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

Feldenkrais offers a life transforming paradigm shift out of a human past and consciousness marked by  struggle, competition, domination, force, control, manipulation,  fear/adrenline as a primary energy source, and separation  ...  and into unknown new human potentials that are fostered by awareness, curiousity, open exploration, play, discovery, pleasure, love as a primary energy source, and connection --  a "systems" understanding that everything is connected and that every part is integral to the well functioning whole.  One part of the whole is not more important than any other and every part is blessed by the flowering of every other part.   The human species has reached a point were our proclivity for war, struggle, competition, and control could either lead to the end of the species or to an evolutionary leap into a new paradigm and a new consciousness.

We discover this first in our own bodies.  We find that gentle, pleasurable exploration and discovery yields greater physical coordination and power than performance oriented,  goal fixated, straining, pushing, forcing, injury prone, "no pain, no gain" orientation to physical development that has characterized 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.

One of the Feldenkrais principles 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 ourselves as we are -- that there is nothing wrong with us -- and we begin to bring awareness to how we are, 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 or make it wrong -- there can be a real felt sense of relief in releasing defensive muscular bracing and holding that lead to pain.  The nervous system senses safety.  No real learning can happen without safety.  And then comes a further profound shift where this relaxation of defensive holding opens 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 begin transfer these learnings to our relationships with others, our relationship with our human culture,  and our relationship with life itself.   We increasingly learn move in our relationships without struggle, strain and force,  to relax habit driven or defensive postures, to be curious and exploratory,  and as we discover new ways to move and innovate we facilitate more well-being in our relationships and lives in general.

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 environment.
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 ...