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-'''''My Mother, Demonology''''' is a novel by [[American author]] [[Kathy Acker]], first published in 1993. [[Colette Peignot]]'s love affair with [[Georges Bataille]] forms the central narrative conceit of Acker's of the novel, but the novel has other quasi-fictional characters such as [[Sylvère Lotringer]].+==Overview==
-From the publisher:+The Feldenkrais Method was originated by Dr [[Moshé Feldenkrais]] (1904-1984), a Ukrainian-born Jewish physicist and [[judo]] practitioner who moved to [[Israel]] and eventually became an Israeli. He presented a view that [[Healthy|good health]] means ''functioning'' well---working well, having satisfying relationships with emotional maturity, able to access a full range of responses to any situation ("Awareness Through Movement") - this is opposed to the medical health as in not 'sick or disabled' or health in any abstract sense.
 +He asserted that his method of body/mind exploration leads to improved functioning (health) through individuals becoming more aware and finding improved use; this focus on exploration and awareness is typified by his statement "What I am after is more flexible minds, not just more flexible bodies".
-:Based loosely on the relationship between Colette Peignot and Georges Bataille, ''My Mother: Demonology'' is the powerful story of a woman's struggle with the contradictory impulses for love and solitude. At the dawn of her adult life, Laure becomes involved in a passionate and all-consuming love affair with her companion, B. But this ultimately leaves her dissatisfied, as she acknowledges her need to establish an identity independent of her relationship with him. Yearning to better understand herself, Laure embarks on a journey of [[self-discovery]], an odyssey that takes her into the territory of her past, into memories and fantasies of childhood, into wildness and witchcraft, into a world where the power of dreams can transcend the legacies of the past and confront the dilemmas of the present. With a poet's attention to the power of language and a keen sense of the [[dislocation]] that can occur when the narrative encompasses [[violence]] and [[pornography]], as well as the traumas of [[childhood memory]], Kathy Acker here takes another major step toward establishing her vision of a new literary aesthetic.+This goal is reflected in the code of the [http://www.feldenkrais.com/ Feldenkrais Guild of North America] which states that practitioners of the method do not undertake to diagnose or treat illness of any kind. Most proponents of the Feldenkrais Method consider it to be a form of self-education and [[Terms and concepts in alternative medicine#Mind-body interventions|mind-body]] development, rather than a [[manipulative therapy]].
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 +Feldenkrais' approach was more experiential, using self-discovery rather than manipulation. Some of the influences on Feldenkrais' work include [[Gustav Fechner]], [[Gerda Alexander]], Elsa Gindler, [[Jigoro Kano]], [[G. I. Gurdjieff]], [[Emile Coué]], [[William Bates]], [[Heinrich Jacoby]] and [[Mabel Todd]], all of whom were more concerned with awareness than with simple physical exercises.
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The Feldenkrais Method was originated by Dr Moshé Feldenkrais (1904-1984), a Ukrainian-born Jewish physicist and judo practitioner who moved to Israel and eventually became an Israeli. He presented a view that good health means functioning well---working well, having satisfying relationships with emotional maturity, able to access a full range of responses to any situation ("Awareness Through Movement") - this is opposed to the medical health as in not 'sick or disabled' or health in any abstract sense. He asserted that his method of body/mind exploration leads to improved functioning (health) through individuals becoming more aware and finding improved use; this focus on exploration and awareness is typified by his statement "What I am after is more flexible minds, not just more flexible bodies".

This goal is reflected in the code of the Feldenkrais Guild of North America which states that practitioners of the method do not undertake to diagnose or treat illness of any kind. Most proponents of the Feldenkrais Method consider it to be a form of self-education and mind-body development, rather than a manipulative therapy.

Feldenkrais' approach was more experiential, using self-discovery rather than manipulation. Some of the influences on Feldenkrais' work include Gustav Fechner, Gerda Alexander, Elsa Gindler, Jigoro Kano, G. I. Gurdjieff, Emile Coué, William Bates, Heinrich Jacoby and Mabel Todd, all of whom were more concerned with awareness than with simple physical exercises.



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