Training Prospectus

Thank you for requesting further information about the Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute, Feldenkrais Professional Training Program in San Diego, California. In the pages that follow we will present some background information about the Feldenkrais Method® along with specific information about the training program itself. We hope this information is useful in your decision to join our program. We are happy to answer any questions you may have; please call us at 800-500-9087, Monday through Friday from 10:00 – 4:00 PST or email us at feldmoves@aol.com.

"There were three other Feldenkrais training programs available to me in 1994. I chose the Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute training because of their attentiveness to my questions and concerns about my needs."
Marianne Tompa

The Feldenkrais® Professional Training Program is a unique, experiential learning process offering tremendous potential for personal and professional growth. This training offers in-depth, Feldenkrais instruction in body movement and hands-on approaches. We have assembled an inspiring faculty for this training, along with prominent guest presenters. We will meet in San Diego for forty days of intensive training held yearly, with 160 days of training over the four years. During the course of the training you will learn how to achieve increased flexibility and movement capabilities, pain relief, improvements for orthopedic or neurological problems, and enhanced awareness, emotional well-being, and learning skills. We offer a program that balances the need for personal experience and conceptual understanding of the Feldenkrais Method®.

Participants in our training programs have ranged from 18 to 80 years of age. You are never too young nor too old to benefit from the method personally or professionally. This training will color the rest of your life with the magic of curiosity and discovery. It will prepare you for life's challenges and transitions, and help you maintain a youthfulness you never imagined possible.

"The training has enabled me to experience a sense of presence and richness in my work and personal life that I never thought was possible. Mark has a brilliant ability as a teacher to organize and articulate the method. This coupled with Donna's warmth, enthusiasm, and skillful communication make this program the very best."
Lori Myers, P.T.

"I see the possibilities of change in all areas of my life—physical, emotional, intellectual, and economic."
Alexis Merritt

The Feldenkrais Method is widely known and respected for the depths of knowledge it encompasses and for the ranges of professions to which it can be applied. As a Feldenkrais practitioner you have the opportunity not only to build your own independent practice, but also to positively impact other fields such as:

As a Feldenkrais® practitioner you will possess skills that can profoundly affect the lives of others. You will practice a discipline that brings together in a new way all disciplines that touch human learning, movement, and experience.

"Mark Reese and Donna Ray's Feldenkrais training offers an invaluable continuing education experience for body workers of any inclination. This method has deepened my own practice and teaching immeasurably."
John Economos, Ph.D., Chair, AMTA Continuing Education Committee

"Mark Reese has shown me how to balance my body, increase my body awareness and improve my flexibility, and thus reduce the chance of injuries."
Chris Dudley, NBA player

"Feldenkrais has studied the body in movement with a precision that I have found nowhere else."
Peter Brook, Film and Stage Director

"The Feldenkrais work has had an enormous effect on the way I run and on the wayI live my life. My knee problem vanished. I've increased my mileage considerably without a trace of difficulty and I'm running faster."
Bruce Holmes, Runner's World

"The Feldenkrais Method is a practical approach to the neuromodulation of posture,balance, movement, and behavior."
Sandy L. Burkart, P.T., PhD., West Virginia University

"Mark is an extremely talented and knowledgeable Feldenkrais practitioner, and an exciting and stimulating teacher. His work demonstrates a profound appreciation for the integrity and uniqueness of each individual, and provides real opportunities for deep transformational changes."
Stephen Gilligan, Ph.D., leading teacher of Ericksonian hypnotherapeutic techniques

The Feldenkrais Method was originated by Moshé Feldenkrais, D.Sc., a pioneer in movement science and the innovator of therapeutic and educational approaches. Feldenkrais was born in Russia in 1904 and emigrated to Palestine at the age of 13. As a young man he was an excellent athlete and self-taught in jujitsu. While attending night school preparing to study physics he was a surveyor and tutored problem students. He had an early interest in hypnosis and translated Emile Coué's book on autosuggestion into Hebrew.

