I am so excited! I’ve taken tons of different classes and never have I managed to sit correctly. Who knew sit bones are called sit bones because, well, that’s where you sit? All this time, I’ve been sitting on the meaty part of my behind and wondering why my back was hurting. Now I know. Thank you!
Bravo! So easy to understand WHAT is a sit bone! I waste so many time and see so many anatomy of the body before your amazingly simple explanation! Thank you very much, Feldenkrais with Alfons!!!
Maybe the pull (or tightness) on your frontside is stronger than on your backside. I recommend try working through the 9 lessons of my "Getting better day by day" series (for free here on UA-cam) and see how that changes your ability to sit freely and upright. Please note: regular chairs usually have a backwards inclined seating platform and thus force people to slouch, there's no other way.
I’m nearly eighty, and again I didn’t plan my movement well which resulting in falling backward, a bit to the right. It was a hard landing which the carpet didn’t cushion. After a mighty struggle I made it to the couch and pulled myself onto it. From there I could manage to stand and realize that I hadn’t broken a bone. Still, I wondered which bone I’d landed on and searched UA-cam, fortunately I chose this video and learned exactly what I needed to know. Ich muß aufpassen.
Thanks for all you do. Seriously. You are a blessing to me and your character adds so much to your lessons. One question: Since I've been trying to sit "straight" and on sit bones, my lower back, like quadratus lumborum and whatever other muscles are around there get really tight and then causes me sciatica. Are we not supposed to sit "straight" for long amounts of time? I've also heard that sitting 90 degrees is hard on the spine. I'm confused. Also, my hip flexors get super tight from sitting 90 degrees. Hope you can help.
There’s a song by Björk, called “Undo”, I really like the lyrics. Do you know it? In my Getting better day by day course we switch between flexion and extension. You could use that (condense it down to a daily 5-10 minutes routine) to find your neutral, your middle in sitting, where it seems effortless and easy. And no, I don’t think we should usually sit straight for hours on end. We should be well supported from within, and in my experience we can find what feels easy. :-)
@@ImprovingAbility Sounds interesting and enticing what you say so mysteriously. I hope that I can one day get there so that my back and neck feel better. Thanks
I'm trying to help my newborn baby to sit straight..and tried to understand the bone structure of pelvis... Found your video to be of great use. I want to strengthen the sit bone of my baby. How can I do that ? Can you give me tips please
If you try to pose your baby it might lead to structural damage and several problems later, and might take decades to fix, if ever. Instead I would suggest to look at sitting from a developmental perspective and provide your baby with the environment (and maybe even some ideas) it needs to discover and learn on his/her own. I suggest to look at the UA-cam channel from Michelle Turner, movementlesson. Good luck and I wish you two all the best and a wonderful time learning and discovering.
i wonder why everyone says ballet is unnatural? these are the exact things that make a dancer's posture and give her balance grace and ability to move so beautifully..except with dancers it becomes part of muscle memory (or skeleton memory?) of course there are other things, but if your sit bones aren't pushing you up, then everything else is lost in a dancer.
Hello, I have had knee pain for months and I think it might be related to something around my sit bone. When I do the 90/90 pose of the half pigeon pose there is something very tight in my sit bone area and as I go deeper into the stretch at a certain point (leaning towards my shin bone) it moves, and it feels almost like a rubber band, it's not painful but it is a weird feeling. I have used a foam roller ball on that area and when I push on it get tension radiating all the way down to my calf muscle. Do you know if that is a nerve that I've found or it it the hamstring?Or what could be happening there?
Is THIS FYI. I am sitting on sit bones, now going to bed, but I strained my back and today I swam q mile but, now I have trouble walking, I need to ask when I am in a back pain and need to get up to relieve myself if I have a hard time moving what is the best way to get out of bed
When sitting at a desk, writing or reading, u have no choice to look down. Which wreaks havoc on my neck in the back. Is that when I should round through the whole spine so that not just my neck takes a toll? Or how to sit when writing? That is my biggest question
I don’t think that there is a general answer. My own recent strategy is to lean back into the back rest of an office chair, to split the leaning points between pelvis and back, so that not all the weight is going through the lower back. I that way I also don’t have to bend my neck so much. And I take frequent brakes and changes in sitting position. And I brace my core somewhat at all times to avoid back pain... not sure if that makes sense, just my latest iteration...
