Life expresses itself in movement…

No.3, January 15, 2014 – Moshé Feldenkrais (1918-1984) was a Russian émigré to Palestine who worked variously as a laborer and a cartographer before moving to Paris to study civil engineering. There, he earned a doctoral degree at the Sorbonne. Along the way he took classes from Marie Curie, and was a research assistant to Frédéric Joliot-Curie. He also met Jigoro Kano, founder of judo, in Paris. (Moshé had studied jiu-jitsu while in Palestine.) He eventually acquired a second-degree black belt in jiu-jitsu. Read More>>

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“Movement is Life” – Moshe Feldenkrais

No.2, November 1 2013 – Having just returned from a trip to Greece (to see dear friends in Athens) that included visits to Delphi, Bassae, the western Peloponnese and the magical island of Thira (Santorini) I find myself reflecting on how MOVEMENT is displayed in classical Greek sculpture. Read More>>

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