Healing Quest: Feldenkrais Achieves What Medicine Could Not
An inspirational story about the body’s ability to teach the brain. A baby born 20 years ago without a third of her cerebellum was given a grim prognosis by medical doctors: she could never walk or talk. Now the young woman enjoys a nearly normal life and is a college student.She and her family attribute her amazing recovery to Feldenkrais, a unique therapy developed in Israel and based in part on the belief that the body can actually teach the brain. The technique is now used by more than 4,000 practitioners around the world. Duration :...
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