The Feldenkrais Method®
Allison Linamen G.C.F.P
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Through the teachings of MOSHE FELDENKRAIS, I have learned to clarify my intentions, refine my feelings, and create new habits. These findings have become my greatest passion, which now I hope to share with you.
Please join me in discovering this miraculous system of harmonious movement and improvement. My purpose is to help move you towards your highest functioning self.
The Feldenkrais Method of somatic education is a practice, a process, and a system for self-improvement.
The word somatics comes from the Greek root soma meaning, "The living organism in its wholeness."
I believe somatics is really about refining your kinesthetic sense of how you use yourself in activity, of how you move in the world. It’s a technique of self-regulation involving the nervous system, the mind, the musculature––indeed the whole person. An apparatus that helps you to create a safe and effective container out of which to operate, and through which your entire self-image can be transformed.
I will help you to navigate your physical and emotional landscape so you can reach your highest potential.
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"Allison is a great listener and was able to identify the things I should focus on, based on my body's response to certain poses, as well as my interests. I have attempted somatic work for years, but this is the first time that I have committed to it.”
– Julia Holter, Musician
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"For over 10 years, through Yoga and Feldenkrais, Allison has helped me figure out my breath. Thank you Allison. Every lesson is a new exploration - even if I have done the lesson before. Through injuries, medical histories, births, deaths, and life’s emotions, Allison’s lessons have been a cemented foundation upon which I rely."
– Heather Seybolt, Editor-Filmmaker
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"I am grateful to have enjoyed the teachings of many top notch instructors in many practices, including Allison Linamen, who is the perfect mentor and guide for this period of my life (my 70s). Though I am a beginner, the Feldenkrais Method® has already given me a greater internal awareness and freedom than I have experienced before. "
– Julie Lazar, Curator
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"Allison is a gift. Her knowledge and attention to detail of the human body is extraordinary. She has an exceptional understanding of the internal landscape of the body. If you can find the time to study with Allison, I highly recommend it. The learning is profound."
– Sandrine Holt, Actress
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"Alison has been my teacher for many years. One of the things I appreciate mostly about Allison’s teaching is that she explains how each position affects my body, my breathing, and my way of thinking. Allison has patiently pushed me to a higher level of understanding and acceptance of how my body speaks to me.”
– Cinder Cernik, Retired & Rewired
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"Allison teaches with strong support and a soothing expertise that brings me to the mat twice to three times a week. Our private sessions have improved my overall health and endurance to accomplish such a demanding job. She is the very best at what she does, and we’ve been practicing together for just over 10 years."
– Greg Yaitanes, Producer/Director
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"Allison is a doctor of movement, anatomy, and the mind-body connection. She embodies presence and grounded awareness. She teaches with compassion and curiosity for each unique body and well-being.”
– Charlotte Schorr, Actress
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“Whether it be as an athlete desiring to move more efficiently, an actor striving to inhabit the physicality of a character, or simply a grieving husband processing the pain of my wife's death, Allison's Feldenkrais class has been a place of safety, discovery, and growth. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”
– John Carpenter, Actor / Champion Fencer
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I believe that all of us can create change within ourselves when empowered by the tools of awareness, sensation, feeling and thought. We can improve our range of activity, treat chronic pain and trauma, and experience a more easeful and efficient life.
“In order to change our mode of action, we must change the image of ourselves that we carry within us.”
– Moshe Feldenkrais
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