By Erin Finkelstein, GCFP After a recent class, one of my students exclaimed, “I was so confused during this lesson!” My response was, “I completely understand, and that’s a beautiful place to start.” I remember feeling confused as a student during my early Awareness Through Movement (ATM®) experiences, and yet [...]

By Moti Nativ Japanese saying:  "Saru-mo-ki-kara-ochiru" – meaning that even a Monkey falls from a Tree This well known Japanese saying expresses the reality that everyone makes Mistakes. My experiences falling have taught me that falling is an outcome of the inevitable mistakes we all make. Since 1975, when I started [...]

By Nancy Haller, GCFPCM, MA, Feldenkrais® Assistant Trainer   When living with a brain injury there is a sense of loss and being lost. “What was” isn’t any longer and “what is” has little relationship to now. What a conundrum of experiences to fit into daily living as you develop [...]