What is the Feldenkrais Method?

The Feldenkrais Method is a form of Somatic Education that uses gentle movement and directed attention to improve movement and enhance human functioning. With this method you can increase your range of motion, improve your flexibility and coordination, and rediscover your innate capacity for graceful, efficient movement.

By expanding your self-image through movement sequences, the Method allows to include more of yourself in your movements. Students become aware of their habitual neuromuscular patterns and rigidities, and learn to move in new ways.

Who benefits from the Method?

Everyone can benefit from the Method. The Feldenkrais Method helps those suffering from acute or chronic pain in the back, neck, shoulders, hips, legs or knees , as well ashealthy individuals who wish to enhance their movement abilities. The Method has been very helpful in dealing with central nervous system conditions such as multiples sclerosis, cerebral palsy and stroke. Musicians, actors and artists can extend their abilities and enhance creativity. Seniors use it to retain or regain their ability to move without pain or discomfort.

What happens in a Feldenkrais Method session?

In a group 'Awareness through Movement' class, the teacher verbally guides you through a sequence of moevements in basic positions: sitting or lying on the floor, standing or sitting on a chair.  These precisely structured movement explorations involve thinking, moving, sensing, feeling and imagining.  By increasing awareness, you will learn to abandon habitual patterns of movement and develop new alternatives, resulting in improved coordination and flexibility.

Private sessions, called Functional Integration sessions, are tailored to the individual's needs.  From £50

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