The Feldenkrais Method is often introduced as a way to move more easily, reduce pain, or improve posture. Yet this description only touches the surface. At its core, Feldenkrais’s work is a method of learning—a way of understanding how we organise ourselves in action, perception, and thought. It asks a [...]
Prevent Injury and Recover Quickly from Gravity’s Embrace I’ve been falling all my life. As a child, I often found myself lying face down in the mud, grass or street without realizing how I got there. One memorable fall pitched me head first down the stairs. Before I could cry, [...]
As we age, our reflexes become slower and less efficient. These age-related declines affect both the central and peripheral nervous systems. The entire signal chain is slower from sensation to muscle response. There is a process of brain atrophy occurring which reduces its ability to process information and send commands [...]
I was pivoting forward in my new career at 23 years old, as a policy and consultation officer in the community sector, when my hand began to hurt. Then my arm, my neck, and so on. Handwriting, telephoning on a landline, and being hypervigilant due to my passion for my [...]
How did you begin your journey with the Feldenkrais Method? From high school through grad school I studied to be a concert pianist. I discovered Feldenkrais while I was trying to recover from a music performance-related injury. Medical approaches didn’t help, and eventually one of my teachers sent me to [...]
"This is the one time that I have in my day when I can be free of stress, expectations and demands of others," says one man, a regular student at my Awareness Through Movement® (ATM®) classes. "I haven't felt any back pain since I started the class and I feel [...]
An collection of short descriptions of the Feldenkrais Method provided by practitioners from around the world! In this month's Senseability newsletter (sign up here) we reached out to practitioners from around the world to share their 100 word descriptions of 'What the Feldenkrais Method® is?' with us. It's a fantastic [...]
“There are two major roads for changing a person’s behavior – either through the psyche or through the body. However, real change has to be brought about in a way which allows both the body and the psyche to be changed simultaneously. If the approach is not integral but through [...]
Within a Feldenkrais lesson we often use the imagination to help clarify and refine our self image. An example of this is the guided ‘body scan’ that often happens at the beginning of a lesson: a process in which you bring your attention to sensory feedback (proprioceptive, exteroceptive and interoceptive) [...]
By Fariya Doctor, GCFP It was The Feldenkrais Method that helped me discover that there wasn't just one way to breathe. However, I still struggled with understanding and identifying why I was having so much trouble with breathing. After studying the science of breath and becoming a Buteyko Instructor all [...]