Moti Nativ talks about discovering an original copy of Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense by Moshe Feldenkrais. And how it lead him to understand the links between Feldenkrais’s martial arts background and his development of the Feldenkrais Method. The book is based on the unique approach where the first movement of defense is the instinctive movement …
That headline caught my attention when it came through my LoudWire feed the other day. Move over, Slash! Meet Johnatha Bastos, a Brazilian guitarist who plays solely with his feet. Johnatha was born without arms and hands, and he can play the guitar with the speed, grace, and ease of anyone who does have arms …
Hopping seems like a thing of childhood. A distant memory. An ability diminished over time by the accumulated habits of daily life. What if you could learn to sense and let go of these habit and regain your ability to hop? What would it feel like to have that lightness and ease in your movement and your posture. Find out now!
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A quote from Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais on how Feldenkrais exercises help to complete and improve the self-mage and personality.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of King Crimson’s groundbreaking song “21st Century Schizoid Man”. At the time, critics reviled the song. But now it is celebrated as the origin of progressive rock and metal. Rolling Stone Magazine recently did an excellent two-part series on the song and the band.
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2833 NM 14, Madrid, NM Remodel – Before and After Pics This post has little do directly with the Feldenkrais Method except that the way I approached the projects were infused with Feldenkrais principles. I approached each chunk of work as though I were doing an ATM. I had to work in some challenging (and …
We didn’t talk much during the sessions. But something transformed between the two of us. Something in that non-verbal interaction allowed a life-long tension held between us to dissolve and fall away.
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The experience has been remarkable and transformational. I did lessons I would never have done by just browsing the titles. I could see connections between them. I could see how some of them were the groundwork for those which would become “classics lessons.” And I got a window into Moshe’s thinking.
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A study conducted with 15 adults (mean age 67 years) with osteoarthritis found that Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons improved their abilities. The lessons were shown to enhance performance of the four-square step test and changes in gait. Participant reported greater ease in movement.
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Al Wadleigh and Tammy Lynn Davis talk about how we perceive our self-image and how common ideas about the self-image relate Dr. Feldenkrais ideas.
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Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais on the importance of doing less in order to learn something new. Once learned it can be done quickly and powerfully.
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Structurally, the Alexander Yanai (AY) Lesson 305, “The line of Effort in the Back in Lifting on Stomach” is the same lesson as Lesson 11 “Becoming Aware of Parts of Which We are not Conscious with the Help of Those of Which We are Conscious” from the “Awareness Through Movement” (ATM) book, which, by the …
This lesson is the second part of an Alexander Yanai (AY) lesson, AY 303, which has two parts. Part one is a lecture on self-image which must have been given around the same time Moshe was working on his book “Developing Abilities” or as it was later named, “Awareness Through Movement.” This lesson, AY 303 …
(Calla Kessler/The Washington Post) Washington Post writer, Lisa Rein, shares her experience with the Feldenkrais Method. She describes the subtle, yet challenging movements she made with her eyes and the surprising results it had on her neck and back. Here are couple of excerpts. Enjoy the entire article at the WashingtonPost.com. Washington Post, September 27, …
by Moti Nativ – 2017 We immediately see that Moshe is focusing on breaking an opponent’s balance. He opens with the suggestion for “two ways of finding out and studying means of unbalancing the human body”. “One, form a broad principle like that of maximum efficiency and then proceed to select by trial and error …
