What is The Feldenkrais Method® ? The Feldenkrais Method focuses on utilizing the potential of the brain and the nervous system to learn new patterns of movement while at the same time releasing old patterns that may be causing dysfunction, pain or discomfort. The systematic movements that are the basis of this method are designed to give our brains the information it needs in order to develop new pathways that allow us to become more flexible, pain free and to have many more options for what we can do with our bodies and our lives. In Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) the Feldenkrais instructor leads you through a series of subtle exercises which create new movement skills. Unlike yoga or Pilates, you don’t need to feel energized to come to an Awareness Through Movement class. In fact the more tired you are when you walk in the door, the more benefit you may gain from the lesson. All you need to do is get through the studio door. |
Paris Kern has been a Feldenkrais Practitioner since 1992, and has attained the highest professional certification as a designated Feldenkrais Teacher trainer. She and her husband recently moved from Baltimore, MD to Saxtons River, VT where she has established the Feldenkrais Center of Southern Vermont. Building on her 30-year practice in Maryland, she is excited to bring this work to a new group of people. She will continue to see private students in Maryland with bi-monthly visits and online lessons. Paris also travels to train the next generations ofFeldenkrais practitioners, teaching workshops in Your Body Sings and Riding with the Whole Self. Her teaching has taken her to New York City, Santa Fe, Austria, Germany, Holland, and Sicily.