à la carte spirit by ilona fried
ilona fried
Goldilocks and the Three Lodgings
Goldilocks (whose hair is actually brown and silver) decided to visit San Francisco in early January to check out a different Feldenkrais program. After carefully considering whether to go or not, she didn’t have much time to arrange housing. Goldilocks has a highly sensitive nervous system, meaning she is more influenced by the environment than the average bear and, therefore, needed to … Continue reading
Feldenkrais: Detangler of the Spirit
Some people have epiphanies in the shower. The other day, I had one afterwards. I wanted to comb my hair, but since my comb was in another room, I reached for my hairbrush. As I raised my arm to use it, I noticed I was holding my breath. Before beginning my Feldenkrais training, I wouldn’t have sensed … Continue reading
Reflections on 2014
Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination. – Vin Scully Our culture measures many things, including the passage of time, and looks to data for evidence. Last December, I wrote a post, 2013 Blog Highlights, that focused on my most popular articles based on views. Since then blog traffic, followers and “likes” … Continue reading
What’s Pain? A Portal to Feldenkrais Magic
“Pain is the doorway to wisdom and truth” – Keith Miller In a muscle culture that worships six pack abs, where grueling feats are glorified, where “no pain, no gain” is a mantra if not a secular prayer, the Feldenkrais Method might seem as unusual to Westerners as Hogwarts would have seemed to Muggles, had they been allowed to visit. While it … Continue reading
Feldenkrais: Restore Your Factory Settings
Have you ever used a computer until it nearly died? I have. A few years ago I held onto my Dell laptop even after several keys had dislodged from the keyboard, like a geezer losing teeth, and it had slowed to a lugubrious speed. Rebooting was like trying to resuscitate the machine from its death throes and squeeze a few more breaths … Continue reading
à la carte spirit by ilona fried 
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