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Author Rywerant, Yochanan, 1922-2010.

Title The Feldenkrais method : teaching by handling / Yochanan Rywerant ; illustrations by Daniela Mohor
Published North Bergen, NJ : Basic Health Publications, in association with the K.S. Giniger Co., New York, N.Y., [2003]

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Description xiii, 221 pages : illustrations, ; 23 cm
Contents Manipulation as nonverbal communication between teacher and pupil -- The approach to communicative manipulation -- The unit of communicative manipulation (the manipulon) -- A classification of manipulons -- The various modes of the pupil's response: the limbic and cortical levels of control -- Some physical principles involved in functional integration -- Increasing efficiency: directions of movement, timing, and the teacher's own body awareness -- The form of the manipulatory session -- Schematic outlines of a few model sessions -- A few typical and often-encountered manifestations of inefficient neuromotor organization -- Additional do's and don'ts for a future practitioner -- The story of Hanoch's return to the flute -- Improving the ability to perform -- Remarks on pain, function, and structure -- Reflections on the creative process
Notes Originally published: San Francisco : Harper & Row, c1983
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography, page 213
Subject Feldenkrais method.
Manipulation, Orthopedic -- methods.
Kinesthesis.
Massage -- methods.
Neuromuscular Diseases -- therapy.
Author Feldenkrais, Moshé, 1904-1984.
LC no. 2003015302
ISBN 1591200229