| Moshe Feldenkrais, who died aged 80 in
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| | nervous system with the result that the
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| 1984, was an engineer and physicist who
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| | body effectively reprograms the
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| worked on France's early atomic research
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| | brain.Feldenkrais Happy HamstringsThis is
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| program and on the British antisubmarine
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| | one of the Feldenkrais Exercises involved
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| project during World War II.
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| | in learning how to integrate the
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| But it was the martial
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| | hamstrings in movement while softening
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| arts, and the body mechanics involved in
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| | and lengthening them. This lesson
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| them, that most fascinated him. The
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| | involves rotation of the leg and crossing
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| Feldenkrais Method was developed through
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| | the midline. This is a way of using
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| 40 years of research by Moshe
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| | Feldenkrais exercises in developing
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| Feldenkrais, Ph.D., D.Sc., a Russian-born
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| | control and helps with balance. Very
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| physicist, mechanical engineer, educator
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| | gentle reaching motions with the hands as
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| and martial artist. A severe injury led
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| | your legs are put in slightly different
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| Dr. Feldenkrais to a lifelong
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| | holding positions.We offer this
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| investigation into ways of improving the
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| | Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement
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| body's ability to function. The
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| | lesson along with the other Feldenkrais
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| recurrence of an old knee injury set him
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| | Exercises for the hamstrings.
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| off on the research that was to be his
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| | AwarenessThrough Movement In contrast to
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| life's work. Like Matthias Alexander, in
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| | the comparatively passive approach of
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| healing himself he invented a method that
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| | functional integration, awareness through
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| not only helps treat people with serious
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| | movement is taught in group classes and
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| physical problems (most notably,
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| | comprises a series of directed movements
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| spasticity) but is also increasingly used
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| | for students to follow actively. It is
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| by musicians, dancers, and sportspeople
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| | not conventional exercise, however,
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| to improve their awareness and
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| | because the object is for each student to
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| performance.Elements of TherapyFunctional
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| | stay attentive and tune in to precisely
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| Intecration This is the one-on-one
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| | what the body is doing. Movements may be
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| application of the Feldenkrais method by
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| | very slight, perhaps only lifting one
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| a trained practitioner, usually in 45- to
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| | foot a fraction off the floor. But even
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| 60-minute sessions. The practitioner uses
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| | this may quickly bring a realization of
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| gentle manipulation and movements to
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| | unnecessary muscle tension, release from
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| encourage the body into new, easier ways
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| | which can lead to a state of profound
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| of moving. In Feldenkrais terms, this
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| | relaxation.
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| feeds information directly of into the
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