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FELDENKRAIS®
What is Feldenkrais® and how does it help our riding?
"The Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education uses slow, mindful movements to achieve powerful effects in terms of strength, flexibility, and holistic integration of body and mind. These lessons tie directly into functional movements of daily life, such as walking efficiently, safely lifting objects, and improving one’s posture in sitting or standing"... (from Feldenkrais.com)
...as well as riding your horse! The integration of the Feldenkrais® work into my teaching and my work with horses will enable me to help you and your horse move better individually and together.
Are you interested in learning:
How the nervous system uses pain to protect and why it is harmful to "work through the pain" and what to do instead?
Why strengthening your core is not necessarily the answer to back pain or a better seat?
Why practice makes permanent rather than perfect - for our horses and us?
How our habits are influencing how we move, learn, and live?
Then find out more about our Feldenkrais® & Riding clinics, individual Functional Integration® lessons, and group Awareness Through Movement® lessons with Freya here
Freya completed her training and is now a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner!
She will continue to teach Awareness Through Movement® classes online via Zoom and is now offering individual Functional Integration® lessons both in person in Trout Lake as well as online via Zoom.
You can find Freya's ATM lesson library on Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/freyasturm
What is Awareness Through Movement®?
The Feldenkrais® group classes are known as Awareness Through Movement® lessons. In these lessons we use slow, mindful movements to achieve powerful effects in terms of strength, flexibility, mobility, and awareness. The lessons tie directly into functional movements we do every day, like walking, sitting, lifting things, reaching for objects, engaging in sports like riding horses etc.
A lesson lasts 45 to 60 minutes. Usually you will lie on the floor on a mat or blanket on your side, back, or front. Some lessons will be in sitting, some in standing, or walking. As the teacher I will guide you through a series or sequence of movements, encouraging you to move gently in a comfortable range while spreading your attention throughout the whole of yourself. You may become aware of movement patterns and habits and find new and interesting connections between movements. Unnecessary tension in your musculature can release and your system can reorganize as the quality of the movement improves.
My students are often surprised about the quick and profound changes that occur through the neuromuscular reorganization than happens in these lessons. They get up feeling lighter, more grounded, calm, with less or no more pain and a new sense of freedom.
What is Functional Integration®?
The private sessions in the Feldenkrais® work are called Functional Integration® lessons.
As the teacher I guide you in this movement lesson with gentle, non-invasive touch. My touch reflects to you how you currently organize your body and movement. New movement patterns will emerge, new possibilities will expand that are more comfortable, useful, easy and efficient.
These lessons are highly individual and flexible in their approach. Your needs and wishes determine what we will explore together and which position you will be in. Some lessons will be taught in lying on the Feldenkrais table, some will be taught in sitting or walking or even on your horse. You will remain fully clothed during our time together.
Your learning process is guided by my intention of finding more ease and novel movement options for you without the use of forceful or painful procedures. I focus on setting up a safe and comfortable learning environment and your comfort is my number one priority.
Each lesson is developed specifically for you as the student and designed for you to learn how to reorganize your movement in new and more effective ways through the experience of comfort, curiosity, touch, and ease.
Who is this for? The fast answer is: Everyone! Whether you are dealing with things like (chronic) pain, headaches, the occasional back pain, or fatigue in your eyes, neck and shoulders at work, whether you are recovering from injury, surgery, or events like stroke, or you are looking for more effective ways of movement in your hobbies, sports, and workout routines, the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education® offers relief, improvement, and new possibilities.
All you will need to bring is curiosity, and something in your life and movement you would like to improve and/or explore!
"Movement is Life. When you improve the quality of movement, you improve the quality of life itself." ~ Moshé Feldenkrais