New York Times article
/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/well/trying-the-feldenkrais-method-for-chronic-pain.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Another good article about the Feldenkrais Method®
Running & walking backwards
/https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/is-running-backward-good-exercise/?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fgretchen-reynolds&action=click&contentCollection=undefined®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection&_r=0
I was pleased to see this topic mentioned in popular news by Gretchen Reynolds of the New York Times. As mentioned running backwards is not the safest but walking backwards (please do so in wide, flat spaces) does provide a huge opportunity for learning. Moshe Feldenkrais was a proponent of walking backwards after Awareness Through Movement lessons. The idea behind this concept is that your body and central nervous system don't recognize patterns of movement that you may usually follow when walking forwards. In an ATM lesson your body learns through movement and when you stand, to integrate, or accept the new organization of functioning, walking backwards helps 'trick' the CNS.
http://feldenkraisblog.com/growing-healthier-wiser/
/A nice blog entry from a practitioner in the U.S. So true... repetition of habits, which will help form the structure of the body, can lead to lack of adaptability and dysfunction. Being aware and curious about movement and habits can alter outcomes.
Bones
/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/11/do-our-bones-influence-our-minds.html