Applications of The Method
Awareness Through Movement®
Awareness Through Movement
(ATM) lessons, or ‘exercises’, consist of gentle, verbally guided,
movement sequences, each organized around a different theme. Awareness Through
Movement directly engages your natural intelligence, while creating the
conditions for effective learning. ATM lessons are accessible to everyone
and the results can be extraordinary. They offer an impressive variety of
movement situations, addressing every area, joint, and muscle group in the
body and every human function.
The learning process in Awareness
Through Movement is full of surprises, and
the pleasure of learning in new and unexpected ways. The training program
will give participants an opportunity to experience the full breadth and
depth of the ATM repertoire, not possible in ordinary ATM class situations.
In the training context, your self-growth and sensory learning will allow
for new ways of thinking, feeling, moving, and acting to emerge. The experiential
learning derived from ATM forms the foundation for all aspects of the curriculum.
Functional Integration®
Functional Integration
(FI) is a one-to-one approach for working with people. Learning, change
and improvement are achieved through the use of specific skilled manipulation
and passive movements, individualized for the student’s (client’s)
particular needs. Functional Integration is gentle, subtle, effective, and
widely recognized for its ability to address both minor aches and pains,
and serious muscular-skeletal and neurological problems, chronic tension,
and the developmental problems of children. Feldenkrais Practitioners have
also specialized in applying Functional Integration with such physical difficulties
as cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, repetitive strain injury, scoliosis,
stroke, chronic back, neck, and shoulder pain, head injuries, TMJ pain,
the issues of performing artists, and athletes, etc.
Public recognition of The Feldenkrais Method is growing as new scientific studies demonstrate the effectiveness of the method. At the same time, our culture is becoming increasingly interested in complementary and alternative medical approaches. The Feldenkrais Method is at the leading edge of alternative approaches.
Because the Feldenkrais Method is a general approach to human learning and functioning, it can be applied in a wide variety of fields and settings and there are abundant opportunities for developing new applications of the method.
Today, there are over 7,000 Feldenkrais Practitioners around the globe. Many maintain independent private practices in the Feldenkrais Method, and others apply the work in such diverse fields as physical and occupational therapy, child development, rehabilitation, psychology, education, ergonomics, gerontology, theater, dance, music, athletic performance and massage therapy.
The Feldenkrais Method’s unique combination of techniques for self development, as well as effective applications for helping others, guarantee it a major role in health enhancement for the coming century.
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The Feldenkrais Method has been featured in journals and magazines such as:
Newsweek
Science
Science Digest
Modern Maturity
Equus
Runners World
People
Drama Review
Quest
Smithsonian
Dance Magazine
Longevity
Vogue
Ballet International
Meditation
Yoga Journal
Glamour
New Age Magazine
Strad
Flute Talk
Percussion
The Instrumentalist
Saturday Review
Journal of Consciousness Studies
Self-Healing
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
American Journal of Pain Management
Psychology Today
Massage Magazine
American Fitness
Physical Therapy
Journal of Medical Philosophy
Journal of Sports Physical Therapy
PT Advance
Journal of Hypnotic & Strategic Interventions
Occupational Therapy Forum
Neurology
Arts Medicine
Utne Reader
Exercise Science
…and countless other books and publications.
