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Us Too - The #metoo Movement & Mature Behavior: A Call for Transparency, Action and Accountability in The Feldenkrais World. "We, the Undersigned, have experienced, witnessed or have been informed of harassment and abusive behavior in Feldenkrais® Training Programs and Advanced Trainings by both teaching and administrative staff members and visiting practitioners (EDs, Trainers, Assistant Trainers, Practitioner Assistants and/or experienced Practitioners), which has negatively impacted students and staff members on many levels. Some events are recent, others date back more than 35 years. Abusive behavior has been tolerated, dismissed, minimized, ignored, negated, covered up, and its seriousness disregarded by the leaders of the Feldenkrais Community for decades. This behavior

This is the exact text of an email that was forwarded to the creator of this blog. Nothing has been changed. It was copied and pasted from the original email received in December of 2017. WARNING! – What follows is a detailed and sordid account of sexual harassment and abuse by Dr. Frank Wildman with students in the Eugene 2 Feldenkrais Professional Training Program. The names of the victims have been redacted. Many more grievances against Dr. Wildman have been filed with the FGNA Ethics Committee by other students, former students and local practitioners. These violations of the Guild's Code of Conduct are pervasive and egregious. This abusive behavior and the lack of adequate oversight to prevent it by FGNA have taken a profound toll on the...