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"I can't say enough good things about the Feldenkrais Method. I believe it's made the difference between continuing my competitive running career and retiring prematurely."

- Chris Boyd, U.S. track and field champion
"Julius Erving and Yehudi Menuhin are among thousands who believe Moshe Feldenkrais can stretch the mind - as well as the body."

- People Magazine
"Feldenkrais represents a revolution in human health."

- Smithsonian Magazine
"Effects of loading the unaffected limb for one session of locomotor training on laboratory measures of gait in stroke"
Children with cerebral palsy, autism, global brain damage and other developmental disabilities face a multitude of challenges to develop fine and gross motor skills for optimal functionality.
"A bodywork technique we have seen to benefit patients is known as The Feldenkrais Method. In a series of lessons, patients are taught how to integrate their body movements so that they function with less effort and pain."

- What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia:
The Revolutionary Treatment That Can Reverse The Disease by R. Paul St. Amand
"The Feldenkrais Method has had remarkable success in a wide range of complaints ranging from the debilitating to the merely nagging."

- Science Digest
"The Feldenkrais Method has given me the ability to do things in tennis I never could do before and has relieved my body of the pain accumulated from over twenty years of competitive playing."

- Tony Trear, tennis teaching pro and former pro player
"... the Feldenkrais Method and its unique approach to mind and body has helped me immeasurably, not only in the way I play golf, but also the way I teach the game."

- Rick Acton, 5-time NE PGA Champion
NY Times article on the power of touch:
Lengthening the hamstring muscles without stretching using "awareness through movement"
NY Times article on MRI's pain and diagnosing the wrong problem:
NY Times article on the vestibular system:
EXCITING / FASCINATING Brain Science Podcasts with Ginger Campbell, MD
Be sure to check other podcasts, like Episode #44, #43, #36, #54 and more...
Flexibility in the Development of action - another angle on Moshe's ocncept of a flexible mind.