Applications of the Method
“Movimento é vida. A vida é um processo. Melhore a qualidade do processo e você melhora a própria vida.”
“Se temos uma maneira concreta de ver, temos maneiras concretas de ajudar.”
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- Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais
The Feldenkrais Method® is very versatile because it operates in the fundamental levels of sensory-motor functions, awareness and learning. As a general approach to human development it can be efficiently used in various fields and with different purposes. Among the most common are:
Movement difficulties: repetitive strain injury, scoliosis.
Pain: chronic back, neck, and shoulder pain, TMJ pain.
Neurological problems: stroke, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis.
Performance: sports, athletes, dancers, martial arts.
Expression: artists of all types and people in general.
Psychological issues and developmental problems: many therapeutic effects naturally emerges as a result of the re-engagement of the person to the own concrete experience of her/himself and her/his body.
Self fulfilment: people wishing to improve the quality of their life and to reach their full potential.