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This standard is about delivering teaching in the Feldenkrais Method to learners. The Feldenkrais Method is a somatic learning method which uses sensorimotor processes to develop psychophysical function. In the Feldenkrais Method, movement is used to facilitate learning. The method is delivered during ‘lessons’ – participants are referred to as ‘students’ or ‘learners’. Lessons in the Feldenkrais Method help learners develop self-awareness, proprioception, exteroception, interoception and functional movement patterns. Changes in self-awareness and the experiencing of new patterns lead to changes in self-image, improved self-regulation and improved autonomic nervous system regulation. This can help increase ease and range of motion, balance, flexibility and coordination. Becoming aware of fixed or unconscious habits helps learners to rediscover their innate capacity for efficient movement and to develop new strategies for addressing pain or physical limitations. Integration of new patterns occurs consciously and unconsciously, always at the speed of the individual. The Feldenkrais Method has two distinct modes: group lessons called Awareness Through Movement (ATM), and individual sessions called Functional Integration (FI). In Awareness Through Movement lessons, the Feldenkrais practitioner guides learners using verbal instructions in structured sequences that foreground moving, thinking, sensing and feeling. These sequences guide students to continually explore and differentiate movement options, with the aim of offering the possibility to integrate these new experiences/options into their daily lives. In Functional Integration lessons, the Feldenkrais practitioner guides the student to explore a range of movements, using non-invasive touch and verbal instruction. Often the student will lie on a low table, or sit in a chair. The student remains fully clothed throughout. A Functional Integration lesson encourages learners to explore new ways of moving and organising their whole self (via the nervous and musculo-skeletal systems). In sensing new movement patterns, learners find their options expanded. As moving, thinking, sensing and feeling are inseparable aspects of every action, many also find that their thinking and feeling acquires new ease. Users of this standard will need to ensure that their practice reflects up-to-date information and policies.
CNH28.2025
HFM: F2.1
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