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Becky Behling is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais practitioner, in full standing with the Feldenkrais Guild of North America | Manhattan, Kansas

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What is the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education®?

The Feldenkrais Method is distinct from other methodologies by its use of gentle movement coupled with focused attention. Through novel movement explorations, you develop and refine your capacity to coordinate and regulate yourself more completely. Outcomes may include increased range of motion, improved flexibility, decreased pain, enhanced organization, and recovery of your innate capacity for graceful and efficient movement.

Who Developed the Method?

Moshe-SF-3Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, DSc (1904-1984) was an Israeli physicist, athlete, author, and educator. He developed his method after a disabling knee injury by improving his kinesthetic awareness. Over time, he taught himself to walk without pain. Dr. Feldenkrais began teaching others  to enhance their abilities to sense and coordinate easy, e?ective movement. He investigated human movement of all kinds, from observing infants to his understanding of martial arts as a black belt in judo.

What are Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) Lessons?

images-1_1A Feldenkrais practitioner verbally leads you in a speci?c sequence of gestures while you are seated or lying on the ?oor, standing, or sitting on a chair. These precisely structured explorations engage you completely, through thinking, sensing, moving, feeling, imagining. Lessons provide the opportunity to identify habitual movement patterns and to discover and learn better options. Dr. Feldenkrais developed more than a thousand widely varied and unique ATMs, each with a di?erent focus. A lesson typically lasts 30-60 minutes.

What Can ATM Do For Me?

78629284Neural plasticity – the ability of the brain to adapt by changing neuron structure, function, and organization – occurs at every age. The brain develops new neurons as we learn. Research also suggests ATMs can help with:

  • reducing pain while improving mobility
  • decreasing fall risk by enhancing balance
  • increasing contentment, self-acceptance, and self-con?dence in people with eating disorders
  • treatment for neck pain as e?ectively as chiropractic, TENS, acupuncture, massage, tai chi, and yoga

For more information, go to http://www.feldenkrais.com, and read the chapter about Dr. Feldenkrais in Dr. Norman Doidge’s recently published book The Brain’s Way of Healing at http://bit.ly/18Dhw66.

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The Myth of “Standing Up Straight”: The Puzzle of Posture

August 12, 2017 By Becky Leave a Comment

At some point in our lives, we have been admonished by others, and frequently by our own selves, to "stand up straight". Like me,  you may have even agreed to a postural assessment that revealed a … [Read More...]

Process takes time

October 1, 2015 By Becky Leave a Comment

“Movement is life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life itself.” ~Moshe Feldenkrais This concept of "movement is life" is a foundational … [Read More...]

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