Because well-being
is a balance.
Slow the function down.
Let the real work begin.
Slowing down is one of the smartest moves you’ll ever make. The seat of executive function—the neocortex—evolved last and is the slowest part of your brain. Slowing down your movements gives this executive part of your brain the time and sensitivity it needs to make changes, distinction and refinements. Since your coordination includes several layers of behavior (thinking, sensing, emotions and action), adjusting the speed so your brain can better integrate these layers just makes sense.
Our Awareness Through Movement practices will help you solve problems at the level they’re actually created.
Coordination is the language of the brain.
The gears of learning power performance.
Most of us live downstream of our habits of movement. These patterns were built during infancy through trial and error, until you and your habits became one. This was a training of sorts, but not likely one you remember. Yet you’re living it all the time.
Feldenkrais First taps your deepest potential for improvement as you learn to learn again. This is especially relevant if you desire a self-image integrated with your senses and supported by healthy coordination, curiosity and connection.
Understanding is healthier than using force.
Exercise is a performance of coordination,
not a refinement of it.
Awareness Through Movement is the powerful tool that teaches you how to discriminate before you commit. This puts you upstream of your habits, in the place where you truly shape your resources of attention, balance, flexibility, and strength. It’s a safer and more stable way to improve.
The skills you gain will support and enhance every other practice and activity you do.
Keep your lens clean.
The sensation of effort is key to efficiency.
Like dirt on a lens, your unconscious habits of effort often distort your perception of effort. But there’s a solution.
Awareness Through Movement gives you an intelligent way to sense, qualify and compose your coordination, so you perceive the world and yourself in it with greater clarity, ease and compassion.