The Feldenkrais method helps people with MS learn to move with minimum effort and maximum efficiency. It’s a gentle and safe way to increase mobility and vitality while reducing habitual and unnecessary stresses on the body. The resulting relaxation and awareness can benefit coordination, fatigue, flexibility, and spasticity.
Moshe Feldenkrais, a physicist and judo expert, sustained knee injuries early in life that limited him in middle age. Doctors said they couldn’t help, implying that he would have to live with chronic pain and impaired mobility. Intelligent and motivated, Feldenkrais set out to help himself.
Using his scientific skills, he discovered that he could teach himself to move in healthier ways. He devised a method that involved more widespread use of his muscles, lessening the strain on the overworked, injured muscles. After extensive study of the nervous system, he discovered that through touch and movement, he could communicate with his brain and release his overworked muscles from their contracted state. Then Feldenkrais set out to share what he had learned. Now the Feldenkrais Method is practiced worldwide.
Learn the Feldenkrais method in "Awareness Through Movement," an eight-week course affiliated with the Chapter. For more information, contact us at 1-800-344-4867, (415) 230-6677.
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County |
City |
Location |
Schedule & Price |
| Alameda | Berkeley |
Helios Corner For more information please contact Tiffany at 510-847-0010 or info@tiffancysankary.com. |
Tuesdays |
| Alameda | Oakland | Downtown Oakland YMCA 2330 Broadway Please call 510-451-9622 for more information on classes and financial assistance. |
Mondays 5:30 - 6:25pm If not a member of the YMCA please call 510-847-0010 for a free pass. Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30 - 9:25am For YMCA members only |
| Marin | San Rafael | 618 B St.
Please call Terry at 415-485-0908 for more information. |
Fridays $5 / class, special rates are available for special circumstances. |
| San Francisco | San Francisco |
2717 Judah St. Please call Lisa Hoskins at 415-661-2203 or email lisahoskins007@sbcglobal.net for more information.
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Beginning July 23rd Drop-in Fee: $15 |
| San Mateo | Half Moon Bay |
Pilates on the Coast, Studio 4 For more information please call Catherine at 650-355-7959 or visit www.coastsidefeldenkrais.com. |
Tuesdays $15/class |
| San Mateo | San Mateo |
Mills Health Center Please call 650-969-5600 to register or visit www.coastsidefeldenkrais.com for more information. |
Mondays $15/class |
| Santa Clara | Campbell |
Cambell Community Center Please call 408-866-2146 for more information on the class and to register. Please register early. NOTE: This class is for people 50 years and older. |
Thursdays 10:45 - 11:45am Session fee: $28 Session dates: June 25 - August 13 (No class July 23) |
| Sonoma | Santa Rosa |
Sonoma County Family YMCA Please call 707-545-9622 for more information on the class and financial assistance. |
Wednesdays 1:30 - 2:30pm |