Working With Gravity And Without Ropes (Short Video)
Inspiring self use.
Andrew Dawson at TEDMed! (San Diego 2011)
Andrew Dawson
Andrew Dawson: How Does It Feel To Retrain Your Brain?
This year, yet another Feldenkrais person will join the ranks of TED presenters. Andrew Dawson, Feldenkrais Practitioner and performance artist will be performing at the upcoming TEDMED conference in San Diego California: How Does It Feel To Retrain Your Brain? Andrew also performed ‘The Articulate Hand’ at the World Science Festival earlier this year. Really good stuff. Very inspiring.
I highly recommend taking a look at Andrew’s work and also viewing some of the videos on his website. He is doing some fascinating and cutting edge things: Andrew Dawson.
Paul Rubin: Feldenkrais Training Policies are “Insane.”
Paul Rubin
“The policies on how one gets certified as a trainer or assistant trainer are over the top, complicated and plainly insane.” Paul Rubin, July 29, 2010.
How true. Many FGNA members, perhaps even the majority, agree with Paul Rubin. What I find fascinating about the quote is that Rubin does not mention that he has been a major player in devising the insane rules. As he proudly states on his website:
“As Chair of the North American Training Accreditation Board 1993-1997 and founding member of the Training Accreditation Boards for both Europe and Australia/South Pacific, Paul has contributed significantly to the evolution of training programs and procedures world wide.”
I wonder about the wisdom of helping in the evolution of an insane system and working within an insane system.
Young Ultra-Orthodox Feldenkrais Practitioners Struggle Against Tradition
An interesting perspective on “The Method” from National Public Radio (NPR)
It’s an engaging story of a handful of young ultra-Orthodox Feldenkrais Practitioners struggling to expand their practices beyond what has been given. But they often have to hide their desire for a different life. Why? Because when they do or say something, their families and communities often turn on them. Sometimes they’re told they’ll never make it if they leave.
Regarding one young man – the more he read, the more he wanted to read. Books on psychology, human behavior, biology, philosophy.
“Nobody knew about it. It was just my secret life,” he says.
He finally came out. And though he still calls his mom every Friday morning before teaching Awareness Through Movement, he doesn’t speak openly about his new life. He knows it upsets her
“You know, I’ve studied Feldenkrais all my life — I mean, you’re the pinnacle of creation. And suddenly you’re not the pinnacle of creation. You’re the endpoint at this moment in time and something else will happen soon. It’s hard to explain what that was like, but it was beautiful.”
More on the NPR Website: Leaving The Fold
Sharon Starika: Run Like a GIRL (grrrrr)
Sharon Starika (right) and Friend....
Run Like A Girl Retreat
In Utah there is an event starting soon for runners who are women. It is a great concept for marketing and reaching specific groups of people who NEED Feldenkrais-based practices. It’s called the “Run Like A Girl Retreat.” Sharon Starika, GCFP is presenting at the conference and I was tickled that the organizer’s choose to use the “bit” that I wrote up on Sharon for her roll in our online conference: Feldenkrais And Running. Namely:
Sharon Starika is a runner and triathlete with over 20 years of competitive racing experience. Her involvement with the Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education began in 1984 when she had a debilitating cycling accident resulting in nine surgeries on her left side. Sharon’s doctors told her she would never compete again and that she probably would not be able to run. Using the Feldenkrais Method®, she not only recovered and returned to competition, she improved her marathon time by an astonishing 20 minutes. As a result of this incredible experience, Sharon became a Guild Feldenkrais Practitioner™ and began to develop her own theory and ideas about optimizing running using the Feldenkrais Method®.
Sharon is going to be presenting at another “Run Like A Girl Event.” When I get the details I will let you know the details.
Feldenkrais And Running Online
If you can’t make it to Utah and you want to support Sharon and what she is doing, click the link below and take a look at the online conference for Feldenkrais and Running. Not only is it a rocking conference packed with Feldenkrais running tips and downloadable ATMS, but when you register through the links on the this blog page Sharon gets a portion of each conference registration:
Feldenkrais and Running
