Bücher von Moshe Feldenkrais

Vor mehr als 50 Jahren begann Moshé Feldenkrais die Methode des somatopsychischen Lernens durch Bewegung zu entwickeln, die seinen Namen trägt. Zum ersten Mal werden hier Feldenkrais' sämtliche zwischen 1964 und 1981 verstreut auf Englisch erschienenen Aufsätze und Interviews zusammengefasst. Viele Konzepte, die in diesem Buch vorgestellt werden, sind heute ebenso wichtig, anregend und radikal wie damals, als sie zum ersten Mal formuliert wurden; das zeigt, wie sehr Feldenkrais mit seinen Ideen seiner Zeit voraus war. Diese bemerkenswerten Texte enthalten einige der stichhaltigsten und komplexesten Argumente, die jemals für die biologische und funktionale Einheit von Geist und Körper benannt wurden. Die Feldenkrais-Schülerin, Begründerin von The Feldenkrais Journal und Aikido-Meisterin Elizabeth Beringer hat die Schriften zu einem sinnvollen Ganzen geordnet und mit Einführungen und Anmerkungen versehen.

In 1929, a young Moshe Feldenkrais published his Hebrew translation of the book, The Practice of Autosuggestion by the Method of Émile Coué. Feldenkrais not only translated the book but composed and added his own observations in two additional chapters, which are presented here in this monograph. Feldenkrais noted that the work of Coué was primarily focused on resolving problems, and realized that these same ideas could be used proactively to improve one''s abilities. Feldenkrais writes, "We will explore this issue and see if we can take it a step forward. Using examples from real life, we will demonstrate that by using autosuggestion we can achieve far superior results rather than merely being in a condition no worse than someone else''s." Feldenkrais offers numerous examples of how autosuggestion can enhance abilities and improve performance and concludes that imagination and correct thinking are more effective than willpower. For many years, Autosuggestion was a reference point for Feldenkrais as he continued to develop his work. He mentioned Coué in various aspects of his later publications, including Body and Mature Behavior and Awareness Through Movement. Both of these books are considered milestones in the development of the Feldenkrais Method®.

Body Awareness as Healing Therapy: The Case of Nora is Moshe Feldenkrais' classic study of his work with Nora, a woman who has suffered a severe stroke and lost her neuromuscular coordination, including the ability to read and write. Feldenkrais uses rational and intuitive approaches to help his student relearn basic motor skills. One can observe here the groundwork of Feldenkrais' extraordinary insights which became known as the Feldenkrais Method. We follow his detailed descriptions of the trial and error process which led him to see the ingredients that were needed to help Nora reshape her attention, perception, imagination and cognition.