The Feldenkrais Journal #3 Special Interest Groups

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ELIZABETH BERINGER

trD[7TOR'S PAGtr Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the third issue of the Feldenkrais ]ournal. The theme for this issue is working with homogeneous or special interest groups. As you can see only some of the articles fall into this category: Donna's regarding a research project with dancers; Russell and Linda's about working with children in India and ]ack's on skiing. In addition to these Mark Reese submitted the first case study and Carl has written a provocative article about Functional Integration. I now have an editorial advisory committee consisting of Larry Goldfarb, ]ack Heggie and Micheal Brickey. I would like to thank all of them for their help in this issue's publication. The next issue will be devoted to Feldenkrais and its relation to the emotions. We are interested in addressing such questions as: Is there a "Feldenkrais way" of dealing with emotional experience and expression and if so what is it? When do we need special skills in addition to basic Feldenkrais training in order to deal with certain kinds of emotional occurences in the context of FI or ATM? What do we mean by emotions and how do they relate to movement and action? I expect this to be a particularly interesting issue. The deadline for submission of articles is May 15 as we are moving the publication date of the |ournal up from December to October. It would be useful for me to know ahead of time (if possible) that you are planning to submit an article.

It is disappointing to have published three issues of the Feldenkrais ]ournal and to have received virtually no letters regarding the content from the community. Do you read the ]ournal? Do you have opinions about its contents? Is there something you liked, something you disagreed with, a suggestion you'd like to make? Lef s make this process a little more interactive. Please write me some letters with your opinions, comments, etc. that I can publish in order to get some dialogue going. Otherwise I may have to publish something really heretical just to get a response from someone! I hope that you enjoy this issue. Sincerely,

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CONTEA{Z"S The Feldenkrais Journal is published annually by the Feldenkrais Guild for its members. Material for publication can be sent to: The Feldenkrais GUild, P.O. Box 11145, San Francisco, CA 9410t USA.

Moving the Dance: Awareness Through Movement For Dancers Donna Blank.

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Jitl: Notes Towards A Case Study 9

Mark Reese The Roots Of Functional Integration: Part I -- Biology and Feldenkrais

Additional Copies of the Journal are available through the Guild off,rce for $5.00 US each plus $1.ffi US for postage and handling. Buik rate fees are available on request.

CarlGinsburg...

ATM Game - Time Out

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NancyDenenberg The India Project Linda Evans-Delman and Russell Delman.

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Feldenkrais and Skiing Feldenkrais@, theFeldenlaais Guild@, the Feldenkrais Method@, Functional Integration@ and Awareness Through Movement@ are all registered servicemarks of the Feldenlaais Guild.

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Editor: Elizabeth Beringer Editorial Advisors: Micheal Brickey Larry Goldfarb Jack Heggie Design: Margery Cantor

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MIOVrc{G THtr DAA{Ctr AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT CLASSES FOR DANCERS

My more mobile body does indeed f eel diff er ent, lar ger, fullu, "more there" and at alert. I no longu hold my stomnch in or pull up, ufuich l'm sure led to the rigidity (l used to haoe) in my spine. In some ways, l'm tflore accepting of my body shape instead of trying to change it.l'm pleased with getting it to work better, hence feel better, both of ashich hao e b een achiw ed thr ou gh the F eldenlcr ais method."

"lhnoebecome aware of my inborn but lost instinctioe behaoior. Freedom in all areas results from this. Spontaneity results-bits and pieces of myself function as an organic rahole. I start to respond at an intuitipe larcl