Feldenkrais and seniors

What a gift, I’m so amazed with the changes in my skeletal frame. After the first visit, I felt so emotional, I didn’t believe I would ever stand so tall and straight. The amazing part, it appeared to me, was to take such gentle and little movement, but done with such skill.

I am 65 years old, my whole body has not allowed me to perform general tasks in comfort for many years, the results of a lifetime of habits and the odd injury. In my thinking, that’s the way it was always to be. All the more to feel so blessed in finding such relief from this marvellous method called Feldenkrais. It is difficult to find words to express having the opportunity to make changes to our brains’ way of thinking. It is so exciting learning the practical movements and exercise that bring this about.

As a person who is considered right handed, I now practice using the left side to do many things, simple things such as using the left leg to step out, carry and pick up with my left hand, get in and out of bed, clean my teeth etc. A new ease comes in movement with giving my left side a go at life after all these years. I have become conscious of the movement possibilities with such small changes because of the skill of my Feldenkrais practitioner.

I have just finished my third appointment, now my feet and legs are relaxed and I feel like a Rag Doll. With my torso now sitting more like its’ created position, I have needed to straighten the back of my car seat and I’m much more aware of where I am in my body now we can move together into a comfortable and aware future.

It’s all so amazing, I just want to share and encourage family and friends, anyone who has been conditioned into living with pain or discomfort or told their stance is hereditary etc. so I urge, don’t procrastinate in seeking out this wonderful experience of new life. If you are young please look at this seriously, so often what we suffer in older age is the effects of injuries, habits and practices of our youth.
We were created with a perfect plan, but we distort the perfection with unconscious habits. Feldenkrais practitioners can do so much more to restore ones’ quality of life permanently. For me, this makes me feel I can celebrate using my body so much more, as was intended by my Creator, for which I give heartfelt thanks.

Gwenda