arona@embodyingself.com
(415) 948-6519

www.feldenkrais.com
www.bodymindcentering.com
 


Moving senseabilities ... training your brains to move your body

Introduction to Functional Integration

A functional analysis of your daily movements, e.g. standing, seated, walking, reaching, etc.  Functional Integration will focus on the symmetries of the left and right sides, support of the head and neck in standing and walking, mobility of your hips, knees and ankles, and the free movement of your breath.  Assessment is followed by a Functional Integration lesson to begin balancing postural asymmetries.  Recommend: Repeat with series of 2 lessons, or choose from any of the 3 programs below.



How Does the Feldenkrais Method Differ from Massage and Chiropractic?
The similarity is that both practices touch people, but beyond that our Method is very different. In massage, the practitioner is working directly with the muscles, in chiropractic, with the bones. These are structural approaches that seek to affect change through changes in structure (muscles and spine). The Feldenkrais Method works with your ability to regulate and coordinate your movement; which means working with the nervous system. We refer to this as a functional approach wherein you can improve your use of self inclusive of whatever structural considerations are present.

What is the Feldenkrais Method® used for?

Peak “Performance”:

  • Yoga
  • Gymnastics
  • Running
  • Dance
  • Playing an instrument
  • Voice
  • Creative Expression

Severe or Neurological Diagnosis:

  • Stroke
  • Brain Injury
  • Scoliosis
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • RSI
  • MS
  • Paralysis
  • Parkinsonian

Elderly Care:

  • Walking
  • Memory
  • Concentration
  • Learning
  • Relaxation
  • Brain Fitness
  • Anti-Aging
  • Creativity
  • Energy

Functional Integration for Rehab
First Assessment & Functional Integration (90 minutes)
Regular Functional Integration (60 minutes)

Intended for those seeking treatment for orthopedic, neurological, chronic pain, and stress-related conditions.  In these experiential lessons, you learn develop your sensing, feeling, thinking for coordinated action. You also expand your repertoire of movement pathways. As your brain experiences and embodies new possibilities, gaps or blurs in the body-image maps left by injury, trauma or habits are over-written or rewired.  This happens with repeated lessons and results in balanced distribution of effort and coordination of the entire self.  Breathing, walking, balancing, dancing, yoga, playing sports or a musical instrument, or simply getting up from a chair can become easier and less effortful. Recommended: Weekly lessons for the first 4-8 weeks.


Functional Integration  for Athletes, Dancers & Performing Artists
Packages available

This series of lessons focuses on cultivating soft power, readiness for dynamic and unpredictable weight exchanges, lightness on the feet, proprioception (inner/outer spatial awareness), and sensory listening to yourself and those around you.  In addition to alignment, these Functional Integration® and Awareness through Movement® lessons will guide you to orchestrate your  movements in a highly coordinated manner that demands precision, poise and power. Good for anyone who uses their body in a versatile ways as these experiential lessons are easily extrapolated to other activities. Recommended:  Weekly Lessons for 2 or 4 weeks.


Functional Integration Lessons for Achieving Personal Potential
Packages available

As you expand your awareness of how you think sense, feel and move, the possibilities for personal improvement and human development are limitless.  The method is unique in that it doesn’t attempt to cure or heal people but to show them how to learn their way out of limitations and to provide them with the means to continue evolving themselves through a lifetime of continued and pleasurable learning ­ so we can all become our own best teacher!  Your individualized lessons constructs an experience whereby you undergo methodical investigation of how to make the best use of your endowment as human beings, and explore the best conditions under which human beings change, evolve and learn. Recommended:  Semimonthly lessons.


Somatic healing and movement awareness classes and private sessions through
The Feldenkrais Method® and Body Mind Centering®. 
 
Inspiring the Learning Brain
~ Awakening your innate body intelligence
Lessons for dance, therapy and superior health.
 
  San Francisco, CA & Washington, DC  | 
arona at embodyingself.com  | (415) 948-6519
www.feldenkrais.com| www.bodymindcentering.com