Body and Mature Behavior: A Study of Anxiety, Sex, Gravitation, and LearningA victim of debilitating injuries, Moshe Feldenkrais was intimately aware of the link between bodily suffering and mental health. Through healing himself, he made revolutionary discoveries, culminating in the development of the method that now bears his name. In an intellectually rich and eloquent style, Feldenkrais delves into neurology, prehistory, child development, gravity and anti-gravity, reflexive versus learned behavior, the effects of emotion, especially anxiety, on posture, and most importantly, the inseparability of body and mind. |
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
Degeneration and Ignorance | 13 |
Some Pertinent Facts | 21 |
Fatigue | 39 |
Adaptation and Correlation | 43 |
LearningThe Uniqueness of Man | 50 |
Conditioned Reflexes and Habits | 57 |
The Antigravity Mechanisms | 75 |
Measuring Posture | 140 |
The Sixth Sense | 146 |
Normal Gravitation Adjustment | 152 |
Tonic Adjustment | 157 |
Body and Emotions | 171 |
Muscular Habit and the Sexual Act | 174 |
Localization of Functions and Maturity | 187 |
Summary and Review | 197 |
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