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Articles: The Elder Citizen
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 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...
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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
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
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
It's a Funny Thing This Aging Thing
This article was inspired by a symposium held this past November 2009 in Paris, France. The symposium looked at… Continued...
Author: Irene Gutteridge, GCFP | Filed under: The Elder Citizen General Applications
Figuring it out
Dr. Feldenkrais talked about how learning isn’t something we do, but is a biological necessity. The Feldenkrais Method® suggests… Continued...
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Feldenkrais® “Wings”
With the Feldenkrais Method®, we learn to use gravity for easy alignment, not fight against it. With no feathers,… Continued...
Author: Bettina Morphett-Savage | Filed under: The Elder Citizen
Featured Region: Northern California/ Northern Nevada Region
The Northern California/Northern Nevada Region of the Feldenkrais Guild® of North America [FGNA] stretches from the Oregon Border to… Continued...
Author: Paulette Dolin, GCFP | Filed under: The Elder Citizen Enriching Daily Life General Applications
A Dance of Awareness
(Practitioners Mary Lou Tromanhauser and Julie Francis explore the dance that is the Feldenkrais Method®)
Author: Julie Francis, GCFP & Mary Lou Tromanhauser, GCFP | Filed under: Introduction Chronic Pain The Elder Citizen Enriching Daily Life Functional Integration General Applications Recovery
Awareness Through Movement® Classes at a Nursing Home
“What you can do you can imagine, and what you can imagine you can do.” – Moshe Feldenkrais
Over… Continued...
Author: Louise Vesper, GCFP | Filed under: ATM Lessons The Elder Citizen Special Needs
Anti-Exercise for the Older and Wiser
The older we get, the cleverer we must become. As we age, it becomes more important than ever to… Continued...
Author: Frank Wildman, Ph.D. | Filed under: Introduction The Elder Citizen Enriching Daily Life
A Nurturing Environment
Katharina Tribe was 50 when she came into contact with the Feldenkrais Method® in 1991. She could hardly walk.… Continued...
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