About Feldenkrais Performers

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The Feldenkrais Method is part of widely used somatic-based approaches to learning to enhance and refine dance, drama, and music performance. It promotes healthy performance by improving body awareness and movement efficiency through structured lessons. The Feldenkrais Method is not a medical practice. 

Instead of concentrating on specific techniques or outcomes, lessons in the Feldenkrais Method are taught in a non-directed and non-judgmental manner that allows for individual exploration and discovery. 

Lessons  in the Feldenkrais Method are taught verbally in classes, called Awareness  Through Movement® and through touch in individual lessons, called Functional Integration®.  Feldenkrais teachers are certified through the professional Feldenkrais Method guilds.

Yes. The Feldenkrais Method is effective with actors, dancers, and musicians at all levels of experience.

Individual countries have professional guilds maintain websties where you can search for teachers and classes, including the Feldenkrais Guild of North America, the Feldenkrais Guild in the United Kingdom, or the Feldenkrais Guild in Australia. Classes in this method are often offered at performance schools and universities. This website also lists artists who teach the Feldenkrais Method and have integrated it into their performance instruction.

Whenever possible, articles are linked to their online versions. Articles published in peer-reviewed journals are typically found on distribution platforms such as Academia.edu or Taylor & Francis. Access to these services usually requires a subscription or affiliation with an institution, like a university. Books are readily available at your local library or through inter-library loan services.

All qualified Feldenkrais Method teachers can effectively work with performers. Performance teachers often incorporate concepts of the Feldenkrais Method into their performing arts instruction. They also draw on their performing experiences in how they teach the method.