A parallel that is often made to The Feldenkrais Method and its self-exploration process is that of how babies and infants learn in their first few years of life. Learning in these small beings is organic; it is natural and the way nature intended them to learn. Curiosity, pleasure and a desire to grow within themselves and their surroundings is their impetus to learn. They become curious about something… explore a little… move a little… feel this way… feel that way… stop… become fascinated by something else… organize into another body position… try something else… sense this way… maybe sense that way… try another way… rest… sleep… and then the day goes on. Sounds simple doesn’t it? Remember that learning need not be hard and tedious. Somewhere in our growth and development our organic learning was replaced with hard labored repetition, painful straining and maybe even a disassociation from ourselves.

The self-exploration process that is taught and experienced in a Feldenkrais lesson brings you back to this organic sense of learning, where the main pre-requisites for YOU is a curiosity and desire to uncover possibilities in your senses, your thinking, your feelings, your movement, your SELF.

From here, growing takes on a whole new meaning.