Newsletter #125 – From personal insight to shared practice

Even though our 12 weeks conference series ended six months ago, the experience is very much alive. People from around the world continue to join the weekly classes; others come to our platform to (re)explore the documentaries; and some are devising inventive ways to make the most of the material.

Karin Horowitz, who participated in the 12 week series came up with a nice idea : go through the 12 weeks AGAIN! But this time she invited her colleagues to share the experience.

If you would like to organise something similar to introduce the method to students, or spark debates with fellow practitioners, please do let us know.

We would be happy to help you to set it up by : offering technical help, guiding you through the process, creating special offers for the participants, advising you on communication, and showing up during the event to exchange with the participants.

Just call us and we can brainstorm together!

Karin Horowitz wrote a bit about their journey and kindly agreed we share it with you:

“ When the wonderful three-month long programme ended in April 2025, it felt very strange to no longer have weekend Conferences and weekday lessons to attend. I joined the Neurosomatic Platform so I could watch the Conferences again and then I had the idea of inviting another group of people to watch them with me, mainly people who knew little if anything about the Feldenkrais Method: friends, some of whom were also yoga practitioners as am I, and others from a variety of backgrounds.
And so another three-month journey began all over again! …

Having watched many of the Conferences and had stimulating discussions after each one, we ventured into recorded lessons together. The first lessons we did were Yvo Mentens’ series called Profoundly light which accompanied the Conference on Presence on the stage and in life. As a group, many of us were naturally drawn to this theme and loved these lessons…
It was exciting when people from other somatic disciplines such as Tai Chi brought their experience to bear on a Feldenkrais lesson and we all learned from hearing each other.

Here’s some feedback:

‘I love how my way of thinking about part of the body - how the jaw opens for example – can be reconfigured.’ – Deborah

‘Each time, after watching a session, I felt refreshed. I would find myself sitting straighter, walking more balanced, just a heightened sense of self-awareness overall. Each session felt like a reset…”’ - Kim

“... I found the instructions very accurate and the manner in which they were delivered very mindful and relaxing. I am still at the very early stages of practice but am keen to continue…” - Lindi

“I was formerly a yoga practitioner and teacher (aged 85 in November). Initially I was a bit wary of this new way of teaching, understanding and moving...after the 50 minute practice, after coming to my feet, I felt unusually relaxed and refreshed. This was a lovely surprise!’ – Sophie

‘The lectures and examples of how the Feldenkrais system has helped people and animals were really interesting, I was surprised at the extent of the benefits, covering so many needs…I love the wisdom of not harming oneself and developing in a relaxed way.’ – Val

‘Fascinating to think about the ways that the body might know better how to achieve a result than the mind.’ - Victoria

Thank you from all of us to Feldenkrais Education for this amazing resource that brings the Feldenkrais Method to life in so many different ways!“

- Karin Horowitz