FELDENKRAIS! Podcasts on the Work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais.

Frank Wildman On The Today Show

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:17:07 +0000

Image of Frank Wildman Frank Wildman Video This is how its done! Frank Wildman in a 9-minute interview on the The Today Show in Australia. Note: It’s Frank Wildman. Not Frank Wildman channeling a dead guy and talking about Moshe. Not Frank Wildman talking about “restoring each person to their human dignity” or some other Feldenkrias blah [...]

Feldenkrais Webinar Replay Available

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:17:25 +0000

The marketing webinars from February are now available as a product – ready for immediate download. We had a great turnout for the workshop with 22 people from accross the United States and several from Europe in attendance. “I came to Ryan knowing next to nothing about internet marketing but I knew I needed it if [...]

International Feldenkrais Federation Files YouTube Complaint

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:12:06 +0000

Image via Wikipedia I suppose it had to happen eventually – The International Feldenkrais Federation Distribution Center (IFF-DC) filed a claim with YouTube and asked them to take down clips that were posted by Paul Doron and a few others. The clips were of Moshe Feldenkrais at the Amherst Training in the early 1980’s. I guess its [...]

Moshe Feldenkrais Amherst Clip: July 13, 1981

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:24:34 +0000

I found this clip on YouTube a few minutes ago. It is from the Amherst training, July 13, 1981. I love seeing the playful part of Moshe that can be seen in the beginning of the video. From what I can tell, the class was watching a video of Moshe working and then he began [...]

FGNA Board News?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:34:19 +0000

I would like to applaud the FGNA board’s attempt to harness social media in order to connect with FGNA members. It is a welcome step. It is nice to be able to see a video and connect names and faces. That being said, the video below has no content. That the board met? We know. [...]

Feldenkrais Around The Web

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:11:37 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Last night I received my once-a-week google alert for the term “Feldenkrais.” Google sends me an email with every mention of the the word “Feldenkrais” that it picks up around the web. The list includes blogs, websites, forums, and all points in between. I took the list, inserted links, cut out the spam and [...]

Feldenkrais, Sex and Self-Development

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:17:31 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Last night I was doing a session from the 1977 1972 Esalen workhop. The Esalen workshop was one of the first public workshops taught by Moshe Feldenkrais in the United States. I was doing lesson #13, called: Head Turning (Cervical). In the middle of the session, the transcript reports Moshe saying; “Some misuse the [...]

Moshe Feldenkrais: Judo and The Art of Defence and Attack

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:03:32 +0000

Just a few moments ago on Facebook, Kunihiko Otomo posted a quote from Moshe Feldenkrais’ out-of-print 1944 book: Judo: The Art of Defence and Attack Kunihiko mentioned, “I see the seeds of his [Moshe's] inspiration and his later Method scattered all over those pages like pieces of gold.” Being intrigued, I did some digging online [...]

Live Webinar: 27 Low and No-Cost Ways To Expand Your Income Using The Internet

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:31:08 +0000

Do you have a Feldenkrais-based practice or side-business and want to make more effective use of the internet? Join me in February for 2 power-packed webinars to help you create more influence and income online. In these interactive online workshops, you will gain both a broad overview of what is possible for you online and also get [...]

Feldenkrais Skiing: High-Performance Skiing and The Feldenkrais Method

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:40:17 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Feldenkrais & High Performance Skiing The short video below popped up in my “google alerts” a few minutes ago. It is of John Kucera from the Canadian Alpine Ski Team. Since 2004, John and his teammates have been working with Coach Kurt Kothbauer. Kurt is not only the head conditioning coach for [...]

Bone Mineral Content And Fractures: Are They Related?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:02:55 +0000

Image by Woody Collins via Flickr In a previous post on the relationship between structural “deviations” and pain symptoms we discussed how specific issues such as “disk protrusions” and “torn rotator cuffs” are not necessarily related to pain symptoms – regardless of what well-meaning health practitioners may tell us. Now, let’s talk about a related idea we [...]

Feldenkrais Trainings: How Many Graduates Start a Practice?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:54:53 +0000

Have you ever wondered how many people graduate from Feldenkrais Trainings on a yearly basis? Curious how many of those people actually start practices? Paul Rubin’s Answer Last month on the FeldyForum, Feldenkrais Trainer Paul Rubin stated his belief that most people who graduate from a Feldenkrais professional training program end up using the work in some [...]

Ruthy Alon: Talking To The Bones

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:52:07 +0000

I recently caught up with Ruthy Alon while she was in preparation for an upcoming 4-month international trip to teach Bones For Life and Feldenkrais. One of Moshe’s original “gang of 13″ students, Ruthy speaks not only about the development and origination of her own work – Bones For Life – but also her [...]

Feldenkrais Video: University of Wisconsin

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:37:27 +0000

I just got off a skype call with Ruthy Alon for our upcoming podcast and decided to take a look at what was happening one Facebook. And wouldn’t you know, social media maven Deborah Elizabeth Lotus had just shared a video of Hagit Vardi, a Feldenkrais Teacher being interviewed by Dave Rakel, MD from the [...]

Think Your Pain Symptoms are Caused by a Structural Problem? Think Again.

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:10:10 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Have you or a loved one ever been in that uncomfortable position of asking a health provider: “What is the cause of my back pain? “…shoulder pain?” “…neck pain?” or some other painful condition? And your well-meaning nurse, doctor, or physical therapist was kind enough to do a “diagnosis” with an MRI or X-Ray, solemnly telling you [...]

