One of
the hardest parts of beginning to work with the Feldenkrais Method® is realizing
and accepting that we don't inhabit our bodies very much. This is true even for those of us who
work on consciousness in various ways, or engage in physical activities like
riding, skiing, running and golf, where agility and balance are part of our
skill set.
But in
fact, we really aren't very aware of how we use ourselves; whether we expend
more energy than needed in our movement, and tax our steadily aging systems
unnecessarily--especially our joints. We overuse our necks and lumbar spines,
wreck our shoulders, damage our hips and knees.
As we
begin, in classes and at home, to practice sensing ourselves more deeply, we
quickly regain our ability to be connected. We begin to see how often we
engage in mindless muscular movement throughout the day, don't know where we
are in space, or feel our feet on the floor.
This
experience opens the door to positive change of our movement patterns on a
subconscious level--intuitively making better movement choices, sensing and
finding better balance, breathing, and simply being inside ourselves, OCCUPYING
US.
As we
learn internally, at the level of the nervous system, we apply this information
to all our activities, naturally improving our sensitivity, stability, capacity
and comfort. And it is from here
that our sustainable body begins to emerge, ready to take us into the future! Contact me to join me for a class or to learn more about the Feldenkrais Method®.
