Check out this article about The Feldenkrais Method® on Salon.com “She will dance at her wedding”: Healing the girl born without part of her brain. The article gives an overview of Moshe Feldenkrais and how he came to develop his method, plus a powerful example of how the Feldenkrais Method® can be used to treat even very severe cases of physi…
If you’ve watched “The Karate Kid,” you’re familiar with the story: Mr. Miyagi, the wise old Japanese maintenance man, prepares Daniel for a Karate championship in record time. His method? Countless hours of repetitive labor, which secretly mimic karate moves. After many days of mindless “wax on, wax off,” Daniel finds that he’s mastered the basic moves of Karate—all because of those endless hours of repetition. But is mindless repetition really the best way to practice?
“We can view any desire to change ourselves as an act of aggression towards ourselves.” —buddhist monk. It’s that time of year when people think about what they’d like to change about themselves and their lives, and make Resolutions accordingly. However, by trying so hard to “improve” ourselves, we may be causing ourselves more harm […]