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Yoga and The Feldenkrais Method®
Born with three fused vertebrae in my neck, by my early twenties I was beginning to experience pain down… Continued...
Author: Diane Valentine, GCFP | Filed under: Chronic Pain Recovery Yoga
Workshops and Events Around the Country: Winter/Spring 2007
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A Flexible Spine - Forward Bending: A Workshop in the Feldenkrais Method®
Relax and lengthen your…
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Why Strain to See?
I had been seeing Elizabeth for about a year. She had had a history of eye maladies—iritis (inflammation), cataract,… Continued...
Author: Kathy Yates | Filed under: Vision
Why Limit Yourself?
As a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm for almost 20 years, I’ve worked with many people in my practice who… Continued...
Author: Katrin Smithback | Filed under: Enriching Daily Life General Applications
When Working Out
If you train for competition or for your own general fitness, the Feldenkrais Method® includes some familiar principles. Bruce… Continued...
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When to Consider Feldenkrais Lessons
Martial artists tend to reflect the general population in terms of when they seek out someone like a Feldenkrais®… Continued...
Filed under: Martial Arts
What Would Moshe Do?
“What would Moshe do?” In this month’s spotlight of those who trained directly with Moshe Feldenkrais, I spoke with… Continued...
Author: Gabrielle Pullen, GCFP | Filed under: Introduction Creativity Enriching Daily Life General Applications Martial Arts
Welcome to the World of Conscious Living
When I think of functioning fully, I think: “How can this person experience becoming more alive?” I find this… Continued...
Author: Annie R. Thoe | Filed under: Enriching Daily Life General Applications
Walking the Earth
Have you ever walked outdoors at dawn and sensed the earth turn on its axis towards the sun? Try… Continued...
Author: Deedee Eisenberg | Filed under: Walking
Walking is with the Whole Body
From the first time Robert walked into my office, his walking was quite distinctive. His mother had made the… Continued...
Author: Andrew Wright | Filed under: Walking
Waking Up James
When I first met seven-year-old James, he showed definite signs of autistic behavior: no eye contact, random speech, inability… Continued...
Author: Charlotte Palumbo | Filed under: Balance and Falling Special Needs
Vital Use of Your Arms
Do you notice that you are lifting your arms overhead less and less as the years progress? Recent scientific… Continued...
Author: Pati Holman, GCFP | Filed under: The Shoulders
Using the Feldenkrais Method to Heighten Musical Awareness and Skill
Like many musicians, I came to the Feldenkrais Method in the course of dealing with a repetitive stress injury.… Continued...
Author: Elisabeth Reed, GCFT | Filed under: The Performing Arts
Using Awareness Through Movement® Lessons to Change Your Life
I developed and taught several sessions of a graduate workshop on “The Art of Change: Somatic Awareness and Systems… Continued...
Author: Kathryn Goldman Schuyler | Filed under: Enriching Daily Life General Applications
Upcoming Workshops and Events Around North America
All Workshops Are Taught By Authorized Teachers
CFT = Certified Feldenkrais® Trainer
GCFP=Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner(CM)
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Upcoming Events
Cultivating Awareness…. Realizing its value
Taught by Diana Razumny
March 1-2, Boulder, CO
Call Efrem at 877/533-6933…
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Training the Actor's Instrument
What do Peter Brook, Whoopi Goldberg and Mike Nichols have in common? They use Awareness Through Movement® for actor… Continued...
Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Toddler in the Shower
Next to me at the swimming pool shower is a little girl, about 18 months old. She’s a tiny… Continued...
Author: Judy Windt, GCFP | Filed under: ATM Lessons Children
Three Easy “Peaces” for Deep Relaxation and Stress Relief
Take All the Time You Need for Each Breath
The whole world may be hurried, worried and harried,…
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Author: Michael Krugman | Filed under: Stress
The Professor
In March 1999, this 72-year-old Brandeis University educator and Vipassana meditator limped into Wellspace, the integrative center where I… Continued...
Author: Deborah Lotus | Filed under: The Elder Citizen
The Outstanding Student
Alice looked like the proverbial little old lady with her white hair, twinkling blue eyes, and cane. She sought… Continued...
