Breathe

$60.00

by Alan Questel

Breathing is a measure of your well-being. It’s an indication of how you feel and is intrinsically connected to all of your actions, thoughts and feelings. Breathing is the single thing you have repeated more than anything else in your life. Which makes it your most practiced habit.. because ‘how’ you breathe is just that, it’s a habit! And this means it is something you can alter, change and become better at. Breathing is also something that has numerous ‘rights and wrongs’ attached to it.

by Alan Questel

Breathing is a measure of your well-being. It’s an indication of how you feel and is intrinsically connected to all of your actions, thoughts and feelings. Breathing is the single thing you have repeated more than anything else in your life. Which makes it your most practiced habit.. because ‘how’ you breathe is just that, it’s a habit! And this means it is something you can alter, change and become better at. Breathing is also something that has numerous ‘rights and wrongs’ attached to it. Rather than finding the single ‘correct’ way to breathe, through Feldenkrais® - Awareness Through Movement®, you will explore various aspects of breathing, what it is comprised of and how you actually do it. Concrete things you can do and pay attention to breathe better beyond just inhaling and exhaling! You will discover more choices in how you might breathe depending on your mood and the situations you find yourself in.

6 CD Set

DAY 1

DISC 1

01-Day 1- Introduction - Humor / Liking yourself more…kindness / The Feldenkrais Method / Breathing… / How to do it…
02-Day 1- ATM 1 - New paradoxical breathing

DISC 2

03-Day 1- Discussion – More choice / Try different things…but not to keep yourself as you are / Playing with your tongue / Walking & talking
04-Day 1-ATM 2- Pressing and lifting your ribs with breathing
05-Day 1-Discussion - Drifting off / Just asking is enough / Pain and distribution / Experimenting

DISC 3

06-Day 1-ATM 3 - Your pelvis and breathing
07-Day 1- Discussion- A device to orient us / Disrupting our usual relationships
08-Day 1- Intro into the next ATM – The inhale, exhale & the pauses
09-Day 1-ATM 4 – Breathing rhythmically #1

DAY 2

DISC 4

10-Day 2-Discussion - Pauses / You’re the expert! / When not to pause / My swimming / Find your own way / What makes something right? / Breathing, feelings & humor
11-Day 2-ATM 5 - Filling the lobes of the lungs
12-Day 2-Discussion - Yawning / The air in our lungs / Increasing the exhale / My yawning game / Sucking air in / Mother Teresa’s

DISC 5

13-Day 2- Intro to the next ATM - What we are doing…what interferes
14-Day 2-ATM 6 - The sphinx
15-Day 2-Discussion - Importance of language / Choice / Saying things in more than one way / Feeling taller / A sense of space

DISC 6

16-Day 2-ATM 7- Breathing rhythmically #2-Pressing & lifting
17-Day 2-Discussion - Discussion – What makes things different? / What’s possible in ATM / Attending to more than one thing / Patience training

DISC 7

18-Day 2-ATM 8 - Threads and gentle fingers
19-Day 2-Discussion & goodbyes - One sided lessons / The ‘right’ way of breathing, more tools and kindness!!!

Alan S. Questel trained directly with Dr. Feldenkrais in Amherst, Massachusettes. Since that time, he has lectured and taught at hospitals, colleges and Feldenkrais Professional Training Programs throughout the world. He is known for his clarity, creativity and down-to-earth style of teaching. He brings a depth of understanding, humor and a gentle human perspective to the learning of the Method and creates lively conditions for learning.

An actor before becoming interested in the Feldenkrais Method, Alan worked and toured with Jerzy Grotowski (My Dinner With Andre) and Paul Sills (Second City, Chicago and Story Theatre). Even today, one of his great interests is the embodiment of creativity, and he has developed a body of work for performers utilizing the Feldenkrais Method. Alan sees the Method as a means for individual maturation, and aspires towards making this appreciable and concrete for his students both in training programs and in his practice.

Breathe

DAY 1

DAY 2

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