Upcoming Podcasts, Plus Feldenkrais Mp3 Discount Code

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:07:53 +0000

Chava and Ruthy Podcasts I am slowly working my way towards podcasts with Chava Chelhav of Child’Space fame and (I hope) Ruthy Alon, creator of Bones for Life. More than just students of Moshe Feldenkras, Chava Chelhav and Ruthy Alon are thinkers and innovators in their own right and I am looking forward to speaking [...]

Feldenkrais Methods and Viral Marketing, Part 1

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:29:17 +0000

Every so often a member of one of the Feldenkrais communities will approach me about viral marketing – a way of using internet technologies to help an idea or product spread very rapidly online. To date, I have not agreed to do any viral marketing campaigns for anyone in the Feldenkrais community. Why? There are [...]

Move Into Life: Anat Baniel Speaks With Michael Merzenich

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:55 +0000

In the interview below, Dr. Michael Merzenich speaks with Anat Baniel about her new book, Move into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality Watching the clip, I am deeply impressed with Anat’s ability to speak about Feldenkrais principles in a manner that is clear and easy-to-understand. It is an important skill that [...]

Some Common Delusions of Physical Therapists

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:31:47 +0000

Image via Wikipedia I would like to give a nod to Barrett Dorko and his article: The Matrix and Me, where he lists some common illusions of therapists (I assume physical therapists). Dorko is provocative writer and I recommend taking a look at his work. From his article: Traditional Therapeutic Illusions In my experience most therapists (this occasionally [...]

David Zemach Bersin And The Advanced Workshop That Wasn’t

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:20:07 +0000

Worst Advanced Training Ever? Or Just Business as Usual? Early in 2009, I took the most ill-conceived and, I am sorry to say, useless, advanced Feldenkrais training that I have ever encountered – A “Functional Integration Immersion” workshop taught by David Zemach Bersin in Berkeley, California. It has been nearly 8 months since I took the [...]

The Emerging Feldenkrais Networks…

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:21:36 +0000

Image via Wikipedia I do not know how many of you are aware of it…consciously…but practitioners and students of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais are accelerating their development of the work and their development of themselves, their students and their practices. True to feldenkrais, evolutionary and dynamic systems models, new forms are arising – new forms of teaching, [...]

Feldenkrais Research? Show Me The Data.

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:35:11 +0000

There seem to be more and more voices within the Feldenkrais community making calls for research on the method. You may know about the IFF Research Journal that has been in existence for several years. They have some useful articles. There is the “Esther Thelen Fund” whose goal is “…to foster the specific communication and [...]

Do You REALLY Want To Have A Feldenkrais Practice?!

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:28:48 +0000

Image via Wikipedia It’s Ok if you don’t. You are still an amazing human being. Perhaps even more amazing. You don’t have a practice and we totally, totally, love you. I mean that. I was in the bay area earlier this year and I had a friend who was complaining about not having enough students, her practice [...]

Is “Bones For Life” Feldenkrais?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:14:22 +0000

I’ve heard some conversations recently in which people ask, “Is Bones For Life® Feldenkrais®?” or simply state, “Bones for Life IS NOT Feldenkrais!!” Neither statement makes any sense. Here’s an idea. How about asking questions about the “new” methodologies in a way that is consistent with Feldenkrais learning principles? How about asking what will help [...]

Feldenkrais: The Next 25 Years

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:39:59 +0000

The video below is from: Feldenkrais: The Next 25 Years, an emerging documentary from Irene Gutteridge, whose short-term goal: …the creation of a series of short videos, each focused on specific aspects and applications of Feldenkrais, compiled into an educational DVD. seems to be coming to fruition, step-by-step. Very nice! You can find out more about her [...]

Free Feldenkrais-Based Back Pain Relief Workshop

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:28:55 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Ready for some more open-source, share-and-share-alike Feldenkrais resources? Good! Back Pain Relief Transcripts Based on the Work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais A group of open-source, Self-Awareness Through Movement lessons, designed to reduce and eliminate back pain, as well as improve the movement of your entire spine. Based on the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, these [...]

Feldenkrais Video: Impressions of Moshe at “CERN”

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:30:38 +0000

The video below, “Moshe Feldenkrais at CERN” shows a small part of Moshe’s presentation at CERN circa 1981.*** Unfortunately, what you see below is only the demonstration portion and does not include Moshe’s prior lecture. The lecture was quite fascinating not only from a theoretical perspective, but also from a group dynamics and teaching perspective. Why? [...]

Steven Gilligan Podcast: Hypnosis, Milton and Moshe

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:00:43 +0000

In this 35-minute interview with Dr. Stephen Gilligan, we discuss a wide-variety of topics, including some of Steve’s early experiences with Milton Erickson, his development of Self-Relations Psychotherapy and the “third” generation of hypnosis, trance and change that he is developing now. We also talk about some of the interrelations between between somatic practices such [...]

The First 5 Open Source Feldenkrais-Based Lessons

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:50:19 +0000

Open Source Transcripts: Moshe Feldenkrais For All. As promised, in my previous post on Open-Source Feldenkrais Materials, here is a group of open-source Self-Awareness Through Movement lessons based on the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. Please read the disclaimer before using these materials: http://utahfeldenkrais.org/blog/blog-disclaimer/ The session names are: 1) Sitting, Bending the Head 2) Seeing Your Heels #1 3) Roll [...]

