by Victoria Worsley
I've been watching Bruce Lee. One of my Christmas presents was "Enter the Dragon" and the DVD has a documentary on it which then sent me onto you tube looking for more. I love the way he speaks. Makes me want to say "man" and "baby" all the time - except I couldn't carry it off. And its not the 70s. But also he is very interesting in how he talks about it and it made me think so much of Moshe Feldenkrais - especially given that Moshe had a background in martial arts (he was founder of the......continue reading >>
2012-02-07
by Victoria Worsley
I went to a day of the UKSEM (sports exercise and medicine) conference a few weeks ago and it has been churning round in my head since then. A really interesting exciting day. It was encouraging that over and over speakers said that the best way of training and best form varies according to the person or athlete. As a Feldenkrais Teacher that's good to hear. It was also really interesting to hear them all agree that we are moving away from thick cushioning, motion control, wedge heels and so......continue reading >>
2012-01-19
by Victoria Worsley
I started out on a run a couple of days ago that felt very bad. I felt tired and heavy and cursed myself for just not finding the time to run enough lately (whatever enough is - it seems to vary for me). I have noticed that on days I feel heavy it is often because my upper back and chest are just not helping out so my pelvis can't function so well and then, since you need your upper back and chest to help the pelvis to turn enough to let the leg move forward and back, and for the arms to move......continue reading >>
2011-12-12
by Victoria Worsley
For two and a bit years I wrote a kind of a blog (or a rather one-way discussion) on the discussion page of my Feldenkrais Works Facebook page about my progress with running in vibrams/barefoot - until Facebook removed all discussion pages a month ago and I lost it all. So I have moved this 'sort of blog' out of the semi-seclusion of Facebook (where I still have my page going if you fancy visiting) to the rather scarey open places of the worldwide web.
But before I just continue......continue reading >>
2011-12-13