What questions to ask a Feldenkrais® Practitioner?
How long has the practitioner been practicing?
What kind of case loads were their specialty?
Did they have a full time practice? For how long?
What age group do they prefer to work with?
If my child has specific behavioral challenges…
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What is the Feldenkrais® Work?
Learning
The human experience is a synthesis of the senses of the mind and body and concerning the immediate environment. Together, the mind-body experience develops perception. How we perceive is a learned reality. Daily life interacts with the immediate circumstances, and senses move us to react. Experiences are interactions with the self and life. The body sends cascading impulses through nerves to the brain. Together with nature, over time, movement patterns form ways of thinking. These patterns become what we call thoughts, feelings, and actions.
What connects muscles to bones in movement? The activities of the mind. “The mind” can be the intellect, emotions, and actions. Even in hearing, muscles of the eardrum are affected, the head tips, the eyes shift, the posture attends. We are predominantly “feeling creatures” that learn, says neurophysiologists like Jill Taylor, Carla Hannaford, and John Ratey.
Feel how your body thinks with your mind and you become a team partner in learning and your healthcare.
The Sciences Behind the Method
The method was derived from the fields of physics, development, neurophysiology, and movement.
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