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  Feldenkrais method - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
People interested in the Feldenkrais Method are predominantly individuals who either want to improve their movement repertoire (as dancers, musicians, artists), individuals who want to reduce their pain or limitations in movement, or individuals who want to use the method as a way to improve their well-being and personal development.
Feldenkrais gave the name to a series of demonstrations he began to devise when some of his scientific colleagues wanted to know how he was learning to walk normally with a seriously damaged knee.
Feldenkrais understood these changes to be improvements of the body image, which from a technical viewpoint is the arrangement of areas of the motor cortex relative to the body.
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 Moshé Feldenkrais - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moshé Pinhas Feldenkrais (May 6, 1904 – July 1, 1984) was the founder of the Feldenkrais method designed to improve human functioning by increasing self-awareness in movement.
Feldenkrais was born in the Ukrainian town of Slavuta.
In 1957, he gave lessons in the Feldenkrais method to David Ben-Gurion, the Prime Minister of Israel.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moshe_Feldenkrais   (1057 words)

  
 Anat Baniel: About the Anat Baniel Method   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Feldenkrais was well aware that most people have not differentiated and evolved emotionally nearly as much as they could; yet he chose to not address this aspect of human functioning.
Following her training in 1975, Dr. Feldenkrais was so impressed with her abilities that he designated her specifically to work with special needs children, and mentored her throughout the remainder of his life to hone her skills.
In developing her training in the Anat Baniel Method, she has taken the traditional Feldenkrais 160 day training, distilled and transformed it into a 90 day training that is highly accessible and effective that includes not only the Feldenkrais knowledge, but also her own knowledge and evolution that is the Anat Baniel Method.
www.anatbanielmethod.com /method.html   (2599 words)

  
 Feldenkrais Method - Henry Spink Foundation
Feldenkrais devised his method after he suffered from a severe knee injury, which according to doctors could have left him wheelchair bound; he refused to accept this and started re-educating his knee by using different movement patterns.
According to Feldenkrais there is a strong connection between the body and the mind, for instance bad posture reflects the state of the nervous system, based on this idea individuals can subconsciously answer to movement and touch.
Feldenkrais worked extensively with cerebral palsy children, His method is said to improve breathing and circulation, however most claims by practitioners remain anecdotal as there is little scientific based evidence.
www.henryspink.org /feldenkrais_method.htm   (438 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.
Feldenkrais died in 1984, leaving a small group of highly trained practitioners who have continued his methods.
In recent years the Feldenkrais Method has greatly expanded and has become well-known for its success with orthopedic and neurological problems, and respected in the theater and dance words for use in performance training.
www.feldenkraislearning.com /articles/aboutmoshe.htm   (1094 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.
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 The Feldenkrais Method of movement therapy taught by Barry Levine of Brookline Massachusetts improves posture, ...
The Feldenkrais Method of movement therapy taught by Barry Levine of Brookline Massachusetts improves posture, flexibility and coordination to improve bodty awareness and overall body function.
The Feldenkrais Method® is a unique approach to improving body motion which in turn alleviates pain, enhances self image, minimizes work-related stress, enhances personal growth and a sense of well-being.
I have had the opportunity to observe the Feldenkrais Method through my two children...Through Feldenkrais my son has found a way to relax his mind and body from the stressful world and at the same time to recognize that change and to understand how good it feels.
www.feldenkraisbarrylevine.com   (552 words)

  
 Complementary Health and Alternative Medicine - Feldenkrais method
The Feldenkrais Method was developed by a Russian doctor, Dr Moshe Feldenkrais in the 1940’s.
Dr Feldenkrais believed that awareness is developed through experience and developed methods using movement to re-educate the body and to help to break down established patterns of behaviour.
Feldenkrais Method sessions can either be on a one-to-one basis or in group work.
www.chisuk.org.uk /bodymind/whatis/feldenkrais.php   (263 words)

  
 Moshe Feldenkrais - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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.
In 1957, he gave lessons in the method to David Ben-Gurion, the Prime Minister of Israel.
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /m/mo/moshe_feldenkrais.html   (1000 words)

  
 Feldenkrais Method® - Information on body awareness and function
The Feldenkrais Method is a form of somatic education that teaches you to move more efficiently and effectively.
Developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, the method combines aspects of physical therapy, exercise and martial arts in a unique approach that retrains the nervous system so you can release rigidities, expand your range of motion, create better movement patterns, develop optimal skeletal alignment and live a pain-free life.
The Feldenkrais Method is especially effective for those suffering from stress, chronic pain and injury but is also beneficial for athletes, performing artists and anyone who wants to overcome physical limitations and improve their flexibility, coordination, vitality, mental clarity and functional fitness.
www.pilatesinsight.com /mind-body-fitness/feldenkrais-method.aspx   (457 words)

