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Private health insurance reform
From 1 April 2019 private health insurers will no longer provide extras cover for a range of natural therapies. Physiotherapy rebates are not affected. There is no change in your ability to claim private health insurance rebates for physiotherapy consultations.
New Book on Pain – Rewire Your Pain
There’s a new pain book that I think you should check out. Rewire Your Pain was launched this year in Perth. It is a project written by pain specialist Dr Stephanie Davies, Dr Nicholas Cooke and writer Julia Sutton. They have produced a simple book that sets out to communicate the latest thinking in how…
Feldenkrais: Core principles
From The brain’s way of healing: Stories of remarkable recoveries and discoveries By Norman Doidge MD Scribe Books Over the course of mastering his knee problems, writing Body and Mature Behavior, and seeing clients regularly, Feldenkrais refined the principles that formed the basis of his new method. Most of them are related to facilitating what…
Amherst Immersion study groups start
It’s great to have people looking forward to being taught by Moshe and sharing the experience with others. If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still room, just go to Amherst study groups and choose the option that suits you best. All of you have human brains we will try to get out of those brains…
Great Feldenkrais read on salon.com
The newly-published book The Brain’s Way of Healing by psychiatrist and best-selling author Norman Doidge, contains some excellent information on the Feldenkrais Method. Doidge portrays Moshe as a superhero in his understanding the brain and gives fascinating explanations why his method works. I’m thrilled to see this book is now entering the New York Times…
The Brain’s Way of Healing
Stories of remarkable recoveries and discoveries By Dr Norman Doidge Author of the international bestseller The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science This week I had the opportunity to read some chapters of Doidge’s new book, The Brain’s Way of Healing: Stories of remarkable recoveries and…
Feldenkrais explained on ABC Radio National
I was excited to hear ABC Radio National run a program (8 February 2015) about the Feldenkrais Method on their show the Body Sphere: “Feldenkrais for dummies”. Amanda Smith, the presenter, pulled together a really interesting panel. They talked about the diverse applications of Feldenkrais, including improving singing performance and enhancing neurological rehabilitation. “If you…
WA Piano Pedagogy Convention
I had a great time at the WA Piano Pedagogy Convention recently. It was held in the Eileen Joyce room at University of Western Australia. It’s a temperature and humidity controlled room for special instruments and has big windows looking out into Somerville auditorium gardens. I was invited because I have a special interest in…
Habits form & habits can go
I’ve been thinking a lot about habits lately. Observing my habitual ways and talking with other people about their habits of thought and movement. My interest has been sparked by reading a fascinating book by Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay on the autistic mind. Here’s one quote I really liked; “Habits form & habits grow then sometime…
Feldenkrais – ways to participate
The Feldenkrais Method is delivered in two different ways: Awareness Through Movement® Functional Integration® Classes called “Awareness Through Movement®” lessons (ATM) A Feldenkrais practitioner guides the participants through a structured sequence of movement explorations. Attention is drawn to the process of each movement pattern. Through observing their movements, participants learn easier ways of moving in…