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	Welcome to the IFF Public Website \| International Feldenkrais Federation
		The aim of the International Feldenkrais Federation is the development of the international Feldenkrais community, through promoting effective co-operation and communication in the spirit of the Feldenkrais Method.
		The Feldenkrais Method was developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984): The Biography of Feldenkrais shows his diverse fields of study and hints to the sources of the genius of the Method he developed.
		Feldenkrais®, Feldenkrais Method®, Functional Integration®, Awareness Through Movement®, and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner(cm) are service marks in the United States of the FELDENKRAIS GUILD® of North America.
	www.feldenkrais-method.org (343 words)

	Moshé Feldenkrais - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Moshé Pinhas Feldenkrais (May 6, 1904 - July 1, 1984) was the founder of the Feldenkrais method of movement education designed to improve human functioning by increasing self-awareness in movement.
		Feldenkrais was born on May 6, 1904 in the Ukrainian town of Slavuta.
		Feldenkrais fled to Britain just as the Germans were about to arrive in Paris in 1940.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moshe_Feldenkrais (1105 words)

	The Feldenkrais Method
		The Feldenkrais Method was originated by Moshé Feldenkrais, D.Sc., a pioneer in movement science and the innovator of therapeutic and educational approaches.
		Feldenkrais was born in Russia in 1904 and emigrated to Palestine at the age of 14.
		Feldenkrais vast educational system was the result of 40 remarkably productive and creative years during which he focused on the sensory-motor aspects that underlie human action and experience.
	www.feldenkraislearning.com /the_method.htm (536 words)

	About Moshe
		by Mark Reese, Ph.D. Moshé Feldenkrais was born in Russia in 1904 and emigrated to Palestine at the age of 13.
		Within a broad educational context Moshé Feldenkrais was a movement science pioneer who focused especially on the perception of the sensory-motor organization that underlies human behavior and learning.
		Feldenkrais died in 1984, leaving a small group of highly trained practitioners who have continued his methods.
	www.feldenkraislearning.com /articles/aboutmoshe.htm (1094 words)

	Feldenkrais Resources \| 800.765.1907 \| 510.540.7683 fax
		We are one of the oldest and most active Feldenkrais training and somatic education organizations in the world.
		Feldenkrais Resources was founded in 1983 by David Zemach-Bersin and Elizabeth Beringer.
		Feldenkrais Resources is also the exclusive publisher of Dr. Feldenkrais' extensive audio/visual programs and distributor of books by the world's leading Feldenkrais Practitioners.
	www.feldenkrais-resources.com (209 words)

	Effortless Gardening \| About Feldenkrais
		Feldenkrais® is especially suited for gardeners because, just as gardening is an ever-evolving project, the Feldenkrais Method® is based on the continual expansion and refinement of action.
		Feldenkrais' premise is that a shift in a person's movement patterns will also shift the way that person thinks, senses, feels, and interacts with others.
		Feldenkrais' physical problems, specifically a crippling knee injury, led him to a lifelong exploration of ways to improve movement and functioning.
	www.effortlessgardening.com /feldenkrais.html (652 words)

	Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: Feldenkrais
		Feldenkrais believed that repeated muscle patterns cause the parts of the brain controlling those muscles to stay in a fixed pattern as well.
		Feldenkrais practitioners have also noted other benefits in their students, including improvements in awareness, flexibility, coordination, breathing, digestion, sleep, mood, mental alertness, energy, and range of motion, as well as reduced stress and hypertension, and fewer headaches and backaches.
		Feldenkrais is described a being a dual system, with two components: "Awareness Through Movement" and "Functional Integration." The system aims to re-educate the body so that habitual movements that cause strain or pain can be relearned to improve efficiency and eliminate dangerous or painful action.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0003/ai_2603000357 (1035 words)

	FELDENKRAIS TECHNIQUE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Moshe Feldenkrais was a Russian born engineer who began to study how people moved while he was recovering from a knee injury.
		Feldenkrais practitioners believe that people develop these poor habits as children and keep these patterns for life.
		Feldenkrais teachers also emphasize that it is helpful for improving balance, coordination and mobility.
	www.healthyroads.com /mylibrary/data/altcaredex/htm/amm0022.asp (472 words)

	Ease of Movement with Feldenkrais - Ergonomics
		Feldenkrais is system of movement that develops ease of motion in the body.
		Feldenkrais is a way to unlearn body lessons that do not serve us in establishing or maintaining ideal postural habits.
		According to the International Feldenkrais Federation (IFF), Moshe Feldenkrais, developer of this system said of his method, “The advantage of approaching the unity of mental and muscular life through the body lies in the fact that the muscle expression is simpler because it is concrete and easier to locate”.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art29744.asp (595 words)

	The Feldenkrais Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Moshe Feldenkrais (1904 - 1984) was born on the Russian/polish border in 1904.
		Feldenkrais studied intensively in psychology, neurophysiology, and other health-related disciplines, and in 1949 he returned to Israel where he continued to integrate and refine his ideas into the system known as the Feldenkrais Method.
		The Feldenkrais Method is a mind/body integration technique that uses movement to enhance the communication between the brain and the body.
	www.pioneer.org.nz /Feldenkrais.asp (735 words)

