The Feldenkrais Method®
“Movement is life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of the life itself.”
Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais
Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement®
Awareness Through Movement (ATM)® exercises or ‘lessons’ are easy to do, of benefit to everyone, and the results can be immediate and profound.
With Awareness Through Movement you can:
Improve your co-ordination, posture and flexibility.
Restore lost function.
Eliminate aches and pains, and move more easily.
Find relief from stress, and the tools for psychological growth.
Reduce unnecessary muscular effort.
Gain renewed physical vitality, health and emotional well-being.
Learn to recover more quickly from injuries and how to avoid them.
Refine artistic and athletic performance and prevent performance related injuries.
Attain greater ease and pleasure in all your physical activities.
Improve the fitness and agility of your brain at any age.
Individual or Group lessons;
Awareness Through Movement® lessons are explorations of movement verbally directed by a teacher, most often they are done on a mat on the floor in a variety of positions. Each lesson explores a sequence of movements related to such fundamental functions as rolling, reaching, folding, bending and twisting, The teacher guides the students' attention to sensation to help them develop better body awareness and discover easier, more expansive ways of moving, which can then be carried over into everyday life.
Functional integration® individual lesson
Feldenkrais® private sessions are known as Functional Integration (FI®) lessons. In Functional Integration, the teacher guides an individual student in movement lessons using gentle, non-invasive touch as the primary means of communication.
The Feldenkrais Method is an integration of biology, neuroscience and psychology. It is a unique approach to human learning and change, acclaimed for its ability to access the innate neuroplasticity of the brain to improve many areas of human functioning.
“If you know what you are doing, you can do what you want.”
Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais