Feldenkrais Research
I just received an anonymous email from – I presume – a member of the public, asking me:
Where might one find and review the “30+ outcome studies that have been conducted on The Feldenkrais Method.” cited in your critique of Dr. Gorski?
I no longer have a complete list of Feldenkrais Research, as my initial compilation is at least 3 years out of date: Feldenkrais Research Archive and I don’t currently have the time or desire to keep up to date on the latest research in that area. To be perfectly blunt, I find outcome research boring and relatively unhelpful from both epistemological and philosophical perspectives. Yes, you can reduce your view of a phenomena to that which can be quantified and replicated and yes you can do that over and over again coming up with some type of verbal-semantic roadmap to guide your belief. But have you really learned anything? Has it changed your ability to sense, feel, and act?
On the other hand – I do understand why people want to do it and I applaud their efforts. It’s just not my cup of tea.
If you do want to get a sample of the research go to PubMed and search for the term “Feldenkrais”:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/pubmed
You will find about 40 studies. It’s not all of the studies on the Feldenkrais Method, but it’s a start. Beyond that, I cannot be much help.
This *may* shape up to something
http://www.feldscinet.org/
- Bob
Thanks Bob. I’ve been meaning to mosey on over there and have a look. – Ryan
Re: Dr Gorski, Feldenkrais and Neuroscience –
http://tinyurl.com/lsfc9m
Interestingly – despite providing the evidence asked for, the comment was soundly ignored.
BTW, here are two recent outcome studies from Australia –
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19299839
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19553385
There’s a current trial in New Zealand looking at the effects of Feldenkrais upon Spinal injury