Feldenkrais earned his doctorate in physics at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he assisted Nobel Prize Laureate Frederic Joliot-Curie at the Curie Institute. During his university years he met Kano, the originator of judo. Feldenkrais studied judo intensively and became a well-known judo teacher.

During World War II, Feldenkrais went to England where he worked in antisubmarine research, trained paratroopers in self-defense techniques, and authored books on judo. On slippery submarine decks, he aggravated an old soccer injury to his knees and began many years of extended work on himself. His self-research led to discoveries about movement re-education and to the development of his methods of Awareness Through Movement® and Functional Integration®.

"The Feldenkrais Method is the most sophisticated and effective method I have seen for the prevention and reversal of deterioration of function."
Margaret Mead, Ph.D., Anthropologist

In Tel Aviv between 1969 – 1972, Feldenkrais trained his first, small group of practitioners. From 1975 – 1978 he completed the training of a second group of practitioners, this time in the U.S. Among his closest American students was Mark Reese, who studied with Feldenkrais over a period of nearly 10 years, both in the U.S. and in Israel.

Feldenkrais authored six books on his methods. In addition, his main body of work is preserved in thousands of hours of audio and videotapes and transcripts. Feldenkrais‘ vast educational system was the result of 40 remarkably productive and creative years during which he focused on the sensory-motor aspects that underlie human action and experience. Feldenkrais died in 1984, leaving a small group of highly trained practitioners who have continued to teach his methods worldwide.

"The system developed by Moshé Feldenkrais has as much potential for understanding the mind/body relationship as Einstein's general theory of relativity had for physics."
Bernard Lake, M.D.

The Feldenkrais Method consists of two basic techniques, Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration. Together they comprise a system of neuromuscular re-education that can dramatically improve individual functioning by increasing self-awareness and facilitating new patterns of thinking, moving, and feeling.

Awareness Through Movement (ATM) is a verbally directed technique designed for group work or as a form of “exercise” that can be done on one's own. ATM lessons incorporate active movements and directed sensory attention or imagery. A typical lesson lasts about forty-five minutes and combines a few dozen movements, which are thematically organized around a functional action. Examples of such actions could include developmental movements such as rolling, crawling, and standing up; functions such as posture and breathing; systematic explorations of the kinetic possibilities of the joint and muscle groups; and experiments in movement-based imagery and visualization that pertain to perception, cognition, and other aspects of motor function. Throughout the lessons, students learn to integrate their new skills into their self-image, and other parts of their lives.

"Awareness Through Movement is a remarkable, quick, and effective way to alleviate muscular tension and discomforts."
James Rice, MD

"Awareness Through Movement is a breakthrough in exercise technology."
William I. Koch, America3 Foundation, America's Cup 1992

Functional Integration is a manual (hands-on) technique for individuals who prefer or require more individualized attention. Although it possesses significant medical and therapeutic benefits, Functional Integration is neither medical nor therapeutic in its philosophy and technique; it is learning-based and primarily nonverbal. Benefits are achieved by enhancing the efficiency, coordination, and grace of an individual’s posture and movement. Lessons can be done with the student lying on a firm but comfortable work table, standing, or sitting. The practitioner gently touches or moves the student in a wide variety of ways to facilitate awareness, learning, and vitality. Gradually the student is led to organize new movement patterns through both conscious and subconscious learning.

"Feldenkrais is not just pushing muscles around, but changing things in the brain itself."
Karl Pribram, M.D., Neurophysiologist

"The unique sensory motor learning techniques of the Feldenkrais Method are exciting, enlightening, and one-hundred percent beneficial."
Gail Wetzler, P.T.

The training program includes both intensive experiential learning and the systematic study of practical and theoretical materials.

