REACH YOUR POTENTIAL


  • Power can be found where support is given.
  • Our planet provides us with a reservoir of support in the cycling of gravity & ground force through our bodies.
  • We can learn to use ourselves to ride upon this rebound of forces so that we lead our lives with resource, poise and confidence.


         THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD®
      

More than anything, the Feldenkrais Method® is a learning method. It can be applied not only to how we organize movement within the body’s sensory-motor circuitry, but also how we move through life, how we experience uncertainty and how we find support. We learn to master our survival reflexes, so that we are able to create elegant solutions to every unexpected twist that living in a body on this planet provides.
                                  
                                                     How do we teach ourselves what we do not know?
                                           The Feldenkrais Method® is a doorway into that kind of freedom

 THE FM® HAS TWO BRANCHES OF LEARNING: AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT GROUP LESSONS
                                                                                          FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION PRIVATE SESSIONS

AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT® (ATM) 

 These are movement lessons in a group setting (both live or on Zoom). They are designed to put us into an unconventional pattern, relationship to gravity, or sequence of actions. Exploring in safety what you do not yet know how to coordinate, and welcoming mistakes as a learning tool is the province of ATM®. Lessons create a safe learning environment which supports you moving out of your comfort zone in an ambiguous situation, to find your own special way. Negotiating uncertainty while  learning something new becomes your bread and butter! This is your Smarter Body!

      Nothing develops the brain better than movement! Moving differently leads to thinking differently!
              And to having increased awareness, not just of our bodies, but of ourselves in the world.

"Movement is life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life itself." -M Feldenkrais

FUNCTIONAL  INTEGRATION® (FI)

While Dr. Ida Rolf called her shaping of posture through fascial manipulation ‘Structural Integration,’ Dr. Feldenkrais called his subtle guidance of self-organization through touch ‘Functional Integration.’ Both aim to change how a body organizes itself in gravity, one by rearranging tissue, one by rewiring brain-body communication. An FI® session is a one-on-one experience where through touch and collaborative learning the two of us together deliver you to a new level of sensory awareness. FI® sessions improve and enhance your brain-map of yourself.  Sensory awareness in action is the key; brain and body dance together. This can, as if by magic change the way you sit, stand, walk, turn, look, reach...
 
                                                                      ...and ultimately experience the world.

                      “Connecting hands makes two systems into one from the point of view of Sensory-Motor Functions.
                                                  Feeling and movement become common to both of us – both systems.
                                             I check myself and I feel what he feels (stiff). He feels my arm as soft, pliable,
                                        and we together, both learn: two arms that are supple!” (paraphrased) M Feldenkrais