Author: Felicia Noelle Trujillo | Filed under: The Elder Citizen
The Magic Piccolo
Linda, a piccolo player came to see me because her fingers were stiffening up when she came to a… Continued...
Author: John Tarr | Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Lesson
Henry, a 75-year-old, prize-winning composer and pianist had his first experience with the Feldenkrais Method® when he was brought… Continued...
Author: Mary Spire | Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Language of Permission
How do I not use the Feldenkrais Method® in my work with dance? Some basic principles from the Feldenkrais… Continued...
Author: Sondra Fraleigh | Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Joy of Discovery
Yoga poses and movements are meant to unfold from the core of an individual’s spine, breath, and awareness, rather… Continued...
Author: Deedee Eisenberg, Ph.D. | Filed under: Yoga
The Impossible Became Easy
Oh, I can do this!” professional artist Theresa Ganley remembers an inner voice exclaiming as she experienced her first… Continued...
Filed under: Chronic Pain
The How, the When, and the Where
Creativity is not limited to artists and performers, it can be developed by all of us in our everyday… Continued...
Author: Alan Questel | Filed under: Creativity
The Functioning of the Eyes and the Rest of Yourself
Paul came to me for lessons complaining of pain in his lower back. What I noticed early on is… Continued...
Author: Carl Ginsburg | Filed under: Vision
The Feldenkrais Method® and Me
Six years ago I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis. At first I had severe pain in my right groin. Soon… Continued...
Author: Jane Larus | Filed under: Chronic Pain Walking
The Feldenkrais Method: An Introduction
The Feldenkrais Method is an approach for improving both physical and mental functioning through the exploration of body movement… Continued...
Author: The Feldenkrais Method®: An Introduction | Filed under: Introduction
The Feldenkrais Method with Yoga and Tai Chi
Yoga, a practice that was developed well over three thousand years ago and formally organized into a methodological discipline… Continued...
Author: Josef DellaGrotte, Ph.D. | Filed under: Martial Arts Yoga
The Feldenkrais Method with Atypical Children
For the past several years, Feldenkrais® Practitioner, Linda Flanders, has been working with atypical children; those who have complex… Continued...
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The Feldenkrais Method in the Yoga Class
Yoga classes have always been a gathering point for people with widely diverging abilities, interests, and states of health.… Continued...
Author: Ofer Erez | Filed under: Yoga
The Feldenkrais Method in Music Training
The world’s largest school for contemporary music, with close to 3,000 students, Berklee College of Music offers Awareness Through… Continued...
Filed under: Creativity The Performing Arts
The Feldenkrais Method in Adult Literacy
Rob Black, a Feldenkrais® practitioner in Canada teaches Awareness Through Movement® classes to students in a college offering adult… Continued...
Filed under: The Classroom
The Feldenkrais Method for Children with Cerebral Palsy
The first scholarly research paper on the use of the Feldenkrais Method® with children was written by Chava Selhav… Continued...
Filed under: Children Special Needs
The Feldenkrais Method for "Silent Sports"
I doubt if I’m alone in my frustration as I read about involved, time consuming training programs on how… Continued...
Author: Ruth Jaeger | Filed under: Sports
The Feldenkrais Method Can Expand Musical Freedom, Experimentation and Imagination
The Feldenkrais Method has been used to improve body awareness and enhance the functioning of a wide variety of… Continued...
Author: Uri Vardi, GCFT | Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Feldenkrais Method and the Dancing Hip
I was a professional dancer, choreographer and teacher for over twenty years when I began to experience stabbing pains… Continued...
Author: Cathy Paine | Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Feldenkrais Method and Dance
The slow, gentle, and graceful movements that comprise the Feldenkrais Method® have much to offer the dance world. Moshe… Continued...
Author: Nancy Galeota-Wozny | Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Eyes Have It
Sabine Thompson does translation work on a freelance basis. She spends many hours in front of a word processor… Continued...
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The Difference that Makes a Difference
Sixty-nine-year old Lisa Crandall had back problems for years. Since the late 60’s she did yoga off and on.… Continued...
