I give individual lessons at two locations:
 
the Open Centre     → map
188-192 Old Street, London EC1
(3 minutes from Old Street Tube Station)
Tuesdays, 3 to 6 pm,
Wednesdays, 1 to 6 pm, and
Thursdays, 12 noon to 8 pm
 

New Cross     → map
13 Camellia House
Idonia Street, London SE8
(5 minutes from New Cross Rail Station)
weekends and some mornings

Lessons last an hour, and cost £50. Please wear clothing that will not restrict your movement.
Book for lessons by e-mail or by phoning me directly on 020 8469 0245
 

An individual Feldenkrais lesson is a conversation about how you move; a conversation partly in words, but mostly by touch. We start by talking about what you want and what you notice now; and I look to see how the way you are moving now may be hindering you.
      But the special part of the lesson happens through touch. I will probably ask you to lie on a low padded table (or sometimes to sit or possibly even stand), fully clothed, while I begin to explore the ways in which you can already move easily and the ways in which you tighten yourself away from ease and comfort.
      We often think that the forces of pain and discomfort in our bodies require equally strong forces to oppose them. But Feldenkrais, like Aikido and some of the other martial arts, sidesteps the negative forces, blends with them, redirects them. So the way I touch you in a lesson starts off by agreeing with you rather than opposing, then redirects your own power and strength into directions that can be useful and effective. This feels at once very gentle but intense — and very relaxing.
      Most of our actions are actions of the whole body. Balance, for instance, isn't something done by your trunk while your arms and head do something else; it's a conspiracy of the whole body. So I usually look at how all of you is involved with what you are doing. In that sense, a lesson really is 'holistic'.
      At the end of the lesson most people feel freer, with improved posture, breathing and flexibility, and a general sense of physical and emotional well-being. We also consider whatever request you made at the beginning, and how that has been answered. I will suggest some ways to make the changes more permanent features of your life, including exercises and things to notice. The entire session takes about an hour; you should wear loose, comfortable clothing.
      The number of lessons you will need depends on the depth of change you want. A back spasm that is recent and new may go away after only a few lessons; patterns that are of longer standing may require a course of perhaps ten sessions; deeper changes may require more. But certainly after one lesson, you will have some idea of what Feldenkrais can offer you. Lessons that are part of a series are usually about a week apart.