A sample chapter from Todd Hargrove's upcoming book - Healthy Movements for Human Animals Crawling: The Foundation of Locomotion In the previous chapter, we explored how rolling challenges a fundamental postural skill: controlling the spine as it tilts, bends, and rotates. Crawling builds on that foundation by adding a new [...]
The first time a bubbly, joyful feeling rose through me like a reflex, I was lying on the floor doing what looked like almost nothing. I laughed out loud as my body moved in a new, unexpected way, and delight just… surprised me. Feldenkrais is like if exercise and meditation [...]
The Feldenkrais Method is often introduced as a way to move more easily, reduce pain, or improve posture. Yet this description only touches the surface. At its core, Feldenkrais’s work is a method of learning—a way of understanding how we organise ourselves in action, perception, and thought. It asks a [...]
 Stephen Rosenholtz passed away peacefully on September 5, 2025. He was 77 years old. Stephen graduated from the Amherst Feldenkrais training program in 1983. He was widely known and respected for his work as a Trainer and Educational Director, and for his award-winning video programs for children, based on [...]
I first encountered Awareness Through Movement® lessons because I was in pain. At 47, I literally crawled into my first class with back pain. That single lesson relieved my pain enough that I became committed to daily practice. What I didn’t realize at the time was that I was also [...]
Think back to being a child—falling over was just part of the fun! Yet, as we mature, the act of falling becomes increasingly perilous and is often accompanied by significant fear. We’ve gathered a collection of stories and anecdotes from our global community of Feldenkrais practitioners to highlight a simple [...]
Prevent Injury and Recover Quickly from Gravity’s Embrace I’ve been falling all my life. As a child, I often found myself lying face down in the mud, grass or street without realizing how I got there. One memorable fall pitched me head first down the stairs. Before I could cry, [...]
As we age, our reflexes become slower and less efficient. These age-related declines affect both the central and peripheral nervous systems. The entire signal chain is slower from sensation to muscle response. There is a process of brain atrophy occurring which reduces its ability to process information and send commands [...]
Understanding Neuroplastic Pain aka Learned Pain Over the past few years, I’ve been on a learning journey to understand the root cause of chronic pain that has no structural or mechanical cause. I’ve struggled with chronic tension and anxiety most of my adult life, but it wasn’t until part way [...]
Doctors, Physical & Occupational Therapists are all taught to see and treat pain locally, I.E. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as an issue at the volar wrist, and Tennis Elbow in the lateral elbow. Yet as with my trained Feldenkrais eye, I have learned that these diagnoses indicate where the symptoms appear, [...]