Feldenkrais to relieve the back

According to the statistics backache affects approximately 80% of people at least once in their life. Whether it is chronic or acute, it can greatly impact the quality of our lives and prevent us from doing many of the things we would like to do. While we might connect our discomfort back to an original cause like an accident or injury, a period of prolonged manual work, or sitting in front of a computer, there might be another factor, such as how we move.

A lot of back pain does not respond well to strengthening or stretching exercises. This is due to the fact that we tend to do these things using compensatory patterns of movement which have become habitual and unconscious. In fact, it is often these patterns themselves that are limiting and painful. In order to improve our movement difficulties, we need a more sensitive approach, one in which we can not only become aware of how we are moving but of the other options we have.

In these workshops you will learn particular sequences of movement and use your awareness and attention to reduce the level of tension in your muscles which will give you access to clearer, more agreeable sensations.