From the Editors
Yoga is globally recognized as a mind-body practice that improves your mental equilibrium as well as your physical abilities. The same is true of the Feldenkrais Method of somatic education, which seeks to develop the flexibility of your mind along with the inherent strength and capability of your body.
It seems natural that these two rich and profound routes into self knowledge would have something that they could teach each other. Moshe Feldenkrais himself investigated various yoga movements within a handful of his Awareness Through Movement® lessons.
In this issue of SenseAbility, three Feldenkrais® practitioners who are also trained yoga teachers share through their own personal lenses how these two paths both intersect and diverge. Readers more familiar with yoga will learn here how the Feldenkrais approach can create new possibilities for comfortable practice of yoga asanas.
In her interview with Seth Dellinger, practitioner Faye Berton talks about how she uses the exploratory nature of Feldenkrais to refresh yoga practice when it becomes overly routine, including suggesting a unique approach to the classic posture of Downward Dog.
Rachel Potasznik writes about how the Feldenkrais Method helped her to recover from injury caused by a yoga teacher's "adjustment" and underlines the importance of the student's autonomy in movement learning.
Barbara Anderson, who also found relief from injury after discovering the Feldenkrais Method, writes about her development of Awareness Based Yoga and shares a short video demonstration of how she integrates these two systems.
Jane, Joe and Seth
