Feldenkrais as Lifestyle Medicine™

Moshé Feldenkrais (1904 – 1984) was a Ukrainian-Israeli engineer and physicist, known as the founder of the Feldenkrais Method, a system of physical exercise that aims to improve human functioning by increasing self-awarenes through movement. His theory states that thought, feeling, perception and movement are closely interrelated. Feldenkrais first injured his knee while playing soccer in British-controlled Palestine in the 1920s.  He reinjured it while negotiating the slippery decks of submarines while working as a scientist at the British Naval station at Fairlie, Scotland during the World War II. By that time Feldenkrais was also a judo teacher. Facing the prospect of a surgery that could leave him with a life-long limp, Feldenkrais decided to apply the knowledge gained from his study of physics, engineering, and martial arts to an intensive self-study of his own movement habits. When his work provided him with relief, allowing him to avoid the knee surgery, he began exploring the methods he developed on himself. After serving as head of electronic engineering for the Israeli Army in newly formed Israel from 1951 to 1953, Feldenkrais devoted the rest of his life, from age 50 onward, to developing and teaching self-awareness through movement lessons. In this course, we explore the validity of his theories and techniques with master Feldenkrais teachers, psychologists, and scientist giving you the power to choose how to integrate this information into your life.