Austin Feldenkrais

Dance & Fitness Class Schedule - Ballet Austin

I’m so thrilled to announce our return to in-person Awareness Through MovementⓇ class at Ballet Austin! We are back to our regular slot on Fridays from 12-1pm starting Aug 26th. Go to this link to sign up:

https://balletaustin.org/dance-fitness/calendarsectiondance-fitness/

Hope to see you there! 🙌

Dance & Fitness Class Schedule - Ballet Austin DANCE & FITNESS CLASS SCHEDULE

How Bones Communicate With the Rest of the Body

"But what’s clear already is that the skeleton is not just a nice set of mechanical supports. Bones constantly remodel themselves in response to the body’s needs, and they’re in constant communication with other parts of the body. Bone is a busy tissue with broad influence, and it’s working behind the scenes during the most basic daily activities."

How Bones Communicate With the Rest of the Body A new vision of the skeleton as a dynamic organ that sends and receives messages suggests potential therapies for osteoporosis and other problems

Never Stop: The Artistry of Self-Care and Creativity for Lifelong Embodied Performance

I’m a Teacher in the Feldenkrais Awareness Summit! This summit is focused on creativity, self-care, and the performing arts. I think you would enjoy my short Awareness Through Movement lessons even if you aren’t a dancer. It runs from October 25th to October 30th - this virtual, online summit is FREE.

The topics come together quite beautifully. Here’s the schedule of the guest speakers:

October 25
Keynotes: Martha Eddy and Donna Blank

October 26
How to Learn/How to Teach
Speakers: Ami Shulman, Chrish Kresge, Noam Holdengreber, Audrey Pernell, Uri Vardi
Panelists: Mary Spire and Kene Igweonu

October 27
Creativity
Speakers: Miguel Gutierrez, Lavinia Plonka, Maggy Burrowes, Aliza Stewart
Panelists: David Hall and Sondra Fraleigh

October 28
Injury: Healing and Prevention
Speakers: Marek Wyszynski, Victoria Worsley, Marina Gilman, Lisa Burrell
Panelists: Paris Kern and Darcia Dexter

October 29
High Performing Artists
Speakers: Gabrielle Lamb, Scott Illingworth, Katie Bull, Alan Fraser
Panelists: Robert Sholl and David Daniel Bowes

October 30
Impacting the World
Speakers: Thomas Kampe, Joyce Lu, Sharon Costianes, Emma Alter
Panelists: Rainy Demerson and Frederick Schjang

November 1
Bonus/Tribute Day
Norma Leistiko on Anna Halprin and Moshe Feldenkrais
Marissa Castillo on Augusta Moore
Roberta Gary (on Roberta Gary)

There will also be four Awareness Through Movement lessons per day. One each for the four professional categories by Ed Woodall, Sarah Templeton, Erin Finkelstein and myself!

Hosts are: Nancy Wozny, Michael Landeau and Cynthia Allen

Register by clicking on the photo below or this link:

https://lisahueske--futurelifenow.thrivecart.com/2021-unlimited-digital-access-never-stop/

Never Stop: The Artistry of Self-Care and Creativity for Lifelong Embodied Performance Come to this free online Feldenkrais Awareness Summit October 25-30, 2021 for performing artists. Vocalists, Dancers, Musicians, Actors will find new ways to care for their body mind and enhance their performance.

Austin Feldenkrais updated their address.

Austin Feldenkrais updated their address.

Feldenkrais Awareness Summit free, online May 1 -10

Last day to register, the summit begins tomorrow! Pick and choose what interests you. My interview will be released on May 5th as part of the Active Lifestyle series. Here are the themes that will be offered:

Active Lifestyle ~ Original Breath ~ Healing Trauma ~ Embodied Anatomy ~ Move Your Brain! ~ Abilities: Dropping the “Dis” ~ Language Runs Deep ~ Play ~ Research

Register for free. View at your convenience with unlimited access by upgrading your registration with this affiliate link.
https://www.feldenkraissummit.com/?affiliate=lisahueske

Come join me!

