Description
Describes a process for integrating physical and mental development, suggests exercises for posture, vision, and the imagination, and tells how to develop self-awareness and a positive self-image.
Library's review
Thousands have found renewed health and increased sensory awareness though the Feldenkrais method. In his best seller Awareness Through Movement, people of every age have learned to integrate physical and mental development into a new, invigorating wholeness. Feldenkais provides a modern-day,
Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) is world renowned for the system of body-awareness and exercises he developed during his lifetime. He is the author of The Body and Mature Behavior, The Elusive Obvious, The Potent Self, and The Case of Nora. He originated the Awareness-Through-Movement method for increased health and heightened sensory awareness.
Contents
Part I: Understanding while doing
Preface
The self-image
Strata of development
Where to begin and how
Structure and function
The direction of progress
Part II: Doing to understand: Twelve practical lessons
General observations
Some practical hints
Lesson 1 What is good posture?
Lesson 2 What action is good?
Lesson 3 Some fundamental properties of movement
Lesson 4 Differentiation of parts and functions in breathing
Lesson 5 Coordiation of the flexor muscles and of the extensors
Lesson 6 Differentiation of pelvic movements by means of an imaginary clock
Lesson 7 The carriage of the head affects the state of the musculature
Lesson 8 Perfecting the self-image
Lesson 9 Spatial relationships as a means to coordinated action
Lesson 10 The movement of the eyes organizes the movement of the body
Lesson 11 Becoming aware of parts of which we are not conscious with the help of those of which we are conscious
Lesson 12 Thinking and breathing
Postscript
Illustrations follow page 108
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practical program for the perennial ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body. Its down-to-earth method carefully avoids any mystical component and never obliges any pupil to master abstruse theories. Exercises for posture, eyes; imagination, and more will simultaneously build better body habits and focus new dimensons of awarenesss, self-awareness, self-image, and human potential.Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) is world renowned for the system of body-awareness and exercises he developed during his lifetime. He is the author of The Body and Mature Behavior, The Elusive Obvious, The Potent Self, and The Case of Nora. He originated the Awareness-Through-Movement method for increased health and heightened sensory awareness.
Contents
Part I: Understanding while doing
Preface
The self-image
Strata of development
Where to begin and how
Structure and function
The direction of progress
Part II: Doing to understand: Twelve practical lessons
General observations
Some practical hints
Lesson 1 What is good posture?
Lesson 2 What action is good?
Lesson 3 Some fundamental properties of movement
Lesson 4 Differentiation of parts and functions in breathing
Lesson 5 Coordiation of the flexor muscles and of the extensors
Lesson 6 Differentiation of pelvic movements by means of an imaginary clock
Lesson 7 The carriage of the head affects the state of the musculature
Lesson 8 Perfecting the self-image
Lesson 9 Spatial relationships as a means to coordinated action
Lesson 10 The movement of the eyes organizes the movement of the body
Lesson 11 Becoming aware of parts of which we are not conscious with the help of those of which we are conscious
Lesson 12 Thinking and breathing
Postscript
Illustrations follow page 108
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User reviews
LibraryThing member CenterPointMN
Thousands have found renewed health and increased sensory awareness through the Feldenkrais technique as explained in Awareness Through Movement. This new, illustrated edition now enables every reader to perform the exercises of the Feldenkrais method without individual instruction.These innovative
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exercises are a modern-day practical program for the perennial ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body. They differ substantially from methods they may appear to resemble, like yoga exercises. There is no mystic component in this down-to-earth teaching, nor is the pupil obliged to master abstruse theories.The author demonstrates that nothing is permanent about our behavior patterns except our belief that they are so. He offers people of every age a way of integrating physical and mental development in a new, invigorating wholeness. These illustrated, easy exercises expand the boundaries of human possibility. Exercises for the posture, eyes, imagination, and more will simultaneously build better body habits and bring into focus new dimensions in awareness, self-image, and human potential. Show Less
LibraryThing member CenterPointMN
Thousands have found renewed health and increased sensory awareness through the Feldenkrais technique as explained in Awareness Through Movement. This new, illustrated edition now enables every reader to perform the exercises of the Feldenkrais method without individual instruction.These innovative
Show More
exercises are a modern-day practical program for the perennial ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body. They differ substantially from methods they may appear to resemble, like yoga exercises. There is no mystic component in this down-to-earth teaching, nor is the pupil obliged to master abstruse theories.The author demonstrates that nothing is permanent about our behavior patterns except our belief that they are so. He offers people of every age a way of integrating physical and mental development in a new, invigorating wholeness. These illustrated, easy exercises expand the boundaries of human possibility. Exercises for the posture, eyes, imagination, and more will simultaneously build better body habits and bring into focus new dimensions in awareness, self-image, and human potential. Show Less
LibraryThing member CenterPointMN
Thousands have found renewed health and increased sensory awareness through the Feldenkrais technique as explained in Awareness Through Movement. This new, illustrated edition now enables every reader to perform the exercises of the Feldenkrais method without individual instruction.These innovative
Show More
exercises are a modern-day practical program for the perennial ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body. They differ substantially from methods they may appear to resemble, like yoga exercises. There is no mystic component in this down-to-earth teaching, nor is the pupil obliged to master abstruse theories.The author demonstrates that nothing is permanent about our behavior patterns except our belief that they are so. He offers people of every age a way of integrating physical and mental development in a new, invigorating wholeness. These illustrated, easy exercises expand the boundaries of human possibility. Exercises for the posture, eyes, imagination, and more will simultaneously build better body habits and bring into focus new dimensions in awareness, self-image, and human potential. Show Less
ISBN
9780062503220
Publication
HarperOne An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Original publication date
1968
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