Dr. Feldenkrais sometimes worked in positions that challenged his students' sense of physical balance and stability. This approach evoked a profound response, without making the person he was working with feel insecure or threatened. When asked about this, he said, "I create instability because I understand how the laws of nature work to seek equilibrium.”
In this advanced training, Feldenkrais Trainers David Zemach-Bersin and Raz Ori share ways to convey meaningful information by creating instability. Learn how to use non-habitual situations that perturb balance to provoke attention and awareness, stimulating the ability of the nervous system to learn and improve.
The workshop includes video examples of Dr. Feldenkrais using these principles, and Functional Integration demonstrations with both David and Raz.
11+ hour program includes:
- Six Awareness Through Movement lessons
- Five Functional Integration demonstrations
- Eight discussions
- One article
- One Question & Answer session
- One supplemental FI lesson
- Lifetime access to recordings
- Option to download recordings
Please note: Before we add an on-demand program to our store, it undergoes a rigorous editing process. This program has not yet been edited. So, while the quality of the lessons and the lessons themselves are not affected, you may notice time-sensitive information that is no longer relevant. When this program has been edited and added to your store, you will automatically receive the edited version.
Feldenkrais Access presented this workshop October 16-18, 2020.
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About David
Feldenkrais Trainer David Zemach-Bersin met Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais in 1973 and studied with him for ten years in the U.S., Europe, and Israel. David also studied extensively with Gaby Yaron and Yochanon Rywerant. He has maintained a Functional Integration practice since 1977 and is recognized for his contribution to strengthening Dr. Feldenkrais’s legacy. A graduate of UC Berkeley with post-graduate work in physiological psychology, David has created numerous audio and video programs and is the co-author of Relaxercise (HarperCollins). He is a past President of FGNA and co-directed the Feldenkrais Institute of New York and Feldenkrais Resources. David has directed and served as the Lead Teacher in sixteen Feldenkrais Professional Training Programs. He has been developing and teaching live-online and on-demand programs for Feldenkrais Teachers and the public online since 2020 as the Director of Feldenkrais Access. He lives with his family in the Farmington Valley of Connecticut.
