TESTIMONIALS

"...After the class I felt very grounded and rooted on my feet and at the same time being in a higher state of clarity that stayed with me for the whole day. I'm looking forward to learn more about Feldenkrais and take more classes with Lucien."
—Bernhard Guenther

"...In the study of instrumental music it is said that if one wants to play fast, play slow. I think this slow practice in music is comparable to the Feldenkrais concept of slow movements. It is the slow, methodical movements in both that are inextricably linked to the brain, cognitive processing and improved ability. This is fascinating to me. I am thankful for a great movement class."
—Kathy Turk

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QUOTES

"...make the impossile, possible; the possible, easy; and the easy, elegant."
—Moshe Feldenkrais

"Make the impossile, possible; the possible, joyful; and the joyful, magical."
—Lucien Demaris

 

 

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WEEKLY CLASSES

MOVEMENT NATURE MEANT
Every Tuesday | 2:30 - 3:30 pm | Cost: $15

In this Feldenkrais® classes, you will discover you can always improve the quality of what you do. These lessons provide unique and gentle ways to improve movement, refine sensation, clarify thinking, and integrate emotional range. They provide the means to know what to learn and how to learn it by using our nervous system's self-organizing processes -of intention, attention and movement- to transform and make our every activity more effective, intelligent and joyful.These lessons will allow you to reclaim your birthright to move naturally with ease and comfort, to reclaim what nature meant for you as a human being. A natural movement only emerges through harmonious coordination that feels safe and graceful to you. Thus, in these lessons, you rely on your own awareness for learning, your own human talent to develop your sensitivity and discern what works best for you. You will feel younger, more graceful, more flexible, more coordinated, and more at ease.

Classes are held at "The Sanctuary Birth & Family Wellness Center" located at 11965 Venice Blvd, Suite 310, Los Angeles CA 90066.



FELDENKRAIS® MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION

Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® lessons are a sensory-motor approach to learning based on the premise that becoming more aware of one’s movements, exerting less effort, and moving in more organic ways, can relieve stress, reduce pain, enhance agility and make life more enjoyable. These lessons are helpful and interesting for people at all levels of ability including those who are extremely healthy and those with serious injuries.

Contrasting most movement systems that focus on teaching predefined and static forms, Feldenkrais® focuses on function rather than form and does not have a goal of attaining an ideal body type or physical construction, or achieving "correct" positions or postures. Feldenkrais® is intended to improve the sensibility, awareness and quality of movement through one's own body feedback through diverse, ingenious movement experiments.

It is based on cutting-edge scientific theory and on the understanding of how our brain and nervous system learns, organizes movement and transforms our body, mind and spirit. It is an alternative and complementary approach to physical therapy programs, personal improvement, and fitness training. It helps people of all ages overcome pain and limitation and achieve lifetime fitness and vitality. Feldenkrais® stands today as a new western discipline equal in scope to Yogic practices, martial arts traditions and other psycho-physical approaches to human development that have originated in the East. It bridges science, arts and education as a true 21st century approach to optimal health, well being, and personal development.

Read more about the Feldenkrais Method® and about Feldenkrais® private sessions.