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 [...]
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 [...]
Advanced Feldenkrais Workshop with Yochanan Rywerant
This Feldenkrais advanced training with Yochanan Rywerant recently came to my attention (thanks to Eva Laser in Sweden), so I thought I would post information about it. I do not know much about Yochanon, but according to the workshop description, Yochanon is: …one of the most knowledgeable and experienced Feldenkrais teachers in the world. He [...]
