The Potent Self: A Study of Spontaneity and Compulsion

By Moshe Feldenkrais This is a most psychological of all Feldenkrais's writings as he delves deeply into the relationship between faulty posture, pain, and the underlying emotional mechanisms that lead to compulsive and dependent human behavior. He shares remarkable insights into resistance, motivation, habit formation, and the place of sex in full human potential. The Potent Self offers Feldenkrais's vision of how to achieve physical and mental wellness through the development of authentic maturity. This edition includes and extensive Forward by Mark Reese, a longtime student of Feldenkrais's, in which Reese discusses many of the important ideas in the book and places them in the context of Feldenkrais's life and the intellectual and historical milieu of his time. What People Are Saying "The heritage of Moshe Feldenkrais proves its mettle year by year, as his original vision takes root among the thousands of practitioners and students who carry his method forward. His often brillia