The Feldenkrais Method®

"Each of us speaks, moves, thinks and feels in a different way, each according to the image of themselves that they have built up over the years. In order to change our mode of action, we must change the image of ourselves that we carry within us."  - Moshe Feldenkrais DSc.

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Classes are held in Gosford on the Central Coast, NSW Australia.

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Moshe Feldenkrais DSc.

for general well being, comfort, pain relief

and recovery from injury.

Ukrainian born, Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) was a scientist and Judo expert whose interests turned to movement education after healing himself from a severe leg injury.

In the 1930’s Moshe graduated with a Doctorate of Science in Physics from the Sorbonne in Paris. During his scientific working life he assisted Nobel Prize winner Joliot-Curie in early nuclear research, later he worked at the Arcueil-Cachan laboratories building a Van de Graaf generator (which was used for atomic fission experiments) and finally Moshe worked under Paul Langevin doing research on magnetics and ultra-sound.

Throughout his life Moshe had a keen interest in the martial arts and after meeting Jigaro Kano, the creator of Judo, in Paris, became one of the first Europeans to earn a Black Belt in this martial art.

In 1940, just as the Germans were arriving in Paris Moshe escaped to England where he worked as a scientific officer in the British Admiralty. He spent 5 years in Scotland conducting anti-submarine research until he slipped on a submarine deck and a severe knee injury, sustained in his youth while playing soccer, flared up again.

His inability to walk, and a poor prognosis for surgery, impelled Moshe to explore his own movement. He turned his scientific mind onto the human body and studied broadly to gain an insight into movement possibilities. Through his intricate and detailed investigations Moshe regained full use of his knee and even returned to his martial arts studies.

Moshe became so engrossed in this new line of research that he gave lectures, started some experimental movement classes and worked one on one with some colleagues. In 1949 Moshe published his first book on his new Method titled Body and Mature Behaviour.

In 1954 Moshe moved permanently to Tel-Aviv and for the first time made his living solely by teaching his Method. He opened a permanent studio for his Awareness Through Movement classes on Alexander Yanai street and gave Functional Integration lessons. In 1957 even the Israeli Prime Minister, David ben Gurion, became his pupil, and within a year this 70 year old was doing headstands.

In the late 1950’s Moshe presented his work in Europe and the United States. He continued to publish books on his work and in 1969 began his first teachers training in Israel with 12 students to pass on his Method.

In 1975-78 Moshe held a teachers training in San Francisco with 65 students and in 1980 began a training with 235 students in Amherst. He couldn’t however complete the training because he fell ill in 1981 and eventually died in 1984.

The Feldenkrais Method is the result of Moshe’s extensive studies into the structure and function of the human nervous system, and the relationship between human development, education and movement.