It’s amazing how something so small can change so much.
When we were kids we walked, we ran, we climbed. Movement was easy. Movement was fun. Good movement was normal. But for many adults, our ’normal movement‘ is no longer good. ‚I’m just getting older, decline is inevitable‘, we say.
But how old you are and how old you feel don’t have to be the same. We don’t have to be worst in class, at the bottom of the heap.
How do some people stay young? Can we change for the better? And who can we turn to for help and advice?
Our physical health is often linked to our habits. The good news is that, with the right approach, these habits can be changed. The result? Fewer pains, less stiffness, less susceptibility to injury or physical accident, better movement and therefore a better quality of life.
My name is Ben. I abused my physical health so my body bit me in the backside. It took me many years to find out how to learn to feel from the inside and to change my movement habits and become more resilient. Now I help all kinds of people to sense, feel and change their physical challenges, so they can move better, feel better, work better, and ultimately live better.
Every person is unique. My approach to each person is unique. A physical session can not be explained easily with words, so it should be sensed. I invite you to take a session with me and see if a better sense of self awareness can help you change things in your life.
I can almost guarantee that, in 5 minutes, you can change how you feel and move, from inside yourself.
Internal change is long lasting and powerful. Take a leap. Book a private session or join a group course live or online. It will cost you just one hour, and if you are unhappy, I will offer to reimburse your session fee! Connect with me using the contact link for a consultation so I can answer your questions.
The Feldenkrais Method has been helping people to keep body and mind flexible for more than 70 years.
The Feldenkrais Method helps you change how your brain directs your ‚organic‘, functional movements. It improves your movement habits organically from the inside out creating long lasting changes. Doing movement and mindfulness helps people of all abilities and ages to move better, feel better and live better. With private coaching, group lessons and workshops, there are many formats for every individual need.
Listen to this audio (27 sec) where Julie (55) describes how she really felt her back soften and lie flatter. Feldenkrais sessions can help reduce excessive muscle tension.
The top reasons to do mindful movement.
- Anti-aging activity for people who wish to keep moving well in spite of their years
- For chronic pain and issues that may be related to posture, movement or injury.
- Rehabilitation after injury or surgery.
- Improve balance and coordination.
- For mindfulness, embodiment, grounding and connecting.
- Anti- stress, relieve tension, relax the mind.
- For breathing, sleep, pelvic floor, supporting organic functions in the body.
- Neurological conditions e.g. cerebral palsy, Parkinsons, stroke-rehabilitation: to improve functional movement.
- Performance optimisation for athletes, musicians.
- Childhood development. Helping children with developmental delays, coordination and movement challenges, socialisation or self awareness challenges, vision, locomotion.
- Self-care with self-determination. Take care of your own well-being
- Because ‚one-size-fits-all‘ health care has not given you answers.
Mindful movement lets you change how your brain controls your body. Mindful movement is helpful for any situation where we make movement, irrespective of whether we are injured or well, young or old, sporting, musical, sedentary or otherwise unique. This great scope the unique strength of the Feldenkrais Method and mindful movement.
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What does a session look like?
Feldenkrais has two adaptable formats for all needs. The outcome is similar. Here are the main differences.
Group sessions. In group classes, you do the movements that I instruct like you are doing an exploration, learning what feels good. I do not model the exercises: it is not about copying someone else’s movement. Good movement develops when you turn your sensory awareness inside and discover your own unique movement solution. It is a bespoke, made to measure experience.
Individual sessions. Private sessions are tailored to the person’s unique needs. I move your body in natural ways that resemble real, good, functional movement so your brain can sense what good movement feels like, which lets it reprogram your movement. It is a bespoke, made to measure experience.
Groups are good if you:
- want to improve your movement, flexibility and reduce pain
- want to reduce feelings of stress and burn out
- like a sociable, community environment
- don’t want to join a noisy fitness class
- are not suffering an acute condition (best to first talk together)
Individual sessions are good if you:
- have long standing posture or pain issues
- are rehabilitating after injury or surgery
- want to improve a specific skill (e.g. tennis, music, standing up from a chair)
- want individualised, tailor-made treatment
„I also find doing Feldenkrais, I have to slow myself down … which is really good, because then as you say, you feel a lot more.“ Jutta. 86
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