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About Laura Yedwab
I am a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner (GCFP) and would be delighted to help you move better, have less pain, and improve the quality of your life.
I discovered the Feldenkrais Method® when repeated injuries to my hamstring prevented me from playing racquetball. By using the Feldenkrais Method, I learned to move without putting unnecessary stress on my hamstrings. I was thrilled. I loved improving and refining my movements. As my movements improved, my zest for life increased.
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In your free 60-minute Feldenkrais consultation, we will look at your goals and your challenges, and identify specific movement patterns that are causing you problems. You will discover how we can work together to improve your movement so that you put less stress, wear and tear on your body
Experience Greater Ease and Less Pain: Discover the Feldenkrais Method
The aim is to move with minimum effort and maximum efficiency, not through muscular strength, but through increased consciousness of how movement works. — Moshe Feldenkrais
As a Feldenkrais practitioner, my mission is to guide you in enhancing your ease, efficiency, and fluidity of movement — ultimately improving your well-being and vitality. The Feldenkrais® Method can help you achieve your goals, whether you’re looking to recover from injury, relieve pain, improve posture, enhance flexibility, regain balance, boost coordination, or refine your athletic or musical skills.
I’ll help you gain insight into your body’s functioning. This will lead to greater efficiency in your everyday movements, e.g. sitting at a computer, walking, hiking, climbing stairs, or getting out of a car. With more efficiency come less pain and more comfort.
Increase your Awareness and Learn to Move Better with the Feldenkrais Method
We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
— Sheryl Sandberg, Author
I had hoped to feel a little better, but, remarkably, after just a few sessions my neck pain went away. — See Kathy’s Success Story
My goal is to help bring your awareness to these details — to help you sense what your movement patterns are, and to find alternative choices. The result is that you will move with more freedom, comfort, and grace. In the lingo of neuroscience, this is called neuroplasticity and neuromuscular retraining. However, I think of it simply as our innate ability to learn.
Utilizing the principles of the Feldenkrais Method, I employ various approaches to facilitate your learning:
- Slowing Down: By utilizing slow movements, we attune to the fine details, uncover hidden patterns, and discover new possibilities.
- Embracing Variety: By exploring similar but different movements, we gain insights into what options feel more comfortable and effortless for you.
- Guided Touch: Through gentle, non-intrusive touch, I will lead you through precise and mindful movements, deepening your connection to your body’s sensations, tensions, and movement patterns.
- Non-Judgmental Observation: Together, we observe your movements without judgment or criticism, creating a safe space for you to explore and express yourself fully.
- Cultivating Curiosity: Curiosity plays a crucial role in promoting awareness and learning. Embracing curiosity, we embark on a journey of exploration, questioning, and seeking understanding.
Laura is fantastic. I love the collaborative nature of our work. She is fully present with me, which helps me become aware of how I’m feeling and moving. — Linda Stone
Your journey of self-discovery begins by scheduling a free 55-minute, in-person consultation
Integrate Mind and Body: Embrace Holistic Well-Being with the Feldenkrais Method
I believe that the unity of mind and body is an objective reality. They are not just parts somehow related to each other, but an inseparable whole while functioning. — Moshe Feldenkrais
The Feldenkrais Method is more than a therapy; it’s an exploration of self-awareness and a reconnection with your body.
I feel taller, more self-confident, stronger, and more able to meet whatever is happening at the moment. — Mary Bolton
Success Stories
Hear, in their own words, how I helped Jeanine and V. with back pain, Kathy recover from neck pain and breast cancer, Zeke and Joanne with knee pain, and Kate with Achilles tendon pain
Feldenkrais in Seattle
We all have an innate ability to learn, grow, and adapt. My job is to help you use that ability to increase
the ease, efficiency, and fluidity of your movement
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Feldenkrais Method?
The Feldenkrais Method is a somatic educational approach for improving your health. The method is “educational” because it teaches you to move with more fluidity, efficiency, and grace. It is “somatic” because the focus of the education is your body and your movements. The focus of the Feldenkrais Method is on improving the movements involved in your daily activities. When you move better, you live better – with more comfort and less pain.
Who developed the Feldenkrais Method?
Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais (May 6, 1904 – July 1, 1984) developed his method drawing from his rich life experiences. As a young man and then again in England, Dr. Feldenkrais suffered horrific knee injuries that could not be cured given the level of medical care available at that time. Dr. Feldenkrais had to find a way to heal himself.
Dr. Feldenkrais was born in Russia. At 14, he emigrated on his own to Israel where he was a student, laborer, tutor, cartographer, and involved in the Jewish self-defense groups. In 1930, he went to Paris to further his education. Dr. Feldenkrais worked with Joliet Curie and received a D.Sc. in Physics from the Sorbonne. In 1936, he earned a black belt in Judo. He fled to England in 1940 as the Nazi’s invaded France. During the war, he conducted anti-submarine research. When the war ended, he moved to London and published his first book on his method: Body and Mature Behavior. In 1951, he returned to Israel, and focused on teaching his method. Dr. Feldenkrais published many books on the Feldenkrais Method and taught his method internationally.
How does the Feldenkrais Method work?
What can I expect in a Feldenkrais session?
The session is then tailored to meet your goal by bringing awareness to the movement patterns that are interfering with your goal. We will engage in an inquiry-based process to clarify these patterns and find alternatives. Throughout the session, we will cultivate curiosity. We may also slow down the movements, try new variations, employ light touch, and use mindful observation. Should touch be used, it is always gentle and informative – never uncomfortable.
All Feldenkrais sessions steer clear of high-impact and strenuous exercise, painful manipulations, passive treatment, and medical diagnostics.
Is the Feldenkrais Method used for rehabilitation purposes?
How long does it take to see results from practicing the Feldenkrais Method?
What should I wear to a Feldenkrais Session?
Clients always remain fully clothed throughout the session.