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 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 [...]
As modern humans, ever-striving for the illusive "work/life balance", it’s easy to get stuck in a rut. We repeat the same routines day in and day out for months, if not years or even decades. Wake up → Go To Work/School/Activities → Come Home → Sleep. Rinse and repeat. The [...]
“Whereas health is conventionally thought of as a static state to be maintained, Moshe defined health as a dynamic condition, the ability to recover from shocks. Whether originating from within or without, from sickness or accident, from violence or social upheaval shocks perturb our balance; health is the capability of [...]
by Laura Bond Photo by Nadim Merrikh on Unsplash The belief that “great actors need to struggle and suffer for their art” is perpetuated throughout training programs and within the profession. I knew this all too well as an actor in pursuit of an MFA degree in acting/directing in my [...]
Photo by Mostafa-Meraji on Unsplash By Lindy Ost Standing shoulder to shoulder in a crowded restaurant for an hour waiting for an open table takes its toll. There were five of us celebrating Matt, my middle son’s 21st birthday. As our wait time progressed, so did our edginess. Yes, it [...]
By Mary Rudd, GCFP (In collaboration with Donna Ray, LMFT and Feldenkrais® Trainer) In March 2020, I became ill with COVID-19 while caring for my husband, Rick, who had been suffering from symptoms of the disease for five days. Earlier that month, we had returned home to Kentucky sooner than [...]