Neuro-Movement Work

Moving is something we usually “just do” not paying much, if any, attention to how we do it. But if we have no idea how we’re actually doing it, how can we improve? How can we know a way that feels better is even possible?

Neuromovement was created by the Israeli physicist and champion martial artist Moshe Feldenkrais in response to an injury which gave hime permanent pain. At the time, there was no further medical options for treatment. He developed a structured process of learning how we do what we do, using movement as the subject.

It can be applied to many other areas of our lives. When we know how we are doing something, we can choose to do it differently. We can begin in a different way, discover what parts of ourselves we’re using and which we aren’t, we can distribute effort throughout our whole body resulting in less stress and strain on overused muscles.

We learn to integrate our whole selves in what we do, allowing us to go about our daily lives more comfortably and efficiently. We feel more whole, more capable and confident, with more choice in how we respond in any given moment.

In Awareness Through Movement classes participants are usually lying on a mat, sitting and occasionally standing. You are verbally guided through slow and gentle movement sequences that start small and often evolve into greater range and complexity. By using less muscular effort, your nervous system is able to perceive more closely how you are moving and find new possibilities. You are invited to find new ways to organise, coordinate and integrate your movements by immersing in the process of exploration and discovery. Your attention directed to thinking, sensing, feeling and imagining.

In individual sessions the teacher explores and expands the students potential and capacity through gentle touch and guided movement.