The Feldenkrais Method with Sophie Arditti
Classes, Individual Lessons and Workshops
North Kensington and Notting Hill Gate, West London, Folkestone, Kent and online
A movement journey, or a kind of physical riddle, engaging your whole self and emphasising ease and quality of movement
Online Group Classes
start Monday 13th January
Mondays 6.30 - 7.30 pm
Meeting ID: 338 016 759
Password: 235427
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/338016759?pwd=bHM4TEphcmVlOU5ISlpOeWQxeWFqQT09
Tuesday 5.15 - 6.15 pm
Meeting ID: 917 043 394
Password: 547770
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqd-2rrTIugyDGlnWpiVVW7yLlFX6D9w
£84 for 6 consecutive lessons
£16 drop-in
Email sophie@feldenkraisplace.co.uk for payment details
Please also email or call me if you have
any injuries, chronic pain or questions.
In-person classes
starts Wednesday 15th January
Wednesdays 6.30 - 7.30 pm
West London Buddhist Centre
45a Porchester Road London W2 5DP
£15
Drop-in or book sophie@feldenkraisplace.co.uk
Individual Lessons
Functional Integration lessons (FI)
Tailored to your specific needs to help you find a more comfortable and wider range of movement promoting strength and suppleness
Each lesson revolves around a question: How do your habits of movement help you, but at the same time stand in the way of doing better?
In a typical lesson, we discuss this, then you lie fully-clothed on a low table as the teacher's hands gently support you, suggesting, encouraging and guiding you towards new ways of moving and organising yourself.
Each lesson is unique and designed for you to address your particular habits of moving and holding yourself. Your increasing self-awareness enables you to let go of these habits, to find and choose new patterns of movement; you may find similar development in the flexibility of your thinking and feeling.
The lesson will often lead to suggestions for ways of working on your own, in order to help the new choices become a lasting part of your life. Lessons are particularly useful for specific or long-standing problems, to deepen your experience of Awareness Through Movement classes, or to provide ongoing support for your everyday life.
email to find out more
In-person Workshops
Like the weekly classes but longer giving us time to explore the theme in more depth
Feet for Balance and Weight-Shift
When functioning well your feet help you feel agile, responsive, powerful as well as physically and emotionally self-supporting.
Consider that Moshe Feldenkrais said that he could tell the state of a person's vision from the soles of their feet!
I interpret this as meaning a bias in vision or focus also biases muscle tone throughout the whole self and that is recorded in your feet.
That’s the delicacy and intelligence of your feet and toes and yet they also take and distribute weight - 3 times your body weight when running.
And we cram them into socks and shoes and forget them!
In this workshop we will reawaken your feet, explore and improve balance, weight shift, and all the associated everyday functions: coming to stand, walking, running, climbing stairs, dancing and so on.
Here are some nice words from an attendee on 18th January 2025:
“… We made subtle movements with our hands and, separately, with our feet, and today I felt my gait (which has been unsteady and getting worse for a couple of months) stabilise - I felt a sturdiness I don't recall ever feeling before - and my chest (which has been to a large extent collapsed for some time) unfurl and settle more comfortably on my torso.”
IN FOLKESTONE Feet for Balance and Weight-shift
Saturday 1st March 1 - 4 pm £45
Grace Hill Studios 19A Grace Hill
Folkestone CT20 1HA
Twisting and Turning
This workshop is about gentle turning and twisting to remind our ribs of their inherent flexibility which will deliver a surprising change to the functioning of your legs.
This will also be of interest to you if you have scoliosis.
Moshe Feldenkrais’ martial arts background and studies of human development informed his belief that as humans we can and should be poised and agile, ready to move in any direction at any time.
The necessity for this to survive is not so much of an imperative now but could a physical readiness or springiness contribute to feelings of resilience, emotional flexibility and capacity to roll with the punches as well as to all over physical wellbeing?
Looking forward to finding out with you!
“Honestly, Sophie’s workshops are better than drugs. Good ones! I emerge with my body and mind open to the world, feeling content and positive. Once I got over the slightly wide-eyed and jelly legs sensation at the end of 3 hours, I feel so grounded and am able to step out with purpose into the rest of my day”
BR 17th February 2025
IN LONDON Twisting and Turning
Saturday 22nd March 10 - 1 pm £70
Essex Unitarian Church
112 Palace Gardens Terrace London W8 4RT
IN FOLKESTONE Twisting and Turning
Saturday 29th March 1- 4 pm £45
Grace Hill Studios 19A Grace Hill
Folkestone CT20 1HA
To book email sophie@feldenkraisplace.co.uk
or call 07951 905 902
About the Method
The Feldenkrais Method® is an educational approach combining movement, breathing and body alignment in a context of mindfulness. It offers a unique and practical way to realise physical and mental potential more fully. Established for over 50 years, the Feldenkrais Method® is validated by new discoveries in neuroplasticity.
What are the benefits?
• Relief from tension and muscular pain
• Easier and fuller breathing
• Greater relaxation and well-being
• Improved performance in sport, dance, music and drama
• Greater ease in everyday activities
• Increased vitality
• More creative and flexible thinking
Testimonials
‘I've been taking weekly Feldenkrais classes with Sophie for about 2 years now, and from my first class I was hooked. The classes themselves are fun, enjoyable, and interesting. Sophie's style brings lightness and humour to our learning, a very powerful combination.
I find the weekly class leaves me feeling positive, and mindful in a way that nothing else does. I call it my meditation class, as I leave feeling peaceful, and fully present in the moment. It’s gold!’
Victoria
‘I've had more movement in my neck after four lessons of Feldenkrais than I've had for twenty years.’
Janice
‘Since starting Feldenkrais classes with Sophie I have noticed a real change in myself. After the class I often feel re-energized so I can go home and get loads more done than I normally can, I also frequently feel more content after a Feldenkrais class with Sophie. It feels as if anything that has been troubling me just washes off me. I don’t know how this works but it is amazing! When I first started doing Feldenkrais I would never have believed that doing small movements lying on the floor for an hour or so could make such a big difference to me, but it certainly has. I think no matter who you are doing Feldenkrais classes can benefit you. It has also helped me to become more aware of my body and to be more self-aware generally.’
Kirsty
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The Feldenkrais Method with Sophie Arditti
Classes, Individual Lessons and workshops
North Kensington and Notting Hill Gate,
West London, Folkestone and online
photographs by © International Feldenkrais® Federation Archive, Robert Golden