The Feldenkrais Store: Ideas in Action Vol. 2: Integrating the Arms

Learn the structure and strategy of Functional Integration® (FI) lessons. Explore the theory and practice of the Method by teaching lessons around a specific functional theme. Develop an understanding of not just what to do, but why. Each phase of a lesson is presented in technical detail with an explanation of the reasoning behind it. Following the same logic as a musical score, "Ideas In Action" brings to light the compositional sense, technical organization and experiential processes that underlie effective, unforgettable learning.

You will learn, step-by-step, what to notice and how to respond. This fosters a deep appreciation of the grammar and syntax of lessons necessary to become a reflective practitioner. The finer points of technique and self-use are clarified.

In this program you will:

• Cultivate movement observation abilities
• Refine hands-on sensitivity and skills
• Develop better self-use
• Study classic lesson composition
• Learn FI scores and strategies
• Enhance creativity and intuition
• Become a more effective educator

Join with one or more practitioners in a study group using "Ideas in Action" as a part of your self-directed study to gain Continuing Education Credits toward your Feldenkrais Practitioner Certification.

Table of Contents: 5 Segments, 21 DVDs, 1 CD
SEGMENT 1	SEGMENT 2	SEGMENT 3	SEGMENT 4	SEGMENT 5
Disc 1 •Course Overview •Pedagogical Reasoning •When is Feldenkrais®? •Use of the Arms •Feedback and Support •Following Percepts of the Method •Observing Pushing in Threes Disc 2 •Beginning •What Questions Were •Asked? •Discussion After Exercise •Exercise: Pushing in Threes •Cross-Motivation •Knowing What to Look for Disc 3 •ATM: Lifting Pelvis on Stomach •LAB: Observe Effect of ATM •on Pushing Disc 4 •Test vs. Reference Movement •Transfer of Learning •Structure of ATM •What a Lesson is ABOUT •What a Lesson ADRESSES •Positional Changes •Initiation from Pelvis •Foundational Aspect •OF and IN •What Changed in the Lesson? •Reversing Proximal and Distal •Moving Trunk Around the •Shoulder Girdle •Constraints of ATM •Moving from the Center •What’s Interfering? Disc 5 •Discussion of Group Exercise •Creating a Flexion Lesson •Gaining Conscious Choice •Closing Comments •Homework	Disc 1 •Welcome •Comments and Questions •Lesson Floor Plans •Changing the Order of a •Lesson •Pushing vs. Pulling •Importance of Direction Words •Exercise: Pushing in Threes •Well Organized Pushing •Use of Feet in Pushing •Exercise: Pushing in Threes Round 2 •Discussion: Pushing in Threes Disc 2 •Discussion: Continued •How Weight is Moving Through Space •Tools for Observation •ATM: Arms Like a Rope Disc 3 •Discussion: Effect of ATM •Guided Exercise •Exercise: “hands-on” •Experience Managing Habits •Review of ATM •Demo: From ATM to FI •Importance of Clavicle •Lifting Shoulder •Demo: Come Hither •FI Demo Disc 4 •Demo: Lifting the Head •Review of FI Sequence •“S” Curves •“C” Curve and “Squiggle” •Demo: Refining Technique •Demo: Outlining Scapula and •Calibrating Movement •Demo: Adding to FI •Supporting the Interference Disc 5 •ATM: Arms Like a Rope •What Difference Were •Perceived? •When Habits Return •Homework	Disc 1 •Intro to Segment 3 •Review of Segment 2 •What is “Optimal” •Technique and Strategy •Being Clear About the Question •What the Lesson Was About •Folding Improves Pushing •Demo: Tilting the Pelvis •Refining Techniques •LAB •Discussion of LAB Disc 2 •Discussion: Movement of 1st Rib •1st Rib in Relation to Whole •How T1 Informs Movement •LAB: Finding the Connection •Show and Tell •Important Points From 1st Day •The Shoulder Girdle •Value of Review Disc 3 •Beginning •LAB: Following Movement as a Passenger •ATM: Turning Arm, Side-Lying •Returning to ATM •Show and Tell •Returning to ATM Disc 4 •Reflection on ATM •Notating a Lesson •Structure of ATM •What ATM Was About •Demo: Test Movement •Clarifying the Assessment Technique •Demo: Freeing the Shoulder Girdle •Demo: Differentiating the Shoulder •Comments About FI Practice •Wrap-up	Disc 1 •Welcome •Check in Review •Exercise •Review in Threes •Making a Lesson Explicit •FI Demo •Movement of Shoulder •“G” Hold •SPIFFER •Sequence Disc 2 •Kinematic Linkage •The Shaping of a Skeleton •Directed FI “C” vs “S” Shapes •Demo: Working With Ribs •Demo: Refining a Technique •Counter Rotation Drives •Walking •Demo on a Skeleton •More on Rib Movement •“Twarching” and “Twolding” •Discussion About Shoulder •Anatomy •It’s the Pattern Disc 3 •Demo on Skeleton •Exercise #1 •Discussion of Exercise •FI Demo •Exercise #2 •Recapping the Challenges •Exercise #3 •Strategy Determines •Techniques •FI Demo •Closing Comments	Disc 1 •Opening Comments and Check In •“Optimal” •Direction vs Destination •My Feldenkrais Method® •Demo: Working With the Ribs Disc 2 •Demo: Refining Technique •Review in Practice Teaching •Comments About Exercise •Dexterity •Qualitative Distinctions •“Red Thread” of Lesson •“Twarching” and “Twolding” •Following and Leading •Demo: Evaluating Preference •for Movement •Leading Questions Disc 3 •Leading and Following •Biomechanics of the Skeleton •“Twarching” •Instructions for Exercise •Answering the “Optimal” Question Disc 4 •ATM: Chopping Wood •Request for Feedback •When Everything isn’t Congruent •Demo: on Skeleton •Directions for Exercise •Closing Comments
			CD Downloadable Files .pdf 2005-2006 ATM Transcripts “SPIFFER” Workshop Notes “On Your Feet” ATM transcripts

"The DVDs have been great, making it affordable for us to meet our CEU requirements and giving us an excuse to gather together from far and wide to share these ideas. The recordings are friendly and accessible.
"I am so enjoying Larry’s thorough, thoughtful teaching style. I love his sense of humor and approachability. I hope that one day I'll be able to participate in a live class, but the DVDs are the next best thing.
-Anne Ryan Miller, Nashville, IN

This DVD set is available only to Feldenkrais teachers who have completed an accredited Feldenkrais training program or who have studied with Mia Segal or Yochanon Rywerant or trainees in the third or fourth year of accredited trainings. We reserve the right to require proof of participation, graduation or membership in a national Feldenkrais professional association prior to completing any order.