Dear Members of the World-Wide Feldenkrais Community,

Ten years ago when I first began editing the lessons, a relatively few people in the community were aware of the riches Dr. Feldenkrais left for future generations of Feldenkrais® practitioners. The initial Alexander Yanai volumes were met with complaints about the difficulty of the lessons and the complexity of Dr. Feldenkrais' language. Slowly, slowly those complaints settled as people became accustomed to how specifically Dr. Feldenkrais used language to describe his aims and intention. Then, as more and more practitioners used the lessons, an appreciation for Dr. Feldenkrais' legacy blossomed. This flowering continues with eleven published volumes serving as a foundation for the curriculum of many trainings and/or the continuing education of many practitioners.

I'd like to start a discussion of what a title of a lesson should indicate. Is it a description of what happens, of the movements? If so, which movements? Or does it describe a function the lesson might be addressing: bending, turning, sitting, standing, etc.? Another possibility is the position the lesson is done in.