The Potent Self: A Guide to Spontaneity - Softcover

Moshe Feldenkrais

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062503200 ISBN 13: 9780062503206

Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991

Synopsis

This guide explains the theory behind the author's techniques for improving the functions of the human motor system. Feldenkrais, the originator of the Functional Integration system and author of "Awareness Through Movement", focuses his analysis on the underlying emotional mechanisms that lead to compulsive and dependent physical behaviour that inhibits the individual from reaching his full potential. The book explores the fundamental human paradox, namely, that people yearn to change yet tend to remain the same. As Dr Feldenkrais explains, this resistance to self-transformation stems from the fact that most people behave as if their future is "completely and irrevocably forfeited by what they have done in the past". In this book, he shows how the past can provide building blocks for a creative future.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This monumental, foundational book fully explains the theory behind the author's revolutionary techniques for improving the functions of the human motor system.

About the Author:

Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) is also the author of The Body and Mature Behavior and The Elusive Obvious, among other books, and originated the Awareness-Through-Movement method for increased health and heightened sensory awareness.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0062503200
• ISBN 13: 9780062503206
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258