  
 The Feldenkrais Method: Awareness through Movement – Functional Integration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Method is based in a sophisticated understanding of the way people organize potentials for movement and skill, for consciousness and thought, and for making effective relationships with the world in which we live.
Method is effective in the education and reorganization of neurological patterns
The Feldenkrais Method is in use by teachers of creative writing, music teachers, voice teachers, and teachers of drama as a tool for helping people to be able to express their creativity with clarity and freedom.
www.feldnet.com /method.cfm   (775 words)

  
 CP and the Feldenkrais Method
The Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute and its practitioners have experience and success using the Feldenkrais Method® with people of all ages who have cerebral palsy.
Feldenkrais lessons can be very helpful in teaching children to move in and out of a wheelchair.
Mark recalls that Feldenkrais lessons taught a student of his - a 9-year-old girl with CP who had been unable to move her legs separately from one another - to move herself out of her wheelchair to sit on a bed, for the first time in her life.
www.feldenkraislearning.com /articles/Cerebral%20Palsy%20and%20the%20Feldenkrais%20Method.htm   (1123 words)

  
 The Feldenkrais Method®
The Feldenkrais Method® is a system of sensory motor learning which uses gentle movement sequences and focused but mobile attention to increase awareness, improve function, increase grace and ease of movement and reduce pain and stress.
Feldenkrais developed his Method to learn to move without pain, and then went on to teach it to others.
In a Functional Integration® lesson the student usually lies on a padded table while the practitioner uses his or her hands to move the person and, through touch, to provide information to the student on posture and movement which might be unfamiliar.
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 Information on Feldenkrais Method and online access to Feldenkrais Method
The Feldenkrais Method brings attention to the parts of the mind/body that have been forgotten or excluded from habitual actions.
Physics, bio mechanics, creative learning, and human development are the core basis of The Feldenkrais Method, which generates increased ease and pleasure of movement and expands self-awareness.
The Feldenkrais Method usually is comprised of a series of 4 to 6 sessions with a certified practitioner.
www.alternative-medicine-info.com /alternative-medicine/Feldenkrais-Method/Feldenkrais-Method.html   (552 words)

  
 FELDENKRAIS METHOD and Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
PR: The Feldenkrais Method is about working with people around the issues of the acquisition of skill, efficiency, simplicity and other improvements in movement and ability.
The method is of particular interest to musicians and teachers of musicians in that it embraces ways of finding greater ease, comfort and skill -- even in complex and rapid movements.
Within the method, we have developed a great number of sophisticated ways of engaging the learning processes to make changes in the way movement of every kind is carried.
www.feldenkrais.com /method/rubinint.html   (4186 words)

  
 About the Feldenkrais Method   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Feldenkrais is one of the best ways to restore function after an injury and prevent secondary injuries from unconscious compensations.
Feldenkrais spent the rest of his life developing his new method of movement education, and helped thousands of people with a wide variety of challenges.
Feldenkrais is the most sophisticated and effective method I have seen for the prevention and reversal of deterioration of function.
www.easymovement.com /about.html   (1556 words)

  
 Feldenkrais   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Feldenkrais method® is an educational system trying to give individuals a greater functional awareness of the self.
The method makes is based on the assumption that the body is the primary vehicle for learning in the human organism.
Though the Feldenkrais Method is not manipulative therapy, Feldenkrais himself was a colleague of Ida Rolf, who established the rolfing method of bodywork.
www.wikiverse.org /feldenkrais   (507 words)

  
 Somatic Options-Feldenkrais Method
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.
The Feldenkrais Method can help you utilize that capacity to reduce the effects of physical or emotional stress; to rediscover good body use after traumatic injury or chronic disability; to increase the efficiency of your movement in athletics, dance or music as well as in daily life, and to live your unrealized dreams.
I have a private practice in the Feldenkrais Method in the Los Angeles area, and offer email and phone consultations on issues related to awareness, movement, and body use.
www.somatic.com /feldenkrais.html   (759 words)

  
 Feldenkrais Method, Counselling and Hypnotherapy in Melbourne
The Feldenkrais Method offers simple, highly effective ways for people of any age, ability or disability, to enhance all aspects of movement capability and comfort.
The Feldenkrais Method is applicable across a wide range of situations ranging from disability and injury, through ‘normal’ end ‘elite’ functioning...
And, of course, Feldenkrais is highly effective for those without a problem who want to move more fluidly and comfortably.
www.feldenkraisinmotion.com.au   (459 words)