Feldenkrais Awareness Summit free, online May 1 -10 Join in with thousands of people as they explore how to move better and live better. 31+ experts will share on a wide range of topics and themes. Plus May 1 there will be around the clock, around the world movement lessons.

I’m very honored to announce that I am a speaker at the Move Better, Feel Better 2021 Feldenkrais Summit, an admirable online annual event from May 1-10.

This work saved me time and time again and keeps me going as a highly active mover and groover artistically, athletically, and out in nature for days. I tell my story in my interview with the amazing Cynthia Allen from how I started Feldenkrais injured in college, to a time of debilitating crisis, to how I use the work today to maintain an active and healthy life. My interview will be released on May 5th as part of the Active Lifestyle series.

I highly recommend that you register for this FREE event to learn more about Feldenkrais. Learn how improving movement can lead to having a better life. May 1st kicks off the event with a great opportunity to take 24 hours of live Awareness Through Movement classes and continues with 31 speakers and live panel discussions until May 10th.

Please go here to register: https://lisahueske--futurelifenow.thrivecart.com/2021-unlimited-move-better-feel-better/

While it is free to attend the summit, you may upgrade to have recordings after the summit is over. In that case, I will receive a commission for referring you by using this affiliate link.

‘Slowing Down to Feel’: Moving Our Minds Around Our Bodies

Another great article in the New York Times on the Feldenkrais Method!

"It’s a way to quiet ourselves so the sensory details of our experience become clearer. It’s like relearning yourself from the inside out, and the breakthroughs are otherworldly." -Gia Kourlas

I absolutely agree.

‘Slowing Down to Feel’: Moving Our Minds Around Our Bodies It’s cold outside. The pandemic is getting worse. It’s time to look inward with the help of movement practices that create healthy bodies and minds.

Dance & Fitness Online Classes - Ballet Austin

**UPDATE, great news! New online class offering!

Ballet Austin admirably reorganized to continue serving our community!! My Awareness Through Movement® class will be offered back at its old slot on Fridays from 12-1pm, meeting virtually live on Zoom. We start next week, May 1st!

Please read about the virtual class and sign up: https://balletaustin.org/dance-fitness/online-classes -df-live-streaming

If you are unfamiliar with Zoom, please give yourself some time to sign in early to get yourself situated. Come prepared with a blanketed/carpeted space to move on your floor and if needed, layers of clothing. A yoga mat may or may not be too sticky for sliding as prompted by some Feldenkrais movement. This class is verbally directed so it is not necessary to see me move on screen. I’d prefer to see you in order to feel the pace of the class, but it is optional if you’d rather be off-camera.

Thank you and see you on the floor!

Dance & Fitness Online Classes - Ballet Austin Since 1956, Ballet Austin has performed classically innovative pieces. Our goal is to create, nurture, & share the joy of dance & fitness with all ages.

Movement & Emotions - Feldenkrais Method

"I believe that one of the main causes of this change is the delicious Feldenkrais quality of moving without an external ideal of a perfect posture, without right or wrong, and with the invitation to find a sense of elegance and ease through my own sensation. All of this combined with re-exploring some of the most basic forms of functional movement created an opportunity for me to adjust my own organization without force and with a compassionate softness that reverberated throughout the rest of my life."

-Buffy Owens, GCFP

Movement & Emotions - Feldenkrais Method written by Buffy Owens, GCFP This article originally appeared on the Conscious Movements blog. Recently, a student approached me at the end of class and asked if experiencing strong emotions while doing Awareness Through Movement®lessons was normal. My answer: “Yes.” Emotions don’t surface al...

Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health

Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health A growing body of research points to the beneficial effects that exposure to the natural world has on health, reducing stress and promoting healing. Now, policymakers, employers, and healthcare providers are increasingly considering the human need for nature in how they plan and operate.

Hand Recovery and Dexterity For Stroke, Injury & Musicians

Also great for computer/device users... I would do this more slowly and gently on your own time, taking breaks to sense.

Hand Recovery and Dexterity For Stroke, Injury & Musicians Self-Help Video for Hand Recovery and Dexterity For Stroke, Injury & Musicians by Annie Thoe, Feldenkrais® Teacher. Improve brain mapping of injured side to ...

