Functional Integration Sessions

Functional Integration is the hands-on body work component of The Feldenkrais Method (see Yoga & Movement section for Awareness Through Movement somatic group classes.) It helps people find ease, comfort, groundedness, and adaptability in their body and movement. FI offers concrete ways to develop one's understanding of how they use their body -- in posture, everyday movement, and physical activity -- so that they can work towards greater ease and efficiency, and avoid strain or damage. 

Functional Integration identifies habitual patterns that may be causing strain, tension, or be the underlying cause of injury, and establishes alternatives. The practitioner uses gentle touch to relieve excess tension, bring the client out of dominant habitual patterns, and then introduce new ones. FI creates space for new possibilities to emerge, rather than trying to "fix" a problem by counteracting it. Feldenkrais respects and works with the incredible intelligence of the nervous system as the path towards improvement, seeing the body as a partner, never as an obstacle.