The Feldenkrais Method

Articles and Essays

May 23, 2015

Other Voices on Feldenkrais

I’ve written dozens of posts about my experiences with the Feldenkrais Method (yes, there are more to come). It’s gratifying when readers share that my blog has motivated them to either take a Feldenkrais class for the first time or return to it after a hiatus. With the many…

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Feb 19, 2015

Feldenkrais: When Irritation Is Injury

If we are not cuckoo, the body heals. Because if I’m not cuckoo, how will the body be…

Seth Dellinger in The Feldenkrais Method

Dec 24, 2015

What is the Meaning of that Music in my Head?!

ilona fried in The Feldenkrais Method

Jan 8, 2018

How Feldenkrais Functional Integration is Like Fine Dining (and vice versa)

If Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons are akin to wine tasting, then a Functional Integration session is comparable to fine dining: memorable and worth it.

ilona fried in The Feldenkrais Method

Nov 4, 2014

Feldenkrais and the Coleman Camp Stove

During my last minute road trip, I booked lodging in Polebridge, MT, on the edge of Glacier National Park, less than 24 hours in advance. That I found a funkily furnished ger, a round tent-like structure created in Mongolia, with a real bed, a private compost…

ilona fried in The Feldenkrais Method

Aug 5, 2015

Feldenkrais Off the Mat: Making New Choices

I’ve met several Feldenkrais practitioners during a recent visit to the East Coast. In some conversations it arose that I began my Feldenkrais training in one program and switched to another. People asked why. I shared my reasons (since they are not…