Feldenkrais Method for Instrumentalists

Samuel H. Nelson is a graduate of the Toronto Professional Feldenkrais Training Program (1987). He has offered Awareness Through Movement classes to the public since 1985. He held a seminar on the Feldenkrais Method each semester at the Eastman School of Music for many years and has presented seminars at music schools in Indiana, Ohio, and Virginia. Nelson also presented workshops for musicians at several area high schools, as well as for physical therapists and equestrians. He has a private practice in Rochester, New York.Elizabeth Blades holds both doctor of Musical Arts and masters of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. She is currently adjunct associate professor of Music at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA. Previous appointments were at Heidelberg University (Tiffin, OH) where she served as associate professor of Music, coordinator of Vocal Studies and director of Opera; and as a visiting professor of Music at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.

• Title PageAcknowledgementsOnline SupplementOverviewSelf Image and Kinesthetic ImaginationPhysics of Easy MovementNeuroplasticityThe Cost of Choice, Intention and, The Power of HabitThe Base of SupportPelvic PowerBreathingUpper Trunk FlexibilityShoulder Girdle and ArmsHead and NeckHands and MouthThe EyesBonus LessonsPerspectives from InstrumentalistsAppendix A: Functional IntegrationAppendix B: ATM Lessons and Areas of Major ImpactAbout the Authors

No one knows more about how musician's bodies make music with ease and comfort than Nelson and Blades. This book constitutes several lifetimes of wisdom packed into a treasure trove of movement. My performing life was so much easier and richer using these techniques.