The Art of practicing the Feldenkrais method :

« a capacity to feel, sense, imagine, think and act in 3 dimensions «  

January 22 – 25, 2027

For next year seminar, following the work we did the last years and keeping our attention on developping our capacity to feel, sens, imagine and act in 3 dimensions, I would like to focus on that theme :

« The balance of the major muscle groups of the human body »

Our skeleton assures the solidity of our structure, our muscles give us movement.  At times, overworking or badly adapted muscular tone, forces our skeleton into certain forms and therefore reduces mobility and flexibility in our actions …..

Flexors/Extensors, internal and external Rotators, the Psoas (the large muscles which allows suspension of the leg), the Diaphragm (the respiratory “pump”), the Trapeze (which govern the shoulder girdle and the relation between head and shoulders), the different Sphincters (regulating the internal/external relationships) …. These are various muscle groups that determine, organise and at times restrict our stability and our actions.  When these muscles are free and highly differentiated, supple and elastic and when we have greater awareness of each and of their actions, we gain enormously in articulation and mobility of ourselves in space….

Limitations, tensions and pain are neither a fatality nor a non-reversible deterioration.  These are often related to the manner in which we move and act in our daily lives, to our self-image and to habits acquired over the years.  These experiences of getting to know ourselves again and becoming aware of ourselves within and without allows each participant to develop more flexibility, ease and comfort in their actions.

The proposed sessions invite each participant to:

* Gain hamstring (the muscles in the back of the thigh) length so as to free the pelvis, allowing it to sit balanced and stable over the legs.  This in turn adds to the flexibility of the spine.

* Have a better sense and understanding of the abdominal muscles so that they may be used wisely thus guaranteeing appropriate and/or relaxed muscle tone giving deeper respiration, functional organic movement and an efficient relationship between flexion and extension…

* Free the psoas muscles from accumulated tensions so that the legs truly “hang” from the spinal column and the spine, which in turn can lengthen upwards from the pelvis and articulate fluidly.

* Sense, and better differentiate the fibres of the trapeze muscles that link the head, shoulders and spinal column.  This allows us to use them more efficiently in head movements (freeing the neck), in arm movements (freeing the shoulders) and also helps our breathing develop naturally.

* Discover the functioning of the various sphincters (which guarantee our internal/external relationships) and become aware of their roles and intimate relationships….

* Rediscover how to mobilise the pelvic floor therefore allowing us to sense its tonic and reassuring presence on one hand and the possibility of it’s complete relaxation on the other…