People Magazine online is featuring an article about Feldenkrais teacher and trainer Alan Questal's Pregnant Pauses: Movement for Moms DVD program. The article talks about how Alan developed this program of specialized ATM lessons to help moms-to-be stay mobile and minimize pain during pregnancy.

Pregnant Pauses is a down-to-earth program that applies the Feldenkrais Method to the everyday actions that can become difficult when pregnant—such as carrying objects, reaching, getting in and out of a chair, and rolling over in bed. The article tells about the content of the DVD's, explains the rationale for Pregnant Pauses, and relates this approach to more standard exercise programs.

Back in the early 1980's, I met Scott Clark when he auditioned for a position as a modern dance teacher at UC Santa Cruz. I was doing the Amherst training during the summer and completing my Bachelor's degree during the school year.

The beginning of Scott's class immediately caught my attention. I remember thinking, "Whoa, what's this?" Not only were the movements familiar from my Awareness Through Movement experience, but he was teaching in an unmistakably "Feldenkraisian" fashion.

It was clear that we were not doing anything resembling a standard warm-up. We were slowly exploring movements with small variations, building to a more complex coordination, and then that became the basis of the choreography we later danced. I was thrilled, stunned, enchanted. The Feldenkrais approach and attitude had arrived in the dance studio, and I was there to witness—and benefit—from it!

Carl Minkel, Feldenkrais^® teacher and martial artist, does a beautiful job presenting the Feldenkrais Method^® on the Frederick (Maryland) News Post web site.

To read the full article, here is a link:

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/health_fitness/display.htm?storyID=122109