The Feldenkrais Method® is an educational system centered on movement, aiming to expand and refine the use of the body through awareness.

It is intended for those who wish to improve their movement repertoire (dancers, musicians, artists), as well as those wishing to reduce pain or limitations in movement, and many who want to improve their general well-being and personal development.

Because it uses movement as the primary vehicle for gaining awareness, it is directly applicable to disorders that arise from restricted or habitually poor movement.

But as a process for gaining awareness, the system claims to expand a person's choices and responses to many aspects of life: emotions, relationships, and intellectual tasks; and it applies at any level, from severe disorder to highly professional performance.

The Feldenkrais Method holds that there is no separation between mind and body, and thus learning to move better can improve one's overall well-being on many levels.

The Feldenkrais Method is often regarded as complementary medicine. However, Feldenkrais practitioners generally don't regard their work as "treatment" or "cure," because they are not working from the medical model.

Instead of directly working a change to the physical body, they are working with the nervous system and enabling discovery of new choices.

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