GROUP LESSONS
The Feldenkrais Method is an effective and gentle way to achieve better posture, restore flexibility, and improve movement coordination. It uses slow, gentle movements and focuses attention on various aspects of movement. It is suitable for everyone, regardless of age and physical condition. The Feldenkrais Method is sought-after worldwide by people with various movement limitations, as well as dancers, musicians, actors, and athletes.
Awareness Through Movement (ATM)
This is how the group lessons in the Feldenkrais Method are called and they usually take place lying down on a mat or sitting. During group lessons, I will verbally guide you through sequences of simple movements. These are slow movements within a comfortable range. I will not be demonstrating any poses. Everyone will exercise according to their own abilities and capabilities. The Feldenkrais Method emphasizes that you perceive how you perform the movement yourself, rather than mechanically repeating it after someone else.
Group lessons are not about performance. Do not expect any stretching or muscle strengthening. The Feldenkrais Method uses movement as a tool for learning new ways of functioning. It improves your ability to be aware of your body and how you use it. In Feldenkrais Method lessons, your brain tries to recognize your movement patterns and discover new and physiologically more advantageous ways of moving. Through conscious movement, you explore how your body can organize itself more efficiently. You look for what you could change so that you don’t exert yourself unnecessarily and can do the same activity with less effort. This allows you to break out of ingrained patterns (not just movement patterns) that often lead to various limitations and pain, and start moving and living with greater ease.
ATM | Slovak | SENEC
Group lessons take place in SENEC (20 km from Bratislava) and I teach them in Slovak. Learn more about our group lessons here.
„What I’m after isn’t flexible bodies, but flexible brains.“ Moshe Feldenkrais
