Some Memorable Quotes from Others

“Feldenkrais work is the most sophisticated and effective method I have seen for the prevention and reversal of deterioration of function.” —Margaret Mead

“You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself” —Galileo

“Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they’re yours.” —Richard Bach

“Julius Erving and Yehudi Menuhin are among thousands who believe Moshe Feldenkrais can stretch the mind - as well as the body.” —People Magazine

“He’s not just pushing muscles around, but changing things in the brain itself.” —Karl Pribram, Ph.D.

“In relearning the use of the body, you are living in a state of almost constant revelation. You are likely to find that almost everything you do can be done more efficiently, more pleasurably and with greater ease than was possible before. You will have much greater stamina and strength, and many of the debilitating “symptoms of aging” will be reversed. In the state of good posture, which is indeed a state of being, your body will fell very light, almost weightless, and will seem less dense — as if your head were a kite and the rest of the body the tail dangling lightly from it!” —Jean Houston The Possible Human

I hear and forget
I see and remember
I do and understand
—Old Chinese saying

“To move things is all that mankind can do whether it be the whisper of a syllable or the felling of a forest.” —Sir Charles Sherrington (founder of modern neurophysiology)

“To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is disease.” —Lao Tzu

“The system developed by Moshe Feldenkrais …. has as much potential for understanding the mind / body relationship as Einstein’s general theory of relativity had for physics.” —Bernard Lake, M.D.