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14-September-2008 12:50:18 - Feldenkrais Method Mind-body interventions - Alexander Technique Autosuggestion Autogenic training Feldenkrais Method Hypnotherapy Medical intuition Mation Mindfulness Qigong Somatic psychology Sophrology Tai chi chuan Trager Approach Yoga alternative medicine For a complete list see ... NCCAM classifications Alternative Medical Systems Mind-Body Intervention Biologically Based Therapy Manipulative Methods Energy Therapy See also Complementary and alternative medicine Alternative medicine Complementary medicine Glossary of alternative medicine This box: view talk The Feldenkrais Method is an educational system centered on movement, aiming to expand and refine the use of the self through awareness.1 It is intended for those who wish to improve their movement repertoire dancers, musicians, artists, as well as those wishing to reduce pain or limitations in movement, and many who want to improve their general well-being and personal development. Because it uses movement as the primary vehicle for gaining awareness, it is directly applicable to disorders that arise from restricted or habitually poor movement. But as a process for gaining awareness, it can expand a person's choices and responses to many aspects of life: emotions, relationships, and intellectual tasks; and it applies at any level, from severe disorder to highly professional performance. The Feldenkrais Method holds that there is no separation between mind and body, and thus learning to move better can improve one's overall well-being on many levels.citation needed The Feldenkrais Method is often regarded as complementary medicine.2 However, Feldenkrais practitioners generally don't regard their work as treatment or cure, because they are not working from the medical model. Instead of directly working a change to the physical body, they are working with the nervous system and enabling discovery of new choices.1 Contents 1 Overview 2 Techniques 2.1 Awareness through movement 2.2 Functional integration 3 Influence on somatics 4 Sources 5 References 6 See also 7 Resources and external links Overview The Feldenkrais Method was originated by Dr Moshé Feldenkrais 1904-1984, a Ukrainian-born Jewish physicist and judo practitioner who moved to Israel and eventually became an Israeli. He presented a view that good health means functioning well---working well, having satisfying relationships with emotional maturity, able to access a full range of responses to any situation Awareness Through Movement - this is opposed to the medical health as in not 'sick or disabled' or health in any abstract sense. He asserted that his method of body/mind exploration leads to improved functioning health through individuals becoming more aware and finding improved use; this focus on exploration and awareness is typified by his statement What I am after is more flexible minds, not just more flexible bodies. This goal is reflected in the code of the Feldenkrais Guild of North America which states that practitioners of the method do not undertake to diagnose or treat illness of any kind. Most proponents of the Feldenkrais Method consider it to be a form of self-education and mind-body development, rather than a manipulative therapy. Feldenkrais' approach was more experiential, using self-discovery rather than manipulation. Some of the influences on Feldenkrais' work include Gustav Fechner, Gerda Alexander, Elsa Gindler, Jigoro Kano, G. I. Gurdjieff, Emile Coué, William Bates, Heinrich Jacoby and Mabel Todd, all of whom were more concerned with awareness than with simple physical exercises. Techniques The Feldenkrais Method is applied in two forms by practitioners, who generally receive more than 800 hours of formal training over the course of four years: Awareness through movement This section is written like an advertisement. Please help rewrite this section from a neutral point of view. May 2008 In an Awareness Through Movement ATM lesson, the teacher verbally directs students through movement sequences and various foci of attention. Usually this occurs in a group setting, although ATM lessons can also be given to individuals, or recorded. There are more than a thousand ATM lessons in existence. Most of them are organized around a specific movement function, and teachers lend their particular style to each lesson. Moshé Feldenkrais gave the name to a series of demonstrations he devised when some of his scientific colleagues wanted to know how he was learning to walk normally with a seriously damaged knee. Being an experimental scientist himself, he gave them concrete directions on how to move to discover for themselves what he was learning. Feldenkrais understood these changes to be improvements of the self image, which can be conceived in one sense as an arrangement of areas of the motor cortex relative to the body. The body image was depicted by Dr. Wilder Penfield in the form of a homunculus. Since activity in the motor cortex plays a key role in proprioception Feldenkrais realized that changes in our ability to move are inseparable from changes in our conscious perception of ourselves as embodied. This relationship is clear and open to introspection. An example of direction to introspection is given below: Make a quick list of body parts you know you have but which you cannot feel consciously and compare it with a list of those you can feel. Which list contains the members you can move? Thus Awareness Through Movement lessons are intended to do just what their name says. They improve awareness by using and improving the student's observation and attention to the way they move. Functional integration In a Functional Integration lesson, the practitioner uses his hands to guide the movement of the student, in sitting, lying or standing. All of the movements are expanded from the habitual patterns of the student. This allows the student to feel safe, and gives the student the opportunity to observe the movement in detail. Through precision of touch and movement, the student learns how to eliminate excess effort and thus move more freely and easily. Lessons may be very specific in addressing particular issues brought by the student, or can be more global in scope. Influence on somatics Somatic disciplines influenced by Feldenkrais include: Hanna Somatics, Rubenfeld Synergy, Tellington Touch for animals, Anat Baniel Method, Sounder Sleep System, Bones for Life, Liberation Through the Body, and others. Sources Feldenkrais, Moshé 1981. The Elusive Obvious. Cupertino, Calif.: Meta Publications, pp. 7-9. ISBN 0-916990-09-5. Feldenkrais, Moshé 2002. The Potent Self: A Study of Spontaneity and Compulsion. Frog Publications. ISBN 1583940685. References ^ a b R.Strauch An overview of the Feldenkrais Method.retrieved 14 May 2008 ^ Use of Complementary Therapies Among Primary Care Clinic Patients With Arthritis See also Aikido Alexander Technique Judo Somatic education Resources and external links International Feldenkrais Federation official organisation for coordinating the Feldenkrais Method internationally Feldenkrais Guild of North America online lessons, background of the Feldenkrais Method, and practitioner listings Australian Feldenkrais Guild practitioner listing, professional training, and general information on the Feldenkrais Method in Australia The Feldenkrais Guild UK practitioner list, classes and workshops in the UK AchievingExcellence.com Your source for Feldenkrais Method articles, books and cds. 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