What is Feldenkrais?
‘Movement is life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life itself.’
Moshe Feldenkrais
The Feldenkrais method offers a unique and practical way to help to realise our potential and live our life to the full.
Life is movement. When movement ceases, there is no life. Practically everything we do is learned, from our physical movements to our behaviour and thought patterns.
The method developed by Moshe Feldenkrais (1904–84) is centred around these simple truths. He used movement as a tool for exploration of who we are and how we learn and how we can improve the way we move and live, so that we can live with less pain and more ease.
‘Awareness Through Movement’ is the official name for a lesson, and, as this suggests, the method lives comfortably alongside meditation practices.
The Feldenkrais method can be experienced in as many different ways as there are people. I have asked my students to describe in a few words what the method has meant to them. I received a great variety of answers that you can find here.
Here are a few things that the practice of this method has meant for me:
– a relief of physical pains and discomforts
– a greater sense of ease and freedom as a performer
– it has helped me live more fully in the present and leave the past for what it is: the past
– fun!
More generally, with the Feldenkrais method you can learn to
– improve your balance, posture, flexibility and coordination
– enhance your breathing, vitality and well-being
– relieve chronic pain and reduce tension and stress
– find more ease in everyday activities
– improve your performance in sports, dance, music or drama
‘Movement is life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life itself.’
Moshe Feldenkrais
The Feldenkrais method offers a unique and practical way to help to realise our potential and live our life to the full.
Life is movement. When movement ceases, there is no life. Practically everything we do is learned, from our physical movements to our behaviour and thought patterns.
The method developed by Moshe Feldenkrais (1904–84) is centred around these simple truths. He used movement as a tool for exploration of who we are and how we learn and how we can improve the way we move and live, so that we can live with less pain and more ease.
‘Awareness Through Movement’ is the official name for a lesson, and, as this suggests, the method lives comfortably alongside meditation practices.
The Feldenkrais method can be experienced in as many different ways as there are people. I have asked my students to describe in a few words what the method has meant to them. I received a great variety of answers that you can find here.
Here are a few things that the practice of this method has meant for me:
– a relief of physical pains and discomforts
– a greater sense of ease and freedom as a performer
– it has helped me live more fully in the present and leave the past for what it is: the past
– fun!
More generally, with the Feldenkrais method you can learn to
– improve your balance, posture, flexibility and coordination
– enhance your breathing, vitality and well-being
– relieve chronic pain and reduce tension and stress
– find more ease in everyday activities
– improve your performance in sports, dance, music or drama