Feldenkrais Video: A Functional Integration Session in Three Parts (Mia Segal)
Oohhh I love seeing all these videos of Functional Integration sessions online. So important. This one is from Mia Segal and Andrew.* The video and audio is clear…as is the demonstration. Thanks to all of you who record and share these. Keep them coming! Mia Segal Functional Integration Session with Andrew, Part 1 Parts 2 [...]
Amherst Trainer: “The Old Battles Are Dead Ends”
In the previous post, “Beware Feldenkrais Trainers Bearing Grudges,” I promised to share with you the voice of a few trainers who have more balanced and inclusive ideas about the community. Below is a verbatim email as it was forwarded to me, only edited to delete several names: “Thank you [names trainers] and others who [...]
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 [...]
Mia Segal: Further Conversations
Mia Segal and Leora Gaster Podcast This podcast was recorded on April 15th, 2010 in Austin, Texas. It was the third recorded conversation that I had with Mia and Leora. (The second has not been broadcast). This last conversation almost didn’t happen. Both Mia and Leora felt we had covered a lot of ground during [...]
Feldenkrais Podcasts: A Conversation With Mia Segal
This conversation with Mia Segal and Leora Gaster was recorded on April 14th, 2010, in Austin, Texas at Leora’s home. Mia Segal began working with Moshe Feldenkrais in 1957 and she has a rich history and understanding of him and his work that few can match. For me, this conversation has many “firsts” embedded within [...]
