What I’m after isn’t flexible bodies but flexible brains. What I’m after is to restore each person to their human dignity. - Moshe Feldenkrais Many people who do individual work with a Feldenkrais practitioner for the first time find it mysterious how such a light touch can produce such a [...]
I have always been curious about how and why we motivate ourselves for the things that we do and don't want to do. In my own life I have had periods of extreme focus and motivation where I would train Taiji / Qi Gong for over 4 hours a day. [...]
My experience with Post-Covid Condition (PCC) and how the principles of the Feldenkrais method helped get me through it. I want to share with others what I’ve experienced dealing with Long COVID, also known as Post-Covid Condition (PCC) and how the principles of the Feldenkrais Method have helped me manage [...]
The Unexpected Benefits of Feldenkrais Training in Wartime Ukraine By Larissa Babij The content of this article are excerpts from the online blog of Awareness Through Movement teacher, Larissa Babij, A Kind of Refugee, where she shares reflections about her experience of living in Ukraine since Russia’s unilateral full-scale invasion. [...]
The content of this article is an excerpt from Larissa Babij’s blog, A Kind of Refugee, where she shares reflections about her experiences living in wartime Ukraine. In an email to SenseAbility, Larissa wrote: “My Feldenkrais training prepared me well for living through the uncertainty and turmoil following russia's full-scale [...]
This summer certainly did not go as expected. I moved to Montpelier for the summer of 2023, having grown up there and wanting a summer break from my life in the city of Boston. Montpelier is the capital of Vermont, a small, charming city of 8,000 people. I once thought [...]
For two days out of the week I can stand up straight with little or no pain - all because I have attended a Feldenkrais session. How I look forward to those two days! In my retirement, after years of employment in which I constantly stood - as a sales [...]
Back in my 50’s, oh so long ago, yet seems like yesterday, I was teaching a workshop on graceful aging. I felt eminently qualified -, after all, I now had my AARP membership. The class that day was about resilience and I was demonstrating spiraling down to the floor and [...]
When do you get comfortable? Meaning, what are you doing when you feel comfortable? Is this a silly question? Think on it. What if I said you’ll discover you may be living your life in a rather odd way. Among the answers I get when I ask “When do you [...]
Canadian Director: Sue Seto I would like to continue to represent practitioners who reside and practice in Canada maintaining clear and meaningful communication. As Canadian Director, I would like to continue to contribute to my committee work. These committees are: Membership Committee, Policy Committee, Executive Committee and Portfolio holder of the Service Mark [...]