Mindful Spontaneity: Relearning Natural Movement Through Feldenkrais Method

by Ruthy Alon

Book Overview

A trav?s del movimiento humano podemos desafiar los h?bitos negativos que residen en nuestra mente subconsciente. de este modo, es posible despertar la sabidur?a del sistema nervioso, que nos... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556431856
• ISBN13: 9781556431852
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great resource; somewhat verbose

The Feldenkrais method is a new way of approaching movement that solves many kinds of chronic pain. It also gives a new, easier way to move and live your life. Ruthy Alon is one of the leading practitioners of this method and was one of Moshe Feldenkrais's original students. I think this book offers a nice contrast to Moshe's "Awareness Through Movement." It is written in a more intuitive, "touchy-feely" way than any of Moshe's books. In the introductory chapter she challenges traditional ways of thinking about the back (e.g., the importance laid on the "Abs" in many workout routines). Then the author introduces the Feldenkrais way of thinking about the back and the human body. The blanket lessons mentioned in the earlier reviews are superb (it is also good to try them using a 6-inch exercise roller). If you have had no exposure to the Feldenkrais method, that chapter is a good place to start (especially if you suffer from backache). The ideal way into the Feldenkrais method is through one-on-one lessons with a good teacher, but this book provides a gentle and safe introduction for those who do not have access to good teachers. I read this book after I had had live lessons and ATM classes, and it was very useful for me to get her perspective on what the method is trying to do. My only criticism of the book (echoed by a previous review) is that Ms. Alon at times seems to be in need of a good editor. She is often verbose. But I rcommend this book otherwise.

a life of mind in movement

Ruthy Alon's book sets out to accomplish much through its words. This is a book that needs more than just reading; it needs to be lived in order to to review it, which is what the book is all about: it points out for us a way of living that is finer and gentler than what we--many of us--are accustomed to. It is a book that could be called the poetry of motion. I recommend it to anyone seeking a deeper sense of movement that arises from a deeper sense of life

Bye bye chiropractors

I used to see a chiropractor for alignments quite often, but since I read and used Mindful Spontaneity I have gained awareness of my back and internal muscles that connect to the back. The result is a beautiful change in my body's structure: I am taller, the curve in my lumbar is gone, and so on. Every vertabrae in my back is moveable and dynamic now. And I haven't visited my Chiropractor since. I also adopted Ruth's blanket exercises that I do most mornings to remove acquired stiffness from my sleep. This book changed my life for the better.

A must-have for anyone that has undergone back surgery.

Forget what your doctor and your physical therapist have told you about healing your back after surgery (which probably isn't much). Moshe Feldenkrais was the Einstein of back recovery. Ruthy Alon's instructions will take you beyond your most positive visualisations of how to get your back to support your life from now on.