The Feldenkrais Method

The Feldenkrais Method - Outline – Toastmasters 2^nd 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.