FeldenKrais Method of Somatic Education

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 capacities to function in our daily activities.

Awareness Through Movement-Lessons in Self-Help

In Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lessons, the Feldenkrais practitioner verbally guides you through a sequence of movements: sitting or lying on the floor, standing, or sitting in a chair.

You discover how you do the movements and notice the quality of change in your body. You learn to relax and to abandon habitual patterns. Through the subtle ATM movements, you develop awareness, flexibility, coordination. You experience relaxation and a sense of ease.

Functional Integration Movement Education Lessons

In this one-to-one learning process, the movements are communicated through slow, gently touch. Comfortably clothed, you lie or sit on a low padded table, or you may be standing, walking, sitting in a chair, or in various other positions. The practitioner guides you through a series of precise movements that alter habitual patterns and provide new learning directly to the neruormuscular system.

Functional Integration is especially useful for people who want to learn to overcome limitations brought on by stress, misuse, accident, or illness. It is equally beneficial for people who want to perform and feel better physically and mentally.

For additional information, contact Diane Fontaine-Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner since 1974