Feldenkrais ® - classes and workshops

Feldenkrais classes and workshops provide an opportunity to work with the many hundreds of wonderful structured movement sequences devised by Moshe Feldenkrais to give you a fuller and richer repertoire of movement possibilities. By giving you more options in the way you move they free you from the deeply ingrained movement patterns we all tend to develop over time, but which limit your ability to move with comfort and ease.

In a Feldenkrais class or workshop I verbally guide the group through each particular movement sequence. The sequences may address a particular part of the body such as the back, legs, hips or arms or may focus on an action such as twisting or turning, or a theme such as stress. To counteract the effects of gravity most movement sequences are practised whilst lying on the floor, on a mat, and supported as necessary by pillows or other padding. (If you cannot get down on the floor one-to-one sessions might be more appropriate for your needs - more information on one-to-one sessions here).

You work at your own pace within the structure of the movement sequence and strictly within the limits of your available range of movement. Quality and ease of movement is far more important than range. No pain or strain is involved as learning cannot take place if you are distracted by discomfort and pain. Even if it is impossible for a group member to follow a particular sequence it is very valuable to imagine the movement, so that the nervous system participates in the work.

These movement sequences differ from exercises in that throughout the lesson I encourage you to think about what is taking place and to sense and feel the differences in your movement. This process hones your awareness and helps consolidate the positive changes which are taking place in how you move.

Feldenkrais Class Programme

Feldenkrais classes take place as follows, at the clinic in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset.

  • Tuesdays at 6.15 - 7.30 pm
  • Wednesdays at 10.30 - 11.45 am
  • Thursdays at 12.30 - 1.30 pm and 7.30 - 8.45 pm

Feldenkrais Workshop Programme

We hold occasional day and weekend Feldenkrais workshops in the Poole/Bournemouth area and at New Place, a beautiful house near to Porlock in Somerset. These workshops give participants the opportunity to explore Moshe Feldenkrais' movement sequences in depth in relaxing and supportive surroundings.

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