Laura Yedwab, GCFPCM • info@kineticinquiry.com • 425-202-5685
Laura Yedwab, GCFPCM
info@kineticinquiry.com
425-202-5685
Recently, I have come across a number of articles that argue that the main reason we have a brain is to move. The first is a Ted talk by Daniel Wolpert. He asserts that there is one and only one reason that we have brains: that is to produce adaptable, complex movements. Movement is the only way…
Perhaps one of the most important movements you can learn is how to squat. It is important every time you get into and out of a chair. It is important every time you pick something up — be it from the floor or just a low table. This wonderful, cute, and fun animation shows the…
This short video gives a nice explanation of how Feldenkrais® works. Brian Guenther is a Golf Professional on the PGA who was having chronic neck and back pain. He sought out a Feldenkrais® practitioner and together they were able to relieve the pain. The key was teaching Brian how to use his whole body and…
Feldenkrais® and Musicians: This is a wonderful video created as part of the Next 25 Years project. Andrew Gibbons, a classical pianist and Feldenkrais® Practitioner, discusses how the Feldenkrais® Method can improve the playing of a piano. This video will be of interested to anyone wanting to sit comfortably and have their arms move fluidly…
Amy Cuddy is a social psychologist and an associate professor at Harvard Business School. In this Ted talk, she argues that our non-verbal body language effects not only how others view us, but how we view ourselves. Even more impressively, she shows that by changing our posture for just 2 minutes changes our mind: our…
“We do not work with people’s problems, but with their health. Health as the capacity to recover from shock; the ability to overcome obstacles; the capacity to live one’s dreams. ” — Moshe Feldenkrais “When you know what you’re doing, you can do what you want” – Moshe Feldenkrais. “What I’m after isn’t flexible bodies,…