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I received my first google review, woohoo!! I haven't requested my clients to do this, but if you are inclined to do so, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much, Aurora!

"Lisa has such a thorough understanding of body mechanics it’s almost magical. I have been seeing her for years, as she rehabilitated me from severe injury to feeling great. After every session I still learn something new and feel better than I ever thought possible. I’ve been through lots of bodywork in the last 10 years and can’t recommend Lisa highly enough."

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Flying in the forest :D

“Make the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant.” -Moshe Feldenkrais

Photo by Callie Richmond

Somatic Movement Education Training

Feldenkrais is under this genre of movement science, somatics. It includes the benefits in which one can learn movement that rehabilitative, self-caring, educational, neuromuscular re-patterning, preventative, and much more. I'm a poster child of transformation through Feldenkrais and other somatic modalities and live with this mind-body set every single day.

If you are looking to going deeper as a therapist, practitioner, or mover to help yourself and others in a way such that the enrichment of the subtle body can make the living body more embodied, whole, and intelligent, I'd highly recommend joining this program.

To be eligible for the program, applicants must hold any degree (AA or above) or 3 years professional experience in the following: Dance, Kinesiology, Yoga Therapist, Physical Education, Psychiatry, Psychology, Medicine, Nursing, Social Work, Physical Therapy, Massage Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Health, Exercise, or Fitness.

Ellen Bartel

Somatic Movement Education Training ACC's Somatic Movement Program will employ a dance-based approach to healing and personal wellbeing through Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals. This program is a one-year, 560 contact hour curriculum that includes experiential, practical, and theoretical approaches to promoting body...

You don’t need more exercise, you just need to move

"It’s about reexamining your entire life and environment to be more active overall. The key is to stack more movement on top of things you are already doing." -Molly Rubin

From a Feldenkrais perspective, I'm constantly varying the way I do things in order to keep my nervous system learning. How often are you sensing "the how" of your movement in everyday life? There are endless ways of how you approach and do anything.

You don’t need more exercise, you just need to move Most of us live such a sedentary life it is affecting our health and wellness—and running is not the solution.

Beautiful new signs at my office in AcuHerbia, The Holistic Wellness Center. I love seeing my name - feels so official and professional!

Feldenkrais Awareness Summit | May 1-10th | Dive in with more than 35 experts in the field

Hello, FB world! This is the 2nd annual online event that blew my mind last year. I was incredibly inspired by brilliant teachers of this work from all over the world and have found their own niche. It is a great way to learn more about Feldenkrais, to practice a bit, and be inspired to move in new ways. I'm registered, and it's FREE to join!

Feldenkrais Awareness Summit | May 1-10th | Dive in with more than 35 experts in the field Online, free and filled to the brim with experts guiding us in being fully human.

Feldenkrais can change the way you feel just by showing you how you move

“We have to get interested in the problem, collect sensory cues. We can’t just tell ourselves what to do; there are all sorts of right ways to move, depending on whether we’re trying to pick something up or look at the stars. We have to fully experience all the options in order for our brain to pick what we need when we need it."
-Kelly Feder, GCFT

Feldenkrais can change the way you feel just by showing you how you move A class in Webster Groves explores the connection between our personality and our posture, gestures, stance.

Why Feldenkrais? - Embodiment Matters

"What a blessing to discover there’s an intelligence in every cell in your body which reveals itself when we simply slow down and pay attention to it and through it." -Erin Geesaman Rabke, GFCP

Why Feldenkrais? - Embodiment Matters A note from Erin: Is it worth taking the time to slow down and learn from what poet Hafiz calls “the most insignificant movements of your own holy body?” I believe it is. I have a lot to say about why this work is important. For starters, here are seven perspectives in answer to the question: Wh...

