What
is Feldenkrais ?
Moshe
Feldenkrais was
an Israeli physicist and the founder of the Feldenkrais
method,
designed to improve human functioning by increasing self-awareness
through movement.
Feldenkrais
refused to undergo a surgery after long sustaining a knee injury. He
was then prompted into innate self observation thereby increasing
awareness and finally resulting into self rehabilitation. Later he
started sharing this discovery with others through lectures and
experimental classes.
Feldenkrais
Method is
a creative systematic approach to engage with your own somatic
(bodily) experience to become aware of what you do and how you do it.
It
makes you aware of the numerous possibilities of your body.
How
Feldenkrais technique works for me?
Feldenkrais
technique helps understand where and how a movement generates in a
body. where does it start, where does it end, how does it translate
from one part of the body to to other, how does it affect your body
as a whole. Surprisingly, we never observe and we dont really know
the origin or the end point of a smallest movement in our body.
It
helps you observe a movement deeply and carefully in a completely
relaxed state, heightening the senses and thereby bringing many
realisations through awareness . These realisations, make you
understand your body better and help make the movements far more
efficient and effortless.
The
technique also helps us improve our unconscious, inefficient and
frequently painful movement habits to new patterns of ease,comfort
and efficiency.
Moreover
it teaches you to be a non judgmental observer of your own body.
And
once you start applying these observations and realisations in your
daily life /in any kind of movement based practice, you start feeling
the difference.
I
feel, I am much more relaxed , focused , energetic, aligned and aware
after a Feldenkrais class. which makes it a perfect preparation for
my mind and body to start with a much complex practice of an Indian
classical dance style like Odissi.