Open-Source Materials Based On The Work Of Moshe Feldenkrais

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:25:02 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Do you think the work of Moshe Feldenkrais should be more widely available? If you read the FeldyForum or participate in other community activities such as attending guild conferences, you may have heard about the dissatisfaction that many Feldenkrais and Feldenkrais-based practitioners have about the accessibility of materials. The discussions have been going on [...]

Dr. David Gorski: King of the Quack’s

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:53:46 +0000

Image by law_keven via Flickr Dr. David “Orac” Gorski If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and smells like a duck, it’s probably David Gorski, M.D., PhD. Gorski is a medical doctor and blogger who casts aspersions on the work of others by selectively choosing data and research that supports his positions, ignoring those [...]

Linda Tellington Jones: TTouch® and Feldenkrais® (Video)

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:17:25 +0000

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Linda Tellington Jones of “TTouch®” fame is going to be at the Feldenkrais conference coming up in August. Famous worldwide for her work with animals, she has also trained as a Feldenkrais Practitioner. Her workshop, Integrating Tellington TTouch® into your Professional Practice and Everyday Life is open to the public, [...]

Bonnie Humiston Podcast

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:50:26 +0000

Welcome to a 33-minute podcast with Feldenkrais Trainer Bonnie Humiston from Humiston Wellness.. Bonnie began her studies with Moshe Feldenkrais in 1971 and graduated from the first North American Feldenkrais training in 1977. She has been a two-time President of the Feldenkrais Guild of North America, charter member of the International Feldenkrais Federation [...]

The Feldenkrais Method and Chronic Pain. Does Feldenkrais Help?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:03:46 +0000

The AARP recently posted an article on “alternative therapies” and drug-free treatments for chronic pain. The Feldenkrais Method of Learning was mentioned: Bedridden and folded up in a fetal position, she was unable to brush her hair, shower, or use the bathroom unaided. She teetered on the verge of suicide. Finally, after 15 years, a switch [...]

Feldenkrias Images and Photos on Flickr

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:40:00 +0000

Image by divamover via Flickr Have you ever wondered what a Feldenkrais, Awareness Through Movement LessonÂ® looks like? Take a look at the new “FeldyFotos” group on Flickr. Better yet, join Flickr (It’s Free). And then join the FeldyFotos group so you can share image of you Functional Integration sessions, Awareness Through Movement Classes and training. [...]

Core Integration and Walking With Josef Dellagrotte

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:19:43 +0000

Interesting video by Josef Dellagrotte showing a piece from his last walking workshop, demonstrating exercises to dramatically improve the complex motions needed for efficient and comfortable walking. By the way – I do sell many of Josef’s core integration exercises available as an instant download. They are enjoyable and highly effective. - Ryan

Ralph Strauch and “Composing Experience”

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:14:22 +0000

Actually, to be true to Ralph’s work, I should probably write: “Ralph Strauch” in quotes as well. Reality, I think, is a word that should always be put in quotes. Below is a video from one of Ralph’s past Composing Experience workshops. The next is coming up in Vancouver, March, 2009. I have not attended [...]

Dennis Leri Podcast

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:12:01 +0000

I am pleased to present an interview with Dennis Leri. Dennis is not only a Feldenkrais Trainer, but a Martial Artist and Buddhist who has a great deal of experience with thinkers and doers such as Miltion Erickson, Charles S. Peirce, Francisco Varela, Heinz von Foerster and many, many others. He has published dozens [...]

Of Feldenkrais, Chickens and Movement Possibility

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:45:55 +0000

The YouTube video below had been viewed nearly 500,000 times at the time I posted it below. It shows the “strange to us” ability of a chicken to keep its head completely still, even as the rest of its body moves in different directions. As a student of Moshe Feldenkrais and other movement scientists, I [...]

Of Moshe and Obama: Racial Politics or Post-Modernism?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:59:49 +0000

Over the years in American politics, there have been many charismatic black leaders. Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson, and Malcolm X come to mind. Al Sharpton, has been in the news recently, so his name also comes to the fore. I am only slightly familiar with these men, I have not read many of their [...]

Eliminate Back Pain Workshop Audio + Transcripts

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:40:13 +0000

My “Eliminate Back Pain” series has recently been updated, with 4 new sessions to help eliminate back pain while sitting. For practitioners who want to teach their own back pain workshops, I have also added an option that includes transcripts of the 11 Feldenkrais-based sessions. You could be up and running and teaching your own [...]

Is Feldenkrais a Cult?!

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:35:48 +0000

There is a conversation on a private Feldenkrais forum related to some people’s perception of the Feldenkrais Method as a cult. The forum conversation is mainly regarding marketing. That is, finding better ways to explain Feldenkrais principles and introduce people to the work. However, I know from my website database that many people search for [...]

The Invisible and Impotent FeldyForum

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:37:11 +0000

The FeldyForum is an online Yahoo Group moderated by Ralph Strauch. In the words of the moderator it is: …an independent online forum to facilitate communication within the Feldenkrais community worldwide…Memberships are limited to Feldenkrais Practitioners and students in Feldenkrais Professional Training Programs. I would like to add one more fact about the FeldyForum. From the [...]

