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The Feldenkrais Method and its Applications
Moshe Feldenkrais established a genuinely holistic approach to self-knowledge, self-development, and self-therapy. Today, twenty years after his death, more and more people are ready to explore his extraordinarily innovative openings to learning through direct experience.

This website has been created by practitioner and assistant trainer Ilana Nevill and aims at making the Feldenkrais Method more generally accessible.

It is intended as a freely available resource:
  • for people interested in finding out more about the method, and also
  • for Feldenkrais colleagues searching for case studies, in depth articles, interviews with trainers, and information about Feldenkrais on Air. (This innovative approach uses inflatable balls as learning aids)
 
A brief overview of the feldenkraisnow website
To go to an article, please click on the linked article itself or use the general menu's above.


The Method:

Moshe Feldenkrais - great man and inspired teacher
Self-development through body-mind learning
Ilana Nevill's qualifications and interests
Classes and workshops with Ilana

 

Applications of the Feldenkrais method:

Self-help and self-development for professionals:
Feldenkrais for:
Sportspeople (1)
Sportspeople (2)
Actors
Musicians (1)
Musicians (2)
Trapeze Artists
Artists
Martial Artists

Self-help in rehabilitation and prevention:

The importance of knowing HOW
Frozen shoulder
A homeopath's view
Rehabilitation after a spinal operation
Top priority - neutralizing a negative self-image
Helping children with cerebral palsy
Richard's Transformation: Becoming Himself
Helping people with asthma
Learning disability
I...Transformed My Life

 

Innovation:

Feldenkrais on air:

Communicating with the nervous system
Gentle movement for people with life-threatening illnesses
Supporting the breathing
Alleviating rheumatoid arthritis
Children as your best teacher
A changed child
Working with deaf-mute blind children
An Air Table as alternative

Illustrated case histories:

"Fantastic support in every part of the body & How to deal with the torment of Irritable Leg Syndrome"
"Floating on Air": As effective as Hydrotherapy
Multiple sclerosis: Increased mobility and security
Escaping reactive patterns
"A different quality of attention"
An "Air-Divan": "A perfect de-stresser at home"





 

In-depth:

articles


"Returning people to themselves"
An emergent science of learning
Feldenkrais and David Bohm's Dialogue Model
Inner Communication (Gurdjieff's ideas in Feldenkrais)
Embodied Experience (Neuro-biologist Francisco Varela)
Ask him if he can be helped!
Feldenkrais for Children with Neurological Impairments
The Pursuit of Poise: Feldenkrais and Alexander
“I am free!” Moments of somatic learning in a small Palestinian’s life
Learning to Learn – Teaching Learning I: So Many Questions
Learning to Learn – Teaching Learning II: Getting in Touch with Oneself: “Small”, “Slow”, “Soft”

Interviews with Feldenkrais Trainers

Myriam Pfeffer: "I can point out: Here is a door, but I can't go through it for you"
Myriam Pfeffer: 2003: Conversation about awareness Paris, March 14, 2003
Ruthy Alon: "Coming to Feldenkrais - a Fantastic Stroke of Luck"
Cheva Shelav: "Feldenkrais For Post Communists"
Carl Ginsburg: A Very Human Process
Russell Delman: Curiosity, Courage, Presence

 

Resources

Booklist
Information about llana's video "Supported by Air".
Brief guide to constructing your own Air-Table

Animated skeleton