Feldenkrais® is a method of somatic education which utilizes movement as a tool for developing awareness and for learning how to move through life with greater ease and enjoyment. The Feldenkrais Method® is taught through two modalities. Each supports and supplements the other.
FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION®: Individual Sessions are uniquely tailored to each specific situation. Many practitioners call the interactions “lessons”, for the emphasis in the Feldenkrais® approach is on learning—learning new ways of functioning and being in the world. Through hands-on and verbal directions, the practitioner guides you to sense how you may organize your moving (and thinking) more effectively.
AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT®: Awareness Through Movement® classes consist of verbally directed movement sequences which guide you to discover new ways of moving, sensing and feeling. Classes emphasize how you use various aspects of yourself (such as your shoulders, back, neck, eyes, breathing) in relation to your whole self within the context of how you function in your world.
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Why Feldenkrais?
Because it makes sense!
With the Feldenkrais Method®, you develop a clearer sense of yourself—of how you can move with greater ease through your life.
“To make the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant.”
—Moshe Feldenkrais
Many people seek out Feldenkrais® for relief from aches and pains (such as back, neck, shoulder or hip pain). Some discover Feldenkrais® through their desire to move more efficiently and gracefully. Others pursue Feldenkrais® to enhance their sense of themselves. The Feldenkrais Method® embraces all these interests. Sessions focus on learning, on developing awareness, and on enhancing the quality with which we move through our lives.
Examples of persons who have benefited from our work together:
- Persons with neurological difficulties or musculoskeletal concerns
- Acute injuries— car accidents (whiplash), falls
- Learning differences or developmental concerns
- Cerebral palsy
- Chronic conditions, repetitive stress, accumulative strains
- Scoliosis
- TMJ
- Strokes
- Pre- or Post-operative rehabilitation: knee, hip, back, shoulder, open heart surgery
- Athletes
- skiers
- tennis players
- body builders
- runners
- golfers
- equestrians
- Performing artists
- musicians
- dancers
- actors
- Martial artists
- Aikido
- Tai Chi
- Karate
