The Feldenkrais Method with Sophie Arditti
Classes, Individual Lessons and Workshops
Notting Hill Gate, London Bridge, 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 Class
no class 31/3, 7/4, 2/6, 9/6
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
no class 1/4, 8/4, 3/6, 10/6
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
On a Roll! Free Your Back
Saturday 21 March2026
10 — 1 pm £75
Essex Unitarian Church
112 Palace Gardens Terrace W8 4RT
Rolling is one of the first ways we learned to move. Before we stood, before we walked, we rolled. Hidden in this simple action is a blueprint for an organized, resilient spine.
In this 3-hour workshop, we’ll explore gentle, Feldenkrais lessons centered on rolling. These slow, mindful movements can:
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Reduce back tightness and soreness
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Improve spinal mobility and coordination
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Engage your abdominals naturally — without gripping
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Distribute effort more evenly through your whole body
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Make everyday movements like getting up, turning, and reaching feel easier
Rather than stretching or strengthening in the usual way, you’ll learn how to move with better organization — so your back doesn’t have to work so hard.
As unnecessary tension softens, many people experience less pain, greater flexibility, and a surprising sense of internal support. Rolling can reconnect you to your center, helping you feel more grounded, stable, and at ease — physically and emotionally.
Come rediscover the intelligence of your spine — and leave feeling lighter, longer, and truly “on a roll.”
"... it was that strange movement on my back with my hands on the opposite knees that made the difference. I was baffled...
Overnight, somehow, my brain has worked this out, and this morning the movement is simple and smooth.
My balance is much improved.
There is a subtle change in the way my weight transfers across my pelvis from one leg to the other as I walk.
A change I cannot put into words, but which has taken all the strain away from my left knee.
Walking has gone from unstable and anxious to easy and relaxed." Carol Grey
"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" Bridgitta Roy
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
It struck me a few days ago that I contacted you first around this time last year. I wanted to really thank you - I am so grateful for the care you have taken over me but all your other students/clients.I think back to how poorly I was moving: recovering from broken ankle surgery, knee injury from ankle rehab(!), hips misaligned due to broken ankle, and remnant pain from old frozen shoulder. Over 12 months, each issue has just slowly 'unlocked'. I am by no means 100%, but the improvement has been astounding compared to when I first turned up and really struggled. Each class, each workshop, has been a revelation - some mind-bendingly so! I still can't come up with a perfect description, but the closest is like 'self-osteopathy' - but in this case the effects are immediate and profound. I am now a lifelong student. And I can only thank you for this gift of movement.
C Shaw
‘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