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In our Feldenkrais Portal we want to help increase your awareness of how you think, sense, feel and move. Through Feldenkrais we will help you break habitual patterns of movement allowing for new patterns of thinking and moving to emerge while correcting posture, reducing pain and improving the quality of your life.
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The Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education
"Make The Impossible, Possible...The Possible, Easy...And The Easy, Elegant"
The Feldenkrais Method is for anyone who wants to learn how to expand the possibilities for personal improvement and human development by increasing your awareness of how you think, sense, feel and move. Whether you want to be more comfortable sitting at your computer, playing with your children and grandchildren, or performing a favorite pastime, Feldenkrais’ gentle lessons can improve your overall wellbeing.
The Feldenkrais Method of somatic education explores the biological and cultural aspects of movement and posture, and how habitual ways of moving, feeling and acting can constrain us to a small portion of our potential. Through our personal history, upbringing, culture, careers, injuries, illness, etc., we each adopt patterns of physical and psychological behavior. These patterns are deeply embedded in our nervous system and often become outmoded or dysfunctional, creating unnecessary physical and psychological limitations.
The Feldenkrais Method uses organic learning, movement and sensing to free us from habitual patterns and allow for new patterns of thinking, moving and feeling to emerge. After experiencing Feldenkrais lessons, people often express feelings of relaxation and ease. They may breathe more freely and find their thoughts have more clarity. The learning process is full of pleasant surprises and personal breakthroughs.
The Method is applied in two strategies: Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration. In Awareness Through Movement lessons, the teacher verbally guides you through a sequence of gentle movements that explore daily functions such as reaching, turning, breathing and sitting. These lessons are intended to help you develop a greater awareness of how you move. Functional Integration lessons are one-on-one sessions with a practitioner who uses gentle, non-invasive touch and verbal instruction to guide the student in a personalized movement process. Learning, change and improvement are achieved through the use of specific skilled manipulation and passive movements individualized for the client’s particular needs. Functional Integration is effective and widely recognized for its ability to address both minor aches and pains, to serious musculoskeletal and neurological problems, chronic tension and the developmental problems of children.
The Feldenkrais Method® was developed by Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc. (1904-1984), who synthesized insights from physics, motor development, bio-mechanics, psychology and martial arts to develop a powerful, effective and practical application, demonstrating the inseparableness of thought, feeling, perception and action.
With the Feldenkrais Method® you can:
• Ease pain and chronic discomfort
• Improve posture, balance, flexibility and circulation
• Prevent injury
• Increase energy
• Reduce stress, tension and fatigue
• Improve concentration
The Feldenkrais Method® has helped:
• Musicians
• Athletes and fitness enthusiasts
• Students
• Children with special needs
• Seniors
• Anyone seeking to improve their quality of life
If you would like to learn more about Feldenkrais please see the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education.
