1950 “Review” of Body and Mature Behavior.
A moment ago, I stumbled across a reference for what I though was a review of Feldenkrais’ book “Body and Mature Behavior” from a 1950 psychology journal. Unfortunately, it was more of a fortune cookie note than a review. None the less, the unsigned review is notable for it’s outright dismissal of the book and [...]
Beware Trainers Bearing Grudges
“Sed quis Custodiet ipsos Custodes?” – Juvenal A small investigation of something Moshe Feldenkrais attempted to teach….and what a few of his students actually learned. Moshe Feldenkrais Lecture and Demonstration Thursday, June, 23 1977, From the San Francisco Training Transcripts. Moshe speaking during a Functional Integration demonstration: “I used to take it differently. This [...]
Yochanan Rywerant: Teaching by Handling
I’m recently back from two days in Austin, Texas where I had a chance to talk to, and record, multiple conversations with Mia Segal, Leora Gaster and their business coordinator Danielle Polfus. The first podcast from these conversations is nearly ready and should be up in a few days. While talking to Mia, I mentioned [...]
Conflict of Interest on the FGNA Board of Directors?
IFF and FGNA: Anatomie de L’Enfer I could write volumes about the conflict of interests, parasitic actions and cross-motivated behavior at the “official” Feldenkrais organizations. Quite frankly, there are so god damned many that I wonder if the system was designed to be dysfunctional. To whom would such dysfunctions be a benefit? Perhaps we [...]
Moshe Feldenkrais Amherst Clip: July 13, 1981
I found this clip on YouTube a few minutes ago. It is from the Amherst training, July 13, 1981. I love seeing the playful part of Moshe that can be seen in the beginning of the video. From what I can tell, the class was watching a video of Moshe working and then he began [...]