Ruthy Alon: Movement “Nature” Meant

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:51:46 +0000

Ruthy Alon Video The number of Feldenkrais-related video seems to increasing dramatically on YouTube and other online sources. Here’s a gentle one by Ruthy Alon, one of Moshe’s orginal students. I can’t imagine that it would play well to a large market segment and I don’t know if this would be considered a Bones For Life [...]

Feldenkrais: The Limits of the Medical Model

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:02:55 +0000

I read an interesting post recently on the FeldyForum, an international Yahoo Group of Feldenkrais Practitioners and students that is moderated by Feldenkrais Practitioner Ralph Strauch The FeldyForum post was written by noted Feldenkrais Practitioner and sculptor, Martin Weiner of Ojai, CA. I spoke with Marty on the first two podcasts that I conducted: A Conversation [...]

A Computer Scientist Writes About the Feldenkrais Method

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:19:17 +0000

I bumped into a lovely webpage by a Stanford Professor named Sanjeev Arora, What is the Feldenkrais Method?. I thought his ideas about the method were quite sound and can serve as a useful introduction to the method. Here are his first few words: The Feldenkrais method, invention of Israeli physicist Moshe Feldenkrais, is a [...]

Core Integration MP3’s Downloads

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:03:33 +0000

Core Strengthening and Integration MP3 Downloads by Dr. Josef DellaGrotte I want to welcome a new addition to the Feldenkrais Exercises store. Josef Dellagrotte’s Core Integration Series. Josef is a Core Integration Trainer in Watertown, MA. He trained extensively with Moshe Feldenkrais and Ida Rolf and teaches trainings and workshops all over the world. Josef sent me [...]

Core Integration Video by Dr. Josef DellaGrotte

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:31:16 +0000

Josef Dellagrotte in Stow and Watertown, MA (Massachusetts), sent me a brief video about his Core Integration system and I uploaded it to YouTube. See below. I will have more to say about Josef’s work later and I may be selling some of his products here as mp3 downloads. Check back soon? By the way, there [...]

Feldenkrais: Free Your Ankles, Free Your Back

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:37:03 +0000

I’m taking some time to do Ruthy Alon’s Feldenkrais, Awareness Through Movement series, called “Free Your Back.” (I don’t know where you can buy the series, I bought mine at the FGNA conference in Portland last year.) I’m doing the series for a number of reasons, not the least of which is research – I [...]

Get all 17 Feldenkrais Podcasts Instantly for $14.95

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:58:42 +0000

All seventeen of the podcast interviews on this site can be purchased and downloaded at once – Over 10 hours of material directly to your computer. Interviews and Awareness Through Movement Sessions from Feldenkrais Trainers, Practitioners and researchers, including, Jerry Karzen, Frank Wildman, Larry Goldfarb, Alan Questel, Martin Weiner, Katrin Smithback, Diana Razumny, Alan Fogel, [...]

Feldenkrais Video: The Genesis of Healing

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:31:11 +0000

Have you had a chance to see the mini-documentary on Moshe Feldenkrais and his life, by Brush Fire Films and the Genesis of Healing Televison series? I don’t know where or how to view the entire program, but I have posted the clip below. It is also available on the Brush Fire Films Website. Tell me [...]

Feldenkrais® Podcast #17: Moti Nativ

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:17:36 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Welcome to Feldenkrais® Podcasts. Today, we have Moti Nativ, a Feldenkrais Practitioner and Martial Artist from Israel. Moti will be teaching a workshop at the Feldenkrais Conference in Boulder (2008) which is open to both Feldenkrais Practitioners and the public. He was recently in the U.S. teaching in North Carolina and he was kind [...]

Podcast #16: Feldenkrais Method Conference: Katrin Smithback, Diana Razumny

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:49:21 +0000

Today we have Feldenkrais Trainers, Katrin Smithback and Diana Razumny who are Program Committee members (Katrin is the Chairperson) for the next Feldenkrais (FGNA) conference to be held in Boulder Colorado from July 25th to August 1st, 2008. The whole Program Committee “thing” has been a bit of a mystery to me, so I asked Diana [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #15: Dr. Stephen Gilligan

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:43:15 +0000

A Conversatation With Stephen Gilligan Thanks to my good friend Michale Beale, a Business NLP Trainer from the U.K. I can offer you a conversation with Dr. Stephen Gilligan. One of John Grinder and Richard Bandler’s original students, and also a student of Milton H. Erickson, Stephen is now an internationally respected trainer of hypnosis. He is [...]

Anat Baniel Feldenkrais Video: Feldenkrais Achieved What Medicine Could Not

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:27:11 +0000

I read a post by Hans Holter Solhjell on an online forum, which made me aware of how many new Feldenkrais Video’s have been posted online recently. The video below, in which Anat Baniel, Feldenkrais Trainer appears, is particularly poignant for those of us in the Feldenkrais community. It tells the story that many of us [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #14: C. Rabke, Feldenkrais, Structural Integration, Buddhist Guy

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:50:21 +0000

Today we have – Carl Rabke (spelled just like it doesn’t sound). Carl brings a unique perspective to Feldenkrais Podcasts, he is a Structural Integration Practitioner (related to Rolfing), Feldenkrias Practitioner and also a practicing Buddhist . In this podcast, recorded several months ago, I ask Carl why he made the switch from Structural Integration [...]

