Moshé Feldenkrais

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Dr. Mosh? Pinhas Feldenkrais (May 6, 1904 - July 1, 1984) was the founder of the Feldenkrais method of movement education designed to improve human functioning by increasing self-awareness in movement.

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Moshe Feldenkrais

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Feldenkrais was born on May 6, 1904 in the Ukrainian town of Slavuta. In 1918, at the age of 13, he left his family, then living in Baronovich, Belarus, to emigrate to Palestine, the land of his Jewish ancestry. There he worked as a laborer before completing his high-school diploma in 1925. After graduation, he worked as a cartographer for the British survey office. During his time in Palestine he began his studies of self-defense, including Jiu jitsu. A soccer injury he incurred in 1929 would later figure into the development of his method.

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