In Touch – the Publication by Practitioners for Practitioners
Technically detailed articles published in In Touch or Guild News for Member practitioners only. Benefit of membership in FGNA
Technically detailed articles published in In Touch or Guild News for Member practitioners only. Benefit of membership in FGNA
The two articles below are companion pieces written to illustrate one of the many ways that mentoring relationships form within the Feldenkrais community. First, Dawne Roy writes about how her collaboration with her mentor, Marsha Novak, supports her learning and growth. Following that, see Marsha's perspective about their collaboration in [...]
By Dawne Roy "nervous system" by Dreaming in the deep south is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The Snapshot My story begins at a New Zealand airport where I came across Norman Doidge’s book, “The Brain’s Way of Healing.” The book ignited my curiosity, leading me to [...]
By Sheri Cohen "Six Blue Circles" by qthomasbower is licensed under CC BY 2.0 There is so much dynamic content that transpires between our clients and ourselves. Feldenkrais was, of course, very aware of this. The dyadic structure of FI® sessions—the 1-to-1 relationship—is a large part of [...]
By Jenni Evans, MAFG Certified Assistant Trainer and Candy Condino, MFGNA Guild Certified Assistant Trainer Every wise, old, experienced Feldenkrais® practitioner, as well as every newly graduated practitioner knows that there are many ways in which learning contexts are created. Our teachers and our practice affirm for us that [...]
By: Mary Susan Chen, PT, GCFP Dominic attended Functional Integration® lessons to smooth out his violin playing. He had recently joined a trio and wanted to improve the quality of his performance. During a summer trip to Cape Cod, he and his family dined in an old train car converted [...]
By Jean Elvin, MFA, GCFP Sitting down or standing up from a chair – what could be a more common daily action? Unwittingly, many people have the erroneous internal image of standing straight up from the chair, without inclining their weight over their feet, omitting the sense of counter-balance between [...]
By Carol McAmis Photo by Simon Maennling on Unsplash How are human beings able to create different sounds so that no two singers or speakers sound alike? How do we learn to coordinate our ear, tongue, jaw, and expressions to accomplish this? Why is the relationship of the tongue, jaw [...]
By Margaret Rinaldi Photo by June Wong on Unsplash Two weeks after my Feldenkrais® training ended in August 2001, I taught my first public class on 9/11/2001. I was in Boulder, Colorado, with twelve earnest, freaked out people on my converted living room floor. I’d called around to cancel the [...]
By Molly Tipping Photo by JR Korpa on Unsplash A number of years ago a client, Daniel, who I had been seeing for pain and anxiety following a car accident, asked me “What is the Feldenkrais® perspective on anger?” When we first spoke about anger, my response was general and not altogether [...]
Photo Credit: Emma Matthews Barbara Leverone In late February this year, I remember watching the disturbing images from Italy about this new and dangerous virus. I was teaching a Child’Space® training segment in Buenos Aires - should I finish the segment early and fly home? Were there going to be [...]