The Feldenkrais Lessons: Awareness Through Movement by Bruce Holmes Unknown Binding

This set of 48 lessons is excellent! As a beginner I wasn't sure which set of CD's to try and this one turned out to be extremely professional and a good price too. All directions are clear and each sequence moves at an appropriate pace. What makes Holmes' CD stand out from the others (aside from price) is his style of commentary as he conducts each lesson. I can well believe that Moshe Feldenkrais himself taught in this fashion, with this much empathy, as it deepens your understanding as you go through the process. I recommend this set of lessons to anyone who wants a comprehensive path into Feldenkrais. I'm so glad I chose it.

I had a lumbar disc that burst open last spring. I guess that while I was so unstable in the lumbar area, I did something to my upper back. The xrays made my doctors say 'scoliosis' and 'spinal stenosis' and they said there was not a lot to be done there. I felt like I could not tell what I was doing that would make it so painful -- it seemed to me that I was doing the same things and sometimes be in raging throbbing pain and sometimes feel like a normal person. After many months of near constant pain, the lower back healed, but I could not make any progress with the upper back. I did notice however that movement helped, catching the pain early and lying down helped, and heat helped. So I figured I could deal with this myself (I don't have a model about how movement, relaxation and heat actually help with spinal stenosis or scoliosis, but I figure that muscles and bones I should be able to control).I downloaded the sample lesson from Bruce T. Holmes' website. I found it very helpful. I am on lesson 18 now and getting a little better every day. For the first time in over a year I had 24 hours without pain!! Some of the lessons are painful, but the instructions are to just notice that and start imagining the motion rather than doing it. And some of the lessons really seem to provide relief for many hours. They have also helped me to pay more attention to the 'core' exercises provided by my physical therapist (they were helping my lower back and hurting my upper back). But now that I have learned to pay more attention to movement, I can do them in a helpful way.It reminds me of a 'poem' by R.D. Lang about psychiatry... something like:You are a pain in the neck,to protect myself from youI tense my neck muscleswhich gives me the pain in the neck that you are.Hopefully, we can learn to relax and relearn psychologically as well as physically!

Do you have pain and don't know why? This CD takes you through 48 lessons of between 45 mins to an hour each. They are very slow moving and easily done. Mr. Holmes walks you through the easy body movements describing them in detail. ANYBODY can do them. The movements are designed to help your brain break old movement habits that have you clenching muscles where no clenching is necessary. I was actually looking for a Feldenkrais DVD when I found this CD. Any plans to do a DVD set Mr Homes?

I'll warn you that I haven't finished all of the lessons on this album, but what I've done so far is good. Some of the lessons have a bit talking and are interspersed with anecdotes and tangents. That is more a function of their being given to a live audience as opposed to being recorded in a studio, and some of the talks contain very useful information. All in all, considering the price of so many ATM CDs, this is a really good deal.Another warning I would give is that this probably isn't the best place to start. Although the lessons seem to be for those with relatively little experience in the Feldenkrais method, there are probably better places to get a sense of the system. Of course, a live teacher is best. I also like the tapes done by Elizabeth Beringer and David Zemach-Bersin. They are a good intro set. That said, if you have a little experience in the system (i.e., you know to make the movements small, slow, and always done with emphasis on awareness) and want to get some more lessons to put on your ipod/mp3 player, I highly recommend this. The lessons are very good, the explanations of the movements are clear, not always perfect, but more than adequate. It could use a few more breaks to collect yourself and notice changes, but that's what the pause button is for. I would give it four stars as a product, but I think it deserves an extra star for being a good deal.

Anyone that plays sports after 40 needs this to readjust the body. Lessons arevery good and 40 plus of them. I like about 25 of the ATMs and the rest I skip over.The classic atm's are the best and easy to follow with no visual aid.

These guided lessons first came to my attention from my public library in the 1980's. My copies have gotten old and some are missing. I shared those cassette lessons with friends and family and am absolutely thrilled to find them again, especially on CD/MP3. These are masterworks from a talented man in his prime.I have taken lessons from Awareness Through Movement practitioners, but Bruce is the best I have come across. Personable, fun and full of the joy of what this work can do for your body. From reading Moshe's books it is clear that these lessons are the centerpiece for opening up your life to new possibilities. Enjoy this bargain and the changes that occur in your life and relationships.

Try these. The lessons create such wonderful changes in your body: sometimes subtle and sometimes exciting but you'll always sense some improvement in your carriage and/or ability to move more freely. Bruce Holmes is a VERY GOOD teacher. You really get your money's worth with this one.