Weight-Driven Movement (WDM): Foundational Statement, Intellectual Provenance, and Practical Methodology of Enabling Transitions

This foundational statement documents Weight-Driven Movement (WDM), developed and articulated by Israel Don, founder of the Human Organism Institute. The document defines the distinction between structural support (Nesiah) and compensatory holding (Hachzakah), identifies postural transitions as opportunities for bodily reorganization, and presents the Art of Enabling as a practical methodology for creating conditions that facilitate self-organized movement. It describes six fundamental postural transitions, outlines the approach's proposed original conceptual and methodological contributions, and establishes a public record of its development and attribution. The approach is presented as an open framework for teaching, research, application, and further development. Its specific mechanisms and effectiveness remain subjects for empirical investigation.