Poluchiv sereznye travmy i pytayas istselitsya ot nih, Moshe Feldenkrayz neozhidanno osoznal glubokuyu svyaz mezhdu telesnymi stradaniyami i psihicheskim zdorovem. Vosstanavlivayas, on sdelal revolyutsionnye otkrytiya, kulminatsiey kotoryh stala razrabotka metoda, kotoryy teper nosit ego imya. V etoy knige Feldenkrayz uglublyaetsya v nevrologiyu, predystoriyu, razvitie rebenka, gravitatsiyu i antigravitatsiyu, refleksivnoe i priobretennoe povedenie, vliyanie emotsiy, osobenno bespokoystva, na osanku i, samoe glavnoe, nerazryvnost tela i razuma.