Learning Awareness Through Movement involves an in-depth experiential learning process that is unlike any other educational experience. You will learn at least 300 different lessons (comprised of at least 7,000 different movements) over the four-year program. The intent is to provide you with a basic understanding of all aspects of human movement. These lessons include:

Through this process, you will learn to do things with your body that you never dreamed possible. You will discover amazing new levels of flexibility, coordination, and agility. The extent of physical learning which is accomplished is often a surprise to students who enter the training in their 40's, 50's or 60's, and to students with histories of physical limitations. Those who are highly athletic learn even higher levels of skill. Students learn to refine their kinesthetic sense to a remarkable degree, becoming able to sense in a highly accurate way the body's muscular effort, subtle skeletal movements, balance, and orientation in space. This is also a process of increasing self-awareness that leads to a betterment of one's attention, learning skills, and entire life. This intensive learning in oneself is the basis for learning Functional Integration, the hands-on work with others.

"I've benefited in so many ways—physically and mentally. I thought I would be simply learning a skill, but I discovered a new way of thinking and exploring life.The training program is one of the best things I've ever done for myself!”"
Linda Rulli

Learning Functional Integration can be one of the most challenging and rewarding endeavors of a lifetime. You will be taught how to facilitate the education of others through a refined process of nonverbal communication involving movement and touch. In this program you will learn:

Specially selected videotapes of Dr. Feldenkrais lecturing, teaching Awareness Through Movement, and demonstrating Functional Integration will be shown throughout the training. Adjunct videos on related subjects will also be made available to students for viewing outside of class time.

As a student in the training you will receive at least twelve Functional Integration lessons as part of your learning experience. At least one lesson will be given by senior trainers with 12–20 years of professional experience. Most of the other lessons will be given by highly skilled instructors with more than eight years of professional practice. You will have the opportunity to observe lessons given to fellow students and to persons from outside of class, sometimes with special problems or needs. There will be extensive in-class demonstrations, supervised class practice between students, lectures, discussion groups, and small group exercises.

"Feldenkrais brings mind and body together; Mark and Donna Reese add the soul. Their gifted manner of teaching has transformed my personal and professional life."
Ron Levine, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Rabbi

Mark Reese, Ph.D., Educational Director and primary Trainer for the San Diego Feldenkrais Professional Training Program, is one of the world's foremost authorities on the Feldenkrais Method. Adding to a broad, interdisciplinary background including philosophy, biology, theater, and music, Mark earned his Master's and Ph.D. in Psychology. He is a graduate from the first U.S. Feldenkrais training program (1977, San Francisco) and studied with Moshé Feldenkrais from 1975 - 1984 in San Francisco, Amherst and Tel-Aviv. Mark has trained practitioners in more than 30 Feldenkrais® Professional Training Programs in such locations as San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, New York, Sidney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Rome, Milan, Munich, Berlin, and Toronto. He has also given advanced training workshops for practitioners throughout the world and teaches at both the Esalen and Omega Institutes. Mark has published extensively on the Feldenkrais Method and related health issues, and is co-author of Relaxercise: The Easy New Way to Health and Fitness. He has also appeared on national television and has done numerous radio interviews. He is currently writing the first biography of Moshé Feldenkrais.

"Mark Reese is an articulate, competent, and creative teacher of the method and provides an optimum environment for learning."
Sandy L. Burkart, P.T., Ph.D., Physical Therapist and educator

"Mark Reese is one of the world's most inspiring Feldenkrais trainers. He is a master of communicating both the theory and the practice of the Feldenkrais Method."
David Zemach-Bersin, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Trainersm

Donna Ray, M.A., M.F.T. is an internationally known Feldenkrais® teacher-trainer. She is also a licensed psychotherapist. She has been the administrator director and continuity trainer in five training programs. She applies her training in communications, dance, Aikido, Art Therapy, and Ericksonian Hypnosis to richly enhance her teaching. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings for the past 22 years and has taught at Omega Institute, Esalen Instituteand currently teaches at the Moyers Center for Learning.

"Donna Ray is a natural teacher—warm, intelligent, and fun. She brings about positive change in others painlessly with the Feldenkrais Method."
Nicolee Miller, M.F.C.C.

