Feldenkrais Method for Musicians and Singers!

This Month
The Dynamic Musician Series

Dear Friend,

Deepen and refine your breathing to dramatically enhance your musical expression.

The Dynamic Musician Series, a two volume CD set and guidebook by John Tarr, is our featured AchievingExcellence product this month!

Feldenkrais Method in the news!

Eliza Parker has come up with a unique way for pre-schoolers to learn about themselves! Scroll down for details.

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Wishing You Health & Awareness,
Al Wadleigh, GCFP

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Dynamic Musician Series -Dynamic Stability and Breath, Volumes 1 & 2

by John Tarr

Code: tar1, 2 guide-books, 4 CDs, 8 audio lessons.
List Price: $69.95
Your Price: $62.96
(with coupon)

Each Volume contains four 25-minute Feldenkrais lessons and a guidebook for vocalists and wind instrumentalists of all levels and abilities.

This series focuses on the two most fundamental aspects of singing and
wind instrument playing: relaxed posture and freer breathing. With the eight
25-30 minute audio lessons on CD and the written lesson summaries (which can be used anywhere you are practicing) you will be able to:

• Refine and deepen your breath
• Increase vital lung capacity
• Find more ease and comfort while sitting and standing
• Enhance sound quality, intonation and expressive capabilities
• Make practicing and performing more effective

Volume 1 introduces you to the DMS lessons, focusing on Dynamic
Stability while sitting and standing. You will begin to notice improvements in your posture, as well as your breathing.

Volume 2 guides you from Dynamic Stability to the Dynamic Breath, where you further refine and deepen your own personal style of breathing.

Download the following:

• Table of Contents & Introduction of Vol.1
• Try an Excerpt from Lesson 3, "Side Lying and Gentle Twisting, Breathing with a Gentle Twist"
• Try Body Warm up "Oscillating Your Chest and Abdomen - Sitting"

Click here for more information and resources for musicians and singers from John Tarr.

Volume 1 & Volume 2: each with 4 audio lessons on 2 CD’s with guidebooks.

More Feldenkrais Method for Singers

Singing with Your Whole Self - The Feldenkrais Method® and Voice
by: Samuel H. Nelson & Elizabeth Blades-Zeller

Obtain optimal vocal performance! "Singing with Your Whole Self" uses specifically designed Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® lessons to improve your singing and speaking on all levels. The first part of the book presents the theory in an easily understood and concrete fashion. The remaining chapters explore our anatomy by area and explain in detail how these relate to singing. Includes an index both by lesson and by problem, referring performers to the most effective lessons. Paperback, 184 pages, $31.95, Your Price w/coupon: $28.76

Feldenkrais Method in the News

Me and My Body

Feldenkrais Practitioner, Eliza Parker has come up with a new way to teach preschool-age kids anatomy. With her two-foot-tall skeleton Huey at her side, Parker teaches a six-week class, "Me and My Body." The class seeks to foster positive self image at a time when kids are most impressionable - and curious. Click here for more information and a short video.

Improve Your Back Health!

	Unstress Through Movement by Lavinia Plonka This is a wonderful introduction to the Feldenkrais Method. Anyone can follow the easy instructions. Three 25 minute lessons: Free Your Back, The Shoulder / Hip Connection and The Flexible Spine. 1 CD, 3 lessons, 75 minutes, List Price: $15.99, Your Price: $14.40 w/coupon. Listen to some samples from Unstress Through Movement: Listen to a sample of Track 2 Listen to a sample of Track 3 Listen to a sample of Track 4

	Relax Your Back with a Roller - Exercises and Strategies to Eliminate Pain by: Pamela Kihm Relax Your Back With A Roller isn’t just an exercise book! What you will gain is important knowledge to apply throughout your day to mitigate back and leg pain, and prevent future problems. The twenty eight Feldenkrais lessons use a 6" Styrofoam™ roller and are loaded with keys for being active and comfortable throughout your day. Wire-bound workbook, 59 Pages, $26.95, Your Price: $24.26 w/coupon.

