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Feldenkrais:The Busy Person's Guide to Easier Movement [Paperback]

Frank Wildman (Author)
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Publication Date: March 6, 2006
Dr. Wildman is internationally renowned for his work integrating the psychology and the biology of motion. A former professional dancer and performing artist, he holds degrees in physical education, biology and psychology. His visionary style has changed the lives of thousands of people. His mastery of weaving the theoretical and practical has produced profound results by helping people to achieve more functional and fulfilling lives.

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Frank Wildman's book has been a fantastic resource... When I find discomfort in specific movements, I can pick it up and use it to navigate to my problem... Great balance of text and images.
--DeAnna Tibbs, CMT, eastbayalternativemedicine.com/?p=240

“Frank Wildman knows how to help people learn and achieve a more responsive and intelligent body. --Laura Allard, Vice President, Iyengar Yoga Association

...a very ‘user friendly’ text presenting 50 simple and practical Awareness Through Movement® lessons to help the young, elderly, healthy... --Sandy L. Burkhardt, PH.D. Physical Therapist

Dr. Wildman is a master teacher of the Feldenkrais Method. Highly recommended! --Paul Davidson, M.D., Medical Director, Fibromyalgia Clinic, Kentfield, CA

About the Author

Among Feldenkrais practitioners Dr. Frank Wildman is regarded as a leading pioneer and presenter in the field. He has formulated the Standards of Practice, defining the professional guidelines for the Feldenkrais Method world-wide, and is noted for his visionary style of teaching and dynamic expression of practical and theoretical methodologies. Dr. Wildman consults and works privately with individuals in California, New York, and Australia.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 188 pages
  • Publisher: The Intelligent Body Press; 3rd edition (March 6, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1889618772
  • ISBN-13: 978-1889618777
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,144 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Frank Wildman
Frank Wildman, Ph.D., the author of Change Your Age, is an educator to thousands both nationally and internationally, a leader of the "Movement Movement" and the founder and director of the Feldenkrais Movement Institute. He maintains a private practice in Berkeley, California.

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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful
very helpful book November 23, 2004
Format:Paperback
I found this book after years of chronic pain and headaches. I had tried chiropractic, massage, and prescription medication, but these only took the edge off my pain. I got this book after a friend recomended the feldenkrais method, and have had wonderful improvement after a month. I saw improvement after the first two lessons. It is easy enough to understand without any help if you will take the time to do the lessons, and if you have the ability to visualize what is happening in your body as you move. I would recomend buying the DVD "The Alexander Technique" first as an introduction to the concepts in the book.
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The Feldenkrais Method is possibly the most innovative educational/therapeutic method in existence. It can help both body and mind to function more efficiently.

However, having been developed by a physicist with a profound knowledge of kinetics and neurophysiology, neither the practice nor theory is particularly accessible. This book remedies the situation, simplifying the entry point without losing the essential flavour. The author, Frank Wildman, is a genius practitioner. I have personally witnessed him achieve the seemingly miraculous with a number of people suffering severe difficulties.

If, like them, you've been there and done that, yet still feel there must be something more, this could be it. The trick with this method is learning to do less, not more. It took me years to learn and I'm a practitioner!

Do give this book a try. It will at least make you question some commonly held assumptions about health and well-being. It may even change your life!
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Finally, a book that is simple enough to follow, yet with generous room for variability. Unlike most books involving movement--such as books on say pain relief, running or athletics--the lessons contained in The Busy Person's Guide to Easier Movement continue to unfold in front of you so that you, the reader, have the option of going back time after time and actually getting more each time you try the same lesson. This is because no lesson is actually the same if you heed the instructions in the beginning, which include using your imagination, being comfortable and going slowly. Done this way, the lessons guide you not only toward more flexibility, strength and comfort, but greater creativity and independence! The book may claim to be about "easier movement," but be forewarned, it is much deeper than that. You could discover possibilities in living that you had never imagined.
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Easy Feldenkrais
I like the Feldenkrais method of movement, but his book is harder to understand. I like this one for its simplicity and its adherence to the original book(s).
Published 13 months ago by Jane Gordon-james
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I love this book. This is a better guide to Feldenkrais movements than Moshe's classic Awareness Through Movement. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Scott Williams
helps
If you are looking for an answer to pain relief, here it is. It helps a lot and I am so glad I purchased this book. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Melina
Indispensible teaching resource
Since almost two years I'm traveling in Asia, living out of my suitcase so to speak, teaching Feldenkrais wherever I am. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Alfons Grabher
immediate results
I bought this book many years ago, and now buy it to give as presents to friends.
The Feldenkrais method is explained well. Read more
Published on September 21, 2009 by Judith
Excellent, Get it NOW!
For my many interests (karate, Zen practice, weights, aerobics, clinical psychology) I have been searching for a method of bodywork that supports awareness in all I do. Read more
Published on June 13, 2009 by David M. Bell
Smart and simple exercises
I am a very big fan of the Feldenkrais technique and am in the process of reading as much as I can about it. Read more
Published on November 11, 2008 by Erifili I. Nikolakopoulou
50 exercises
That's 33 cents per excersise, quite a value. Actually each lesson has more than one movement, 5 to 15 movements per lesson so it's like 10 times 50 which is 500 divided by the... Read more
Published on October 2, 2005 by Jenice C. Lange
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