  
 Mind-Body Wellness Center - FELDENKRAIS
The Feldenkrais Method is a form of physical movement performed with the intent of enhancing human functioning, which can lead to increased range of motion, improved flexibility and coordination.
Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984), the founder of this method, was a Russian-born physicist, mechanical engineer, educator, and martial artist.
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)

  
 Feldenkrais Method - Massage Therapy Directory - Classifieds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Feldenkrais method is a method of retraining the body to think, move and act more effectively and comfortably.
The biggest difference between these two forms of the Feldenkrais method is that FI is therapy in which the practitioner utilizes their hands on the patient’s body to help teach movements, and ATM is a set of sequenced movements that the patient gets to explore on his own.
The Feldenkrais method was created by Moshe Pinhas Feldenkrais, a Judo instructor and author, in the 1940’s as a new method of releasing tension throughout the body.
www.massage-classifieds.com /feldenkraismethod.html   (504 words)

  
 Beth Rubenstein [Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner]
The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education® is a remarkable learning experience that can lead to a change in your actions, a change in how you think, and a huge change in how you feel.
Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc., (1904-1984)- a physicist, engineer, martial artist, and educator developed the Method by studying the direct relationship between bodily movement and the ways we think, feel, learn, and act in the world.
The Method is a gentle, respectful way for people to learn -through movement- how to function in a more efficient and less painful way.
www.bethrubenstein.com   (398 words)

  
 Feldenkrais Method
The Feldenkrais Method® uses subtle, sophisticated movements to teach people how to literally reorganize themselves - improve range of motion, reduce pain and live a fuller life.
Her theories had a great influence on Feldenkrais as he was developing his method.
The Case of Nora - Moshe Feldenkrais - Nora was a writer unable to write after a stroke.
www.laviniaplonka.com /Method.html   (1158 words)

  
 Feldenkrais method - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Feldenkrais method
System for improving physical coordination and movement, devised by Russian-born physicist and judo expert Moshe Feldenkrais.
It aims to eliminate muscle strain and tension through a greater awareness of the body's mechanism, especially posture and breathing.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Feldenkrais%20method   (106 words)

  
 Feldenkrais Method®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Feldenkrais Method®, developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, is a method which is used to improve posture, ease of movement, flexibility, and coordination.
Improved movement and postural patterns are attained through gentle, non-strenuous movement sequences usually performed in a lying or sitting position that are specifically designed to re-educate the nervous system and develop more efficient ways of organizing the skeleton relative to gravity and the environment.
Among the many people who can benefit from this method are people seeking to enhance their athletic performance to those with chronic pain, muscle stiffness or excessive tension, TMJ, fibromyalgia, arthritis, tension headaches, back pain, and insomnia.
www.pilateswestwood.com /pilates/programs/feldenkrais.html   (215 words)

  
 Mary Debono Presents The Feldenkrais Method
Feldenkrais practitioners use gentle touch and movement to help clients discover efficient and comfortable action patterns, freeing them from restrictions and pain.
Feldenkrais helps give riders an increased awareness of their movement, allowing them to be more aware of their horses' movement.
While Feldenkrais does not take the place of proper riding instruction, it can be a remarkably effective tool for maximizing the potential of both horses and riders.
www.marydebono.com /feldenkrais.htm   (2376 words)

  
 Harmonious Movement - What Is The Feldenkrais Method
The Feldenkrais Method is a method of improving body awareness that has proven to be highly effective in alleviating chronic pain, movement difficulties and neurological problems.
The Feldenkrais Method was developed more than fifty years ago by Moshe Feldenkrais, an Israeli physicist and engineer, and an active athlete and martial artist.
The Feldenkrais Guild of North America was established in 1977, and is responsible for accrediting professional trainings and adopting a code of ethics and standards of practice.
www.harmoniousmovement.com /What.htm   (272 words)

  
 Feldenkrais Method Information
The Feldenkrais Method developed from the life-long work and research of the late Russian/Israeli scientist, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais.
Feldenkrais died at the age of 80 in 1984.
A wide range of people have benefited from the Feldenkrais Method from the highly skilled dancer, musician, actor, athlete or martial artist to those with injuries or neuro-muscular disturbances or diseases.
www.altguide.com /therapy/info/feldenk.html   (722 words)

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