The Wellness Salon
Musings on wellness from Donna Simmons, Feldenkrais® Practitioner

Donna Simmons

Life expresses itself in movement…

January 15, 2014 No Comments

No.3, January 15, 2014 – Moshé Feldenkrais (1918-1984) was a Russian émigré to Palestine who worked variously as a laborer and a cartographer before moving to Paris to study civil engineering. There, he earned a doctoral degree at the Sorbonne. Along the way he took classes from Marie Curie, and was a research assistant to Frédéric Joliot-Curie. He also met Jigoro Kano, founder of judo, in Paris. (Moshé had studied jiu-jitsu while in Palestine.) He eventually acquired a second-degree black belt in jiu-jitsu. Read More>>

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“Movement is Life” – Moshe Feldenkrais

November 1, 2013 No Comments

No.2, November 1 2013 – Having just returned from a trip to Greece (to see dear friends in Athens) that included visits to Delphi, Bassae, the western Peloponnese and the magical island of Thira (Santorini) I find myself reflecting on how MOVEMENT is displayed in classical Greek sculpture. Read More>>

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The Wellness Salon

September 3, 2013 No Comments

No.1, October 20, 2013 – A salon is “…a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation.”* As the “inspiring host” (!) I will use this forum to share my views on wellness, on the Feldenkrais® Method, and on the effective engagement of mindfulness, Cranial-Sacral therapy and other modalities for relieving pain, improving function at all levels, leading to a more embodied life. Read More>>

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