Hi Bernard, its good you have done some NLP. Its gone a long way since the first inceptions nearly 30 years ago, and when I'm using it I would deffinately say it different from the usual PT/ client relationship.I have several colleagues who work in France and train and use NLP in very large organisations, so I am not sure I agree with your comments that its considered a bad technique.Thats a generalisation.From the medical prospective, Feldenkrais originally began his work to explore his own knee condition, which was probably an anterior cruciate or similar laxity issue. The method can be use to assisst may people with diagnostic 'labels', and indeed I first came across it nearly 16 years ago, when a client gave me a set of tapes he had used in his post hip replacement and CVA rehab programme. It was given to him by a Physiotherapist who was using it as part of her neuro programme.However, it is different from traditional medicine because we work with the whole person. Incidentally Hanna trained with Feldenkrais and was a student of his for many years, then split. Feldenkrais was also a Judoki and wrote many books about Judo, I have some old ones here on my bookshelf, so yes there are links with eastern traditions. I have written a chapter in Complementary Therapies for Physical Therapists published in 2000 by Butterworth Heinemann, and also produce CD's of the work.
I am running an NLP Introduction two days, the 10th and 11th September, here in Reading. Its in aid of the Niger famine appeal. Contact me if you would like to come