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Larry Goldfarb
Mind in Motion founder, Larry Goldfarb, Ph.D. is a movement scientist, certified Feldenkrais trainer, pioneering educator, and multimedia author known for articulating the thinking behind the method. Besides directing and teaching in professional training programs in Europe, Australia, and North America, Larry teaches public workshops, professional seminars, and post-graduate courses the world over.
Recent Posts
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Not Quite So Hardwired
The other day I overheard two people talking about neuroplasticity while waiting in line at Peets Coffee & Tea in San Jose. Talk about coming a long way! When I was studying Psychobiology—aka, the neurological basis of behavior—at UC Santa Cruz back in the early 1980s, the structure of the brain was understood to be given and unchangeable. T ...Feb 05 -
A Call To Action...
While teaching at the Fourth Melbourne Feldenkrais Teacher Training last January, I had the pleasure of meeting Michael Cann. Besides being one of the trainees in the program, Michael is a technologically savvy young man. The following is his appeal (reprinted here with permission), for others to join him in creating an improved listing about the F ...Aug 16 -
The Edge of Dance
I'm sitting here, typing through my tears... All the dance performances I've seen in my lifetime, and yet I've never seen—or FELT—anything like Hampton William's freestyle dance performance on season nine of "So You Think You Can Dance." Williams calls the way of dancing he's created "Xcercist Style"and at the beginning of his audition, while p ...Jul 03 -
The Fog
The worst part of my accident wasn't the injuries, the pain afterwards, the limits on what I could do physically, the surgery, or the pain after that. The worst part was the cognitive and emotional consequences of the anesthesia . . . and the worst part of that was not realizing how bad off I was while this was happening. At first, I thought bein ...May 30 -
Accidental Blessing
The first module of Mastering the Method began in Melbourne as scheduled—even though it was only two days after the accident where I had broken my right arm and sprained my left knee. Those few days were haunted by one question: "How can I teach a course that highlights hands-on technique with my arm in a sling?" When I spoke to colleague An ...Apr 13 -
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