The Yoga of Chocolate - Castle Hill Fitness - Austin, TX

Hi there, movers and lovers of chocolate in Austin! My talented friend Jyl Kutsche is holding a workshop at Castle Hill Fitness this coming Sunday from 2-4pm combining her passions of yoga and chocolate. She will be leading retreats in Peru this coming May and Sept. Go meet her this Sun in Austin while she's here!

https://www.facebook.com/theyogaofchocolate/

The Yoga of Chocolate - Castle Hill Fitness - Austin, TX COMBINE CHOCOLATE TASTING WITH MINDFUL MOVEMENT In Patanjali’s 8 Limbs of Yoga, the fifth limb, pratyahara, is often defined as 'a withdrawal of the senses'. A less common translation of the word pratyahara 'to recover our senses'. In this event, asana, meditation, and chocolate are the...

Private Sessions/Classes

Received another humbling testimonial... Come check out Feldenkrais! More info on class and private sessions in the link below. Lisa Hueske

"Fortunate am I (& my husband & other members of the community) that Lisa is available to make our bodies available and accessible to us. Her years of experience, study, exploration, her lively intelligence, love, beauty, and curiosity, are shared generously, gently, and thoughtfully with ANYONE who approaches her for Awareness Through Movement lessons OR Functional Integration one-on-one work. I have spent my long life responding to what works, what is effective, starting w/farming, ranching, agriculture and now working in the conflict resolution field. I laugh and realize that Feldenkrais' genius is resolving unnatural, uncomfortable conflict in our bodies in order to function on all levels integrated with ease. After hard physical labor, close to professional squash playing, several auto accidents and surviving violent crime, I was in so much physical pain that m.d.'s counseled to declare myself handicapped and numb out w/prescription drugs (medicate/give up). Thanks to affordable access to Awareness Through Movement, Feldenkrais and Lisa's lessons, encouragement and guidance though for years I have a high quality of daily life, hope, and happiness. (Once I spent at least a year practicing & comparing it for results/"effectiveness" with qi gong, yoga, and tai chi; Feldenkrais LITERALLY scored "head and shoulders" above the other modalities in immediate, noticeable effectiveness). One of the best things is that it has an "infinite improvement" aspect. Bless Lisa Hueske and a handful of dedicated Feldenkrais practitioners who make this complete, highly original, complex but simple, direct work accessible to those who suffer, but yearn for health."

-Rosiland, Conflict Resolution Mediator

Private Sessions/Classes “Make the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant.” -Moshe Feldenkrais Private Sessions: Reach a more in-depth understanding of your movement through Functional Int…

Happy New Year!! What a wonderful way to start the year by receiving this testimonial. I'm so humbled.

“Lisa is an extraordinarily gifted Feldenkrais teacher and bodyworker. Deep sensitivity and attunement are, to me, two of the gifts she has been given to share. She is also a very caring human being. When Lisa is working on my body I experience her listening from her depths and navigating my system in the way it responds best. I’ve seen her for various issues and always find that my body responds really well to how she works. I also attend Lisa’s group classes and they are one of my most cherished moments of the week. It’s like meditation in movement and has been teaching me how I obstruct the natural movement and ease of my body.”

–Janice, Executive Coach

Embody Wisdom Today Case study - 21-y-o w Down Syndrome - Maddie (Open Captioned)

Brent helping Maddie with Feldenkrais

Embody Wisdom Today Case study - 21-y-o w Down Syndrome - Maddie (Open Captioned) How seven one-hour Feldenkrais sessions helped a 21-year-old woman with Down Syndrome. Brent Shaub is an Australia National Disability Insurance Scheme provi...

A different way to relieve years of back pain

More great exposure for Feldenkrais on The Washington Post!

"Babies, it turns out, don’t tighten their sternums or their backs, or hold their heads in front of their necks as stressed-out adults do. Feldenkrais tries to get us back to the conditions that babies experience when they learn to move. They haven’t yet stretched or learned to strain. I’ve spent entire classes lying on the floor holding my big toe, gently lifting my head and my foot to rewire the primal movements that have gone askew."



Lisa Hueske

A different way to relieve years of back pain The slow and subtle movements of the Feldenkrais Method aim to retrain the body and brain.

"The present is the time in which we live, and what we do with our present selves is the most important thing. For the past is carried into the future through our present selves; what we do now is the most important factor for tomorrow."

