Feldenkrais® Functional Integration Practitioner,
Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® Teacher
Kinesis MyoFascial Integration Trained and Certified
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Enjoy this short video demonstrating some of the movements that this wonderful system is known for
A Feldenkrais teacher creates a learning environment where you can discover how to get quiet and become aware of how you move, breathe and engage with your whole self. As you learn how to be a better listener you realize all of your activities can become easier, better organized and more pleasurable. Old habits of overworking muscles and wearing out joints can be released. The Feldenkrais Method can be used for relaxation, pain relief, sports performance enhancement and so much more. For those who are ready to dive deep it is a mindfulness practice that can lead to personal transformation.
Functional Integration is the hands on portion of the modality. The student wears comfortable clothing they find easy to move in. In a Functional Integration lesson the Feldenkrais practitioner teaches the student through touch. The teacher engages the student from a place of listening and with a sense of revealing movement possibilities rather than directing an externally prescribed outcome. It is a place of curiosity and discovery as you become aware of options and choices in what used to be habit patterns.
Awareness Through Movement® lessons (ATM’s) are verbally guided movement classes. Usually these classes are taught in a group but they can be conducted in private one to one sessions also. As with Functional Integration the focus of an ATM class is based on self-referral, in that the student is encouraged to self monitor and keep the focus inward rather than follow a external ideal that may not be beneficial or relevant to the individual.