Functional Integration®

A Functional Integration lesson is a one-on-one learning process usually communicated through gentle precise touch. The client is comfortably clothed and in most instances lies or sits on a low padded table. This process gives individualized feedback directly to the neuromuscular system and alters habitual patterns of action. Many habits cause the body to overwork unconsciously and develop faulty patterns of action that are only recognized when manifested as pain or some kind of functional difficulty, such as back pain or postural difficulties. Feldenkrais makes changes at the source of movement — the control center or the nervous system — improving the ability to function more efficiently and spontaneously in any given context.

Awareness Through Movement®

In Awareness Through Movement lessons, students are verbally guided through precisely structured movement sequences designed to help each student individually discover easier ways of moving and improving specific functions. The practitioner creates a safe learning environment and, through a process of awareness, exploration and feedback, the student becomes aware of habitual and limiting neuromuscular patterns and then finds new options for more efficient ways of functioning.

Improvement of posture, walking, running, climbing, sitting, reduction of pain, and all human actions can be significantly and spontaneously improved with this work. Awareness Through Movement lessons are usually done lying or sitting wearing loose, comfortable everyday clothing.

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Bones for Life™

Improving Alignment - Bones for Life is inspired by studies of African women who bear heavy loads on their heads and have only five percent of the bone fractures of Western women - despite lower bone density. These women are rarely affected by osteoporosis because their activity demands an aligned skeleton: without alignment, the heavy load would simply fall off!

Getting Nutrients to the Bones - Bones for Life classes develop functional bone strength through aligning the vertical, weightbearing skeleton so that when impacting the ground in walking, the direct skeletal transmission enables blood (carrying oxygen, calcium and other nutrients) to penetrate the solid tissue of the bones and provide for growth of new bone cells.

Bones for Life is aimed at developing a springy, dynamic walk, combining the gentleness of the Feldenkrais Method with more vigorous, dynamic movement.

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