	Stop Sciatica Now by Pamela Kihm Unlike any other book about sciatica, Stop Sciatica Now explains how to position your skeleton to alleviate sciatica pain. Learn how to sit, stand, and walk in ways that minimize pressure on your sciatic nerve. Eliminate back and leg pain by moving and exercising with awareness .Download a 20-page sample including two lessons and Table of Contents. Wire coil bound book, 100 pages, 32 Feldenkrais lessons, Illustrated, $39.95, Your Price: $35.96 w/coupon.

	Relaxercise: The Easy New Way to Health & Fitness by: David Zemach-Bersin, Kaethe Zemach-Bersin, and Mark Reese With these brief (ten to thirty minutes) Feldenkrais lessons, anyone can learn to improve their posture, flexibility, and physical comfort, and end the energy drain caused by muscular tension. Improve key areas such as the lower back, shoulders, neck, spine, eyes, feet, and jaw. Paperback book, 176 pages, Illustrated, $24.00, Your Price: $21.60 w/coupon.

	Gym in Your Pocket - Core Integration 2 by: Josef DellaGrotte, Ph.D. A comprehensive program of integrated movement exercises using fitness bands. Designed to build core strength, this DVD teaches the primary core movement pathways of your body. These exercises are done primarily in a standing position, and improve flexibility, fitness and posture. Based on the work of Dr. Feldenkrais and somatic science. DVD, $49.95, Your Price: $44.96 w/coupon. Fitness bands available here . . .

	Discover Easy Movement and Pain Relief by Deborah Bowes, PT, CFT This is a complete Feldenkrais program for learning how to move easily, and recover from pain or injury. As you follow Deborah's clear instructions, you will discover new connections between your pelvis, head and spine. You will learn to sense your breathing in new ways. Pain is often a result of how you are moving. Learning to sense your whole body in simple movements improves your awareness and carries over into more efficient movement and a more comfortable daily life. 3 CDs in a binder, $48.00, Your Price: $42.30 w/coupon.

	Active Chair Sitting by Josef DellaGrotte, Ph.D. Transform poor postural habits into healthier ways of moving - while sitting in your chair! Based on the work of Dr. Feldenkrais and somatic science.1 CD, 5 exercises, 75 minutes, List Price: $14.95, Your Price: $13.46 w/coupon.

	Back and Spine Strengthening by Josef DellaGrotte, Ph.D. Improve and maintain back and spinal integrity, alignment, and mobility, regardless of age. Based on the work of Dr. Feldenkrais and somatic science. 1 CD, 5 exercises, 70 minutes, List Price: $14.95, Your Price: $13.46 w/coupon.

Make Computer Use Safe and Easy

	Easy Arms and Hands by Cliff Smyth Based on his extensive experience, Cliff has designed these lessons for people with RSI, carpal tunnel syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, or other overuse conditions. These lessons help you discover the connection between your arms and the rest of yourself, and assist you in learning to involve the legs, pelvis, spine and ribs with the movement of your arms. 12 Feldenkrais lessons on 6 CDs in 3 Jewel Cases with booklet, $79.95, Your Price: $71.96 w/coupon.

	A Healthy Back - In Less than 20 Minutes a Day by: Jack Heggie These four Feldenkrais lessons use gentle body movements to increase spinal flexibility and range of motion while relieving tension, stress and pain. Click here to download and try the first lesson - Free! 1 CD, 71 min., $16.95, Your Price: $15.25 w/coupon.

	Comfort at Your Computer: Body Awareness Training for Pain-Free Computer Use by: Paul Linden, Ph.D. With a goal of preventing injury, Comfort at Your Computer teaches an awareness of potentially harmful positions and shows how to achieve proper sitting posture and correct breathing for pain-free computing. Readers will learn Feldenkrais lessons to prevent strain, such as a five-second movement break to do at a desk or a 20-minute stretching session for home. Paperback book, 313 pages, List Price: $14.95, Your Price: $13.46 w/coupon.

	Low Stress Computing by Ralph Strauch Low-Stress Computing is a Feldenkrais education program which uses greater self-awareness and improved body organization to reduce the stresses which lead to repetitive stress injuries (RSI). Paper, 86 Pages, List Price: $11.95, Sale Price: $10.76, Your Price: $9.68 w/coupon.

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