Feldenkrais MP3 Downloads. Are you selling online yet?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:15:10 +0000

I recently gave my main Feldenkrais site an upgrade. I modified a free web page template to make the site slicker, quicker and easier to load. I also wanted to make it easier to create and sell digital Feldenkrais Products on the website. What is a digital Feldenkrais Product? A CD, DVD, VHS tape or even a [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #13: Jerry Karzen, Feldenkrais Trainer…

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:40:28 +0000

Jerry Karzen shares a Feldenkrais, Awareness Through Movementâ„ lesson with us. Jerry created this recording specifically for Feldenkrais Podcasts. Thanks Jerry! Listen carefully and you can hear some birds chirping and singing in the background, probably some deep subliminal messages created by Mother Nature to suggest that you attend Jerry’s next Feldenkrais Training in [...]

Hasidim Rejoice! Feldenkrais Podcasts begin again

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:11:08 +0000

Ok. The summer is over. The World Series of Poker is complete. The FGNA conference in Portland has come and gone. The Web Whisperers have a new marketing workshop in Santa Fe. And I now feel the urge to start podcasting again. Praise Moshe and pass the ammunition! A great season coming up. Awareness Through Movement [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #12: Dr. Frank Wildman

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:26:00 +0000

Dr. Wildman is perhaps one of the most prolific Feldenkrais Trainers having taught dozens of Feldenkrais Trainings in areas as such as the U.S., Japan, Australia and many countries in Europe. In this aproximately 35 minute conversation I talk with Frank about whether the Feldenkrais Method is more accepted in certain parts of the world [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #11: Uncommon Sensing© by Alan Questel, Part 2

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:26:44 +0000

Welcome to Uncommon Sensing©, Part 2, this podcast is a 44 minute, Feldenkrais, Awareness Through Movement® lesson by Alan Questel from his CD-set “Uncommon Sensing: Moving Beyond Your Self Image.” The introduction to this lesson can be found in Feldenkrais Podcast #10 Here is track #2, a 44-minute exploration of space and dimensionality by use of [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #10: Uncommon Sensing©, Part 1, By Alan Questel

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:27:54 +0000

Welcome to this free “sampler” of a weekend workshop in Feldenkrais, Awareness Through Movement® by Alan Questel. Alan was kind enough to share tracks #1 and #2 from the 2nd CD of his Feldenkrais workshop called, “Uncommon Sensing©: Moving Beyond Your Self-Image” You can purchase the entire workshop on CD directly from Alan by sending [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #9: Alan Questel on Creativity

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 19 May 2007 05:41:38 +0000

This is Part Two of my conversation with Alan Questel. In this 20 minute Feldenkrais Podcast we discuss creativity and embodying the creative process. Can creativity be taught with the Feldenkrais Method? Was Moshe actually using Awareness Through Movement to teach creativity? Listen to Alan’s thoughts on these and other topics. Part Two: A conversation [...]

Chava Shelhav: Child’Space Video

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 08 May 2007 14:14:03 +0000

Child’Space video, by Dr. Chava Shelhav, Feldenkrais Practitioner. I’ll wait to say more about the video until I watch it again. I have contacted Chava about speaking to me on the Feldenkrais Podcast. We are looking for some open space to speak.

Feldenkrais Podcast #8: Alan Questel

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 05 May 2007 01:56:20 +0000

As promised, Part 1 of my long-awated podcast with Alan Questel, Feldenkrais Trainer. Sorry for the delay! In my conversation with Alan he speaks about some of the new teaching and learning strategies that he is using in his latest Feldenkrais Training programs, as he explores several questions: Are there more effective ways to teach Functional [...]

What is the Feldenkrais Method?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:24:35 +0000

I will have more to say about this wonderful video later. It was all that I could do to find the time to convert the DVD and then put it up over the weekend. Download a copy of this video: Feldenkrais Promotional Video, Quicktime format: (78 mb): Feldenkrais Video Feldenkrais Promotional Video, Small, Quicktime format: (20 mb): [...]

Frank Wildman Feldenkrais Video – “The brain as the Core of Strength and Stability

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:53:34 +0000

Looks like Frank Wildman, Feldenkrais Trainer, has put some video clips online. Looks great. And excellent information as well. To watch the videos without leaving this site, click the play button on the bottom left hand corner of the video. Take a look: And don’t forgot this one:

Rolfing Podcast: Inside Structural Integration

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:09:40 +0000

I just realized that the “insidesi” website that I quoted in a previous post has a podcast. There are interviews with Will Johnson, Joseph Heller and others. It looks like a great resource for “Somatic Practitioners” of any flavor: Sructural Integration Podcast Cheers – Ryan

Feldenkrais Podcast #7 : Josef Dellagrotte. Welcome Rolfers and Structural Integration Practitioners

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:16:19 +0000

I want to give a hearty welcome on Feldenkrais Podcasts to Josef Dellagrotte, who agreed to speak with me on just a moments notice. With a Rolfer soon to be on Oprah, I thought it would be nice to speak with an individual who had trained with both Ida Rolf and Moshe Feldenkrais. Josef makes a [...]

Rolfing on Oprah: Congratulations!

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:28:16 +0000

On behalf of many like-minded people in the Feldenkrais Community, I would to congratulate Rolfer’s and Structural Integrationists around the world for their profession’s appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on April 11th, 2007. I first heard about the Oprah appearance on the “structural evolution blog” which noted: Check out John Martine on Oprah April 10th. Hopefully [...]

