Perspectives on the Feldenkrais Method

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https://doi.org/10.1123/kr.2020-0028
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awareness; development; dynamical systems; integration; learning; movement
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02 Sep 2020
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Volume 9: Issue 3
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Developmental movement unfolds across multiple levels of a person’s biological hierarchy, and in multiple time frames. This article addresses some of the complexity of human moving, learning, and development that is captured in the lessons of the Feldenkrais Method®. It provides an overview of who Moshe Feldenkrais was and how he synthesized a body of work characterized by ontological, epistemological, and ethical stances that make his method unusual and provocative. An overview of his group and individual lessons, with examples, is followed by a closer look at how the complexity of the Feldenkrais method can be understood.

The author (roger@feldenkraiszentrum-hd.de) is with Feldenkrais Zentrum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

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