Mia Segal
Mia's expertise in rehabillitative and generative methods has been attained over a period spanning more than 50 years. After achieving certification and practicing as an Alexander Technique teacher, Mia met and became professional assistant to Dr Mosche Feldenkrais, creator of The Feldenkrais Method. From 1957 until 1973, Mia was Mosche's only student of his developing system, in a collaboration that continued until his death in 1983. Over these years Mia and her family were deeply involved in the development and evolution of the method and she was entrusted to work with some of Feldenkrais' most high profile clients (the likes of Israel's first Prime Minister, famous musicians, athletes and scholars). Dr Feldenkrais was quoted as saying, "Mia is my best student and the only one to take my work beyond me". The development of the method took Mia and her family to Japan, where she studied movement extensively, through a mastery of Judo (achieving a balck belt from the Kodokan, the University for Judo) and a study of Japanese healing methods.
Feldenkrais and Mia began to train students in the method worldwide, with Mia eventually taking the role of course leader before continuing Feldenkrais' work of training batches of quality practitioners. To this day, Mia is the authority on Feldenkrais and has a mastery of teaching and performing the methods that are second to none.
Mia is an incredible woman and a genius in her chosen field of pursuit. Her insistence on restoring choice to people by continuously challenging the traditionally accepted "mind-body" split and her unique style make it a pleasure and a privelege for me to have her involved in The Beautiful Aim.
