Steven Shafarman

My two major subject areas are politics and fitness-healing-exercise. For me, though, these are not so distinct. In both domains, I'm seeking to communicate a core way of thinking about how individuals actively make sense of the world.

Awareness Heals, my first book (1997), is about my mentor, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, creator of the Feldenkrais Method of somatic education, which I've taught and practiced for many years. Young children learn to walk and talk by playing, exploring, and imitating. As they learn to walk, they outgrow crawling and leave it behind. With FlexAware, my approach, and Feldenkrais lessons, people of all ages can become more aware and skillful, to "outgrow" back pain, asthma, arthritis, depression, and other problem conditions.

In writing about politics, I discuss ways that we, collectively, can "outgrow" pollution, poverty, racism, crime, and war. My most recent book, my fifth on these themes, is Basic Income Imperative (2017).