Stillness in Motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ0y7Ahq2oo

..an deep look at feldenkrais idea of "what is good posture"...namely the first chapter of his book awareness through movment, rare footage of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais working on client with insight from Jeff Haller and Andrew Gibbons...

I am more interested in understanding principles rather than learning tricks or drills that promise you to get somewhere with speed... this is one principle that makes me think about moving up and down coordinating our joint/skeletal system, less muscular effort, it's also a safer and more sustainable way to move around, it applies to lifting someone in dance, as well as lifting some objects in daily life...

A Look Inside the IOPS Sit-to-Stand Curriculum Understaning How Ideal Organization creates Profound Strength, with Jeff Haller, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais and Andrew Gibbons. Visit www.iopsacademy.com for more...

Rasa Yatra (50 mins) evokes the beauty of pilgrimage through non-linear narrative. Rasa is Sanskrit for 'juice' or 'taste'', and yatra means 'journey', suggesting a joyful inner expedition, beyond the confines of routine and conceptual conventions. Photographed over a period of four years, Rasa Yatra takes the viewer on a meditative journey from the majestic Himalayan mountains into Vrindavana, the spiritual heart of India. For the receptive viewer, Rasa Yatra becomes a pilgrimage rather than a mere depiction of one.

RASA YATRA Rasa Yatra (50 mins) evokes the beauty of pilgrimage through non-linear narrative. Rasa is Sanskrit for 'juice' or 'taste'', and yatra means 'journey', suggesting a joyful inner expedition, beyond the confines of routine and conceptual conventions. Photographed over a period of four years, Rasa Yatr...

The poetics of touch: NANCY STARK SMITH, a pathway into contact improvisation

The poetics of touch: NANCY STARK SMITH, a pathway into contact improvisation Portrait of the american dancer and teacher Nancy Stark Smith and the dance form Contact Improvisation, shot at Casina Settarte (Italy). A film by Sara Pozzo...

Spend a few minutes a day immersing yourself with words from the wise ones, that's the idea of satsang.

How does one break free of habits? | J. Krishnamurti Subtitles available in: DUTCH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN Brockwood Park 1983 - Spoken question from Question & Answer Meeting #1 'How does one break free of h...

Tapaḥ svādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni kriyāyogaḥ

yoga sutra 2.1

keep practicing :)

We are united by Yoga | A collective video made with you Here is the result of my project During the world lockdown for Covid-19 I've asked my friends, followers and subscribers to send me a cand...

“All of human unhappiness is due to the inability to sit still in a room alone,” writes philosopher Blaise Pascal

Practice chanting this mantra of universal blessing at this challenging time of Pandemic.

Practice good will and acts and using mantra like this to keep these ideas at heart and mind we reduce the suffering of the world, and thus ourselves.

Feel purpose, direction, and great joy.

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Om Sarveśām Svastir Bhavatu Mantra

ॐ सर्वेशां स्वस्तिर्भवतु

ॐ सर्वेशां स्वस्तिर्भवतु ।
सर्वेशां शान्तिर्भवतु ।
सर्वेशां पुर्णंभवतु ।
सर्वेशां मङ्गलंभवतु ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Om Sarveśām Svastir Bhavatu
Sarveśām Shāntir Bhavatu
Sarveśām Pūrnam Bhavatu
Sarveśām Maṇgalam Bhavatu
Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti

May there be happiness in all
May there be peace in all
May there be completeness in all
​May there be success in all

MANTRA FOR BLESSING: sarveshām svastir bhavatu . . . sarveshām svastir bhavatu / sarveshām śāntir bhavatu / sarveshām muktir bhavatu / sarveshām pūrnam bhavatu / sarveshām mangalam bhavatu / lokāh samastāh sukh...

Another great lesson regarding "safety" and "social relationship" from the Polyvagal Theory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br8-qebjIgs

Polyvagal Theory explained in five minutes -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27FSiBqEDUs

The Polyvagal Theory: The New Science of Safety and Trauma What is trauma exactly? Or the ever-elusive concept known as the “flow state”? And why do some people just flat-out creep us out? It can all be explained by ...

I was fascinated by the work of Dr. Daniel Siegel about interpersonal neurobiology and the science behind compassion.

To understand our nerve system as a link between inner landscape and outer world, and how to integrate our mind (an embodied process that regulate energy flow), brain and social relationship (defined as sharing of information, energy with meaning).

Last week at Fuerteventura, we spent a whole morning in the dessert exploring the safety and yielding towards gravity, it resonates so much, we can only truly yield when we feel safe.

We feel, therefore we learn: The neuroscience of social emotion. Daniel Siegel Presenting at the Mind and its Potential conference, Dr Daniel Siegel MD speaks about Interpersonal Neurobiology, an interdisciplinary view of life experienc...

how do you fall?

practicing falling in contact improvisation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myzl7GIL46M

quoted from frey faust..."adequate posture alignment is a pre-requisite to appropriate responses to a fall. " Watch frey falling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43dLE-IOQs0

Falling Mechanics - C Star For more info about my work: http://matanlevkowich.com/ This movement sequence is intended to improve your ability to change your relation to the ground from...