	Feldenkrais (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Feldenkrais Method is a form of "body education" that teaches students how to move their bodies more efficiently, improve coordination, expand range of motion, reduce stress on joints, and increase flexibility.
		According to Feldenkrais, when a student unconsciously allows the skeleton to provide the support for which it was intended, the muscles begin to feel more relaxed and less tense, allowing for expanded range of motion and flexibility.
		While students of Feldenkrais always emphasize that the focus is on individual learning rather than on the treatment of a particular condition, they often report success with specific ailments such as carpal tunnel syndrome and headaches.
	www.wholehealthmd.com /refshelf/substances_view/1,1525,695,00.html (1019 words)

	Feldenkrais Practitioner, Charlotte Chavez in Healdsburg, California
		Feldenkrais worked so well for her that she again teaches pottery classes and says even her own pottery is improving.
		Feldenkrais was a mid-century Renaissance Man, born in Russia in 1904, educated at The Sorbonne, and living in Israel in the late 1940s.
		Feldenkrais teaches you how to notice these stressful patterns and replace them with more comfortable, efficient ones, so that, as one practitioner put it, you're not using the force required for chewing a steak to eat a cream puff.
	www.sonic.net /~dsscha/Charlotte (1366 words)

	FELEDENKRAIS-ITC TRAINING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Some had worked with Moshe Feldenkrais for more than 30 years and all of them bring their extensive experience of directing and teaching in professional training programmes since his death in 1984.
		She was a student in Feldenkrais' final training in the US and Israel, from which she graduated in 1983.
		She brings her extensive experience in Feldenkrais trainings and her innovative thinking to create and oversee the conceptual framework over the four years of the course.
	www.feldenkrais-itc.org /training2.html (396 words)

	Spine Inc. - Feldenkrais (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Feldenkrais held that most people lose the grace, freedom and joy in movements that they had as infants and small children.
		A Feldenkrais session communicates to the brain precise movements that change habitual patterns and provide new information to the neuro-muscular system by gentle touch, movement variation and verbal guidance.
		Prior to his death, Feldenkrais worked with individuals affected by mutlitple sclerosis and cerebral palsy, posturing that if an individual had trouble with his movements, he could improve their health and well-being.
	www.spine-inc.com /glossary/f/feldenkrais.htm (386 words)

	Feldenkrais W.A
		The Feldenkrais Method is extremely beneficial for animals as well, and Fran has a number of 4 legged “clients” who have disabilities, injury related pain, arthritis and behavioural issues.
		An edited transcript of a workshop taught by Dr Feldenkrais, this work brings greater clarity to the relationship between theory and practice through the theoretical discussions and movement experiences that are interwoven throughout the book.
		She influenced the development of Dr Feldenkrais’ thought and was the first person to invite him to present his work in Europe.
	www.feldenkraiswa.com.au /products_and_services.php (3105 words)

	Self-Realization through Horseback Riding and Feldenkrais
		My name is Sandy Kessler, and I use horseback riding and the Feldenkrais Method as a way to help people increase their physical, mental, and emotional self awareness, for improving both their own movement and their personal and interpersonal functioning.
		The Feldenkrais Method is a learning process aimed at enabling a person to maximize potential through developing awareness of their body.
		The Feldenkrais method defines "posture" as a state from which a person moves with the greatest efficiency and with the least amount of conscious preparation.
	www.ariga.com /sandy/sandy.htm (1994 words)

	The Feldenkrais Method® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Feldenkrais is the name of a method of self awareness through movement, and the method is called after the man who originated the concept, Moshe Feldenkrais (his name is pronounced to rhyme with rice).
		Feldenkrais moved to Israel when he was very young, and he became interested in self defence, and studied Jujitsu.
		Feldenkrais lessons are included to highlight the difference between how a person experiences his or herself, and how the group perceived them giving a presentation.
	www.positivehealth.com /permit/Articles/Bodywork/barns23.htm (1868 words)

	Standards of Practice of the Feldenkrais Method® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Feldenkrais® practitioners/teachers continually evolve their understanding and practice of the Method and in offering definitive statements about the work we must not lose our perspective of dynamism and evolution.
		The Feldenkrais Method is an approach to working with people which expands their repertoire of movements, enhances awareness, improves function and enables people to express themselves more fully.
		Feldenkrais, himself, defined function as the interaction of the person with the outside world or the self with the environment.
	www.feldenkrais.com /standards (2387 words)

	Chapel Hill Feldenkrais Group
		Feldenkrais® lessons help people become aware of their movement habits and help them develop other, possibly more efficient, options.
		Musicians, dancers, singers and actors use Feldenkrais to expand their abilities to move and breathe, as well as to recover from stress or injury.
		The Feldenkrais Method® is well-established as a way for helping people with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, stroke, fibromyalgia or other neuro-muscular conditions.
	www.chapelhillfg.com /about (366 words)

	feldenkrais.html
		Developed by the Russian-born Israeli physicist Moshe Feldenkrais, it is based on modern ideas and basic research about perception, motor learning, neural plasticity, and sensory integration.
		Feldenkrais began studying human functioning in the 1940s.
		Feldenkrais practitioners believe that functional integration is especially helpful for people who need to overcome limitations brought on by accident, illness, misuse, or stress.
	website.lineone.net /~jkando/feldenkrais.html (488 words)