Feldenkrais Method, Rolfing, and Alexander Technique…

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:14:30 +0000

Historically speaking, I do not know much about interactions between Ida Rolf and Moshe Feldenkrais. I remember a delightfully arrogant pronounciation that Moshe made about Alexander. He said that if Alexander had lived another 10 years, he would might have been able to invent the Feldenkrais Method…. But I have not heard much about Moshe’s [...]

Feldenkrais® Podcast: A Primer.

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:10:42 +0000

If you have never listened to a podcast or audio on you computer may want to read the text below. Otherwise, feel free to skip the text and go directly to the podcast links at the end of this post. What is a Podcast? A podcast is simply an audio-file in a format that most (if not all) [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #6 : Jerry Karzen

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:30:12 +0000

Jerry Karzen – One of Moshe Feldenkrais’ original American students. Find out how Jerry found himself in the San Francisco International Feldenkrais Training in 1977. And how he ultimately came to become a close friend of Dr. Feldenkrais and organize the Amherst Training in 1980. Learn the story behind Jerry’s filming of Moshe Feldenkrais [...]

Advanced Feldenkrais Workshop with Yochanan Rywerant

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:30:18 +0000

This Feldenkrais advanced training with Yochanan Rywerant recently came to my attention (thanks to Eva Laser in Sweden),Â so I thought I would post information about it.Â I do not know much about Yochanon, but according to the workshop description, Yochanon is: …one of the most knowledgeable and experienced Feldenkrais teachers in the world. He began [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #5: Dr. Alan Fogel

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:55:59 +0000

I first came across Dr. Fogel’s work through a presentation arranged by Mark Reese back in 1998..or so. Mark brought Alan to one of his San Diego Feldenkrais Trainings to give a 1-day workshop on…well, I don’t remember what it was on, but it was really, really, cool and it made perfect sense [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #4 : Dr. Larry Goldfarb discusses Feldenkrais Research

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:19:11 +0000

Image of Larry Goldfarb In this podcast with Larry Goldfarb, and the next with Alan Fogel (coming soon), we discuss some issues related to Feldenkrais research. What are the roles of research in a “systemic” methodology such as the Feldenkrais Method? Can research inform Feldenkrais practice? Is it possible that researchers are actually looking for Feldenkrais principles [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #3 : A conversation with Dr. Larry Goldfarb

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:43:13 +0000

This is the first of two conversations that I have had with Dr. Goldfarb. In this conversation we focus on Larry’s use of technology to train Feldenkrais Practitioners. I contacted him to be on the Feldenkrais Podcast because Larry really seems to “get” technology and I wanted to know how he employs it in his [...]

The Vagus, Feldenkrais, and Anna Nicole Smith (??)

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:39:44 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Last week I had a meeting with my dissertation advisor, Alan Fogel, and he had some anatomy pictures on his computer screen related the “Vagus.” I have to admit, I do not know much about the Vagus and I never found out why Alan was looking at the pictures – perhaps in relation [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #2 : Further down the Rabbit Hole with Marty Weiner

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:12:20 +0000

Another conversation with Martin Weiner (not Wiener) Marty has added another date for his Feldenkrias Advanced Training: Mentor with a Master. Here are the details: WHEN: March 30-April 1. TIME: 9:00am – 5:30pm LOCATION: VENTURA, CALIFORNIA COST: $450 $75 DEPOSIT DUE BY FEBRUARY 23, 2007 Sponsored by the Center for Explorations in Consciousness. For a registration kit, including [...]

“My Feldenkrais Lessons”

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:07:39 +0000

The next podcast will be up in about 48 hours. In the meantime take a look at this blog post, by a Feldenkrais Student. His blog is called “pictures from my cell phone:” Once a week, on Wednesdays, after swimming forty lengths in the pool, I get on my motorcycle and go to the place where [...]

Feldenkrais: A reason to be cheerful.

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:04:55 +0000

I thought this was cute – a short list by a blogger on reasons to be cheerful. She mentions winter sunlight, bubble baths and Feldenkrais: Reasons to be cheerful. Also, the following online article is short on detail, but it does mention the Feldenkrais Method: With God’s help, Batya lived through the night. After a few days, [...]

Feldenkrais Podcast #1: A Conversation with Martin Weiner

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:21:06 +0000

Hello everyone – Welcome to the first of what is – I hope – many conversations with Martin Wiener and other individuals of interest to the Feldenkrais community and our friends. Martin (Marty) has a workshop coming up in Ventura, California, March 23 – 25th. We will talk about this workshop and Marty’s approach [...]

Feldenkrais in the News: The Hudson Reporter, New Jersey

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:09:22 +0000

A rather heartwarming story reported in the Hudson Reporter. A Feldenkrais Practitioner helps a stroke victim. When Freed [a Feldenkrais Practitioner] first met Barbara [who had suffered a stroke] , the therapist couldn’t believe what she was seeing. “Barbara wasn’t with it,” Freed said. “She could open her eyes and smile, but she couldn’t do much [...]

Martin Weiner, the Feldy Forum, Feldenkrais podcasts and….

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:50:03 +0000

The quote below deserves so much more attention than I am going to give it right now (hey, damn it. It’s Saturday night and got things to do), but I do want to get it online. It is from Martin (Marty) Weiner, a Feldenkrais Practitioner that I have wanted to know more about for several years. [...]

