Be Comfortable

Lay on your side on the floor. A blanket on a hard floor works best if you're not in pain. Sense your ribs touching the floor. Did your breathing change? Did you take a large breath? If so continue to lay there for a few minutes. Your nervous system is learning about your ribcage. After a few minutes come to sitting, wait to stand until you feel grounded to the floor. The blood levels out you don't feel light headed at all. Do the same thing when you stand. Wait a few minutes before walking. Walk on a smooth hard floor not tiled with grout. See how you move and feel. Can you breath better? Do you feel any difference? Take note what side you laid on. This can change from day to day but for now the side you laid is what your nervous system prefers. Keep feeling the weight of your body in your feet throughout your day. This will help the nervous system to continue learning. By doing this daily you will continue to feel better. Have a great day k!!

David Zemach-Bersin Embodied Wisdom Articles

David Zemach-Bersin Embodied Wisdom Articles

Moshe Feldenkrais was one of the twentieth century’s most original and integrative thinkers. Along with such seminal figures as Ida Rolf, Heinrich Jacoby, F. M. Alexander, and Elsa Gindler, Feldenkrais is considered one of the founders of the field that is today called somatics. The pieces included in Embodied Wisdom: The Collected Papers of Moshe Feldenkrais were originally published in independent journals between 1964 and 1998. A testament to the prescience of Feldenkrais’s ideas is the fact that many of the concepts presented in this volume are as important, generative, and radical today as they were when they were first articulated. In these remarkable articles and interviews, Feldenkrais provides us with some of the most cogent and sophisticated arguments ever made for the biological and functional unity of the mind and body.

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The Effectiveness of the Feldenkrais Method: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Susan Hillier1 and Anthea Worley2

1 International Centre for Allied Health Evidence, Sansom Institute of Health Research, School of Health Science, University of South Australia, P.O. Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia

2School of Health Science, University of South Australia, P.O. Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia

Correspondence should be addressed to Susan Hillier; susan.hillier@unisa.edu.au Received 16 December 2014; Revised 4 March 2015; Accepted 9 March 2015 Academic Editor: Cun-Zhi Liu

Copyright © 2015 S. Hillier and A. Worley. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

The Feldenkrais Method (FM) has broad application in populations interested in improving awareness, health, and ease of function.  This review aimed to update the evidence for the benefits of FM, and for which populations. A best practice systematic review protocol was devised. Included studies were appraised using the Cochrane risk of bias approach and trial findings analysed individually and collectively where possible. Twenty RCTs were included (an additional 14 to an earlier systematic review).  The population, outcome, and endings were highly heterogeneous. However, meta-analyses were able to be performed with 7 studies, finding in favor of the FM for improving balance in aging populations (e.g., timed up and go test MD −1.14 sec, 95% CI −1.78, −0.49; and functional reach test MD 6.08 cm, 95% CI 3.41, 8.74). Single studies reported significant positive effects for reduced perceived effort and increased comfort, body image perception, and dexterity. Risk of bias was high, thus tempering some results. Considered as a body of evidence, effects seem to be generic, supporting the proposal that FM works on a learning paradigm rather than disease-based mechanisms. Further research is required; however, in the meantime, clinicians and professionals may promote the use of FM in populations interested in efficient physical performance and self-efficacy.

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20min A Day

Did you know that if you lay on your back on the floor for twenty minutes your whole nervous system stabilizes.  Lay blankets or some kind of cushion first if you have pain in your body, also bend your knees and stand your feet if you have back pain it will provide slack in your spine.  Sense where the floor touches your body.  Start with your heels touching and work your way up your body until you reach your head touching.  Do this again when the twenty minutes has passed.

When the body is having trouble moving or is in pain its like a weak signal on a television, very fuzzy.  the nervous system becomes weak in its ability to find areas in the body, heal them, and bring back movement properly.  When you lay on the floor the nervous system receives feedback from the floor and starts to recover a stronger signal; on a t.v imagine the picture becoming clearer and clearer.  Do this every day for twenty minutes and see how much better you feel.  Use the necessary cushion on the floor to be comfortable.  Comfort is key, it will allow your breathing to relax and flow.  When you get up from the floor move slowly, stand for a few minutes on a hard floor, not carpet, until you feel grounded in your feet, then walk around slowly and see how you feel.  Do you feel a difference?  Try this daily and see if you can feel a difference when you get up and walk around.  In this fast paced life it is very important to sustain stability within the nervous system.  Some movements can start to recover and pain can fade.  Enjoy!!!

Feldenkrais Moments

Published on May 29, 2015

International Feldenkrais Federation, Contemporary Images project... Open the door and have a first impression of Feldenkrais.
A film by Mariano Nante and María Zinn

Felednkrais Outdoors

Published on May 29, 2016

Here is one of the 2016 IFF Videos. 
Marcela Bretschneider: project leader and director
Diana Sternbach: production assistant
Tomas Utillano: cinematographer and editor
Sebastian Viggiola: editor

A Relaxed Jaw is an Open Jaw

Did you know that a relaxed jaw is slightly open? Check in with your jaw throughout the day and relax your jaw. A clinched jaw or closed jaw all day can create fatigue and headaches. Open and close your jaw slowly a few times. Relax and breathe.

Feldenkrais Babies

Feldenkrais Babies

Published on May 29, 2016

Here is one of the 2016 IFF Videos. 
Marcela Bretschneider: project leader and director
Diana Sternbach: production assistant
Tomas Utillano: cinematographer
Sebastian Viggiola: editor

Feldenkrais for Everyday Life.

Published on May 29, 2016

International Feldenkrais Federation (IFF)
Contemporary Images Project

Marcela Bretschneider: project leader and director
Diana Sternbach: assistant director
Tomas Utillano: cinematographer
Sebastian Viggiola: editor