Quotes by Moshé Feldenkrais

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In short, health is measured by the shock a person can take without his usual way of life being compromised.
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In short, health is measured by the shock a person can take without his usual way of life being compromised.
In order to recognize small changes in effort, the effort itself must first be reduced. More delicate and improved control of movement is possible only through the increase of sensitivity, through a greater ability to sense differences.
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In order to recognize small changes in effort, the effort itself must first be reduced. More delicate and improved control of movement is possible only through the increase of sensitivity, through a greater ability to sense differences.
No matter how closely we look, it is difficult to find a mental act that can take place without the support of some physical function.
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No matter how closely we look, it is difficult to find a mental act that can take place without the support of some physical function.
Learning to inhibit unwanted contractions of muscles that function without, or in spite of, our will, is the main task in coordinated action.
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Learning to inhibit unwanted contractions of muscles that function without, or in spite of, our will, is the main task in coordinated action.
My purpose is to allow people to move closer to actually being creatures of free choice, to genuinely reflect individual creativity and emotion, freeing the body of habitual tensions and wired-patterns of behaviour so that it may respond without inhibition to do what the person wants.
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My purpose is to allow people to move closer to actually being creatures of free choice, to genuinely reflect individual creativity and emotion, freeing the body of habitual tensions and wired-patterns of behaviour so that it may respond without inhibition to do what the person wants.
Ultimately, we become aware of most of what is going on within us mainly through the muscles.
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Ultimately, we become aware of most of what is going on within us mainly through the muscles.
I believe that the unity of mind and body is an objective reality. They are not just parts somehow related to each other, but an inseparable whole while functioning. A brain without a body could not think.
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I believe that the unity of mind and body is an objective reality. They are not just parts somehow related to each other, but an inseparable whole while functioning. A brain without a body could not think.
People confound, misuse, interchange thinking and speaking, not realizing that speaking is for communication and thinking is for action...
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People confound, misuse, interchange thinking and speaking, not realizing that speaking is for communication and thinking is for action...
A brain without a body could not think.
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A brain without a body could not think.
What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery.
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What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery.
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