Feldenkrais

What is the Feldenkrais Method?

Through gentle movement in lessons we gain awareness of habits that restrict our lives. We all have our own habits of straining and holding. We overuse and fail to release muscles. We heft ourselves into action where we could roll effortlessly into movement. We hold our breath and strain and work against ourselves.

Often by trying too hard we make our lives hard.

In a Feldenkrais lessons, we begin with simple, small movements that are carefully felt and investigated. The inquiry develops through sequences that widen to explore the complex connectedness of the whole body. There are pivotal moments in the process when although hardly moving, the logic of the body is felt and something is learnt.

Learning to learn is one of the basic
tenets of the Feldenkrais method.

What is it good for?

  • Improving health and well-being.
  • Discovering the habits that interfere with movement and posture.
  • Learning new ways to perform previously difficult tasks.
  • Improving balance, flexibility and co-ordination.
  • Easing tension and pain.

We don’t need to be fit or strong or
flexible or young to create these
changes in our lives.

Who is it good for?

  • People of all ages from babies to elders.
  • People with chronic pain or athletes, dancers and musicians wanting to improve performance.
  • Professionals involved in repetitive tasks that restrict mobility.
  • Anyone seeking to develop their self image.

Who was Dr. Feldenkrais?

Moshe Feldenkrais was a remarkable man of the mid 1900s. He was broadly read in psychology, structural engineering, anthropology, physics and mathematics. Part of the team who created sonar radar, he also worked on atomic fission with the French and the British governments. His training as a mechanical engineer led him to a study of the integration of the body in movement. Working with his Judo students, and later at his treatment and teaching centre in Israel, he created a life’s work that continues to assist people to refine and rehabilitate themselves.

The aim is a body that is organised to move with minimum effort and maximum efficiency, not through muscular strength but increased consciousness of how it works‚
- Moshe Feldenkrais 1904 -1984

Who is Norman Beshara?

Norm is a registered and certified Feldenkrais practitioner with The Australian Feldenkrais Guild

I qualified and began working as a massage therapist more than 20 years ago, later I added Bowen technique to my clinical practice. But a curiosity and training in the Feldenkrais Method opened new layers of understanding for me. Now, with five years of experience working with the Feldenkrais method, I remain amazed by the store of information it contains.

In classes and individual sessions, my work is to guide and lead people to make their own connections. It’s a very deep and exciting exploration to be part of and I really appreciate that it puts the power and knowledge in people’s own hands, not in mine.

This subtle process can re-program
our nervous system and change
our sense of ourself.

It can ‘unstuck’ us and help to
release the cycle of pain.

Regular Feldenkrais Classes:

Every Wednesday
6.15 pm – 7.15 pm
Creswick RSL Hall

Every Thursday
9.30 am – 10.30 am
Continental House
Lone Pine Avenue, Hepburn Springs

Individual Consultations:

Can be made by appointment at my rooms in Creswick.

Workshops & Conference Classes:

Available to work with large groups in workshops and conferences.

Ph. 0429 666 102