Join Feldenkrais® students across North America for online learning. Now you can take a class from any location at the time that is most convenient for you. Simply go to this calendar of classes and teachers, created by Rob Black, GCFP in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Enjoy exploring the vast variety of classes [...]
Excerpted and adapted from Lavinia Plonka's book: Playing in the Kitchen         It’s 3:57AM. I shuffle toward the bathroom in the dark trying to stay half asleep so that my return to the covers will immediately return me to dreamland. I know I have to go to the bathroom when [...]
by Gabrielle Pullen, MFA, GCFP Photo by Daphne on Unsplash A partnership based on control and intimidation is no partnership at all. It is an abuse of authority. The horse-and-rider relationship at its best looks light, free and effortless. This stems from the communication that flows between them. The perfect [...]
by Russ Mitchell, Authorized Awareness Through Movement® Teacher Photo by Shane Avery on Unsplash Got stiff legs that feel like they’re in prison, no matter how much you stretch? That was me in high school. I was a Navy Brat and moved a lot, and when we lived in Rhode Island I worked [...]
An interview with Feldenkrais® Trainer Jeff Haller by Gabrielle Pullen Photo by Heather Ford on Unsplash SA: Jeff, how did you first encounter the Feldenkrais Method? JH: In 1972, Moshe did a tour up the west coast. When he taught in Portland, Oregon, my speech professor, a guy named Sam [...]
by Lavinia Plonka, GCFP This article originally appeared on the Creative Body Blog. "Of all the things in life I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most."Mark Twain "I don't mind the voices in my head. I just wish they'd reach consensus."Asheville Bumper Sticker I stand alone in the kitchen [...]
by Ralph Strauch, Ph.D. GCFP This article is republished by permission from the Achieving Excellence blog. Feeling states and body organization are closely intertwined. Your body amplifies your emotions in the same way your stereo amplifier amplifies music. When an emotion arises you subconsciously organize your body to amplify that [...]
by Jill Anna Ponasik[This article originally appeared on the Classical Singer blog at CSMusic.net, and is republished here by special permission.] When I accepted the assignment [from Classical Singer Magazine] to interview Maxine Davis and write a series of articles on the Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education, I knew next [...]
by Michael Krugman, GCFP The Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education is an innovative method of movement education that teaches you to move with greater ease and efficiency so you can enjoy life more. It’s also one of the most effective approaches to stress reduction around. Regular students of the method [...]
by MaryBeth Smith, GCFP The year is new, still shiny, no dents in it, fresh off the showroom floor, with that New Year smell. I was chatting with a friend the other day around the idea of resolutions and planning the year, figuring out how each of us would move [...]