The IFF Research Group will hold a Feldenkrais Research Symposium centering around Feldenkrais as Somato-Physiology at this year’s Movementis Conference in Prague. Here is the call for abstracts.

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Call for Abstracts

Special Feldenkrais Research Symposium
FELDENKRAIS AS SOMATO-PHYSIOLOGY
at

MOVEMENTIS
Sixth International Movement and Cognition Conference
Prague, Charles University, 13-15 Sept 2024

Submission Deadline: Feb 20 2024

A special Feldenkrais Research Symposium dedicated to the theme of the Feldenkrais Method as Somato-Physiology will be included in the Sixth International Conference on Brain, Body, Cognition, to take place at Charles University, Prague between 13-15 September, 2024. 

The aim of the conference is to share knowledge on the relation of human movement to cognitive function and to establish dialogue between professionals from different disciplines. The conference is a cross-disciplinary professional gathering that brings together academic theorists, researchers, and practitioners who treat their patients with body techniques. 

The special Feldenkrais Symposium provides an opportunity for researchers of the Feldenkrais Method to share ideas, and to engage with scientists and practitioners from other somatic modalities. The theme of this year’s Feldenkrais Research Symposium, “Feldenkrais as Somato-Physiology” (as first-person experience of the lived body in connection with research into physiology) speaks to the Feldenkrais Method as a somatic educational practice affecting individual physiology and psyche through moving with awareness. This theme emphasizes the relation between first and second-person embodied experience with neurobiology in terms of understanding and researching the Feldenkrais Method. Abstracts may refer to any subject relating to the theme of this symposium, including original research, theoretical perspectives,  case studies as well as conceptualization of new methodologies for research into the Feldenkrais Method as Somato-Physiology.  Abstracts integrating theory and practice in relation with the theme of the symposium will be especially welcome. The Symposium will include a chair, and up to four presenters. The Symposium is scheduled in an 80-minute time slot and should allow for discussion among presenters and the audience. 

Presenters in the Symposium are also invited to submit separate abstract proposals to teach a workshop. Please send these abstracts directly to the conference organizers.  

Conference Website

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS:

Authors should submit individual paper abstracts on the theme of “Feldenkrais as Somato-Physiology” to be included in the special Symposium. 

Authors may also submit separate abstracts for workshops or presentations for the Movement and Cognition Conference outside of this symposium for consideration (https://movementis.com/abstracts/).] 

Submission of abstracts for the special Symposium: Researching the Feldenkrais Method Symposium follows the format instructions for submission of individual abstracts (https://movementis.com/abstracts/). 

Symposium abstracts should be forwarded to researchgroup@feldenkais-method.org, by Feb 20 2024. 

The abstracts for the Symposium will be reviewed by a panel of reviewers supervised by the IFF Research Committee. 

• Submit your abstract in Microsoft Word format (.doc, docx).
• Abstracts are to be written in English only. All presentations will be in the English language.
• Authors’ names should be provided in the format: Hillary Clinton, Donald John Trump. Do not add Dr, Prof, Mr., Mrs., degrees
• The presenter’s name must be underlined 
• The title should have a maximum of 150 characters.
• Affiliations should be included in line 1. If authors’ affiliations are different, you should indicate them filling 2, 3, and 4 lines.
• The presenting author’s name and email address must be included and marked as “presenter” by underlining the name.
• The abstract should have a maximum of 350 words.
• The abstract for oral and poster presentations should be structured using the following headings: Keywords (up to five), Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
• The abstract should be as informative as possible, including statistical evaluation.
• Statements such as “results will be discussed” or “data will be presented” are not acceptable.
• Standard abbreviations such as: PVS, MCS, EEG, MEEG, MRI, etc., may be used. Others should be described in full when first mentioned followed by the abbreviation in parenthesis.
• Do not include tables, photographs, figures or references in your abstracts.
• Include a one-paragraph bio of yourself with the abstract submission on a separate page.
• UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL SELF-PROMOTING METHOD DESCRIPTIONS BE ACCEPTED.
• Incomplete Submissions without the required materials will not be processed.

ABSTRACT  FORMAT: 

• Title:
• Jon Smith¹  and Peter Stubble ²
• ¹Department of Applied Science, Auburn University, Boston, Massachusetts and ²Department of Psychology. Augustus University, Pembroke, Alabama, United States of America
• Email: js@au.edu
• Keywords (up to five):

Objective: 

Methods: 

Results: 

Conclusion: