New to ATM? A suggestion of lessons to start with

Some of you may be new to Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lessons and don’t really know where to start. There are so many lessons on the site with a great variety of movements. Although in theory any ATM lesson should be appropriate to anyone (as long as they follow the principles of ATM), for newbies, certain lessons are just easier to digest than others and create a greater feeling of learning and change. But which ones? Well, it does depend on the individual but below are some ideas of places to begin.

  1. “Introduction to Flexion” by Falk Feddersen as part of the Paddling Workshop
  2. “Turning in Side Sitting” by Falk Feddersen, taught on 9/27/2010
  3. “Paradoxical Breathing” by Falk Feddersen, taught on 5/17/2010
  4. “Bridge 1″ by Liz Sisco, taught on 2/26/2011
  5. “Jelly Pudding Pelvis” by Liz Sisco, taught on 12/18/2010
  6. “Rolling the Fists” by both Falk Feddersen (Paddling Workshop) and Liz Sisco (06/12/2010)

Note that these are a biased to my own lessons as I was able to observe the students during the lessons. All the above lessons are part of the ATM canon and can be found on the ATM recording page

Any ideas for additional starter lessons are welcomed

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6 Responses to “New to ATM? A suggestion of lessons to start with”

  1. Lori Shoemake says:
    September 9, 2011 at 04:01

    I was enjoying the lesson: “Introduction to Flexion” by Falk Feddersen as part of the Paddling Workshop , but the stream stops about a third of the way into it. Is there away to fix this? I’d really like to finish this lesson.
    Thanks.

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    • Falk says:
      September 9, 2011 at 17:24

      Hi Lori,
      I’m glad you are enjoying the lessons. Not sure why the stream stops 1/3 of the way in. Here is what you can try, do a
      right-click (on a mac it is hit the control key + click) on the download link and then choose “save as” or something similar.
      this will save the .mp3 file to your computer. Then you can double-click on the file on your computer (should be on the Desktop or Downloads folder or someplace similar) and it will play. have fun.

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  2. Dori says:
    November 6, 2011 at 19:51

    Thank you for the suggestions of lessons to start with.

    Reply
  3. stephanie stone says:
    December 7, 2011 at 16:49

    thanks for the flexion lesson Falk, it was awesome, my head rolled like on a marble and my whole body feels beautifully aligned. breathing is thrilling.

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