It’s best, IMO, to go to the source literature for these things, as the supposedly “trained” practitioners can chant the incantations, but don’t quite have the magic, as they often don’t understand the concepts.
Which of the source literature could you specially recommend?
His broadest books theoretically are “The Potent Self” and “Body and Mature Behaviour”. Those go beyond physical theories to volition and personality. Those are the books not in storage. Most of the others are, though maybe not Hanna.
I think Feldenkrais’s main book for exercises was Awareness Through Movement.
Thomas Hanna had “Somatics: Reawakening The Mind’s Control Of Movement, Flexibility, And Health” which was a good mix of basic theory and exercises.
Never got around to his more recent book “The Body of Life: Creating New Pathways for Sensory Awareness and Fluid Movement”.
Mabel Todd and Lulu Sweigart are more dance oriented. Of the two, I’d recommend Mabel Todd in “The Thinking Body”. She was the originator of Ideokinesis, which was developed by others, with different relative effectiveness.
On Alexander, I have a book somewhere where a couple of guys did a lot of video analysis of gait and movement. Good book, but I can’t remember what it was, and can’t locate it through search.
Joseph Pilates and “Return to Life Through Contrology” was not as theoretically interesting, IMO, but if you want to know what the fuss is about for Pilates, go to him.
His broadest books theoretically are “The Potent Self” and “Body and Mature Behaviour”. Those go beyond physical theories to volition and personality. Those are the books not in storage. Most of the others are, though maybe not Hanna.
I think Feldenkrais’s main book for exercises was Awareness Through Movement.
Do you think those books of Feldenkrais are useful to read without having Feldenkrais lessons? If so which book would you recommend most?
(I do have a strongly developed sense of my own body)
Which of the source literature could you specially recommend?
Feldenkrais is the best and most general, IMO.
His broadest books theoretically are “The Potent Self” and “Body and Mature Behaviour”. Those go beyond physical theories to volition and personality. Those are the books not in storage. Most of the others are, though maybe not Hanna.
I think Feldenkrais’s main book for exercises was Awareness Through Movement.
Thomas Hanna had “Somatics: Reawakening The Mind’s Control Of Movement, Flexibility, And Health” which was a good mix of basic theory and exercises.
Never got around to his more recent book “The Body of Life: Creating New Pathways for Sensory Awareness and Fluid Movement”.
Mabel Todd and Lulu Sweigart are more dance oriented. Of the two, I’d recommend Mabel Todd in “The Thinking Body”. She was the originator of Ideokinesis, which was developed by others, with different relative effectiveness.
On Alexander, I have a book somewhere where a couple of guys did a lot of video analysis of gait and movement. Good book, but I can’t remember what it was, and can’t locate it through search.
Joseph Pilates and “Return to Life Through Contrology” was not as theoretically interesting, IMO, but if you want to know what the fuss is about for Pilates, go to him.
I think Feldenkrais’s main book for exercises was Awareness Through Movement.
Do you think those books of Feldenkrais are useful to read without having Feldenkrais lessons? If so which book would you recommend most?
(I do have a strongly developed sense of my own body)
“The Potent Self” is probably the most valuable theoretically, and ATM gives you a start on exercises. Youtube seems to have a ton of them.
Yes, and I don’t think you need lessons. Part of his method is having you learn how to learn.
Can you make recommendation on that front? Both positive as in watch channel X as well as negative about staying away from certain channels.