AmbivaBlog’s latest mentioning of the Feldenkrais Method…

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:32:39 +0000

From time-to-time “Ambivablog” comes up on my radar screen when the author writes a post about the Feldenkrais Method. Here is her latest Feldenkrais post. The main page of AmbivaBlog has a list of all the Feldenkrais Posts on the lower right hand side. Enjoy – Ryan

Feldenkrais Training, “exercises,” and CD’s – too late for Christmas!!

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:28:03 +0000

Oh, what the hell – too late to order and get them before Christmas, but I thought I’d give a quick plug for my friends Seth and Laura Paris from Easy Movement. Seth and Laura sell high quality Feldenkrais products – CD’s, DVDs etc. I highly recommend them: Easy Movement Feldenkrais Products. Doh! I forgot Easy [...]

New Feldenkrais Research Articles.

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:56:29 +0000

Feldenkrais and Alzheimers: Ann, J. (2006). Individuals with dementia learn new habits and are empowered through the Feldenkrais method. Alzheimerâ€™s Care Quarterly, 7(4), 278-86. Feldenkrais increases muscle length without the use of stretching: Stephens, J., Davidson, J., DeRosa, J., Kriz, M., and Saltzman, N. (2006). Lengthening the hamstring muscles without stretching using “awareness through movement.” [...]

New site: Feldenkrais Central in Southern California

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:30:46 +0000

I just discovered an incredibly well-done Feldenkrais website from Darcia Dexter. Darcia is a Feldenkrais Practitioner who works in and around Los Angeles and Orange County. Check it out: FeldenkraisCentral Out the door for a short vacation. Will write more about Darica’s Website next week. cheers – Ryan

Feldenkrais and “Energy”

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:02:44 +0000

Just read a post on a blog called Research and Remedies in Human Behavior. The blogger does not allow comments, so there is no way to directly communicate with him. Here’s what he wrote: …in my somatic education classes I have begun truly exploring my body in movement, especially what concerns the hips. I find the [...]

A beginner’s guide to Feldenkrais lessons? Where?!

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:04:24 +0000

There are number of good, free resources online that can give you descriptions of the Feldenkrais Method of Learning. Larry Goldfarb, a Feldenkrais Trainer, gives away several on one of his webpages. I especially like “Felden-what?!!” and “The Three C’s.” Heres a link to an article that I like from the Feldenkrais Guild, called, “A [...]

Feldenkrais Classes and Workshops in Salt Lake City, Utah

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:43:34 +0000

In the last week alone, I have received over a half-dozen requests on my main website, for information on Feldenkrais classes and workshops (or “feldenkrais exercises” as some people like to say) here in Salt Lake City, Utah. My internet promotion and marketing businesses, as well as my research and teaching responsibilities, keep my from [...]

Feldenkrais Training in New York City?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:09:22 +0000

I just got off the phone with my friend Stefany who lives in the upper east side in New York City. Gets me to thinking – when should I visit New York next and where are the Feldenkrais Trainings in New York City? No point in visiting the Met, if I cannot also roll around [...]

Feldenkrais on myspace

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:40:58 +0000

I noticed an interesting post on myspace today. A Feldenkrais Practitioner named Daniel Burkholder is using his myspace account to post announcements about his Feldenkrais Classes in Washington, D.C. Great idea! For those of you who do not know about myspace, it is a so-called “social networking site” where people post details about themselves [...]

Feldenkrais and Dance.

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:42:19 +0000

When I first started applying the Feldenkrais Method to Dance, I was doing so mainly as a matter of happenstance. While finishing my 4-year Feldenkrais training, I was living in San Francisco in a house full of Ballet Dancers. They became my first Feldenkrais clients and my practice evolved to include more and more dancers. [...]

The Feldenkrais Method in North London.

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:41:07 +0000

I have an alert service (Google Alerts – it’s free) that tells me when new items have been posted online about the Feldenkrais Method. This morning, I recieved one regarding “The Good Health Guide” a website about holistic resources in North London. It appears to be a group blog of sorts, where various holistic health [...]

International Feldenkrais Federation (IFF) Releases New DVDs/mp3’s

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:00:22 +0000

I am currently at the FGNA Conference – The Feldenkrais Guild of North America’s National Conference in New York. There is much that I could write about, but as a techno-geek who likes to put DVD’s in his computer and mp3 files in his iPod, I must admit that I am stoked about the IFF’s [...]

Feldenkrais video by Feldenkrais Trainer, Larry Goldfarb

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:15:28 +0000

Ever wanted to know what a Feldenkrais lesson looks like? Check out the video below from Larry Goldfarb. Larry conducts Feldenkrais Method trainings all over the word. The short clip below is from a DVD series called “Ideas in Action,” designed to train Feldenkrais Practitioners, but if you are totally new to the world of [...]

Blogs will change your Feldenkrais business.

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:28:14 +0000

For those of you who have taken me up on my challenge to start a Feldenkrais Blog, Business Week has just published an excellent article about Blogs and Blogging. Take a look at, Blogs Will Change Your Business. And if you are interested in what to DO with your blog now that you have one [...]

Doubts about chiropractic benefits for back pain

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:10:14 +0000

The article below about chiropractic care is old news I suppose, but I thought to include it here for several reasons. The main one being that I have a renewed interest in intervention research and its possible relation to the Feldenkrias Method. The article appears to be written by someone associated with quackwatch. Quackwatch usually has [...]

