The Elusive Obvious

by: Moshe Feldenkrais

Moshe Feldenkrais considered himself not a therapist but a teacher. In both his individual, hands-on body work (Functional Integration®) and his group classes (Awareness Through Movement®) he guides clients to discover for themselves what normal or optimum movement feels like. The sensing will then "reprogram" - his term is "rewire" - the brain accordingly. This is a new kind of learning There is no "correct" way. Each pupil discovers his own correction functioning for himself. It is a joyful experience, which works on body, mind, and feelings simultaneously. The changes are dramatically visible, not only in better functioning but in a whole new self image.

“Harmonious efficient movement prevents wear and tear. More important, however, is what it does to the image of ourselves and our relationship to the world around us."
- Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (1981), The Elusive Obvious

This book deals with simple, fundamental notions of our daily life that through habit become elusive. We carry from one activity to another attitudes of mind that do not make life what it could be.