-Moshe Feldenkrais, The Potent Self

Lisa Hueske

Picture from KōKe'e State Park, Kaua'i

Neck Pain Relief with the Feldenkrais Method® - The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education

This helped me today! I've been doing Feldenkrais for so long and I still come back the basics when I get out of whack. I LOVE Feldenkrais so much!

Neck Pain Relief with the Feldenkrais Method® - The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education Neck Pain Relief with the Feldenkrais Method® Making Whole-body Connections Thursday, June 7, 2018 by: Eveline Wu, GCFP Section: The Workplace Print Send Share Clients often enter my office after they have already worked with other practitioners for their neck pain. Maybe they have tried massage, p...

Breathing is Life, and Life is Breathing - The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education

"...there is no separation between emotion and physical composure. Depending on what we often do, how we react to daily situations, and how well we can shift into the often elusive hemisphere of relaxation--it all has a profound influence on how we think, move, and behave." -Tyler James Wall

Breathing is Life, and Life is Breathing - The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education Breathing is Life, and Life is Breathing 4/25/2018 Tyler James Wall Wednesday, April 25, 2018 by: Tyler James Wall Section: Art of Living Print Send Share Inhale. Exhale. Repeat for the course of your life. Sounds easy, simple…right?  Well, our bodies tell us differently. How we hold ourselves in...

Feldenkrais Awareness Summit 2018

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Feldenkrais Awareness Summit 2018 A free online summit featuring over 24 speakers on a wide variety of topics. May - May 8. Bestselling authors and skillful practitioners will explore resiliency, freedom and evolution.

Forget Sitting Versus Standing. The Real Question Is Should You Squat More?

"Ease of squatting is also linked to a reduced likelihood of falls – something key for martial artists who want to improve in their discipline and older adults who want to lengthen their lives alike. 'If you can get down and up from the floor 100 or more ways, you've effectively made yourself fall-proof,' says Johansson."

Forget Sitting Versus Standing. The Real Question Is Should You Squat More? The posture is near extinct in developed countries, but some movement experts hope it’s coming back.

The Myth of the Core - The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education

"What I try to offer in my teaching is the space for people to leave the question open, and to be able to make a choice. They are encouraged to give themselves permission to use the spine and use the belly and back muscles in ways which may have felt prohibited before, or which have become habitually restricted. The habits become more conscious and there is the opportunity to experience the sensation and the effects, whether that is freedom of movement, or reducing effort and stress." https://www.feldenkraisguild.com/article_content.asp?adminkey=71e108ec94a3b95cab96b79fc6488870&article=481

The Myth of the Core - The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education The Myth of the Core 4/4/2018 Melinda Glenister Wednesday, April 4, 2018 by: Melinda Glenister Section: The Back Print Send Share We are bombarded with messages that we need to protect our backs and strengthen our ‘cores’. There are so many misconceptions and assumptions made about ‘core stabi...

Healing Pain 101: Understanding Pain is the First Step

“Your creativity is your most potent tool for diminishing your aches and pains"

Great article by Seth Dellinger, GCFP

https://movelikeachild.wordpress.com/2018/02/06/healing-pain-101-start-by-learning-how-it-really-works/

Healing Pain 101: Understanding Pain is the First Step In a recent post about the Feldenkrais Method, I emphasized how this practice can help you tap into your creativity. I also downplayed the idea that the Method “is good for aches and pains” …

Yesterday I had a wonderful F.I. lesson from my brilliant NYC classmate/colleague, Michelle Drerup. I would consider myself a decent mover and longtime somatic practitioner, but I sure have a lot to learn about the way I move. There's a whole universe to explore within the vessel of the body.

Trying the Feldenkrais Method for Chronic Pain

Feldenkrais in the New York Times!

"The slow, gentle movements I practiced in a Feldenkrais group class helped foster an awareness of how I use my body in relation to my environment, and awareness is the first step to changing one’s behavior."

Trying the Feldenkrais Method for Chronic Pain Therapists show patients how their posture and behavior contribute to their pain and physical limitations.