Feldenkrais is more than a somatic practice for physical well-being.  

Feldenkrais offers a transformative paradigm shift into what is potentially a new stage of human evolution -- out of a human past marked by separation,  struggle, competition, domination, force, control, manipulation,  fear/adrenline as a primary energy source ...  and into unknown new human potentials that are fostered by awareness, curiousity, open exploration, play, discovery, pleasure and love as a primary energy source,   and a "systems" understanding that everything is connected and that every part is integral to the well functioning whole.

We discover this first in our own bodies.  We find that gentle, pleasurable exploration and discovery yields greater physical coordination and power than the performative, strained, goal fixated, no pain no gain orientation to physical development that has characterizes our athletic culture.   We discover that inner referencing yields much greater physical discovery, ability & wellness than trying to conform to externally referenced models and authorities asserting that there is "right way" to stand or sit or move.

Although many people come to Feldenkrais looking for a way to get out of pain, the Feldenkrais practitioner doesn't try to fix or correct something that is "wrong"  to relieve the pain.   There is a saying in Feldenkrais that the problem is not usually where the pain is.  For example back pain is not usually the result of a problem in the back but the result of the way the whole body system is functioning and moving, so instead of fixing pain, we look to improve the function of the whole.  As we help a person find and feel how each part moves in synergy and connection to every other part, pain can quickly disappear.  

Another Feldenkrais principle is that "to correct is incorrent."  We have each made the most unique and ingenious adaptations to the circumstances of our lives that we were capable of at any point, physically, emotionally, and otherwise.  We start by accepting that there is nothing wrong with us and bringing awareness to how we move in a curious, non-forcing, non-manipulative way.   When the nervous system senses this kind of full support, feeling that there is no effort to change it  make it wrong there can be a profound shift where there is a real felt sense of relief in releasing defensive muscular bracing and holding that lead to pain and opening into a very pleasurable exploration of new movement possiblities.

As we begin to discover new potentials and pleasure in our bodies and movement we may also begin discover these same kinds of things in relationship to others, to human culture,  and to life itself.  

i.e.  We may discover that a curious,listening, exploratory orientation to life yields better relationship with not only our own bodies but with other people,  than does a judgemental, critical orientation ... and that this orientation has a ripple effect that can positively affect the whole of human culture.
We may discover that the most profound and nourishing change doesn't come from fighting with what is, but from exploring and creating new options for movement that are more nourishing and satisfying than the former way. 
We may discover that we have a somatic intelligence that knows a vast ocean of things brain intelligence doesn't know.  
We may discover that less is more.  
We may discover that greater awareness and mastery is facilitated by gentleness rather than strain.  
We may discover that the learning happens in the pause.
We may find compulsive behavior diminishes as we discover more options for movement.
We may become more spontaneous, less robotic, less habit-driven.  
We may discover how awakening to the potentials of every part begins to geometrically inform and empower the whole.    
We may discover more playfulness and pleasure in life, more flow.   

More to come regarding Feldenkrais as a transformative practice ...