• ease chronic problems and minimize pain
• enhance your flexibility, balance and co-ordination
• develop greater awareness and focus
• reduce stress and fatigue in your life
• improve cognitive abilities such as thinking and problem solving

Moshe Feldenkrais, a physicist and pioneer in the mind-body field, created a body of work that
is for anyone who really wants to understand how they use or misuse their bodies.  It's for anyone who wants to be able to work more comfortably and for anyone who hasn't found a good method for getting out of pain.  His work is very much about learning and how to learn.
 
I will often use portions of his work within your session, sometimes verbally guiding you through it so that you can relearn the part of the movement that was lost or forgotten when you hurt yourself and will encourage you to use the sequence as home-care instead of a stretching program.  Why? because his teachings encourage you to incorporate the use of all of your muscles in order to reduce the tension in a specific muscle.   I will, also, use my hands to help you sense how the movement can travel through your bones so that you feel how the "knee bone is connected to the hip bone".


There are a couple of ways of learning the lessons that Moshe Feldenkrais put together so that anyone can experience themselves in a more mindful way - a way that says to you "I can keep myself healthy and I have, by learning these lessons, a way of taking care of myself if I should re-injure myself."

1) Flexible Body - Flexible Mind Classes  (I love to teach these)
After experiencing Flexible Body - Flexible Mind lessons, people often express feelings of relaxation and ease.  They may breathe more freely and find their thoughts have more clarity.  The learning process is full of pleasant surprises and personal breakthroughs.

And, if you'd like to experience an audio version of these lessons at home -
Lavinia Plonka's book "Walk Your Talk" and accompanying audio lessons are a great introduction to Moshe Feldenkrais' teachings.  Go to www.laviniaplonka.com and this site is chock-full of useful information and audio lessons as well - www.sandrabradshaw.com.
or a lesson to help reduce the stress of computer useage - click here.

To purchase various CDs, DVDs or MP3 downloads of assorted lessons, go to these web-sites -
                                                   www.easymovement.com
                                                   www.create-a-healthy-flexible-body.com
                                                   www.utahfeldenkrais.org
                                                   www.houfeldenkrais.com



2)  HANDS-ON SESSIONS OR LESSONS

Each session is designed to meet your personal needs. For these lessons, you, as the student, are fully clothed and maybe lying on a table, sitting or even standing.  The practitioner communicates how you organize your body and, through gentle touching and movement, conveys the experience of comfort, pleasure and ease of movement while you learn how to reorganize your body and behavior in new and more expanded functional motor patterns. These sessions are especially useful for persons who might benefit from more individualized attention.

Regardless of which learning style you choose, Moshe Feldenkrais' teachings can help you overcome limitations brought on by stress, misuse, accident or illness.