Comments on: Feldenkrais Video: Impressions of Moshe at “CERN” http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/2009/09/feldenkrais-video-moshe-at-cern/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feldenkrais-video-moshe-at-cern The Work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais is Alive and Well: Everywhere Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anna http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/2009/09/feldenkrais-video-moshe-at-cern/comment-page-1/#comment-22428 Anna Mon, 24 May 2010 00:16:41 +0000 http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/?p=353#comment-22428 He was certainly no saint - no guru. The stories of his obnoxiousness and outrageousness are legion. That's the context - make of his teaching what you will... He was certainly no saint – no guru. The stories of his obnoxiousness and outrageousness are legion. That’s the context – make of his teaching what you will…

]]> By: David http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/2009/09/feldenkrais-video-moshe-at-cern/comment-page-1/#comment-22364 David Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:39:05 +0000 http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/?p=353#comment-22364 Those two kisses at 12:40 create a lot of cognitive dissonance for me. I have enjoyed his books, and subscribe to his theoretical foundation, but perhaps I'm so thoroughly programmed by modern sexual conventions that I'm unable to see that type of flirtation as innocent or appropriate. Those two kisses at 12:40 create a lot of cognitive dissonance for me.
I have enjoyed his books, and subscribe to his theoretical foundation, but perhaps I’m so thoroughly programmed by modern sexual conventions that I’m unable to see that type of flirtation as innocent or appropriate.

]]> By: Ryan Nagy http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/2009/09/feldenkrais-video-moshe-at-cern/comment-page-1/#comment-21750 Ryan Nagy Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:31:16 +0000 http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/?p=353#comment-21750 Eric - Great to see your comment. I have seen the lecture at a workshop, but do not have a copy. I will ask around and see if I can find it and put it online. As far as the kiss....I may have seen it...but perhaps I blocked it out of my memory! - Ryan Eric – Great to see your comment. I have seen the lecture at a workshop, but do not have a copy. I will ask around and see if I can find it and put it online.

As far as the kiss….I may have seen it…but perhaps I blocked it out of my memory!

- Ryan

]]> By: Eric http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/2009/09/feldenkrais-video-moshe-at-cern/comment-page-1/#comment-21748 Eric Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:15:25 +0000 http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/?p=353#comment-21748 Is the lecture itself available Ryan? As for uncomfortable did I see right, did he kiss the person on the lips in the middle of the lesson? Is the lecture itself available Ryan?

As for uncomfortable did I see right, did he kiss the person on the lips in the middle of the lesson?

]]> By: Andrea http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/2009/09/feldenkrais-video-moshe-at-cern/comment-page-1/#comment-21663 Andrea Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:51:11 +0000 http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/?p=353#comment-21663 "objectifies the demonstration person and puts the focus on Moshe and his work and not fully on the other person where it belongs." Goodness, there's a lot of judgment in those last three words, isn't there? In a private FI session, certainly the FDK practitioner's attention should be on the recipient. But, that's not the context here. In front of this audience, I think it's only appropriate the focus was on Moshe and the work. What benefits would this audience of non practitioners and non-aspiring FDK students get without the explanation? What benefits would a general audience get from watching a massage therapist give a massage to a person on their table, paying full attention to that recipient? Wouldn't it be appropriate for the therapist to describe what was happening, pointing out the benefits of massage, etc.? (Putting aside the issues around massage itself, for the purpose of the example.) I would hazard to say that there were too few times when this Moshe and 'work' centered-focus was taken and we are poorer today as a result. “objectifies the demonstration person and puts the focus on Moshe and his work and not fully on the other person where it belongs.”

Goodness, there’s a lot of judgment in those last three words, isn’t there?

In a private FI session, certainly the FDK practitioner’s attention should be on the recipient. But, that’s not the context here. In front of this audience, I think it’s only appropriate the focus was on Moshe and the work. What benefits would this audience of non practitioners and non-aspiring FDK students get without the explanation? What benefits would a general audience get from watching a massage therapist give a massage to a person on their table, paying full attention to that recipient? Wouldn’t it be appropriate for the therapist to describe what was happening, pointing out the benefits of massage, etc.? (Putting aside the issues around massage itself, for the purpose of the example.)

I would hazard to say that there were too few times when this Moshe and ‘work’ centered-focus was taken and we are poorer today as a result.

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