint, and adapt…

Each adaptation presents an invitation to engage in an ongoing process, leading to positive change. New possibilities, new solutions emerge. You begin to think creatively, to explore options, to create value, and to improve everything — even the experience of the constraint.”

MaryBeth Smith