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Discover the grace and power of integrated movement with the Feldenkrais method. In class lessons and individual sessions you will experience safe and gentle exploration of human movement, posture and coordination. Each class is different and is structured to suit the needs and abilities of all participants. Individual lessons follow the individual's unique patterns and gently introduce new, efficient patterns of self organisation. Regular attendance at classes or individual sessions results in improved performance at work and play, rehabilitation of injuries and greater ease and enjoyment in life.
The classes are suitable for adults of all ages and all levels of fitness/unfitness. The teacher, Ralph Hadden, has over 30 years experience as a teacher and practitioner of massage and bodywork.
He has been a qualified Feldenkrais practitioner since 1990. His work blends clarity, respect and good humour.

“A series of individual sessions of Feldenkrais with Ralph Hadden cleared up a lingering back problem. Then regular ongoing classes with Ralph helped keep me flexible – physically and mentally."
Dr Tony Zeeher, General Practitioner

Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely the production of higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.

Charles Darwin's concluding words in The Origin of Species (1859)

The purpose of life is to love and to learn. Why? For a cruel, stupid man this would be a sufficient answer: "It is the safest way to live life." For a great man, this would be an answer: "It is the most rewarding and illuminating way to live life." For a selfish, blind person, I could say, "It will bring you the greatest peace in the end if you remember the poor, the hungry, the oppressed, if you remember others, if you love, if you learn." To the oppressed themselves, the answer is, "It will alleviate your pain, your terrible pain."
From Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice
The intelligence of an individual may be measured by the speed with which he orients himself to new situations
British neurologist Sir C.S. Sherington, 1926

You can experience right now an actual Feldenkrais movement lesson. Just follow the step-by-step instructions in the mini Awareness Through Movement lessons below. A new mini lesson will be added from time to time.

Make sure you have 3 minutes to dedicate to yourself and choose one of the exercises below to try your first Feldenkrais ATM:

Try these 3 minute exercises:

Four Finger Pinch

Four Finger Pinch

This is based around a hand and fingers movement that a chef would call a “4 finger pinch.” Imagine you were cooking a big pot of soup and the recipe Try it now ...
Shoulder blade slide

Shoulder blade slide

The shoulder blade (scapula) should be able to slide freely over the underlying ribs but often, with habits of restricted movement, muscles and fascia "stick together", limiting mobility. A freely Try it now ...
Chair exercise

Chair exercise

A quick solution to the perennial "slump in the chair" posture - once you have learned this easy, natural co-ordination of hand, head and ribcage you can use it anytime Try it now ...