Feldenkrais Method

The Feldenkrais Method is a form of somatic education^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] "that integrates the body, mind and psyche through an educational model in which a trained Feldenkrais practitioner guides a client (the ‘student’) through movements with hands-on and verbally administered cues," according to Clinical Sports Medicine.^[8] Also studied as an exercise therapy, it was devised by Israeli Moshé Feldenkrais (1904–1984) during the mid-20th century. The method is claimed to reorganize connections between the brain and body and so improve body movement and psychological state.^[9]^[10]

Although there is no medical evidence that the Feldenkrais method improves health outcomes or if it is a cost-effective treatment option,^[11] researchers do not believe it poses serious risks.^[10]

^ Meehan, Emma; Carter, Bernie (25 January 2021). "Moving With Pain: What Principles From Somatic Practices Can Offer to People Living With Chronic Pain". Frontiers in Psychology. 11. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.620381. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 7868595. PMID 33569028.
^ Mullan, Kelly Jean (2 October 2014). "Somatics: Investigating the common ground of western body–mind disciplines". Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy. 9 (4): 253–265. doi:10.1080/17432979.2014.946092. ISSN 1743-2979.
^ Bhattacharya, Arup (20 January 2012). A Compendium of Essays on Alternative Therapy. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-953-307-863-2.
^ Fonow, Mary Margaret; Cook, Judith A.; Goldsand, Richard S.; Burke-Miller, Jane K. (June 2016). "Using the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education to Enhance Mindfulness, Body Awareness, and Empathetic Leadership Perceptions Among College Students: Journal of Leadership Education". Journal of Leadership Education. 15 (3): 116–130. doi:10.12806/V15/I3/R4.
^ "Somatics: The Yogas of the West". Yoga Journal. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
^ Wozny, Nancy (May 2012). "The Somatics Infusion: Dance Magazine". Dance Magazine. 86 (5): 36–39.
^ "What is the Feldenkrais Method of somatic education?". Feldenkrais Method. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
^ Audette, Joseph F.; Bailey, Allison (1 January 2007), Frontera, Walter R.; Herring, Stanley A.; Micheli, Lyle J.; Silver, Julie K. (eds.), "CHAPTER 23 - Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Athlete", Clinical Sports Medicine, Edinburgh: W.B. Saunders, pp. 307–320, ISBN 978-1-4160-2443-9, retrieved 10 December 2023
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^ ^a ^b Singh, Simon; Ernst, Edzard (2008). Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial. Bantam Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-59306-129-9.
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[1] Meehan, Emma; Carter, Bernie (25 January 2021). "Moving With Pain: What Principles From Somatic Practices Can Offer to People Living With Chronic Pain". Frontiers in Psychology. 11. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.620381. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 7868595. PMID 33569028.

[2] Mullan, Kelly Jean (2 October 2014). "Somatics: Investigating the common ground of western body–mind disciplines". Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy. 9 (4): 253–265. doi:10.1080/17432979.2014.946092. ISSN 1743-2979.

[3] Bhattacharya, Arup (20 January 2012). A Compendium of Essays on Alternative Therapy. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-953-307-863-2.

[4] Fonow, Mary Margaret; Cook, Judith A.; Goldsand, Richard S.; Burke-Miller, Jane K. (June 2016). "Using the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education to Enhance Mindfulness, Body Awareness, and Empathetic Leadership Perceptions Among College Students: Journal of Leadership Education". Journal of Leadership Education. 15 (3): 116–130. doi:10.12806/V15/I3/R4.

[5] "Somatics: The Yogas of the West". Yoga Journal. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

[6] Wozny, Nancy (May 2012). "The Somatics Infusion: Dance Magazine". Dance Magazine. 86 (5): 36–39.

[7] "What is the Feldenkrais Method of somatic education?". Feldenkrais Method. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

[8] Audette, Joseph F.; Bailey, Allison (1 January 2007), Frontera, Walter R.; Herring, Stanley A.; Micheli, Lyle J.; Silver, Julie K. (eds.), "CHAPTER 23 - Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Athlete", Clinical Sports Medicine, Edinburgh: W.B. Saunders, pp. 307–320, ISBN 978-1-4160-2443-9, retrieved 10 December 2023

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[Corgi-10] Singh, Simon; Ernst, Edzard (2008). Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial. Bantam Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-59306-129-9.

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