The Feldenkrais Method - Outline – Toastmasters 2nd Speech, Organize Your Speech
Opening – Moshe Feldenkrais wants to use awareness to improve your functioning
I hold emotional tension in my jaw - tongue tied – mispronounce syllables
Four principles
Ease of movement
The absence of resistance
The presence of reversibility
Comfortable breathing
The Feldenkrais Method
Two Techniques for teaching
Awareness through movement classes sensation, movements, feeling, rest
Functional Integration, one on one counseling
Spreading the word – Famous Musicians
Feldenkrais Guild – practitioners near you
Books – The Potent Self
Moshe Feldenkrais
1904, 1918, 1930’s 1933, 1936, 1940, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1960’s, 1969-1971, 1975-1978, 1981, 1984
Other Related Disciplines
Alexander Technique – Similar story , 20 years earlier
Gurdjieff Society – Awareness, more mysticism, less science
Physical Therapy – Medical schools – Work through pain
Conclusion
I hope this talk shows how you can use your awareness to improve your functioning.