@@ImprovingAbility no that is great and greatly appreciated. Leaning points between pelvis and back, not sure if I understand that one. So u do use back rest. If u could do a video on it, it would be a blessing for me so big. And for not having pain driving in bucket seats. Also, at the computer donu avoid back rests completely?
When laying, i recently changed my pelvic tilt and now I can feel those bony points on my pelvis in contact with the floor. Is this correct? Or is pressure supposed to be on a different hip point?
Ideally lying down on a hard surface should feel nice, at least for a couple of minutes. If those two bony points "stick out" in your sensation then there's very likely some better way to "let it organize itself". The flexion and extension variations in my "Getting better day by day" series here on UA-cam, did you go through that already? I would expect it will improve on how your pelvis is positioned in between the torso and legs....
Hi A question: I am seriously considering taking up some Feldenkrais classes to help myself - frozen shoulders, sciatica, knee pains, lower back pain and upper back pain to name a few, What would be my best first class?
Hi, thanks for reaching out. If you want to go with my UA-cam videos, I have three 10 minutes lessons titled "Introduction to Feldenkrais" goo.gl/snqawZ , that would be a start. It also would be a good idea to find a local Feldenkrais Practitioner in your area and go to classes or take hands-on lessons. :-)
Enjoy Your Day uuuuh you're in NY ! :-) thanks for your trust :)) but I think the Feldenkrais Institute is a good choice, and David Zemach-Bersin is one of the best. If you happen to meet him, send my best greetings please :-)
Being someone who regularly consume cannabis for pain relief, I can say that this guy is really stoned while making this video. He's done a good job in his video and I don't think that it caused him to mess anything up that much he just giggled quite a bit but yeah, he definitely appears to have consumed some cannabis before the making of this video. That's just my opinion and I don't mean it at all as a bad thing, rather just an observation.😁
So does it mean, no matter how much muscle/ fat is there in our butt, we will be sitting on our sit bones? Or is it like there is a gap between the sit bones and the surface for muscles,
The bones are the compression elements, which are floating in a network of soft tissue of continuous tension. I recommend The Liberated Body podcast EP 35, Steven Levin, Biotensegrity So basically the answer to your first question is “yes, and on the skin, muscle, fat etc”
Congratulations! Saves you from so much trouble later on. I would recommend my videos “Isometric gluteal squeezes” and “Hopping for seniors” (for the knees) next. Note that this type of learning is a bit like with a haircut or vocabulary learning.
I am so excited! I’ve taken tons of different classes and never have I managed to sit correctly. Who knew sit bones are called sit bones because, well, that’s where you sit? All this time, I’ve been sitting on the meaty part of my behind and wondering why my back was hurting. Now I know. Thank you!
Great discovery! And thank you for your feedback 😊
Bravo! So easy to understand WHAT is a sit bone! I waste so many time and see so many anatomy of the body before your amazingly simple explanation! Thank you very much, Feldenkrais with Alfons!!!
Thank you. I love your lessons, so much lightness in every way!
Almost 30, double degree, now it’s time to learn...sitting! Yay!
🤣 from the complex to the simple, no stone unturned!
Yeh
This is fantastic. I was always so confused with the pelvic girdle in University. Now I get it.
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Thank you. Things are getting more clear!
Very good
Thanks, im practice zen meditation for 16 years and i dont understand where s the sit bone. You say some clarity thanks 🙏
Try to find the hip bone, and come to this video. Thank you. Now I learn how to sit on my sit bone correctly.
Hello,my sit born ansimmetric so many MRT make doesn't help,you video its perfecr,thank you.
