Moshe Feldenkrais

Thousands have found renewed health and increased sensory awareness through the Feldenkrais method as explained in Awareness Through Movement. Here is a way for people of every age to integrate physical and mental development into a new, invigorating wholeness. Feldenkrais provides a modern-day, practical program for the perennial ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body. His down-to-earth method carefully avoids any mystical component and never obliges any pupil to master abstruse theories. Exercises for posture, eyes, imagination, and more will simultaneously build better body habits and focus new dimensions of awareness, self-image, and human potential.

Easy-to-Do Health Exercises to Improve Your Posture, Vision, Imagination, and Personal Awareness

Awareness Through Movement

Health Exercises for Personal Growth

A victim of debilitating injuries, Moshe Feldenkrais was intimately aware of the link between bodily suffering and mental health. Through healing himself, he made revolutionary discoveries, culminating in the development of the method that now bears his name. In an intellectually rich and eloquent style, Feldenkrais delves into neurology, prehistory, child development, gravity and anti-gravity, reflexive versus learned behavior, the effects of emotion, especially anxiety, on posture, and most importantly, the inseparability of body and mind.

A Study of Anxiety, Sex, Gravitation, and Learning

Body and Mature Behavior

The Esalen 1972 Workshop was Dr. Feldenkrais's first significant teaching visit to the U.S. and a pivotal moment in the development of his work. The course took place over five weeks and the participants included many of the leading people in the humanistic psychology movement, adding a distinct quality and excitement to Feldenkrais's explanations and teaching. This new edition of the notes is bound and reformatted with an extensive introduction by David Zemach-Bersin. From the introduction: "At Esalen, Feldenkrais... was able to direct himself to one, consistent group of highly engaged students, and had the opportunity to 'start at the beginning', following a path of both developmental and intellectual continuity, putting his thinking into action. And, that is exactly what he did." The 43 lessons include a variety of different types of lessons from variations on classics to unusual or challenging lessons seen nowhere else. Teachers will find this an excellent resource for ATM teaching and inspiration.

Esalen 1972 Workshop

The Master Moves

Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc., a visionary scientist who pioneered the field of mind-body education and therapy, has inspired countless people worldwide. His ability to translate his theories on human function into action resulted in the creation of his technique, now known as the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education. In The Potent Self, Feldenkrais delves deeply into the relationship between faulty posture, pain, and the underlying emotional mechanisms that lead to compulsive and dependent human behavior. He shares remarkable insights into resistance, motivation, habit formation, and the place of sex in full human potential. The Potent Self offers Feldenkrais' vision of how to achieve physical and mental wellness through the development of authentic maturity. This edition includes and extensive Forward by Mark Reese, a longtime student of Feldenkrais, in which Reese discusses many of the important ideas in the book and places them in the context of Feldenkrais' life and the intellectual and historical milieu of his time.

A Study of Spontaneity and Compulsion

The Potent Self

An educational system of neuromuscular re-education known for its gentle approach, the Feldenkrais Method has been shown to dramatically improve individual functioning by increasing self-awareness and facilitating new patterns of thinking, moving, and feeling. Intended for those who need to improve their movement repertoire for professional reasons–-dancers, musicians, martial artists, gymnasts, and athletes–-as well as those wishing to reduce pain or limitations in movement, Feldenkrais is based on the idea that learning to move better can improve anyone’s overall health on many levels. Using Moshe Feldenkrais’s own words, Embodied Wisdom clearly explains the basic principles underpinning his techniques, Awareness Through Movement (ATM) and Functional Integration (FI). These thoughtful articles and lively, sometimes humorous interviews explore a diverse range of subjects: the importance of bodily expression, the primacy of hearing, the mind-body connection, martial arts, sleep and consciousness, movement and its effect on the mind. Embodied Wisdom gives readers the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the scientific and spiritual principles behind the Method and offers sound strategies for incorporating it into their lives.

The Collected Papers of Moshe Feldenkrais

Embodied Wisdom

In 1929, a young Moshe Feldenkrais published his Hebrew translation of the book, The Practice of Autosuggestion by the Method of Émile Coué. Feldenkrais not only translated the book, but composed and added his own observations in two additional chapters, which are presented here in this monograph. Feldenkrais noted that the work of Coué was primarily focused on resolving problems, and realized that these same ideas could be used proactively to improve one's abilities. Feldenkrais writes, "We will explore this issue and see if we can take it a step forward. Using examples from real life, we will demonstrate that by using autosuggestion we can achieve far superior results rather than merely being in a condition no worse than someone else's." Feldenkrais offers numerous examples of how

A Monograph by Moshe Feldenkrais

Thinking and Doing

Lezioni di movimento. Sentire e sperimentare il metodo Feldenkrais®

Scientist, martial artist, and founder of the method that bears his name, Moshe Feldenkrais wrote several influential books on the relationship between movement, learning, and health. In The Elusive Obvious he presents ideas that are more relevant today than when the book was first published, as current research strongly supports many of the insights on which the Feldenkrais Method is based. This beautiful new edition is ready to be treasured by an emerging generation of somatic practitioners, movement teachers, performing artists, and anyone interested in self-improvement and healing. The two main strands of the Feldenkrais Method—Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration—are now known by many around the world for reducing pain and anxiety, cultivating vitality, and improving performance. The Elusive Obvious presents a thorough and accessible explanation of the Feldenkrais Method, and, as its title indicates, throws light on the solutions to many of our difficulties that are hidden in plain sight.

The Convergence of Movement, Neuroplasticity, and Health

The Elusive Obvious

Hace más de cincuenta años Moshe Feldenkrais desarrolló el extraordinario método de aprendizaje basado en el movimiento corporal que lleva su nombre. "La sabiduría del cuerpo" es la primera recopilación de artículos y entrevistas de Feldenkrais publicada en nuestro idioma e incluye varios de sus escritos más claros y significativos. En su conjunto, estos textos forman un todo diverso pero coherente, ofreciendo diferentes perspectivas que serán de gran utilidad a quienes no estén familiarizados con las ideas de Feldenkrais, y al mismo tiempo ofrecerán a los estudiantes del método un nuevo campo en el que profundizar en sus estudios. Moshe Feldenkrais fue uno de los pensadores más originales del siglo XX. Este libro presenta de una forma sencilla y coherente los principios de su sistema y la teoría en la cual esta se basa.

Recopilación de artículos de Moshe Feldenkrais

La sabiduría del cuerpo

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