We plan to offer an exciting array of guest presenters and lecturers who will expand your vision of the Feldenkrais Method and demonstrate how your learning can encompass many divergent, but related, fields of study. In-class and adjunct presentations will also teach you the skills you need to earn a living: interpersonal communication and listening, public speaking, advertising, business issues, and improved self-presentation.

At our previous training programs we have given our students the opportunity to learn from many highly respected presenters, including: Esther Thelen, Ph.D., child motor development research scientist; Judith Stransky, Alexander teacher; Claude Valenti, O.D., behavioral optometrist; Bernd Jager, Ph.D., phenomenological psychologist ; Edward Reed, Ph.D., ecological psychologist; Madga Gerber, early child education authority; Sandy Burkart, P.T., Ph.D., physical therapist and educator, and Olena Nitefor, M.Ed., functional anatomy teacher.

"I want to say from the bottom of my heart, I can't imagine a better or more complete training. I have been enriched by your insights and the great people you brought to us, not the least of whom were my fellow students."
Bruce Poritzky

Following is a synopsis of each year of the training program showing what you can expect to learn during the course of that year. Please note that details of the Educational Plan are subject to change at the discretion of the Educational Director, in order to best meet students' needs.

"Mark Reese and Donna Ray have created a very inviting and nurturing training program that allows me to be who I am, and to learn how to learn."
Bob McGrath

In the first year of the program you will be immersed in learning Awareness Through Movement, by means of lessons presented by the trainers, assistant trainers, and examples of Dr. Feldenkrais’ teaching on videotape. You will undergo an in-depth exploration of the ways you learned and moved as a growing child, and you will learn to move in ways you have never done before. You will greatly refine your ability to sense your bodily movement, become more aware of your processes of thinking, feeling, and action, and come to understand through self-observation, and the observation of others, how learning occurs.

This intensive preparation of yourself will serve as the basis of learning how to communicate with others through the language of touch and movement. You will learn about Functional Integration by: receiving at least three individual lessons each year; observing lessons given to fellow students; hearing lectures and seeing demonstrations on other students and on the skeleton; and participating in various exercises done in pairs and small groups. You will learn to develop an exploratory attitude, an enhanced sensitivity of touch, and a greater understanding about function and basic skeletal organization. By the end of the first year you will have the basic elements needed to practice giving a simple Functional Integration lesson, probably in the position of the student lying on his or her back. You will then be able to practice the basic elements related to providing support, organizing standing posture, and teaching functional learning steps.

During the first year of the training you will be encouraged to begin reading Dr. Feldenkrais‘ books. You will also be asked to write about your experiences with the method, and about the basic concepts you have learned. Through general discussions, you will look at movement, learning, and awareness through the perspectives of physics, biology and human science, philosophy, personal development, and the arts.

"The Feldenkrais training is the most significant learning experience I've ever encountered."
Dave Scholz

In the second year of training you will continue to study Awareness Through Movement in great depth, but Functional Integration will be given greater emphasis. You will become more familiar with Functional Integration through demonstrations on students, the skeleton, and on individuals with problems taken from the general public. Concepts will include effort substitution, integration and differentiation, the direction of breath and attention, and other learning strategies. By the end of the second year you will have learned the elements needed to practice giving basic Functional Integration lessons to students in other positions, such as on the side and on the stomach.

A major theme of the second year will be learning how to teach an Awareness Through Movement lesson. We will analyze the structure of a lesson including its functional logic and learning principles. You will be taught a large repertoire of lessons during the course of the year. You will learn how to teach through small group exercises that focus on different aspects of Awareness Through Movement education, such as observational skills, understanding functional relationships, and use of voice and language. Small group exercises will provide you with practice time and feedback opportunities from the trainers and assistant trainers.

"Feldenkrais has made changes in the physical and emotional aspects of my life. It has affected me in such a positive way that I feel comfortable being myself."
Joyce Levine

Awareness Through Movement will continue to be taught in great depth. We will examine more closely how language is used in Awareness Through Movement teaching and look at the relationship between language and movement.