2 Free, Non-Technical Ways to start a Feldenkrais Blog…

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:22:11 +0000

A) My favorite: Wordpress. Wordpress is open-source and free. They have a community of dedicated users who have created many themes that help you to customize your look. If you can do your own hosting there are literally 100’s of themes. B) Blogger. Not my favorite, mainly because they are corporate and not as flexible and [...]

Feldenkrais Method® Video on YouTube?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:48:43 +0000

Ahh…one of my favorite lessons “Book on Foot.” Or in this case “Books on Feet and Arms” – on YouTube! Hmmm. I fear that the uninitiated will see this video and think it some cute parlor trick or worse yet – a fraud. However, what it represents is a human being capable of enacting true flexibility [...]

Feldenkrais and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:51:16 +0000

The website design is not particularly impressive, but Dr. Richard Sanders is one of the world’s foremost authorities on Thoracic Outlet Syndrom (TOC) and he recommends the Feldenkrais Method as a treatment for the disorder. Here’s a brief quote: Abdominal breathing, posture correction, and nerve glides, carried out on a daily basis, are a part of the [...]

The Feldenkrais Method on Wikipedia

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:53:33 +0000

I am amazed at how often Wikipedia comes up on my various searches of google. Whether I am looking up Moshe Feldenkrais, Jean Piaget or ideas from Developmental Psychology, Wikipedia seems to get “hit.” That site must get millions of hits per day. I am equally astounded that there is NO ADVERTISING on Wikipedia! The [...]

Breastfeeding and the Feldenkrais Method.

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:04:04 +0000

How can the Feldenkrais Method help you become a better breastfeeder? Hmmm…ambiguity of the previous sentences aside, I’m not actually going to talk about that. However, “Baby Talk” magazine put a picture of a breastfeeding baby on the cover of its August, 2006 edition and it created quite a stir. Several thousand people wrote letters [...]

Feldenkrais at the University of Utah and beyond…

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:12:56 +0000

Several years ago when I first began graduate school, I read through my advisor’s infancy textbook called Infancy: Infant, Family, and Society and noticed that the book included instructions for many Feldenkrais, Awareness Through MovementÂ® lessons. It was great to see a college text that included the Feldenkrais Method as part of it’s core content. [...]

Begin at the Beginning: A Feldenkrais Experiment.

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:15:29 +0000

I am reading a book by Henry Miller called, Black Spring. I am not quite getting the book. It seems to meander all over the place and does not have a coherent theme that I can pick up on. None the less, like many of Henry Miller’s books it contains useful insights that can jump [...]

Understanding Understanding

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 30 May 2006 16:10:58 +0000

I picked up von Foerster’s Understanding Understanding: Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition from the University of Utah library. Parts of the book are way too mathematical for the average reader (and myself) to understand but he does have some amazing one-liners and great thoughts about learning. One passage to which I am drawn is [...]

Understanding Standing

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 28 May 2006 16:55:51 +0000

Understanding Standing is the title of Larry Goldfarb’s doctoral dissertation, completed at the University of Illinois. In the work Larry attempts to give a modern theoretical explanation of the Feldenkrais Method (I assume that the title of Larry’s dissertation is a play on words from Heinz von Foerster’s systems theory book called, Understanding Understanding.) I [...]

Maturity, Potency, and Action.

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Thu, 18 May 2006 23:05:34 +0000

I am continuing to read Moshe Feldenkrais’ book: The Potent Self. (the 1985 edition). On page 110, there is a paragraph that reads, “In the properly matured individual, activity is spontaneous in all familiar circumstances and potent when a more refined control is required. The spontaneity and the potency are possible because the mature adult has [...]

Book Recommendation: The Potent Self

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Tue, 16 May 2006 16:57:15 +0000

I would like to recommend a book to you: The Potent Self: A Study of Spontaneity and Compulsion by Moshe Feldenkrais. I first read The Potent Self over twelve years ago. I devoured it with a ravenous hunger that I think can only be explained by the fact that I “needed” to hear the ideas in [...]

New site up (aahhh, that’s nice).

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 13 May 2006 17:18:42 +0000

My newly designed Feldenkrais website is up. It took about a month, and much less money and time than I expected. How often do you get to say that? I am quite happy with the job that Sharmistha did. He went far beyond my expectations. There is still much “tweaking” and changing that I want to [...]

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Chronic Pain

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:48:52 +0000

The initial re-organization of my home and recording studio is nearly complete. With the end of the semester at hand, and the re-do of my website almost done, I am ready to begin recording my product for sufferers of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and chronic pain, it should be available on the web in 3 months. [...]

Will power (yuck).

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:51:04 +0000

Image via Wikipedia I took a short run/jog/walk up City Creek Canyon this morning. To those of you who have never experienced the pleasure of living or working in Utah, you may be surprised how quickly nature is available here – skiing, rock-climbing, mountain biking in whatever terrain you choose – deep desert or deep forest [...]

The Business of Learning?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:50:32 +0000

or is it the business of health? Perhaps I could say the learning of business? The last year has been quite a whirlwind of activity as I extend my experience in many new directions. Moshe Feldenkrais and many of his friends and students spoke about “learning how to learn.” Moshe himself was a master of learning [...]

New blog?

ryan@ryannagy.com (Ryan Nagy) — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:09:16 +0000

How many blogs does a person need? How many blogs are useful? Well, in may case time will tell. My Feldenkrias site is in the middle of an udgrade and I am rather excited to see the final product. Although I have enjoyed learning the basics of webprogramming and learning to use DreamWeaver, I am [...]