About Eve Boltax
Eve Boltax is a certified Feldenkrais® practitioner and a graduate of the Boston Feldenkrais Training Program under Aliza Stewart and Tiffany Sankary. She has taught group Feldenkrais classes in living rooms, synagogues, churches, and yoga studios. She has worked with musicians at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and Berklee College of Music.
Her work has been described as “magical,” “bold,” “insightful,” “calming,” “steadfast,” and “amazing.”
She was introduced to Feldenkrais while in graduate school at the Longy School of Music of Bard College. She lives in Jamaica Plain and is a professional violist and Suzuki violin teacher.
Why do you love the method?
“I love the novelty, curiosity, quietness, care, wide sense of attention, sensory and kinesthetic discovery, and trajectory towards bettering oneself. I love the balance of art and science and the practical application to daily life.”
To learn more about Eve’s work as a professional violist and creative musician, please visit: www.eveboltax.com
About Moshe Feldenkrais
The Feldenkrais Method® was developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. Born in Russia in 1904, Feldenkrais emigrated by foot to Palestine at the age of thirteen. After earning a degree in engineering, he got his doctorate in physics at the Sorbonne in Paris. He then worked for several years with Joliot-Curie in the French nuclear research laboratory.
Feldenkrais was very physically active: he played soccer, did construction work, and practiced martial arts. He apprenticed with Kano Jigoro, the originator of judo, and in 1936 he became one of the first Europeans to earn a black belt in that form.
A chronic knee injury prompted him to apply his knowledge of physics, body mechanics, neurology to heal himself. He learned theory and psychology to gain a new understanding of human function and maturation. His investigations formulated a unique practice that combines science, movement, and self-learning as it applies to daily life. Dr. Feldenkrais wrote five books about the method, and his teaching is preserved in thousands of hours of audio and videotapes.
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Resources
ARTICLES
Trying the Feldenkrais Method for Chronic Pain (Jane Brody: New York Times, 2017)
“I had long refrained from writing about this method of countering pain because I thought it was some sort of New Age gobbledygook with no scientific basis. Boy, was I wrong!”
The Feldenkrais Method and Music (Interview with Paul Rubin)
“I look at the person as the instrument which they use to play their particular instrument. Of course, the human organism is much more complicated than any musical instrument that I know of. As obvious as this seems—and perhaps just because it is so obvious—this fact is often overlooked.”
Slowing Down to Feel (Gia Kourlas, 2021)
“In a time when it seems we have little control, having agency over our bodies — and our internal world — is a kind of power. By engaging in a somatic experience, you come to realize that these practices are not just about creating flexible bodies, but flexible minds.”
VIDEOS
Feldenkrais Lesson with Anastasi Siotas
“You can’t have an emotion that doesn’t have a muscular expression.”
Feldenkrais and Back Pain (Deborah Bowes at Stanford University)
Your Body Can Change Your Mind (Ted Talk with Astra Coyle)
BOOKS
The Brain’s Way of Healing (Norman Doidge)
Awareness Through Movement (Moshe Feldenkrais)
What people are saying:
“My experience with Feldenkrais was wonderful. It has helped me reconnect with my body during a critical time of healing and recovery and aided both processes immensely. My sessions with Eve were grounding, therapeutic, and enlightening in a quiet and considered way. As an instructor and practitioner Eve has an incredibly fine tuned ability to listen and respond. She was able to discover points of tension I did not even realize I had and bring ease and function back to my joints and movement through mindful touch and instruction. I left sessions feeling lighter, looser and more aware of myself and my world.”
—DANIEL CALLAHAN, MULTIMEDIA ARTIST AND DESIGNER
“In my work of supporting social movement organizing and building community, it is important to me to be attuned to what is alive in my own body. Working with Eve through Feldenkrais lessons has increased my attention to and perception of myself — clarifying connections between mind and body. This embodied learning supports my capacity for presence and awareness.”