The Feldenkrais Method® is based on the following, now, scientifically validated, ideas:

• Movement originates in the brain not the skeletal or muscular system.
• Movement in any part of the body affects movement throughout the whole.
• We don’t know what we don’t know – we move according to our individual Body Map.
• The body map is the inner sense that determines how we move. A recent neuroscience study found areas in the cortex and subcortical areas that became active even when movement was just imagined.

Focus on ‘how’ you move – not ‘where’ or ‘how much’. As human beings from our infancy forward, learning has been our greatest gift. We do this by attending to both the foreground (the specific direction and sensation of a movement) and the background (the resonance of the movement elsewhere in the body).

• Imagining specific movements allows the nervous system to explore subtle shifts in the organization and coordination of the whole.
• We can use to our advantage both the constraints and adaptations which we can control.

The Feldenkrais Method is taught through both verbally guided movement sequences, (Awareness Through Movement®) or hands on practitioner to client gentle contact (Functional Integration®). There are over 1000 Awareness Through Movement lessons available in different forms consisting of specific movement sequences which are performed slowly and with attention to the quality of the movement and its resonance. The outcomes of the lessons are highly individual. For many the effect of the lessons is reduced effort, pain, or general discomfort leading to increased sense of well-being and safety in movement. This way of learning though attention, listening, and internal seeing is not limited to any specific goal but can be applied to all aspects of our lives.