Improving mobility and staying mobile
I find Feldenkrais a very powerful yet subtle movement practise. It has helped increase my awareness of how I stand, sit, move and do everyday tasks so I feel more connected and easier in how I move. I also find it helpful in dealing with holding patterns, tension and stress. It never fails to amaze me how lying down and doing a few simple movements can plug me in to a more relaxed, grounded and happier state. I have found the one-to-one Functional Integration sessions with Mark particularly useful in helping me release tension and re-learning new ways to move.
We may experience reductions in mobility for many reasons. Hips, shoulder and necks can become stiff. Our backs hurt or we just cant get comfortable.
Feldenkrais sessions improve mobility by identifying where we don’t move as well as we might, and by helping the whole the body and mind to cooperate more fully. We learn to use the larger muscles in the centre of the body for more powerful movements which frees the peripheral parts of the body for direction and precision.
When the whole body and the mind engage intelligently in movement we can regain flexibility, range of movement and find a way to move with greater ease and comfort.