September 19, 2008

• Feldenkrais: The Limits of the Medical Model

  I read an interesting post recently on the FeldyForum, an international Yahoo Group of Feldenkrais Practitioners and students that is moderated by Feldenkrais Practitioner Ralph Strauch
  The FeldyForum post was written by noted Feldenkrais Practitioner and sculptor, Martin Weiner of Ojai, CA. I spoke with Marty on the first two podcasts that I conducted: A Conversation [...]

September 10, 2008

• A Computer Scientist Writes About the Feldenkrais Method

  I bumped into a lovely webpage by a Stanford Professor named Sanjeev Arora, What is the Feldenkrais Method?. I thought his ideas about the method were quite sound and can serve as a useful introduction to the method. Here are his first few words:
  The Feldenkrais method, invention of Israeli physicist Moshe Feldenkrais, is a [...]

February 21, 2008

• Podcast #16: Feldenkrais Method Conference: Katrin Smithback, Diana Razumny

  Today we have Feldenkrais Trainers, Katrin Smithback and Diana Razumny who are Program Committee members (Katrin is the Chairperson) for the next Feldenkrais (FGNA) conference to be held in Boulder Colorado from July 25th to August 1st, 2008.
  The whole Program Committee “thing” has been a bit of a mystery to me, so I asked Diana [...]

April 6, 2007

• Feldenkrais Podcast #7 : Josef Dellagrotte. Welcome Rolfers and Structural Integration Practitioners

  I want to give a hearty welcome on Feldenkrais Podcasts to Josef Dellagrotte, who agreed to speak with me on just a moments notice. With a Rolfer soon to be on Oprah, I thought it would be nice to speak with an individual who had trained with both Ida Rolf and Moshe Feldenkrais.
  Josef makes a [...]

February 24, 2007

• Feldenkrais Podcast #5: Dr. Alan Fogel

  I first came across Dr. Fogel’s work through a presentation arranged by Mark Reese back in 1998..or so. Mark brought Alan to one of his San Diego Feldenkrais Trainings to give a 1-day workshop on…well, I don’t remember what it was on, but it was really, really, cool and it made perfect sense [...]

February 20, 2007

• Feldenkrais Podcast #4 : Dr. Larry Goldfarb discusses Feldenkrais Research

  In this podcast with Larry Goldfarb, and the next with Alan Fogel (coming soon), we discuss some issues related to Feldenkrais research.
  What are the roles of research in a “systemic” methodology such as the Feldenkrais Method? Can research inform Feldenkrais practice? Is it possible that researchers are actually looking for Feldenkrais principles but do not [...]

December 17, 2006

• New Feldenkrais Research Articles.

  Feldenkrais and Alzheimers:
  Ann, J. (2006). Individuals with dementia learn new habits and are empowered through the Feldenkrais method. Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, 7(4), 278-86.
  Feldenkrais increases muscle length without the use of stretching:
  Stephens, J., Davidson, J., DeRosa, J., Kriz, M., and Saltzman, N. (2006). Lengthening the hamstring muscles without stretching using “awareness through movement.” [...]

December 8, 2006

• Feldenkrais and “Energy”

  Just read a post on a blog called Research and Remedies in Human Behavior. The blogger does not allow comments, so there is no way to directly communicate with him. Here’s what he wrote:
  …in my somatic education classes I have begun truly exploring my body in movement, especially what concerns the hips. I find the [...]