“There are two major roads for changing a person’s behavior – either through the psyche or through the body. However, real change has to be brought about in a way which allows both the body and the psyche to be changed simultaneously. If the approach is not integral but through [...]
Within a Feldenkrais lesson we often use the imagination to help clarify and refine our self image. An example of this is the guided ‘body scan’ that often happens at the beginning of a lesson: a process in which you bring your attention to sensory feedback (proprioceptive, exteroceptive and interoceptive) [...]
How Play Evolves Consciousness: From the first days in the body there are movements, reflexes. These are the first movements, the playfulness that kicks our feet, gurgles from our mouths, and curls our toes. This playful action is stimulated through the interchange of desires and incoming sensations. As we begin [...]
By Fariya Doctor, GCFP It was The Feldenkrais Method that helped me discover that there wasn't just one way to breathe. However, I still struggled with understanding and identifying why I was having so much trouble with breathing. After studying the science of breath and becoming a Buteyko Instructor all [...]
Are you experiencing difficulties with your sleep? Do you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night and struggling to return to sleep? Perhaps you're having trouble falling asleep initially, or you find it challenging to wake up in the morning? Before diving into a plethora of techniques, [...]
Pain can degrade our quality of life in many ways. For example, it can undermine our capacity for pleasure, interfere with our relationships, and make it difficult to work. More insidiously, it can decrease the quantity and compromise the quality of our sleep, creating a vicious cycle. This is because [...]
By Al Wadleigh, GCFPÂ CM "A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness." (Korzybski, 1958). Â I'm seventeen years old, a senior in high school. I'm sitting in the third row of Mr. Bliss's "General [...]
An Interview with Elizabeth Beringer, Feldenkrais® Trainer, GCFP  For November 2021 SenseAbility on Knee Health Interviewed by Yulia Kriskovets  Elizabeth Beringer is a well known trainer and practitioner who created one of the first audio series on knee health following her own knee injury recovery. Her recording of [...]
By Amona Buechler, GCFP CM “Owing to the close proximity to the motor cortex of the brain structures dealing with thought and feeling, and the tendency of processes in the brain tissue to diffuse and spread to neighboring tissues, a drastic change in the motor cortex will have parallel effects on [...]
By Joyce Ann McGinn, OTR/L, GCFPÂ CM Originally published in 2012. When I first met Enrique*, a cute three year old boy, he stood by the doorway, tilted his chin downward, moved his eyes upward and growled at me. He wanted to play with a simple shape sorter. However Enrique had [...]