In the third year you will learn elements needed for giving Functional Integration in other basic positions such as kneeling over the table, and sitting. By this time you will have familiarity with a variety of basic functional situations: sitting, lying on the side, lying on the back, lying on the stomach, and kneeling. You will learn with greater clarity how these relate to basic skeletal movement patterns such as bending forward, backward, sideways, and turning and reaching. You will also learn more about basic locomotory patterns such as crawling and walking, and other action patterns including lifting, pushing, and expression. We will explore how all these patterns of action include elements of orientation, exploration, manipulation, expression, and discovery.

You will also learn to see a person's habitual patterns of organization in movement, posture, and behavior in functional terms, and how to go with a person's pattern of self-organization or how to present new options. You will learn more about how to shift and enhance a person's attention and perception, as well as how to clarify and improve their self-image.

"The Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute Feldenkrais Training Program has been a gift of inspiration where I have learned the impossible can become pleasurably possible."
Celeste Mendoza Cannady

The program will still include Awareness Through Movement lessons, though somewhat less of the teaching day will be devoted to it. We will examine how Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration are one system and how both develop a new organization of movement and posture for all parts of one's life.

During the fourth year you will give lessons to other students in order to learn the timing and structure needed to give supervised lessons to the general public. More emphasis will be given to seeing lessons done on individuals from the public—people with significant orthopedic or neurological problems, athletes, dancers, musicians, and others. Practical supervision sessions of Functional Integration will provide feedback which you can utilize directly and immediately to improve the quality of your work.

After successfully completing the first two years of the training program, you will be encouraged to teach Awareness Through Movement as student/teachers to family and friends. After completing the third year, continuing students are permitted by your Educational Director Mark Reese to teach Awareness Through Movement to the general public. The authorization to teach Awareness Through Movement is denied if the student takes a leave of absence, drops out, or is dismissed from the training.

"Training in the Feldenkrais Method has enabled me to understand in a fundamentally new way a variety of common problems that people bring to me, such as chronic back and neck pain. Along with this new understanding comes a new way of working with people that satisfies the practitioner in a way only rarely glimpsed in the practice of medicine."
David Taylor, M.D.

The FELDENKRAIS GUILD mandates that students in training programs miss no more than 10 days of training throughout the length the program, and no more than five days in any one training year. If absences exceed these guidelines, the student must make arrangements with the Educational Director to make up the lost time at another training program, at additional expense to the student.

As a student in the San Diego Feldenkrais Training Program, you will be encouraged, but not required, to purchase educational materials and professional products to enhance your learning. These may include such items as books, tapes, transcripts, rollers, and a Feldenkrais table.

San Diego Feldenkrais Training V 2001 - 2004 4 Season Schedule

2001	2002	2003	2004
February 5 - 15	February 4 - 14	February 3 - 13	February 2 - 12
May 21 - 31	May 20 - 29	May 19 - 29	May 17 - 27
August 20 - 30	August 19 - 29	August 18 - 28	August 16 - 26
November 5 - 15	November 4 - 14	November 10 - 20	November 8 - 18

Make-Up Dates:
2001	2002
December 5 - 10	February 2 - 3
	May 18 - 19
	August 17 - 18
	November 2 - 3

Tuition for the four-year training program is $3,600 per year. A non-refundable application fee of $50 is required with your application. This fee is deducted from your tuition if your application is approved. Upon acceptance into the training program, a $500 deposit is required to reserve your space. This fee is also applied toward your first year's tuition. Tuition payment plans are available. Payments may be made with your MasterCard, VISA, Discover, or personal check.

Graduation as a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm will depend upon the satisfactory learning of Awareness Through Movement, Functional Integration, Feldenkrais theory, and attendance. Upon graduation you will be awarded a certificate stating that you are a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner/Teachercm which allows you to be a teacher of both Functional Integration and Awareness Through Movement. The Educational Director reserves the right to ask you to receive additional training if your proficiency does not satisfy competency requirements for authorization as a practitioner.

The Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute, does not guarantee that graduates of the training will be able to practice in states or countries where local laws, licenses, and regulations may stipulate additional specific requirements.

