and great attitude and will never miss a class but the moment they're not succeeding some movement or if it is too challenging they normally get irritated and give up. For some of them it is hard to concentrate on the instructions I give because the moment they lay down they get lost in thoughts and memories and don't pay attention or fall asleep. Instructions like breath, let go or close your eyes, were completely undoable and hard to understand. Also they deal with different symptoms of age- difficulty hearing, seeing, falling down and anxiety about the future. Most of the time  they feel embarrassed about the lack of physical ability but also great ambition to improve and consistency in showing up. In the most rainy or hottest summer day they don't give up and come to class.  After several attempts and some frustration from my side I decided the most important thing I want to pass them is a positive experience from connecting with the body. Allow them to except what there is from understanding that some things you can change if we'll know the body better and some things will change us and our needs. Our body is our home and one cannot escape from what it shows us, but if we agree to dive deep, we will discover the inner wisdom and peace that exist inside of it.
 

Inspired by Moshe Feldenkraiss method, we begun working on separating every day movements to small segments of repetitive movements. The center of the Feldenkrais method is to visualize the movement and see it in the minds eye to create new and correct movement that will become part of the nervous system. He used mechanical and physical principles such as weight distribute, working with gravity and leverage.

The theme of the class became how to ease daily functions like getting out of bed, standing from a chair, lifting the arm to get something from a shelve, using towel to dry yourself, how to enjoy the quality of a flowing movement and the most important: how to do the best with what you have.

The inspiration to the classes came from watching my one year old nephew. How he learned to roll from the back to lay on the belly, and from laying down to sitting and standing. This are the base movements and are relevant in any stage of life.

Conscious, flowing movement brings joy and release to the body in any age. Even babies feel pleasure from discovering something new in the body as do adults who discover their body again. Some movements remind us of childhood memories, lightness, playfulness and happiness. Mostly those are gentle movements of the spine, twists and rolling. During some of the classes you can feel the energy in the room changes  from heaviness and low mood to relief and pride. Something releases, the jaw, the inner holding, they start to smile and make sounds while moving.

We have inner physical intelligence something we have naturally within us. When a child learns to stand up and walk his body knows what to do. Something directs him to shift the weight, find support  and find the courage to let go and move forward. This information is located in our cell memory and with the years emotions and feelings accompany it, mostly unconscious.

Repeating movements we did as children releases optimism and good feeling which in turn effects directly the chemistry of the body and the nervous system.

Many times they tell me with bright eyes at the end of the class they feel taller, younger and the aches from the morning disappeared. They don't believe or understand how it is possible, but in the body registers a positive new experience and thus begins change in the form of mental and physical healing. Every time they teach me how powerful and possible this process is.

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