07/10/2026
Most people have never heard of the Feldenkrais Method®.
Which means when I describe what I do, I'm often also explaining how and why it works. And the explanation often sounds different from anything they've encountered before.
So when a bestselling psychiatrist and neuroscience writer does that work for me, I'm grateful.
In his book The Brain's Way of Healing, Dr. Norman Doidge calls Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais one of the world's first "neuroplasticians". (He was someone who understood how to rewire the brain through movement decades before modern neuroscience had language for it.)
One of Doidge's key observations: the brain cannot think without motor function. Movement and learning are not separate processes. They are the same process.
This is why slow, small, gentle movements can produce changes that forceful stretching and aggressive exercise can't. The nervous system learns best when it isn't bracing. When you give it subtle, precise input, rather than a lot of effort, it can actually update its neural patterns and pathways at any age.
That's what every session is. Not treatment. Learning.
If you're someone who's been curious about why this work does what it does, there's a well-written article that is worth a few minutes of your time. (link in the comments)
