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Feldenkrais you to improve how you move, how how you feel and how you perform.
Many people come to me because they want to maintain their mobility as they get older, or want help and support after an injury. Others are looking for relief from a persistent pain or to improve their sense of well-being. |
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Aging with Vitality
As we get older many of us experience stiffness, aches and pains and accept it as a normal part of ageing. However, to quote the founder of the Feldenkrais Method, Moshe Feldenkrais, “Decrepitude is not inevitable”! Much age-related discomfort comes from deeply ingrained patterns of movement, that we have built up over our lives, unconsciously. Using gentle movement lessons it is possible to gradually undo unhelpful ways of doing things and discover more ease and comfort in everyday activities. |
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Feldenkrais helps keep my body flexible
and fluid... “Feldenkrais has been a wonderful therapy/ exercise regime to help keep my body flexible and fluid. After one particular session my breathing had become a whole lot deeper and my ribs felt as though they were able to expand much more. Jackie guides us through the movements with great care and explains each clearly and concisely. She has a very relaxed style of teaching and the class is always enjoyable and friendly.” |
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Feldenkrais helps your well-being
Developing the way we sense ourselves and the way we move can enhance our sense of wellbeing and reduce stress. Honing these self-sensing abilities is central to the Feldenkrais Method. During lessons you learn to focus your attention and awareness on your whole self as you move, your mind and body functioning as one in the present moment. |
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I'm more aware of when tension is building up in my body...
“I enjoy the deep sense of relaxation that evolves during a class. With regular classes and practice, I am more aware of when tension is building up in my body and have ways of dealing with it. Jackie is a teacher who just gets on with it which helps me to get the most out of the class.” |
I haven't felt so connected with myself in years...
“Discovering Feldenkrais with Jackie has been nothing less than profound for me. I haven’t felt so connected to my self in years - possibly ever. My movement feels more fluid and free and there is a healing that seems to take place on a somatic level. At the end of a session I seem to have released things - physically and otherwise - in a way that’s beyond words. I can’t believe that it took me over 5 decades to discover Feldenkras, but I’m so glad that I have!” |
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Tension & Injury
Many of us experience aches or pain everyday. It could be stiff joints, tense shoulders or pain from an injury. Often we are stuck in patterns of muscular holding - our movements become more and more limited and the pain can become chronic. Working with the Feldenkrais Method you start to unlearn ways of moving that are not helping you and discover easier, pain-free ways of moving. |
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Jackie’s Feldenkrais lessons have shown me how
my body can open up and make more space... “The Feldenkrais Method get to parts of my body that other exercise classes don’t touch! I have always experienced tension in my neck, throat and shoulders. Rather than telling me to relax, Jackie’s Feldenkrais lessons have shown me how my body can open up and make more space and now I understand what it feels like to be relaxed.” |