So simple but I'm constantly slouching. Great info. Thank you
Maybe the pull (or tightness) on your frontside is stronger than on your backside. I recommend try working through the 9 lessons of my "Getting better day by day" series (for free here on UA-cam) and see how that changes your ability to sit freely and upright. Please note: regular chairs usually have a backwards inclined seating platform and thus force people to slouch, there's no other way.
Great perfect explanation ...
Thanks for sharing such nice information
I been suffering for sitting bone pain How can I find help for sitting bone
Thank you so much.
Alfons, mil y mil gracias.😍
I’m nearly eighty, and again I didn’t plan my movement well which resulting in falling backward, a bit to the right. It was a hard landing which the carpet didn’t cushion. After a mighty struggle I made it to the couch and pulled myself onto it. From there I could manage to stand and realize that I hadn’t broken a bone. Still, I wondered which bone I’d landed on and searched UA-cam, fortunately I chose this video and learned exactly what I needed to know. Ich muß aufpassen.
Thanks for all you do. Seriously. You are a blessing to me and your character adds so much to your lessons. One question: Since I've been trying to sit "straight" and on sit bones, my lower back, like quadratus lumborum and whatever other muscles are around there get really tight and then causes me sciatica. Are we not supposed to sit "straight" for long amounts of time? I've also heard that sitting 90 degrees is hard on the spine. I'm confused. Also, my hip flexors get super tight from sitting 90 degrees. Hope you can help.
There’s a song by Björk, called “Undo”, I really like the lyrics. Do you know it?
In my Getting better day by day course we switch between flexion and extension. You could use that (condense it down to a daily 5-10 minutes routine) to find your neutral, your middle in sitting, where it seems effortless and easy. And no, I don’t think we should usually sit straight for hours on end. We should be well supported from within, and in my experience we can find what feels easy. :-)
@@ImprovingAbility Sounds interesting and enticing what you say so mysteriously. I hope that I can one day get there so that my back and neck feel better. Thanks
I'm trying to help my newborn baby to sit straight..and tried to understand the bone structure of pelvis... Found your video to be of great use.
I want to strengthen the sit bone of my baby. How can I do that ? Can you give me tips please
If you try to pose your baby it might lead to structural damage and several problems later, and might take decades to fix, if ever. Instead I would suggest to look at sitting from a developmental perspective and provide your baby with the environment (and maybe even some ideas) it needs to discover and learn on his/her own. I suggest to look at the UA-cam channel from Michelle Turner, movementlesson. Good luck and I wish you two all the best and a wonderful time learning and discovering.
Sim, Yes, Coluna Vertebral (in portuguese) !!
Alfons, i love the design of your white working table, so minimalistic !
yes, thank you, I too love the design ... it's a pleasure for working
i like your chair, did you design it yourself?
😅😂 yes…
Amazing thanks
i wonder why everyone says ballet is unnatural? these are the exact things that make a dancer's posture and give her balance grace and ability to move so beautifully..except with dancers it becomes part of muscle memory (or skeleton memory?) of course there are other things, but if your sit bones aren't pushing you up, then everything else is lost in a dancer.
Bravo👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 You said "columna vertebral "
😃 haha ¡Gracias! .. in German it's also some sort of columna (WirbelSÄULE), I think it's a funny name.. we all walk around with a pillar in our torso
Hello, I have had knee pain for months and I think it might be related to something around my sit bone. When I do the 90/90 pose of the half pigeon pose there is something very tight in my sit bone area and as I go deeper into the stretch at a certain point (leaning towards my shin bone) it moves, and it feels almost like a rubber band, it's not painful but it is a weird feeling. I have used a foam roller ball on that area and when I push on it get tension radiating all the way down to my calf muscle. Do you know if that is a nerve that I've found or it it the hamstring?Or what could be happening there?
thanks for Information !
I have a question for you. Do you know why my left hip side is hurting
Thank you , so what causes one sit bone to be lower than other
can be a dozen reasons and then some
Is THIS FYI.
