It’s called moving meditation. That’s how fans of the Feldenkrais Method describe this body-mind workout. Fans say that Feldenkrais has helped them stave off old age, ease chronic pain, feel taller ...

PALM SPRINGS, California — An exercise program based on the Feldenkrais Method can improve the mood and quality of life among people with Parkinson's disease, a new study shows. By damaging neurologic ...

In my first Feldenkrais class, we lay on our backs with eyes closed and drifted our eyeballs left to right and back again. We shifted our heads from side to side as our eyes followed in their sockets.

Michele Westlaken’s soft voice guides her students—lying on mats at the Saratoga Area Senior Center—to gently set their right feet on the ground, and slowly move their hips away from the floor. She ...

In rooms scattered around the Fort Mason Conference Center, dozens of shoeless people in loose clothing experiment with different ways to move from standing to sitting and from lying face up to face ...

The Feldenkrais method may not have yoga's ubiquity or Tai Chi's foreign flair, but a loyal group of about 6,000 practitioners worldwide credit this system of somatic education with everything from ...

Those who took part in the Frederick Feldenkrais Festival on Saturday could agree that describing the practice is far inferior to actually experiencing it. “It’s like chocolate,” said Hannah Vo-Dinh, ...

Early this week, I had a session with a Feldenkrais practitioner. Jeff Bickford, who was also a professional dancer for 30 years and a Pilates teacher, had an eagle eye. He noticed more about my body ...

Norman Doidge (2015, p. 170) notes that Feldenkrais argued the sensory system and the body's motor system are related, and that the purpose of the sensory system is to help control, coordinate, guide, ...

Treatment: The Feldenkrais method aims to improve the body's posture through a series of exercises designed to teach an awareness of movement. The method can be learned through individual lessons, ...

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