I love doing yoga, and have been a yoga student for 15 years. Awareness Through Movement® doesn't take its place for me, but it definitely enhances my experience. When I was in my Feldenkrais Teacher Training, I would go for weeks without doing any yoga - 40 hours a week of Feldenkrais was enough for me, I guess. But I would come back to my Vinyasa class and find my ability to do yoga had improved! My balance, flexibility, strength, alignment - and my patience - were all much more present. I could tell what I was doing.
When you are feeling stuck with an asana, or when there is an asana you
don't enjoy, the Feldenkrais Method® can help you to find comfort
within the pose, increase your sense of possibility in movement, and
help you become aware of - and move beyond - the habitual ways of
approaching the pose that have been holding you back.
Others have used the Feldenkrais Method to enhance their Yoga practice:
"So when we're stuck in our asana practice, Feldenkrais can offer a way to move ahead." Rhonda Krafchin in Yoga Journal
"The Feldenkrais Method can take the Yogi into the world of the small." Maureen McHugh, GCFT, in SenseAbility
"The Feldenkrais Approach
evokes ... unfolding from within, gradually and steadily developing
suppleness and release through the rib cage, stable balance through the
limbs, shoulders and pelvis, and fluid integration through the spine,
tail to crown." Deedee Eisenberg, in Sensability
Some examples of areas that Awareness Through Movement can help improve in your yoga practice:
Flexion
Extension
Rotation and counterrotation
Flexibility in your ribs
Increasing sensitivity in your foot & ankle
Lengthening hamstrings
Softening your eyes and the back of your neck
Johanna Rayman, Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Movement Classes • Private Movement Sessions • Body-Centered Psychotherapy LGBTQ affirming • Se habla español 503 - 380 - 5437