The
Feldenkrais method is a unique way to improve your
movement ability
The Feldenkrais
method is an easy way which combines both action and
thought
By developing an awareness to
our body and the way we move – without activating any
resistance or defense mechanisms, it is possible to
create optimal conditions for learning and
re-educating of the nervous system. Integration is
created between the skeleton, the muscles and the
nervous system. This is a unique form of instantly
processing information, while simultaneously acting
and sensing.
Change comes from
within
In
order to improve one’s posture, one has to undergo an
internal, gradual learning process. One has to absorb
the changes and what he learned, and assimilate it in
the nervous system. This way one can adopt various,
light, easy and pleasant postures.
ATM - Awareness
Through Movement - the Group lesson
FI- Functional
Integration - the Individual lesson
During the lessons, an internal process of learning
becomes possible. This process stimulates the natural
improvement mechanisms of the body, through
self-attentiveness.
At a
group lesson, all that happens, while the student lies
on a mattress, placed on the floor, or on a bed during
the individual lesson. The instructions given to
students are verbal, whereas in a private lesson the
teacher clarifies movement patterns through direct
touch and movement.
In
the beginning of the group lesson, each student
performs an self scanning of his/her body. At the end
of the lesson, the student repeats that scanning
process and may notice the change in the way he/she
lies– a result of the learning process undergone
during the lesson. At the end of the lesson students
feel their posture is better - more relaxed, calmer
and become closer to the ideal, and does not require
effort. From this position with this organization a
person can initiate a intentional motion to any
desirable direction, without preliminary adjustment.
The ability to prevent future disorders – get to know
yourself
Each
student undergoes a learning process, whose essence is
the learning of new movement patterns, in order to
increase his motion possibilities. At the same time,
the process spontaneously preserves and sharpens the
already existing, desirable habits.
This
enables the student to choose the appropriate movement
for the necessary action, from a larger repertoire of
possibilities of movements. In doing that, we are able
to prevent future disorders, problems.
The method is
recommended for a healthy lifestyle, free of pain,
stress and frustrations.
