A few people have been asking me about FK/ABM, and what we’re currently doing, so I figured it’s time for an update. So 2 weekends ago we went to a Feldenkrais training with Mia Segal and her daughter Leora. Here’s an excerpt about Mia: Mia’s expertise in rehabillitative and generative methods has been attained over [...]

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18 gallons of gas, 2 short 10 min stops, 1 soy latte with sugar-free vanilla and 1 shot of coffee (soy chai latte for Nathan), 2 jack in the box burger and fries, 5.5 hours, and 3 movies later (tinker belle, nightmare before xmas, and lilo & stitch 2), we made it home. I feel [...]

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And here are the last of the videos with some of the things Cheryl worked on today: Also, today Cheryl set aside quite a bit of time to let Marta and I practice the method on Nathan. She allowed us to get our hands on him and guided us in what we should be looking [...]

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Here are some videos: And here are some fun tidbits: * Yesterday I left the door to the minivan WIDE open after we went into session. With. my. purse. ipad. camera. inside. * This morning I drove out of therapy and a couple of blocks later I hear a loud THUD. There, sitting on the [...]

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Today was an AMAZING day. I am absolutely in love with this method and this therapist. The more I learn/understand about ABM, the more in awe I am. It works! It really really works! Oh how I wish we’d started sooner! But everything happens when it’s supposed to happen and I am happy that we [...]

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Today Nathan had a couple of excellent lessons with Cheryl. I really wish I could describe what she did in the lessons but it’s really hard! I don’t really understand yet what she is doing so I can’t really say what’s what. In the first session she had him on his back and worked a [...]

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I’ve been trying to figure out what to write but it’s difficult as the sessions with Cheryl are different from the sessions at the ABM center in San Rafael. Cheryl’s sessions are more “free-flowing” … she works on many things at once… she “goes” with what Nathan is doing at the moment and builds on [...]

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After 7.5 hours, 5 movies (astro boy, meet the robinsons, tinker belle, lilo & stitch’ and finding nemo), 3 pit stops, 1 soy chai latte, 1 low carb carls junior burger, 30 gallons of gas, 1 Belle tantrum, and a car full of cuteness, we made it to palo alto. There was tons of traffic [...]

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I confess that I am supremely excited to share the fact that we are finding a SUSTAINABLE path to bring Nathan consistent ABM therapy. On Sunday we head out of town again to see Cheryl Eichner, an Anat Baniel method practitioner, feldenkrais practitioner, physical therapist, and much more. She was very very very highly recommended [...]

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If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last 4 years is the need to “keep it real”. As much as I love the Anat Baniel Method, I just don’t feel that I would be providing Nathan with a substantial benefit by stopping everything and travelling to Northern California 3 times in 3 months. I [...]

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During our 2nd meeting with Anat, it was as if we met an entirely different person. Night and day is too mild to describe the difference in her attitude. She came out to grab us in the waiting area with a smile, and was very kind and sweet. She started out the session by praising [...]

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Unfortunately since I didn’t write the posts on the same day, things are already a bit blurry and I can’t remember what specific exercises Nathan did in each session. So I am going to just write a recap of the last 3 sessions. The 4th session was with Neil. He continued talking to Nathan and [...]

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Our 2nd day at the Anat Baniel Method Center started off very positively. Nathan saw Neil in the morning. At the very beginning of the appointment, it was apparent that Anat and Neil had spoken about Nathan and they had decided on a treatment plan. Neil was doing things slightly differently from the day before. [...]

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We just got home a couple of hours ago. What an amazing experience we had! Yes, it definitely got much much better as the week went along. I’m too tried right now to write about it in detail – there’s so much to say! But I do want to say a couple of things. Nathan [...]

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