Awareness Through Movement
Feldenkrais Method
“When you know what you’re doing you can do what you want”
Moshe Feldenkrais
“Make the impossible possible, make the possible easy, and make the easy elegant”
Moshe Feldenkrais
What is Feldenkrais Method?
Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement classes aim to cultivate skillfull movement through exploration and observation. Each lesson is a puzzle designed to deconstruct habits and tensions that may not always be so useful to us and by paying attention to the details, exploring variations and increasing awareness we can make more efficient options available. This awareness can help improve coordination, ease and range of movement, flexibility without straining, performance with greater efficiency and, since how you move is how you move through life, these improvements will often enhance your thinking, emotional regulation and problem solving capabilities
FAQs
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Pretty much, yes. The movements are gentle and everyone is encouraged to move at their pace of ease. Most classes can be adapted using bolsters or different positioning and some elements can even be done in our imagination. However if you have any particular medical concerns or difficulties being in certain positions please do contact me for more information.
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Each class is different, many are done on a mat, some seated or even standing. The practitioner will give a series of instructions verbally rather than demonstrate. This is because everyone should be moving in a way that is their own rather than striving to be like the teacher or another student. It is important each individual feels for themselves rather than copy.
The movements are always gentle and are often but not always slow. This is to allow the student to notice how they are doing what they are doing. How they are making the journey not just getting to a destination as fast as possible.
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Just loose comfortable clothing. You don’t need special gym equipment and classes are done without shoes so no trainers needed.
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What should i bring? A Pilates or yoga mat if you have one, although i have a couple of spares if you forget, a towel or blanket to cover your mat and a second towel or blanket incase you need to make a pillow or bolster at any point, although i have some spares
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Approx 50-60 mins depending on the needs of the class.
Monday Morning Classes in Chipping Sodbury
I’m happy to have secured the “Discover Yoga Discover You” yoga studio at Goldney House (Ground Floor) for regular Monday morning classes commencing Monday 30th June 2025.
Each session is priced at just £10. You can easily book your spot online using the link below.
You’ll find us in the “Discover Yoga Discover You” Yoga Studio on the Ground Floor at Goldney House, 59 Rounceval Street, Chipping Sodbury, BS37 6AS