The Feldenkrais Method®
the foundation of all movement
Movement
is
meant to be easy, pain-free
and pleasurable!
If
you are living with physical pain or limitations, want to sit, walk,
run
without pain, or you want to improve your performance
as an athlete or performer?
Maybe you just enjoy mindfulness and movement, the
gentle movements of TheFeldenkrais Method® bring improvement
to any
aspect of your life.
If you can experience your
movement as easy,
you'll be able to experience your life as easy!
Learning to move with less effort
makes
daily life easier. Because the Feldenkrais Method® focuses on the
relationship between movement and thought, increased mental awareness
and
creativity accompany physical improvements. Everyone, from athletes and
physical challenged, artists to administrators benefit from the Feldenkrais
Method®.
How do we know what we don't know?
We
improve our well being when we learn to fully use
ourselves. Our intelligence depends upon the opportunity we take to
experience
and learn on our own. This self learning leads to full, dynamic living.
Ordinarily, we learn just enough to
function. For
example, we learn to use our hands well enough to eat, our legs well
enough to
walk. Our abilities to function with a greater range of ease and skill,
however, remain to be developed. The Feldenkrais Method® teaches -through movement -how we can improve our
capabilities to function in our daily lives.
How does it work, and
why has Feldenkrais such a large
field of application?
Very simple! It
works with your nervous system. Our
nervous system organizes and regulates every aspect of our life / body.
Why is
a muscle tight? Because the brain tells it
to. Very often these restrictions come out of
old habits. They are conditioned.
Consciously these patterns are not available anymore.
Feldenkrais
Practitioners are trained in detecting
these restrictions and releasing them. Giving your brain new
ways to do
whatever it is you want to do.
This
is why people from all walks of live can use it.
Whenever you need to improve, whatever it is. The Feldenkrais Method® is
the
most powerful way to gain full access to your potential.
STILL DOESN'T MAKE SENSE???
Call Joseph at
778 233-0889 or mail him
to fjsoma@gmail.com
Functional Integration® (FI) is a
hands-on individual session. The Feldenkrais® practitioner guides
the client
as to how he/she can organize his/her body
through guided movement patterns. These lessons are
custom tailored to the
unique needs
of the individual at that moment. The touch is always gentle and
induces a deep state of relaxation. As a effect clients often feel more
grounded and experience more flow and ease in their movement. Pain and
discomfort disappear. Performance improves.
Group work: Mindful Movement Classes, or
"Awareness through Movement®" (ATM)
classes
you are guided through special designed sequences of movement which
allow you to
dive deeply into your awareness/nervous system, into your patterns of
movement,
and slowly exchange old patterns with new ones. The increased
awareness allows new ways of movement which brings
improvement from pain and increases performance. The effects can be similar as in the "hands-on" sessions.
"No Pain, Lots of
Gain"
Some examples how the Feldenkrais Method® can help
Chronic Pain:- Very often chronic pain results out of habitual holding patterns that slip the mind. By giving your body/nervous system new ways of moving chronic pain often disappears. The Feldenkrais Method is very often successfully used to make chronic pain a thing of the past.
- Improve endurance, speed and flexibility
- Improve performance by fine tuning movement
- faster recovery after injury
- In the past summer Olympics two teams attributed their Goldmedal to Feldenkrais. Click here to see who
- Improving performance by fine tuning your muscles towards more intricate, but effortless movement and differentiation, improve balance.
- Assisting
therapy by helping to let go of old patterns and behavior that
manifests through the body, and giving new options to do old things in
a new healthier ways, or simply to feel empowered by discovering what is really possible.
Brain Plasticity:
- The latest research suggests that Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais was way ahead of what science could proof. Read more by Norman Doidge M.D. The Author of "The Brain That Changes Itself"
Yoga:
- Deepen Yoga practice by increasing awareness and understanding ofmovement and function. Feldenrkais will support you in developing a healthy Yoga practice.
- Pilates excecises are amazing,...if done propperly. The Feldenkrais Method will help you develop a greater sensitivity to stay healthy and to get more out of you practice.
- To
read more: Feldenkrais and Pilates
Administration and drivers (people who sit long hours)
- Pain-free sitting on the computer of behind the steering wheel.
- Maintaining or improving balance
- Improve cognition
- Easier walking
- Easier getting in and out of bed
- Easier standing up and sitting down
- Recover easier from and after falls
- Avoid accidents
- Pain reduction
Better Sex:
- I put
Sex down here not to scare people. Sex is after eating the most
important function in life, that
is a matter of fact. So how come it is such a sensitive subject?
Unfortunately it is a subject loaded with a lot of pressure, commerce
and frustration. Making it an honest subject is important. I also
counsel couples and individuals on the
subject sex.
Please Call Joseph at 778.233.0889 or e-mail at fjsoma@gmail.com
... meeting you, talking to you and doing Feldenkrais were all things that affected me for the better, and I thank you for that. Fabio Castello, RMT Toronto
Feldenkrais®,Feldenkrais Method®, Awareness Through Movement®, andFunctional Integration® are registered service marks; Guild Certified Feldenkrais PractitionerCM and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher® are certification marks of the
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