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S3NSE: All Together Now
One, two, three, four, Can I have a little more? Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, I love you A B C D, Can I bring my friend to tea? E F G H I J, I love you Bom bom bom bompa bom, Sail the ship, bompa bom Chop the tree, bompa bom, Skip the rope, bompa bom Look at me All together now, All together now, All together now All together now, All together now. All together now All together now ~John Lennon and Paul McCartney Mia Segal was very passionate about the Feldenkrais Meth

Tom Rankin
Aug 262 min read


S3NSE: Both Sides Now
I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions, I recall I really don't know life at all ~Joni Mitchell If we are not mindful, life becomes one sided. This creates limitations in not only moving, but also sensing, feeling, and thinking. We are often unaware of our one sidedness until problems occur. Even then, we may neglect to involve our other side in the healing process. A Feldenkrais® practice gives you the opportun

Tom Rankin
Jul 241 min read


S3NSE: Freedom
“Free your mind and the rest will follow” ~En Vogue What does it mean to be free? Or maybe more importantly, how do you become free? Mankind has thought, fought and died trying to find the answer. Perhaps, freedom is simply the ability to create more choices for yourself. Moshe Feldenkrais was much more interested in flexible minds than flexible bodies. A flexible body just has more range of motion in what it can already do. A flexible mind is free to discover and explor

Tom Rankin
Jun 262 min read


S3NSE Blog: Distribution of Work
Absence of effort doesn’t mean weakness or doing nothing. It means your muscles are perfectly coordinated, with no wasted energy, tension, or muscles fighting against one another. ~Moshe Feldenkrais Olympic champion weightlifter, Tommy Kono once said that at his best, he did not feel the weight unit he held it over his head. Kono’s technique was so good that his musculature’s distribution of work resulted in effortless lift. Tommy made very heavy weights look easy

Tom Rankin
May 262 min read


S3NSE Blog: Stronger Together
“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” ~ Helen Keller S3NSE is a story of a group of Feldenkrais® practitioners working together to create a stronger practice. The seeds of S3NSE were planted by Beth Sidlow Mann. Beth was the South Bay Feldenkrais Johny Appleseed. She started programs in quite a few schools, community and senior centers. Beth, a longtime Guild representative and Feldenkrais Trainer, somehow found the time to create study groups for her

Tom Rankin
Apr 232 min read
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