Awareness Through Movement by Moshe Feldenkrais came out in
1972. It turns out that many of
the ideas and exercises in it have percolated into the culture in the
intervening years, or at least they were familiar to me already.
That said, there is plenty to use
in the book. We all talk a lot
about mindfulness in movement; this is a book about how. The exercises provide guidance for
proprioception in ways that are both simple and profound. I will be spending more time with them.
One note: those of us who have become used to
gender-inclusive language may find the use of “man” for “human” and the use of he/him/his
as the generic somewhat startling.
Maybe we have used all that increased awareness for something good!
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