Learning to inhibit unwanted contractions of muscles that function without, or in spite of, our will, is the main task in coordinated action.
Moshe FeldenkraisIn order to change our mode of action, we must change the image of ourselves that we carry within us.
Moshe FeldenkraisMovement is life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life itself.
Moshe FeldenkraisIf I hold a twenty pound weight, I cannot detect a fly landing on it because the least detectable difference in the stimulus is half a pound. On the other hand, if i hold a feather, a fly landing on it makes a great difference. Obviously then, in order to be able to tell the differences in exertion one must first reduce the exertion. Finer and finer performance is possible only if the sensitivity, that is, the ability to feel the difference is improved.
Moshe Feldenkrais