A completion certificate without authorization as a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner is also available. This option is available to those of you who wish to participate and complete the program for reasons of personal development. In this case it is not necessary to satisfy the same requirements as above for graduation.

"Feldenkrais represents a revolution in human health. Through this method we can learn to move with astonishing lightness and freedom—at almost any age—and thereby improve our living circumstances, not only physically, but also emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually."
Smithsonian Magazine

The Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute, San Diego Feldenkrais Professional Training Program is fully accredited by The FELDENKRAIS GUILD®.

The Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute has received recognition as a Private Post-Secondary Educational Institution from the State of California. The certification may make it possible for students to obtain student loans, student visas; and military/veterans should inquire about benefits under the GI Bill.

The Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute is Provider Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 9682 for 800 contact hours.

PLEASE NOTE: Training programs are subject to cancellation, changes in locations or instructors, and/or changes in dates and hours, due to insufficient enrollment, teacher availability and/or location availability. Applicants and enrolled students will be notified of such changes with at least 30 days advance notice.

The San Diego Feldenkrais® Professional Training Program is open to anyone interested in learning the method for either personal or professional reasons. There are no specific educational prerequisites for admission into the training. We are interested in seeking a diverse student body who can bring to the program a wide range of life experiences.

A completed application form must be submitted, along with a check in the amount of $50.00 made payable to the Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute, (to cover the application processing fee). Space in the training program is limited; applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis. Within 30 days of its receipt you will be notified whether your application has been accepted.

Some students are allowed to join the program late, but no later than the beginning of the second training year. Late enrollees must make-up their missed time through a combination of specifically designed make-up segments and audio-tape review. Sometimes make-up is permitted by taking segments in other training programs. Late enrollees must sign a contract specifying how their missed time will be made up. Graduation may be delayed for late-enrollees depending upon their time of enrollment.

The San Diego Feldenkrais Professional Training Program is proudly sponsored by the Reese Movement Institute, which is directed by Mark Reese and Donna Ray. The Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute is dedicated to creating and upholding the finest quality training programs in the Feldenkrais Method. The Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute also sponsors lectures and workshops for general and professional audiences, Feldenkrais Professional Training Programs in the U.S. and Europe, and advanced training programs for Feldenkrais teachers.

The Feldenkrais Southern California Movement Institute's qualified staff of Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioners offers individual lessons and on-going classes in the Feldenkrais Method, workshops for various professional audiences, consultation services for business and health professionals, and a wide selection of Feldenkrais books and tapes. We can be reached by mail at: PO Box 1300, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA, 92007, 1-760-436-9087 (local), 1-800-500-9087, FAX: 1-760-436-5978, or EMail: feldmoves@aol.com.

"I just wanted to thank-you for the training. Knowing you has changed my life for the better and I will always look back on my training program experience with grateful memories."
Miles Wilkinson, Music Producer

* Indicates above books, articles, and tapes are available from the Reese Movement Institute.

About Relaxercise (Harper & Collins, Publisher) the popular introduction to the Feldenkrais Method by David and Kaethe Zemach-Bersin and Mark Reese.

"Relaxercise is an incredible, quick, easy tool and a must for anyone who suffers from chronic pain and loss of flexibility or function in the neck, spine, lower back or extremities."
Alex Shester, M.D.

"Relaxercise will be a valuable adjunct to every stress management and biofeedback practice."
Dorian Polson, Ph.D., Psychologist

"With Relaxercise you can expand your range of motion, flexibility, speed and endurance, enhancing your performance in any athletic game and everyday movement."
Judi Elman, Ph.D., Sport Psychologist

"Relaxercise is a truly holistic movement process. The proof: It is quick, easy and successful where success has long been considered difficult or even impossible."
Ron Kurtz, Developer Hakomi Therapy, Co-Author, The Body RevealsX

"After years of back problems, Relaxercise has given me the ability to remain pain-free. They are by far the most effective and pleasurable exercise tapes I have ever used."
Joseph Botkin, M.A.

