The Feldenkrais Method uses mindful movement to explore the ways in which we have learnt to use ourselves in activity. It facilitates awareness of habitual movement patterns, those which may contribute to and those which may be inhibit ease and availability. Over time it develops an increased movement repertoire and more flexible thinking, which in turn, allow for greater freedom in responding to life's challenges and joys.
The Method uses many unique and creative explorations to tap into the brain and nervous system's ability to learn from new experiences across a lifetime.
There are two ways to learn in The Feldenkrais Method. Group classes called Awareness Through Movement where the teacher verbally guides the group through an exploratory movement journey to discover new, easier ways to move. In one-on-one sessions, called Functional Integration, an individual is guided through gentle touch to explore new movement possibilities.
Anne is an authorised Awareness Through Movement® teacher and is currently a third year practitioner trainee in Melbourne, Australia. Anne teaches an online Awareness Through Movement class monthly on the last Sunday of the month on Zoom.
"We do not work with people's problems, but with their health. Health as the capacity to recover from shock; the ability to overcome obstacles; the capacity to live one's dreams."
Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais
(from "Body & Mature Behaviour", 1949)