Article: Anxiety and the Feldenkrais Method  By Donna Ray                   

Anxiety shows itself in many ways. When people remember traumatic events like a car accident or loss of a loved one, at the moment of recollection there can be an overwhelming sense of reliving the experience, muscles tighten up, posture and breathing change and the fear or anxious feeling can be gripping. Others experience anxiety when they imagine the future, the thought of speaking at a friends wedding can color it with apprehension destroying the joyful event. The feeling of approaching an unsafe situation creates undue muscular contractions, holding of the breath, chronic tension and pain.
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Article: Cerebral Palsy and the Feldenkrais Method by Greg Dennis

The quickest way for those with CP to achieve results from the Feldenkrais Method is to take regular Functional Integration lessons.

The Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute and its practitioners have experience and success using the Feldenkrais Method® with people of all ages who have cerebral palsy. This work includes both the hands-on method of Functional Integration® lessons, and teaching people with CP through Awareness Through Movement® classes.
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Article: Case of Christi by Donna Ray

My intention while working with this child was to create situations in which she could locate herself physically in space, i.e., clarify her interactions with the environment so that she would sense herself more clearly and accurately.

We completed approximately 20 sessions together, continuing with the above themes in a variety of ways. Christi grew to like the Feldenkrais touch; she looked forward to her visits with me. As I saw Christi's ability to communicate improve, I felt satisfied that she would stop invading the space of others.
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About Mosh Feldenkrais and The Feldenkrais Method by Mark Reese

The Feldenkrais Method and Dynamic Systems Principles by Mark Reese

Sitting Pretty: How to Sit Dynamically by Mark Reese

A Bibliography of The Feldenkrais Method by Mark Reese

Article: Sciatica and the Feldenkrais Method by Greg Dennis

Many people turn to the Feldenkrais Method for relief from conditions that have not been healed by other methods. One such condition is sciatica, a chronic pain in the buttock and leg that is caused by pressure upon the sciatic nerve.

Among those who have found tremendous relief from sciatica through the Feldenkrais Method is Ramon Castro, a veteran San Diego criminal defense lawyer who retired earlier this year after practicing law for 37 years. Ramon first experienced radiating pain down his left leg last fall. "Eventually my entire leg hurt," he recalls. "I was in very serious pain. I had a severe problem."
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Radio Interview with Donna Ray transcript:
Human Sexuality and the Feldenkrais Method
The Feldenkrais Method consists of two basic techniques, Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration. Together they comprise a system of neuromuscular re-education that can dramatically improve individual functioning by increasing self-awareness and facilitating new patterns of thinking, moving, and feeling.

Moshé Feldenkrais was a pioneer in movement science and the innovator of therapeutic and educational approaches.

Let me just read a brief quote that sums up his philosophy:

"What I'm after isn't flexible bodies, but flexible brains. What I'm after is to restore each person to their human dignity."
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Interview by Donna Ray:
Recovery from Pain & Injury, The Feldenkrais Way

Donna Ray, Feldenkrais Practitioner, and Anne Frankl, a student of Donna’s, dialogued about Feldenkrais and how it helps with recovery from injury and pain.

"People are often amazed that I am 70. I think the Feldenkrais method makes me look and feel younger. Wouldn’t everyone love that?"
- Ann Frankl, from the interview
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Mosh Feldenkrais's Work with Movement - A Parallel Approach to Milton Erickson's Hypnotherapy by Mark Reese

Breathing by Mark Reese

Aging Elegantly by Mark Reese

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