"Relaxercise has made it possible for me to alleviate the aches and pains from long hours of sitting in front of a computer."
John Michael Grey, Ph.D., Co-Founder, Stanford University Center of Computer Research in Music

"Relaxercise utilizes the latest neurophysiological methods in an easy to use system. It can benefit patients with specific problems and everyone who seeks tension reduction."
Jeffery K. Zeig, Ph.D., Director, Milton H. Erickson Foundation

"I highly recommend Relaxercise. My sedentary work style resulted in chronic neck and back pain. Relaxercise has given me relief and made it possible for me to work in comfort."
Bill Robbins, Attorney

"Relaxercise is without a doubt, the best adjunct for a dynamic approach to biofeedback."
Jeffrey Cram, Ph.D., Clinical Director, Biofeedback Institute of Seattle

"Relaxercise effectively teaches the body how to alleviate muscular tensions and discomforts."
Rosemarie Marshall Johnson, MD, Anesthesiologist

"If you don't have time for exercise, learn the basics from Relaxercise. Make it a part of your daily regimen and you'll find an easy way to get through these stressful days."
Whoopi Goldberg, Actress

"With ease and apparent simplicity, Relaxercise reaches deep in our BodyMind. Even with a small investment of time, remarkable results are achieved."
Laura Huxley, "The Child of Your Dreams" with Dr. Piero Ferrucci

"At last! Feldenkrais exercises for people to do at home. The illustrations and instructions are clear and easy to follow. We're recommending Relaxercise to our clients."
Steven and Karen Anderson, R.P.T., Physical Therapy Associates

"Relaxercise presents an important new approach for a healthy body. For so many of us who experience physical aches and pains associated with stress, Relaxercise presents a program to relax and relieve."
Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D., President, Omega Institute

"The Feldenkrais approach is an invaluable tool for every physical therapist. Relaxercise is an excellent book for both physical therapists and their patients and provides step by step guidance through many Feldenkrais exercises."
Greg Johnson, P.T.

"I am deeply impressed by Relaxercise. I am 78 years old and can't handle most exercise programs. But, Relaxercise is the most effective, easy to follow system I have ever tried. It is amazing how quickly there is an improvement."
Edith Weiss

"Relaxercise is clear and effective. I am especially impressed by the way both brain and muscle are interconnected."
Norman Cousins, University of California, Los Angeles

"Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais developed a system that is many years ahead of conventional medical understanding. Relaxercise makes this system accessible to everyone and provides ingenious ways of achieving improved movement and body comfort. This book is a major addition to the self-help literature."
Martin Rossman, M.D., Author, "Healing Yourself" (Walker & Co.)

Feldenkrais, Moshé. Body and Mature Behavior: A Study of Anxiety, Sex, Gravitation and Learning. London: Routeledge and Kegan Paul, 1949; New York: International Universities Press, 1950 (soft-cover edition, out of print); Tel-Aviv: Alef Ltd., 1966, 1980, 1988 (hardcover edition).

Awareness Through Movement: Health Exercises for Personal Growth. New York/London: Harper & Row 1972, 1977; Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1972, 1977 hardcover edition, out of print); Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1972, 1977; San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1990 (softcover edition).

The Case of Nora: Body Awareness as Healing Therapy. New York/London: Harper & Row, 1977; Frog Ltd., Berkeley, CA, 1993.

The Master Moves. Cupertino, California: Meta Publications, 1984 (softcover edition).

The Potent Self. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985. Harper Collins, New York, 1992, (softcover edition).

"One of the most exciting developments in the field of mind-body coordination is the work of Moshé Feldenkrais."
Dr. Elmer Green, Menninger Foundation

"He is changing the image in the motor cortex; and our brain, feeling the freedom of the new learning, rushes to meet it."
Arno Gruen, M.D., Psychiatrist

"Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais' method will be of great benefit to all of humanity. From my own experience I know the remarkable results achieved."
David Ben-Gurion, First Prime Minister of Israel

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