Filed under: The Elder Citizen
The Art of Learning
The martial arts could be described, as Webster does, “as any of the several arts of combat and self-defense… Continued...
Filed under: Martial Arts
The Art of Falling
I’ve always been fascinated by falling. Long before discovering the Feldenkrais Method®, I had dreams that I was falling.… Continued...
Author: Alan S. Questel | Filed under: Balance and Falling
Tennis Everyone!
How would you like to become incredibly coordinated in all movement essential to playing winning tennis? What if you… Continued...
Author: Gil Kelly | Filed under: Sports
Taking Steps to Recovery
“I was leading a very active life style when I developed a neuroma (a mass growing from a nerve)… Continued...
Author: Bruce Richmond | Filed under: Recovery
T'ai Chi and the Feldenkrais Method
T’ai Chi and the Feldenkrais Method® both see natural human movement as involving the entire person in a smooth… Continued...
Author: Ralph Strauch, Ph.D., G.C.F.P. | Filed under: Martial Arts
Surviving Pumps
Whether you’re buying cross trainers or stilettos, there is a lot more to choosing shoes than color, style, and… Continued...
Author: Candace Conino | Filed under: Walking
Supporting Methods
With 14 years of experience as a Certified Kripalu Yoga teacher and 7 years as a Feldenkrais® practitioner, I… Continued...
Author: Marcia Giudice | Filed under: Yoga
Support for Creative Expression: The Feldenkrais Method with Actors
When working with actors, I have combined elements of the Feldenkrais Method with text and movement work. Various concepts… Continued...
Author: Bob Feldman | Filed under: Creativity The Performing Arts
Stress at an Early Age
We have created and now live in a fast paced technological world. Our children are taught about computers as… Continued...
Author: Linda Flanders | Filed under: Children Stress
Staying Flexible on the Road: An Awareness Through Movement® Lesson
Traveling can cause stiffness and discomfort for many of us. The following small Awareness Through Movement sequence can help… Continued...
Author: Lavinia Plonka | Filed under: ATM Lessons Flexibility
Southeast Region: Bringing Practitioners and Students Together Across 12 States
Welcome to our first Regional Feature. Each new issue of SenseAbility will look at a region and spotlight events… Continued...
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Skeletal Awareness Can Help You Be More Comfortable Throughout the Day
The following experiment will help you experience how the position of your feet can affect the comfort of your… Continued...
Author: Pamela Kihm, GCFT | Filed under: The Workplace
Sitting Comfortably
Many people have the idea that the pelvis should be “vertical” to have proper posture for sitting. This means… Continued...
Author: Jean Elvin | Filed under: Posture
Side Effects You Want
The Student Says:
As I wound my way up the highway from Los Angeles,I felt myself relaxing as…
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Author: Carolyn Garfinkel and Kate Jurgens | Filed under: Yoga
Shoulder Clock ATM Lesson
- Lie on your right side and support your head with a pillow or your right arm. Rest your…
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Author: Stacey Barrows, GCFP | Filed under: ATM Lessons The Shoulders
Seniors in the Sunshine State
It’s been said that it’s not important how old you are, but how you are old. Of the more… Continued...
Author: Barbara Leverone | Filed under: The Elder Citizen
Sean, Who Learned to be Tall
A charming six year-old, Sean had bright red hair, twinkling green eyes and a spray of freckles. This solid… Continued...
Author: Felicia Noelle Trujillo | Filed under: The Back
The Science Behind the Feldenkrais Method®
The many people who have benefited from lessons with a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm need no scientific evidence to… Continued...
Author: Pat Buchanan, PhD, ATC, PT, GCFT | Filed under:
Rolling With It
When Steven first came to see me, it was about his yoga practice. He explained to me that he… Continued...
Author: Lavinia Plonka | Filed under: Martial Arts
Rib “Cage” or Rib “Basket?”
Most of us grew up calling the bony structure that surrounds and protects the heart and lungs a “rib… Continued...
Author: Pamela Kihm, GCFP | Filed under: The Shoulders
Repetitive Strain Tips
One of the focuses of the Feldenkrais Method® is on how we move and what that can that can… Continued...
