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Dr.
Frank Wildman is one of the few teachers and clinicians in the
world today with the capability to understand and work with the
human condition through posture and movement. Dr. Wildman's life-long
passions in the study of evolution, movement arts and somatic psychology
and his exceptional talents as a practitioner have culminated in
a rich and profound body of work.
A former professional dancer, Dr.Wildman holds degrees in physical
education, biology and somatic psychology. In his lectures and teachings
Dr. Wildman draws from his eclectic training to ingeniously demonstrate the
complex fusion of mind, movement and emotion in human individuals.
Dr. Wildman studied for more than a decade with the creator of
the Feldenkrais Method®, renowned physicist, engineer and Judo
Master Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. Dr. Wildman conducted the first accredited
Feldenkrais Practitioner Training after Dr. Feldenkrais' death in 1984. He
is past president of the Feldenkrais Guild of North America and formulated
the Standards of Practice, which today serve as the defining guidelines for
the Feldenkrais Method® internationally. Wildman brought the Feldenkrais
Method® to Australia where, aided by the sponsorship of Sydney
University, he created seminars and Professional
Trainings for two decades.
Dr. Wildman is widely recognized for
introducing the clinical applications
of the Feldenkrais Method® to
the medical community and other health
professions. He has designed programs
at the University of California to help alleviate back pain and aging-related
ailments and continues to expand the scope of The Feldenkrais Method
by presenting it to the medical community as an effective method of
sensory-motor
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education.
He has also coached many of today's top Feldenkrais Practitioners
on effective ways to bring the Method to thousands of Physical and
Occupational Therapists throughout the world. Wildman is founder
and director of the Feldenkrais Movement Institute. He consults and
works privately with individuals in California, New York, and Australia.
For appointments contact the Feldenkrais
Movement Institute at (800) 342-3424,
or e-mail to info@feldenkraisinstitute.org
Read an Interview with
Dr. Frank Wildman