Embodying-dp-us.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) Feldenkrais Method. What is Feldenkrais? The Feldenkrais Method is named after its originator, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc. (1904-1984), a Russian-born physicist, judo expert, mechanical engineer and educator. Upon suffering a serious knee injury, Feldenkrais was faced with a 50 percent chance for recovery and possible long-term confinement to a wheelchair.
Unsatisfied with the prognosis and conventional treatments available, he developed a program of therapeutic movement and began teaching it to others. The Feldenkrais Method is based on the principles of physics and biomechanics, an empirical understanding of human physiology and the connection between mind and body. Practitioners use gentle movement and directed attention with the aim of increasing ease and range of motion, improving flexibility and coordination and ultimately rediscovering an innate capacity for graceful, efficient movement.
What is Feldenkrais used for? What should one expect on a visit to a practitioner of Feldenkrais? What is Dr. Slow Movement with Awareness: Better than Exercise? Cardiovascular exercise is now known to be essential for health and well-being. If exercise is your only form of movement, however, it is not a very balanced diet . There is mounting evidence that slow movement, with awareness, has astounding health benefits by itself and in combination with regular exercise routines. According to a recent article in the Los Angeles times , there are a growing number of pain clinics and integrative medicine centers that offer slow movement, awareness-based therapies (like hatha yoga and tai chi) for pain in a wide variety of conditions including "pain caused by cancer and cancer treatments, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia , multiple sclerosis, and other diseases and conditions.
" Throw away the pills? Stop getting injections? Scrap the pain management therapy groups? Stop the sweaty workouts? Some pain clinics have been sufficiently impressed with these findings to fit some kind of slow movement practice into their treatment protocols. Peggy Hackney - Moving Wisdom. Peggy Hackney is Associate Professor of Dance at the University of Washington, is a nationally recognized authority in Laban Movement Analysis and has an extensive performing background. - Robert Gilman Current policies and processes in education are not working! Educated, confident, powerful, spirited human beings are not emerging from 12-16 years of sitting at desks, reading books, and listening to lectures. We’ve known this for years, and now we know it doesn’t have to be this way. That confronts us with a challenge: Are we willing to take the risk of doing something about it?
In particular, are we willing to value: pre-conscious knowledge? And are we willing to train for each of these? How do you respond to these questions? To discover how your body relates to your own knowledge and intelligence, draw a picture of yourself. When I know that another person and I are (are not) on the same wavelength, where in my body do I know it? So how do we do it? As anthropologist Edward T. Feldenkrais FAQ; What is Feldenkrais; Experience with Feldenkrais. My experiences with Feldenkrais (and answers to some FAQs) by Sanjeev Arora, October 2007 (some updates from Aug'08) We are all aware that some people's bodies are better organized than ours. I am not just talking about the Roger Federers of the world, but also about that friend of yours from college who seems to pick up new sports effortlessly, and glides through his or her day without any sign of trouble or effort.
The rest of us have bodies that seem compromised in various ways. Some have a stooped posture, others walk with a curious shuffling gate, yet others are flat-footed and must wear arch supports or orthotics in their shoes (as I did for 10 years). What is the Feldenkrais method? Here is an introduction on youtube, and a description on a website. The Feldenkrais method, invention of Israeli physicist Moshe Feldenkrais, is a way of retraining the body. FI is the trump card of the Feldenkrais method, which I think makes it superior to yoga, tai-chi, pilates etc. Some Suggestions. Feldenkrais. "No BS" Commentary on Feldenkrais Worldwide | The Work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais is Alive and Well: Everywhere. Dr. Pat Ogden. “Trauma and The Body” Update, Thursday, May 9th: The free series is done. However all the sessions are available as video and audio with transcripts for a small price. But the price is going up on May 13th, so enroll now if you want the content.
These webinars helped me understand why some people get more benefit from Feldenkrais sessions and some people (such as myself) get LESS benefit. If you are interested you can purchase all the downloads and transcripts for one price: Leave a comment if you have questions. Update: The webinar is starting in just a few hours, today, Weds, March 8. ***If you missed the webinar or would like to download it or have trancscripts, there is also a paid option on the same page. cheers! ….I am in the midst of preparing myself for an online webinar that is coming up very soon on Trauma and The Body. Does that evoke familiar ideas for you? Pretty cool! Cheers! Ryan.