Category: Feldenkrais Sex Scandal

Jeff Haller, has a YouTube video called, "Moving Towards Emotional Dignity." I like Jeff as a Feldenkrais teacher and have experienced one of his advanced workshops. It was brilliant. However, listening to the video below, gave me the creeps. Jeff simply repeats - adnauseam - buzzwords from the popular culture. https://youtu.be/5eqALkuHwWs Feldenkrais helps you move towards emotional dignity?? How is that? Take a look at the abuse and harassment allegations listed on the current site. Many of the alleged harassers and rapists are Jeff's colleagues and friends. I wonder why he has not denounced them publically? Why does he continue to work with them? Why has he not spoken out? Does he have too much emotional dignity? And if the Feldenkrais Method is a powerful as Jeff suggests,

Something that has been written by several Feldenkrais practitioners from the Amherst training when talking about the alleged abuse is that, "I knew about Frank (or Ned or Dennis etc) twenty years ago, but I did not say anything because I wanted to protect the method." The method (or more accurately, "The Guild system") was protected in the short term. But in the longer term the abuses continued and they continued while being hidden from the public, students and other practitioners. In essence, a system was created in which abusers could continue to abuse, knowing that no one would speak out. So while the integrity of the Feldenkrais Guild system was maintained, so was the ability of people (mainly Feldenkrais trainers) to harass, bully and rape.