	Mind-Body Wellness Center - FELDENKRAIS
		Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984), the founder of this method, was a Russian-born physicist, mechanical engineer, educator, and martial artist.
		Feldenkrais recognized that the physical functioning of the body acts as a reflection of one's self-awareness.
		Feldenkrais includes sequences of movements that are performed slowly, gently and in pain-free ranges with awareness of breathing patterns.
	www.mind-body.org /feldenkrais.html (529 words)

	The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education
		Rolfing®, Structural Integration, and The Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education
		New Study Links Feldenkrais Method® Awareness Through Movement® Lessons With Lengthened Hamstring Muscles
		Copyright © 2001—2007 The Feldenkrais® Educational Foundation of North America and
	www.feldenkrais.com (111 words)

	Coherent Change - The Feldenkrais Method (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		While she is excited by the way this subtle process relieves pain and speeds healing after injuries or surgery, she is particularly interested in its use for changing long-standing life habits.
		Although some doctors are unfamiliar with the Feldenkrais Method, Andrew Weil, M.D. has stated that it is "much more useful than standard physical therapy" for patients whose range of motion has been restricted by injury, cerebral palsy, stroke, fibromyalgia or chronic pain.
		The Feldenkrais Method is recommended to "eliminate the problem altogether" and is described as "a powerful approach toward a permanent cure of chronic back pain." It is also listed in the The Alternative Medicine Ratings Guide as one of the best methods for long-term improvement with knee, shoulder, and neck pain.
	www.coherent.org /3.htm (872 words)

	Feldenkrais Method :
		We like to think that Moshe Feldenkrais was on to something when he developed the Method.
		However, searching for the term "feldenkrais" on Google News turns up only a few mentions, and even then only class announcements.
		There's lots of stuff out there on Feldenkrais, what it is, what it does, etc. And most of them say the same thing, or at least very similar things.
	radio.weblogs.com /0128836/categories/feldenkraisMethod/2003/08/21.html (535 words)

	RachelGreen.Com: The Feldenkrais Method (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		So by using the Feldenkrais Method you may become less stiff, be able to run faster, breathe more easily, find you can sit in a car with less discomfort, be able to lift things with less strain, improve your golf swing...
		The Feldenkrais Method aims to help all of your skeleton work more efficiently so your muscles don't have to overwork to hold you up, so that one part of your skeleton doesn't do more than its fair share of the work, and so that it supports you in the best way possible.
		If you go to a Feldenkrais practitioner, for an individual Feldenkrais session (the jargon for which is an "FI" or "Functional Integration" session - but you don't have to know that!) then you generally lie down on a comfortable bench, fully clothed, while she (or he) guides your movements with her hands.
	www.nomoreboringconferences.com.au /feldenkrais.html (1978 words)

	Background Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is of benefit to everyone wishing to move and lie more comfortably, and to such diverse groups of people as those with restricted movement, chronic pain, psychological and neurological problems, performing artists and athletes.
		The Feldenkrais Method utilizes functionally based variation, innovation and differentiation in sensory motor activity to free us from habitual patterns and allow for new patterns of thinking, moving and feeling to emerge.
		Feldenkrais' insights contributed to the development of the new field of somatic education and continue to influence disciplines such as physical medicine, gerontology, the arts, education and psychology.
	www.feldenkrais-resources.com /backgroundinfo.htm (513 words)

	Feldenkrais (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Feldenkrais is not really a therapy, Wrobel said, but it has been known to help people sleep better, walk with more comfort and overcome symptoms of neurological disorders.
		Practitioners define Feldenkrais as "movement education." The practitioner encourages his students to notice tensions and quirks in how their body moves.
		Feldenkrais practitioners take about two weeks of classes each year for four years to become certified by their professional organization.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20040607/LI_001.htm (997 words)

	Feldenkrais Sites ~ Self Help & Personal Health Directory
		Feldenkrais principles are for anyone who wants to reconnect with their natural abilities to move, think and feel.
		The Potent Self: A Study of Spontaneity and Compulsion The revolutionary theory behind the Feldenkrais Method is explained, focusing on the underlying emotional mechanisms that lead to compulsive and dependent physical behavior that inhibits the individual from reaching full potential.
		The Feldenkrais Guild of North America Working with the awareness of one's body to improve movement and enhance human functioning.
	www.helpself.com /directory/feldenkrais.htm (388 words)

	Holistic Health Encyclopedia - F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Moshe Feldenkrais lived from 1904-1984 and made an incredible contribution to the field of human consciousness.
		The Feldenkrais Method uses gentle movement and directed attention to facilitate self-awareness, activating your inherent capabilities for self-healing and transformation.
		The Feldenkrais Method works with your nervous system to help you to gain access to more of your underlying potential -- to enhance well-being, improve flexibility in all aspects of life, and to become the person you really can be.
	www.myholistic.com /glossary/F.php3 (3721 words)

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