Author: Cliff Smyth | Filed under: Chronic Pain The Workplace
Regaining Balance
She couldn’t run. She couldn’t keep her balance. Even walking became difficult. For the last 33 years, Holly S.… Continued...
Filed under: Balance and Falling Special Needs
Refining the Instrument That Plays the Instrument
Billie read about the Feldenkrais Method® in Candace Pert’s book Molecules of Emotion. She had been having difficulty sitting… Continued...
Author: Barbara Goldberg | Filed under: The Performing Arts
Recognize, Relax and Recover
Stress is a fact of everyday living – it’s here to stay, and we need to learn to recognize… Continued...
Author: Barbara Leverone | Filed under: Stress
Reclaiming Mobility
Three and a half years ago, Rona Stanton had the shock of her life. What doctors diagnosed as brain… Continued...
Author: Lavinia Plonka | Filed under: Recovery
Reclaim Easier Movement
Kathy Whipps, a 70 year-old, down-to-earth, spirited British grandmother, came to the US two years ago to live with… Continued...
Author: Meryl Nadell | Filed under: The Elder Citizen
Positive Changes for Horse and Rider
I am a fifty-five year old equestrian. When I decided to get back into riding several years ago, I… Continued...
Author: Marsha Ivany | Filed under: Pilates
Playing Music "The Feldenkrais® Way": An Interview with Aliza Stewart, GCFP
A professional pianist, Aliza Stewart began to study the Feldenkrais Method® 23 years ago. Since then she has been… Continued...
Author: Lavinia Plonka, GCFP | Filed under: Creativity The Performing Arts
Pins and Needles
What do heads and bowling balls have in common? They’re both round and heavy and can offer a wonderful… Continued...
Author: Elise Cheval | Filed under: Sports
Personal and Professional Experience with Chronic Pain
Practitioner Meena Narula has been working with persons experiencing chronic pain for over a decade. As a physical therapist… Continued...
Filed under: Chronic Pain
Our Bodily Stress Response and the Feldenkrais Method
Stress impacts the health of our body and mind—often in negative ways. The Feldenkrais Method offers a fun and… Continued...
Author: Andrew Wright | Filed under: Stress
NYPD Blue – Through with Stress
As a community service, I have been teaching Awareness Through Movement® lessons at several New York City precinct houses.… Continued...
Author: Michael Krugman | Filed under: Stress
NORTHWEST REGION – The Larger View and Local Perspective
The Northwest Region of FGNA consists of the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The region has… Continued...
Author: Susan Wildwood, GCFP, Northwest Regional Representative | Filed under:
Neuroplasticity and The Feldenkrais Method®
Your brain loves to learn. In fact it thrives on acquiring new skills such as playing a musical instrument,… Continued...
Author: Eileen Bach-y-Rita, GCFP | Filed under: Creativity The Elder Citizen Enriching Daily Life General Applications The Performing Arts Recovery Stress
Natural Voice Training with the Feldenkrais Method
Human vocal production is a phenomenon that requires the development of complex integration skills in ourselves, with elaborate features… Continued...
Author: Richard Corbeil | Filed under: Voice Training
Moving While Standing Still: An Awareness Through Movement® lesson
Find a short stool, a thick phone book, or use a stairway step about 6 inches high and stand… Continued...
Author: Robbie Ofir, PhD, PT | Filed under: ATM Lessons Balance and Falling
Moving in Spite of Post-Polio Syndrome
Being a polio survivor and self-propelling a wheelchair for 40-plus years can leave one with lots of shoulder problems.… Continued...
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Moving From Your Center In All Directions
I love to introduce the Feldenkrais Method® into my teaching. My first Awareness Through Movement® classes were, in fact,… Continued...
Author: Leslie Wilder, GCFP | Filed under: Martial Arts
Movement as Muse
During the Feldenkrais Method® lessons called Awareness Through Movement®, we literally practice the skills most called into play in… Continued...
Author: Nancy Galeota-Wozny | Filed under: Creativity
Movement as a Model of Learning
“It has always been my dream to introduce Feldenkrais® to the schools’ main curriculum, as a subject in its… Continued...