I am sitting on sit bones, now going to bed, but I strained my back and today I swam q mile but, now I have trouble walking, I need to ask when I am in a back pain and need to get up to relieve myself if I have a hard time moving what is the best way to get out of bed
Great
When sitting at a desk, writing or reading, u have no choice to look down. Which wreaks havoc on my neck in the back. Is that when I should round through the whole spine so that not just my neck takes a toll? Or how to sit when writing? That is my biggest question
I don’t think that there is a general answer. My own recent strategy is to lean back into the back rest of an office chair, to split the leaning points between pelvis and back, so that not all the weight is going through the lower back. I that way I also don’t have to bend my neck so much. And I take frequent brakes and changes in sitting position. And I brace my core somewhat at all times to avoid back pain... not sure if that makes sense, just my latest iteration...
@@ImprovingAbility no that is great and greatly appreciated. Leaning points between pelvis and back, not sure if I understand that one. So u do use back rest. If u could do a video on it, it would be a blessing for me so big. And for not having pain driving in bucket seats. Also, at the computer donu avoid back rests completely?
I m having a pain in hip joint......what could be the possible reason ...
When laying, i recently changed my pelvic tilt and now I can feel those bony points on my pelvis in contact with the floor. Is this correct? Or is pressure supposed to be on a different hip point?
Ideally lying down on a hard surface should feel nice, at least for a couple of minutes. If those two bony points "stick out" in your sensation then there's very likely some better way to "let it organize itself". The flexion and extension variations in my "Getting better day by day" series here on UA-cam, did you go through that already? I would expect it will improve on how your pelvis is positioned in between the torso and legs....
Hi A question: I am seriously considering taking up some Feldenkrais classes to help myself - frozen shoulders, sciatica, knee pains, lower back pain and upper back pain to name a few, What would be my best first class?
Hi, thanks for reaching out. If you want to go with my UA-cam videos, I have three 10 minutes lessons titled "Introduction to Feldenkrais" goo.gl/snqawZ , that would be a start. It also would be a good idea to find a local Feldenkrais Practitioner in your area and go to classes or take hands-on lessons. :-)
Thank you for your response. I looked up and found Feldenkrais Institute nearby. I'll check them out. But I still wish you were nearby :))
Enjoy Your Day uuuuh you're in NY ! :-) thanks for your trust :)) but I think the Feldenkrais Institute is a good choice, and David Zemach-Bersin is one of the best. If you happen to meet him, send my best greetings please :-)
Where did you get the image of sitting Skeleton?🙄
I made it myself, in a software called “Poser Pro” (Smith Micro)
@@ImprovingAbility its excellent!! Thanks for the video!
Thanku for the knowledge....n for funny lines😂
Which bone help in sitting ischium or pubis?
it hurts so much to sit on sitbones why does it hurt so much?
Being someone who regularly consume cannabis for pain relief, I can say that this guy is really stoned while making this video. He's done a good job in his video and I don't think that it caused him to mess anything up that much he just giggled quite a bit but yeah, he definitely appears to have consumed some cannabis before the making of this video. That's just my opinion and I don't mean it at all as a bad thing, rather just an observation.😁
So does it mean, no matter how much muscle/ fat is there in our butt, we will be sitting on our sit bones? Or is it like there is a gap between the sit bones and the surface for muscles,
The bones are the compression elements, which are floating in a network of soft tissue of continuous tension. I recommend The Liberated Body podcast EP 35, Steven Levin, Biotensegrity
So basically the answer to your first question is “yes, and on the skin, muscle, fat etc”
Cute skeleton ♥️💀
Say sit bones one more #%*#*%^# time I dare you hahaha kidding
What happens when one sit bone is lower than the other.
Age 33 with a masters degree and I've only now learnt to sit 🤷♂️🤦
Congratulations! Saves you from so much trouble later on. I would recommend my videos “Isometric gluteal squeezes” and “Hopping for seniors” (for the knees) next. Note that this type of learning is a bit like with a haircut or vocabulary learning.
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I thought i was flat for some reason