Do less and learn more
Moshe Feldenkrais wrote a small seminal pamphlet on learning called “Learning to Learn” which he developed as a guide to accompany recorded and published Awareness Through Movement lessons. In each class that I teach one or more of the elements he discussed surfaces. Probably none is more important, and a part of each and every […]
Learning from Adventures in Iceland
I just returned from a series of adventures. A return visit to Montreal to see family and our daughter perform, onto Hanover, NH for our niece’s college graduation and then to Iceland for a long planned trip with friends. Iceland is like no place I’ve ever been to before. The landscape is different and vast; […]
Learning is fun
The more I practice and teach the Feldenkrais Method® the more I believe in it as a way of learning how to learn rather than a therapeutic method to fix aches and pains. So whenever I see articles and books on teaching modalities I am intrigued. A few weeks ago I wrote about moving and […]
Back to School
School started for most students on Tuesday Sept 3; classes at the Feldenkrais Centre Vancouver® begin next Tuesday Sept 10. It was timely and very inspiring to read Tracy Sherlock’s article in today’s Vancouver Sun describing a new educational initiative being trialed this year in several BC school districts. Called “self-regulation” students are coached to […]
Learn and be happy
A recent report suggests what many of us already know: people that are educated and continue to learn are happier and report greater overall well-being. Generally people with more education have higher incomes. In the report, the authors discuss whether this greater earning power is responsible for the reported higher levels of happiness. They also […]
