Feldenkrais on Air: A powerful
means of communicating with the nervous system
This particularly subtle and effective
version of the Feldenkrais approach to body-mind learning
has been developed over the course of many years. Largely
thanks to some of my pupils and clients who came to me with
very special needs....
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Gentle movement for people
with life-threatening illnesses: "dancing
on air"
I owe the initial impetus and
motivation for exploring the use of inflatable balls to Becky,
a lovely twenty-year-old whom I met in 1994 at the local
Hospice where I did voluntary work. This sometimes bubbling,
sometimes deeply depressed....
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Supporting the breathing
One of the most beneficial aspects of employing
the medium of air with the seriously ill is the possibility of subtly
helping their system regulate the rhythm of respiration.
Breathing always reflects our state of mind, and certainly
all our fears and anxieties.
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Alleviating the discomfort of rheumatoid arthritis
by "dancing inside"
Steve was only in his mid-forties, but he arrived in my practice bent over his
special walking stick like an old man. All his articulations – and especially
his neck – were so swollen that he found it hard to move.
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Children can teach you most about using these brightly coloured EGG balls
"I really surprised myself' - William, my youngest assistant"
Five year-old
George and a three-year old William taught me most about how to use the air balloons
in a playfully experimental manner. When rolled to and fro while lying on their
belly on an egg both boys would spontaneously extend their arms...
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Broken
arm, bad back, and depressed - but very soon a changed child
I have also found the balls extremely helpful when working with older children
who often don’t particularly relish the prospect of being manipulated by
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Working and playing with deaf-mute blind children
Joelle, an experienced Feldenkrais practitioner, does extraordinarily inspiring
work with severely handicapped children in France. A brief workshop experience
with Feldenkrais on Air convinced Joelle immediately that the air balloons would...
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An Air Table as alternative to the regular Feldenkrais table
In Functional Integration an Air-Table can serve as a valuable alternative to
the regular Feldenkrais table, providing clients with highly sensitive and secure
support, constant global feedback....
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Illustrated case histories:
"The fantastic support in every part of the
body & How to deal with the torment of Irritable Leg
Syndrome"
Gladys was in her early seventies when she came for her first Feldenkrais session.
At seventy nine she is still coming once a week and swears that nothing has ever
helped her as much as the Feldenkrais Method - and in particular Feldenkrais
on Air.
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"Floating on Air": more pleasant, less
tiring than Hydrotherapy - and as effective
Rebecca, an artist and mother of two lively teenagers, had an initially undiagnosed
cerebral haemorrhage when she was in her early fifties. However she made a miraculous
recovery after having been paralyzed on the left side from the neck down.
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Increased mobility and security for people with multiple sclerosis
"The medium shows you a 'quality of give' you don't yet have"
What has kept Ann going during nearly thirty years of trying to come to terms
with the restrictions imposed on her by MS is her keen interest in literature,
music, and other arts - and a devoted husband who helps her get around.
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Escaping reactive patterns through dialoguing with
oneself
Sue, a cranial ostheopath of thirty five years experience, had some very interesting
comments about the psycho-physical benefits of being supported by air. During
an ATM lesson she had found that placing her foot on a ball leaning against the
wall was wonderfully helpful.
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"Some different type of alertness or attention"
With 14 years experience in the Feldenkrais Method Olivier was another person
who could give me informed feedback about receiving Functional Integration on
Air. What particularly struck him was how the novelty of the experience woke
up his...
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 An "Air-Divan" at home: "A perfect
de-stresser and potential life-saver"
Several of my regular clients derived so much benefit from the air-table in my
practice that they constructed one for themselves.
Alick who has been having FIs for many years – especially...
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Constructing your own versatile Air-Table
Construction material: original pezzi EGG
balls produced by the Italian firm LEDRAGOMMA.
These are available in different sizes, measured in maximal
diametre: 45cm (yellow), 55cm (orange), 65cm (green)
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