Parkour, mountain climbing and ultramarathon running. People train hard and risk their lives for these sports. Why? I propose these top three reasons: The thrill of making the impossible, possible The satisfaction of commanding their body and psyche to accomplish goals And the elation of completely attuning one's self with [...]
Everyone loves that feeling of being “‘in the zone” or “in flow”’ when playing a sport, playing a musical instrument, creating a work of art, or solving a problem. When you're in flow during an athletic activity, you feel confident and ready to adapt to ever-changing circumstances. You can clearly [...]
Listen, let’s make an important distinction Many kinds of movement training distinguish themselves by the kinds of exercises that constitute their programs. One might focus on strength, another on flexibility; yet another might claim to improve both. Teachers of Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement have a different view altogether. We teach [...]
Somewhere in the mess of our personal experience - meaning our upbringing, schooling, social relationships, romantic relationships, likes, dislikes, ideas, emotions, behavior and habits - is the ‘self’. It is the place that navigates all those experiences and provides us with a sense of ‘me’ in the midst of all [...]
Greetings and pleasant movement to you, my name is Alex Schaefer, I am a physical therapist and Feldenkrais Practitioner. After 22 years working in orthopedics, neurology, sports medicine, and geriatrics in a variety of locations across the country, I have recently moved back home to Illinois to start my own [...]
If you are the parent of a neurodiverse child, you have probably researched ways to facilitate your child’s development. While working with practitioners within the traditional medical model, you have probably repeatedly heard what problems your child has and what all the deficits are. As Feldenkrais Practitioners, we can offer [...]
By Harriet Goslins In 1983, between my third and fourth year at Amherst I spent a year living at Esalen Institute. In the mornings I taught Awareness Through Movement (ATM) classes to the staff, the workshop participants, and the public who lived nearby in Big Sur. I emphasized paying attention [...]
From a very young age I relished any kind of movement - dancing, running, climbing, biking, gymnastics, etc. Now in my early 70’s, I still love movement and am passionate about helping others to move better and feel good in their bodies! I began to study and practice yoga in [...]
At age 15 I found Richard Hittleman’s “28 days of Yoga” book in a local grocery store and began teaching myself yoga. Yoga felt so familiar to me, as if I had done it many times before. But 10 years later when I developed a severe lower back problem, yoga [...]
I’m a collaborator and life-long learner by nature. As a dancer I loved the process of solving movement and choreography problems as a group. Through good fortune, I’ve managed to bring that spirit to my practice as a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher ® . I’ve learned that it sometimes takes [...]