Self Care at Home

On this page you will find resources for your own learning and self care at home using the Feldenkrais Method, as well as other mindful movement and mind-body practices.

Starting April 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we will be uploading audio recordings and video links regularly to provide you with ways to help you deal with stress and pain, keep moving, feel good in your body, and find a greater sense of well being.

Enjoy, and click here to let us know about your experience.

FCMA Team

Click here to go our live weekly Online Awareness Through Movement Classes

Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Lessons

Audio Recordings with Deborah Bowes and Cliff Smyth

Lesson: Freeing the Head and Neck

Lesson: Breathing on Back, Sides, and Front

Lesson: Turning and Twisting on Back and Sides

Introduction to Feldenkrais class lessons

Here is an Introduction to doing Awareness Through Movement – for those of you who have not done a Feldenkrais class before it is a good 2 minute listen.

Lesson: Diagonal Pressing and Lifting

Here is the first lesson: Diagonal Pressing and Lifting. It is the first in the Primary Image lessons series from Deborah Bowes and Cliff Smyth. It is in Deborah’s voice.

Lesson: Five Directions

Here is the second lesson: Five Directions It is the first in the Primary Image lessons series from Deborah Bowes and Cliff Smyth. It is in Cliff’s voice.

Lesson: Lengthening the Back with the Hand on the Knee

This is the third of the Primary Image lessons from Deborah Bowes and Cliff Smyth. This lesson is in Deborah’s voice.

Lesson: Lengthening the Legs and the Back

This is the forth and last of the Primary Image lessons from Deborah Bowes and Cliff Smyth. This lesson is in Cliff’s voice.

Mindful Moments with Cliff Smyth, PhD

As part of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Saybrook University, where Cliff Smyth is a faculty member, have been offering daily 15-minute meditations and mind-body practices. Here are the first two Cliff taught. There are more to come.

Qigong Practice with Deborah Bowes, DPT

This is a series of three videos Deborah prepared for beginners. Deborah studied Tai Chi Chuan with Master Choy Kam Man for 20 years, and has continued to study and practice Tai Chi and Qigong throughout her life.

Video 1: Qigong Warmup Exercises

Video 2: Qigong Poetic Exercises

Video 3: Qigong Breathing Exercises