Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Feldenkrais
Channel: Future Life Now
Date: 2018-05-23

Beth Rubenstein, Physical Therapist and Feldenkrais Practitioner explores the importance of movement and awareness in taking charge even with multiple sclerosis (MS) in this snippet from the Feldenkrais Awareness Summit. Her full interview and 25 other interviews are available at futurelifenow-online.com.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Start.
0:40 - Take a seat and come to the edge of the chair or you can also lie down.
1:05 - Notice how you sit, feel your sitting bones on the chair and feel your feet on the floor.
1:50 - You can also close your eyes.
2:04 - Feel and notice your breath.
2:50 - Gently roll over your right sit bone and back to the middle
3:15 - Notice what's happening with your breath as you do that. 
3:22 - Go to your left sit bone and move in between slowly your right and your left.
3:48 - Notice if your head moves or stays still. 
4:00 - Stop and notice how you feel.
5:20 - Put your feet on the floor and push with your right foot.
5:37 - Do it several times using your foot. 
5:37 - Notice what happens to your head? to your ribs? to your breastbone.
6:17 - Come back to the middle and put your feet on the floor again.
6:30 - Push from your whole left foot on the floor and push it over unto your right buttock.
7:15 - Notice how you are breathing. When do you breathe in and when do you breathe out
7:30 - Pay attention to your breath.
7:38 - Stop and rest for a few seconds
8:05 - Go back to sitting and feel how they’re on the floor.
8:26 - Push with your right foot onto your left buttock slowly then come back to the middle.
8:50 - Comeback to the middle and feel what’s going on with your head.
9:07 - Notice what’s happening with your jaw. Are your teeth touching? Are your lips touching?
9:40 - You can keep your eyes closed if you want.
10:09 - Stop and rest for a minute. Notice your breath.
10:29 - Think about what happens when you push with your right foot, what’s happening with your right thigh? When you push with your left foot, what’s happening with your left thigh? 
10:47 - Feel the pressure on your feet.

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