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by Steven Shafarman
The Feldendrais Method® is a revolutionary approach to health and
fitness. Using what Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais called ”Awareness Through Movement®,”
people of any age or condition can learn to move more comfortably and effectively.
In pleasant yet powerful ways, his Method reawakens the natural process by which
we as babies learned to crawl, walk, and talk. In the U.S. and Canada more than
one thousand guild-certified practitioners teach the Feldenkrais Method.
Awareness Heals is the first book to present the full benefits of the Feldenkrais
Method in clear language. It details six basic lessons which help you to
become more aware of how you breathe, sit, walk, and otherwise move. By sensing
these natural actions, you grow more skillful and supple in all your movements.
Through the Feldenkrais Method, you can learn to relieve pain, enhance
flexibility, and recover from physical or emotional stress. The gentle movements
in Awareness Heals are designed for practice at home and work, and even in your
car. They fit into any program of fitness, exercise, or therapy. Most important,
Feldenkrais® lessons demonstrate that such problems as stiffness
and stress do not require outside intervention—the remedy lies within each of
us.
Book Chapters
- Introduction: How to
Use This Book
- The Method, Moshe, and
Me
- The Feldenkrais Method
- Learning to Learn
- Lesson One: Bending and
Breathing
- Lesson Two: Turning and
Twisting
- Lesson Three: Leaning
and Lifting
- Lesson Four: Uninhibited
Breathing
- Lesson Five: Effortless
Sitting
- Lesson Six: Elegant Walking
- Learning and Life
- Toward a Science of Health
- Awareness Heals
- Afterword: The World
of Awareness
Paperback, 216 pages
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