There are very few things in nature that are truly symmetrical. Plants don't grow straight up towards the sky with leaves sticking out symmetrically all over the place; they grow efficiently, towards the light, which is not always up, and their leaf growth pattern matches the direction. Even a redwood or pine tree, though it grows straight up, is not symmetrical.
Read moreFelden-What? How to Explain Feldenkrais to Anyone
When I answer the question, "What do you do?" and I say, "I'm a Feldenkrais practitioner," the response is too often, "I'm sorry, felden-what?" It's an ongoing issue that the method I practice has a name that doesn't mean anything to anyone, because it's some guy's hard to spell and hard to remember last name. The Feldenkrais Method isn't going to get rebranded anytime soon, so it's up to practitioners to make our work accessible to the public.
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