On Research

Reply to Jim Stephens’s first version of this article from 1999

Authors

  • Carl Ginsburg PhD

Keywords:

Feldenkrais, evaluating research, qualitative

Abstract

This article has very nicely articulated the criteria used by medical groups to “evaluate” research, and reports on how research on the Feldenkrais Method “stacks” up (not very well). Although the article presents this as if the question is simply a scientific one, what the author has presented so well is the basics of the political mountain we in the Feldenkrais community must climb in order to get recognition from the medical and scientific community. He is, of course, right in this. But there is another side of the coin. The response considers the basic assumptions behind this medical model of what is valid.

Author Biography

Carl Ginsburg, PhD

Carl Ginsburg taught in and later directed professional training groups for people interested in becoming Feldenkrais practitioners for 30 years. He studied directly with Moshe Feldenkrais during his first North American training program held in San Francisco from 1975 to 1977. During his training with Moshe Feldenkrais, he began writing about the Feldenkrais Method,drawing on his experience with a number of somatic (mind-body) practices, and his background in science. Carl also served as a past president of the Feldenkrais Guild, and was involved for many years with the Shake-A-Leg Program.

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Published

2004-03-01

How to Cite

Ginsburg, C. (2004). On Research: Reply to Jim Stephens’s first version of this article from 1999. Feldenkrais Research Journal, 1. Retrieved from https://feldenkraisresearchjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/73

Issue

Volume 1 (2004): Science, Research and our Professional Field

Section

Articles