Free Awareness Through Movement® Lesson
Format
Online
Course
On Zoom
Replay
Starting Date
Anytime
Ending Date
Price
FREE
Oftentimes, we think we’re resting, but we’re not.
We’re still holding onto tensions that built up during the day, or possibly our entire lives.
And these tensions continue to permeate our nights, robbing us of the restful sleep we need to function at our best.
In this lesson, you will learn how to find rest in deeply radical ways using powerful embodiment practices from the Feldenkrais® Method.
Benefits of this course
Why take this lesson?
Lesson Plan
Frequently asked questions
What is the Feldenkrais® Method?
Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® is a method of self-improvement created by Moshe Feldenkrais that integrates principles from somatics, human development, physics, learning theory, and neuroscience to improve your abilities to think, sense, feel, move, and organize yourself for effective action.
Each lesson is designed to leave you with improved self-knowledge, a greater sense of ease and lightness, less pain and strain, a calmer nervous system, and better functioning of your entire self.
Each lesson is designed to leave you with improved self-knowledge, a greater sense of ease and lightness, less pain and strain, a calmer nervous system, and better functioning of your entire self.
How does the Feldenkrais® Method work?
By attuning your awareness to movements and sensations, you catalyze the brain's capacity to forge new neural connections, a process known as "neuroplasticity." Neuroplasticity is stimulated by directing your attention towards new movement possibilities in a precise, gentle and exploratory way. This remarkable brain function underpins all forms of learning.
As you refine your movement strategies, you'll notice enhancements in various aspects of your being including balance, breath, coordination, flexibility, mental acuity, vitality and overall well-being. In this way, the Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education works to help people all over the world grow and develop their neuroplastic potential.
As you refine your movement strategies, you'll notice enhancements in various aspects of your being including balance, breath, coordination, flexibility, mental acuity, vitality and overall well-being. In this way, the Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education works to help people all over the world grow and develop their neuroplastic potential.
What does a Lesson entail?
Lessons are typically 45 minutes to an hour long. The lesson will require you to listen carefully to a set of verbal instructions, leading you through several different positions and movement explorations. Most lessons are done lying on a yoga mat on the floor but some are done sitting on a chair or standing. During the course of the lesson, you will be asked to pay attention to the very beginning of every movement and listen to your sensations.
The point of the lesson is not to “get it right” or do the movement “correctly,” but instead to figure out where the movement comes from in yourself, build awareness around your habitual ways of acting, and explore new options while get accustomed to slowing down and doing less. It’s an opportunity to build a stronger mind-body connection and learn how to better organize movement within yourself. You will walk away feeling longer, lighter and with new possibilities for movement available to you.
The point of the lesson is not to “get it right” or do the movement “correctly,” but instead to figure out where the movement comes from in yourself, build awareness around your habitual ways of acting, and explore new options while get accustomed to slowing down and doing less. It’s an opportunity to build a stronger mind-body connection and learn how to better organize movement within yourself. You will walk away feeling longer, lighter and with new possibilities for movement available to you.
How is this different from physical therapy?
Physical therapy takes what you can't do and makes an exercise out of it. Most physical therapy exercises are based on strength conditioning and address isolated symptoms.
Feldenkrais® works to change your habitual ways of moving, which are seen as the root causes of pain and strain. The Method works by engaging the brain, not only the muscles, in a process of learning how to sense effort and organize movement within yourself. It starts with what's working well and focuses on integrating efficient use of the skeleton to improve entire patterns of movement.
Feldenkrais® works to change your habitual ways of moving, which are seen as the root causes of pain and strain. The Method works by engaging the brain, not only the muscles, in a process of learning how to sense effort and organize movement within yourself. It starts with what's working well and focuses on integrating efficient use of the skeleton to improve entire patterns of movement.
What if I can't make the live class?
All lessons will be recorded and uploaded to the student portal. You will have lifetime access to all of the recordings.