Mental Furniture: an Archeology of Moshe Feldenkrais’ Influences

"The Mental Furniture series contained herein appeared in the newsletter of the Feldenkrais Guild, In Touch. They are intended as a sort of archaeology of Moshe Feldenkrais' influences. I don't critique his views in the light of current understandings. That's for another time and place. Here, I only attempt to round out some of the allusions to domains of knowledge that Moshe Feldenkrais made in the course of his teachings." (Dennis Leri) In this collection of twelve articles compiled for the Feldenkrais Newsletter are discussions of the different influences on the development of Moshe Feldenkrais' thinking, including the scientific method, Piaget, Judo, engineering, Speransky, Gurdjieff, and Darwin. Softbound. About the Author Dennis Leri is a graduate of the first U.S. Feldenkrais training program and worked closely with Dr. Feldenkrais from 1973 to 1984 in the U.S. and at the Feldenkrais Institute in Tel-Aviv, Israel. He has directed numerous training programs and is widely regarded as an innovative and inspiring teacher. Dennis complements his teaching with the Neuro-Epistemology of Francisco Varela, Humberto Maturana and Heinz von Forester. He also has a long-time interest in Western philosophy, Buddhism and has more than 20 years’ experience in the martial arts. Dennis has practiced the Method in various forms for more than 30 years. In addition to training new teachers he maintains a diverse private practice in the San Rafael, California.