Filed under: Children Special Needs
Martial Arts IS Integrated Movement
Jack Hoban is an executive in the health industry, holds a 10º Dan in Ninpo Taijutsu, and teaches this… Continued...
Author: by Eric James | Filed under: Martial Arts
Martial Arts
Martial artists from all combat disciplines have found that the slow, gentle movements of the Feldenkrais Method® help enhance… Continued...
Filed under: Martial Arts Sports
Life is Problems: Stress Relief in a Stressed-Out Society
Life is, in essence, a series of problems. Our earliest problems are “Where’s food? I’m hungry” or “I’m tired… Continued...
Author: Miriam Levenson | Filed under: ATM Lessons Stress
Leg Tilt: An Awareness Through Movement® Lesson
- With your arms and legs long at your side, feel your contact with the floor. Take a guess:…
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Author: Frank Wildman | Filed under: ATM Lessons The Back
Learning Pleasure: Alleviating Chronic Pain with the Feldenkrais Method
Catherine came to me complaining of chronic pain and fatigue. Her physician had diagnosed her with Fibromyalgia, and prescribed… Continued...
Author: Frank Wildman, Ph.D., G.C.F.T. | Filed under: Chronic Pain
Learning a Second Movement Language
“You want me to what???” The instructor repeats, “Scoop in the abs, slide your ribs down the front of… Continued...
Author: Darcia Dexter Negrin, GCFT | Filed under: Pilates
It's All in Your Head
Picture a human skeleton. The kind you see in anatomy classes, hanging on a stand, waiting for students to… Continued...
Author: Lavinia Plonka | Filed under: Head, Neck and Jaw
Invite All of You to Participate
“You are more than eyes.” This was my response to a potential client who asked if his eyesight could… Continued...
Author: Katherine Rogers | Filed under: Vision
In Their Own Words: Students at the Berklee College of Music Talk About the Feldenkrais Method
Over the past 9 years almost 1000 music students have taken Awareness Through Movement® classes at Berklee College of… Continued...
Author: Richard Ehrman | Filed under: The Performing Arts
Improve to Move Yourself
For the past few years, it has been my great pleasure to teach weekly Awareness Through Movement® lessons at… Continued...
Author: Michael Carmody | Filed under: Enriching Daily Life General Applications
ATM Lesson: How Do You Write?
Here is a simple way to introduce movement into your classroom without disrupting the room. It is written for… Continued...
Filed under: ATM Lessons Children The Classroom
Horeseback Riding
Horseback riding, like other sports, demands coordination, timing and direction. The Feldenkrais Method® lends itself beautifully to improving equestrian… Continued...
Filed under: Sports
Helping People to “Rediscover Their Arms”
As a physical therapist that specializes with shoulders, I have seen problems following surgeries, accidents and poor usage. My… Continued...
Author: Stacey Barrows, GCFP | Filed under: The Shoulders
Healing the Heart: the Feldenkrais Part
Kenn Chase has been on the leading edge of treatment programs for people with heart disease for almost 20… Continued...
Filed under: Special Needs
Head and Eyes and Balance: An Awareness Through Movement® Lesson
- Find a nice place to stand, a wooden floor, or better, outside, with grass, sand, or small gravel…
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Author: Chris Elms, GCFP | Filed under: ATM Lessons Balance and Falling
Growing Taller
The young woman, in my office for the first time, spoke to me about her back pain. She chronically… Continued...
Author: Ann Harman | Filed under: Posture
Getting to Know the Neighborhood
One of the appeals of yoga is its large number of interesting and inventive poses, called asanas. While a… Continued...
Author: Maureen McHugh | Filed under: Yoga
Getting More Out of Pilates
Throughout my whole life, it seems as if I have been on a mission to improve myself. I started… Continued...
Author: Peggy Z. Protz, GCFT | Filed under: Pilates
- Find a nice place to stand, a wooden floor, or better, outside, with grass, sand, or small gravel…
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- With your arms and legs long at your side, feel your contact with the floor. Take a guess:…
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