How to Ease Stress With Feldenkrais
Feldenkrais is a form of therapy based on the premise that even our movements have unconscious memories. If we learn to access and change stressful memories, we can acquire greater physical and emotional balance. Developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, an Russian expert in physics, mechanical engineering and the ancient martial art of judo, Fedlenkrais has become helpful to many people, including those with chronic pain or high levels of stress. Read on to learn more.
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Use Feldenkrais to ease stress by sitting quietly in a chair. Slowly become aware of how the various parts of your body make contact with the chair and how your feet make contact with the floor. Also notice the strength and movement of your breathing.
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Think of a problem, something that's really gotten under your skin lately. Focus on it and notice what emotions appear, how you feel about them and what you would like to do about the problem. Notice if your body starts to feels differently from before, such as if you feel closer or further away from your chair. Notice if your breathing is different from before and if it feels tight, notice what muscle areas seem affected.
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Continue to notice changes in your body and breathing. These changes are scientifically known as your "individual stress response pattern," the programmed-from-birth way you handle stress. Sit quietly a few more minutes, then again think of the problem. If you notice your body's reaction and breathing increasing, increase it more; if it's decreasing, decrease it more. Then let it go, sit and rest.
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Recheck your body's contact with the chair and your feet with the floor and notice your breathing. Think of these as your body's anchor back to inner calm. Think again about the problem, but once you no longer feel yourself anchored to the chair and the floor, detach from the stressful feelings and return your body to its previous position in the chair and your feet to the floor and allow your breathing to even out.
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Practice this routine daily with the eventual goal of not responding to stress as dramatically as usual. This is Feldenkrais, the ability to use your body to regulate your movements and the reaction it produces in your nervous system. Once learned, it is a true gift.
Tips & Warnings
Feldenkrais private lessons, referred to as "Functional Integration," are advantageous since a teacher actually guides your movements by touch. Group classes, known as "Awareness Through Movement," involves several participants working through sequences of movements led verbally by a teacher.
A professionally trained and certified Feldenkrais practitioner goes through three or four years of training. Accept nothing less when you seek Feldenkrais therapy.
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Feldenkrais is a form of therapy based on the premise that even our movements have unconscious memories. If we learn to access and change stressful memories, we can acquire greater physical and emotional balance. Developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, an Russian expert in physics, mechanical engineering and the ancient martial art of judo, Fedlenkrais has become helpful to many people, including those with chronic pain or high levels of stress. Read on to learn more.
1
Use Feldenkrais to ease stress by sitting quietly in a chair. Slowly become aware of how the various parts of your body make contact with the chair and how your feet make contact with the floor. Also notice the strength and movement of your breathing.
2
Think of a problem, something that's really gotten under your skin lately. Focus on it and notice what emotions appear, how you feel about them and what you would like to do about the problem. Notice if your body starts to feels differently from before, such as if you feel closer or further away from your chair. Notice if your breathing is different from before and if it feels tight, notice what muscle areas seem affected.
3
Continue to notice changes in your body and breathing. These changes are scientifically known as your "individual stress response pattern," the programmed-from-birth way you handle stress. Sit quietly a few more minutes, then again think of the problem. If you notice your body's reaction and breathing increasing, increase it more; if it's decreasing, decrease it more. Then let it go, sit and rest.
4
Recheck your body's contact with the chair and your feet with the floor and notice your breathing. Think of these as your body's anchor back to inner calm. Think again about the problem, but once you no longer feel yourself anchored to the chair and the floor, detach from the stressful feelings and return your body to its previous position in the chair and your feet to the floor and allow your breathing to even out.
5
Practice this routine daily with the eventual goal of not responding to stress as dramatically as usual. This is Feldenkrais, the ability to use your body to regulate your movements and the reaction it produces in your nervous system. Once learned, it is a true gift.
Tips & Warnings
Feldenkrais private lessons, referred to as "Functional Integration," are advantageous since a teacher actually guides your movements by touch. Group classes, known as "Awareness Through Movement," involves several participants working through sequences of movements led verbally by a teacher.
A professionally trained and certified Feldenkrais practitioner goes through three or four years of training. Accept nothing less when you seek Feldenkrais therapy.
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