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Movement is Life.

“Movement is life. Life is a process.

Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life.”

Moshe Feldenkrais

Movement is Empowerment.
Movement is Life.

“Movement is life. Life is a process.

Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life.”

Moshe Feldenkrais

Welcome Home

We used to feel at home in our bodies as infants. We even learned to walk in the first year of life without any instruction or weekend workshops.

We did it by exploring and sensing within ourselves what is both possible and pleasurable, fun and functional.

As we mature, we build a movement vocabulary that we carry into adulthood with us.

When we later specialize in our careers and hobbies, sustain injuries or just sit a lot, that vocabulary can decrease, limiting our ability to move freely and easily, and without pain.

The Feldenkrais Method® is not therapy or exercise but an educational system to retrain our sensori-motor system, to expand our movement vocabulary and to improve our very sense of self.

That is why we call our sessions lessons and our clients students.

It works directly with the nervous system and the connections in the brain that define our patterns of movement.

In either a class setting or in private hands-on lessons, the method develops our own internal sense of movement, our kinesthetic sense.

This fosters an awareness of habits and tension that are inhibiting our ability to do what we need and want to do, to move freely and easily through life.

The Feldenkrais Method works with people of all ages and spans the entire gambit of movement issues from top-level athletes and musicians to construction workers and secretaries to people who suffer from the effects of stroke, cerebral palsy or Parkinson’s.

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Work With Me

Somatic integrative methods teach us how to listen and respond to ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I follow my clients needs from movement issues, to chronic stress or unresolved trauma. Find out how you can move and feel better.

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Classes

Awareness Through Movement® (ATM®) group classes not only teach us how to sense and move but also how to listen and respond to ourselves, which has a surprising impact on our general sense of security and well-being.

Learning Center

Check out my free videos from my Five-Minute Feldies to my free mini-course and my blog. This is the center for learning how you can work daily on your own to improve your sense of well being and security.

Hello. I’m Francie.

When I was only 43 years old, I had already developed arthritis in my lower back. By the time I was 52 years old, a debilitating pain took up residence in my neck. I had been a thinker my whole life, taking refuge in my head and ignoring, no, dismissing the needs of my physical self.

I found out that I didn’t know how to be present for myself, to let myself feel and sense my needs and to learn how to meet those needs. I found out what it means for a movement to “feel delicious.” Now, not only are my arthritis and neck pain long gone, lookie what I learned how to do a few weeks before my 65th birthday.

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In three videos

✦ Learn to bring your attention back within yourself and listen. Your true self has a lot to say.

✦ Learn how to transform that critical inner voice into a source of information and support.

✦ Increase your movement vocabulary so you can enjoy moving again.

Return to the healing space of the infant mind that is full of fun and possibilities.

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TESTIMONIALS

Francie White’s well planned Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons offer numerous step-by-step mind/body explorations where you can learn to re-establish old, forgotten mind/body connections, or learn new connections and less strenuous ways of moving.  I always notice improved mobility and less pain after each class and highly recommend these lessons to anyone who is in need of a mind/body defrag and rebuild (for example, anyone like me who has spent the last 40+ years hunched over a computer keyboard).

As a bonus, Francie also seems to always deliver at least one Zen-like but humorous koan per lesson, such as this one (from Preparing to Roll Over):  “Sometimes we have to get MORE confused before we figure things out.”  Truer words could not be spoken!  Feldenkrais with Francie is a great way to get more confused so you can figure things out – and giggle at yourself while doing so – a sentiment you will surely embrace after just one or two lessons.  I wholeheartedly encourage all to sign up and enjoy the rewards of reconnecting your mind & body.  Kudos and warm thanks to Francie for her great presentations and her thorough Feldenkrais knowledge base.

Kathleen

A few months ago I was happy to discover Francie’s audio lessons. I love that she makes her lessons so easily accessible to those interested all over the world. She chooses her words so well that even an audio file results in a  true verbal massage of the nervous system. Not to long, not to short, flowing but with respect for the slowness of my brain processes, provided with the right amount of back ground information. These lessons are very well balanced. As a pianist I consider Feldenkrais to be the most musical of all somatic learning systems. I know that Francie too loves to play the piano. Maybe that’s why her lessons are so easy translatable to all kinds of musical situations!

René Maurer, The Netherlands

The Feldenkrais method is providing me a whole new way to understand how we move, learn, and heal. It is such a joy! The classes are fun and I am already experiencing noticeable changes in my body. I feel so lucky to be learning from Francie. She is extremely knowledgeable about anatomy & physiology, insightful about human nature, and she also embodies the patience & kindness of her craft. I am so grateful for this enriching experience.

Tracy

Having been both in Francie’s in person group class and group zoom class, I can say that I find them equally enjoyable and useful. The Feldenkrais method itself, I find to be invaluable in keeping my 72 year old body moving without pain.   When I do have complaining parts, I now have an assortment of Feldenkrais moves that usually resolve the discomfort by the following day. I have been so inspired by Francie’s sharing of her own journey with Feldenkrais.  She very effectively incorporates these personal stories to guide, instruct and encourage. Francie’s passion and dedication to teaching Feldenkrais is a blessing.

Nancy
I just finished the 3rd video of the mini-course yesterday [Feel At Home In Your Body]. I loved them! This is a really amazing way to be reconnecting with my body and my breath and I’m so grateful to you for sharing these gifts & resources with me. Thank you!!
Julia
I have been learning Feldenkrais lessons from Francie White for several months. In that time, I have enjoyed her teaching immensely. Francie is a good teacher and has given me information that has helped me to be comfortable and healthy in my spine. I found my sense of balance to be improved as well as an improvement in my ease of thought and movement. Francie’s classes are fun and interesting. I highly recommend her!
Stella

I participated in Francie’s Feldenkrais workshop at the Trauma Healing Center and then her online Feldenkrais class. Francie is focused, knowledgeable, welcoming, and wonderfully helpful, and she has such an enthusiasm for Feldenkrais work. I felt so fortunate to have her as my teacher and guide because she knows what she’s doing and communicates so beautifully.

Anne

Born with a congenital hip condition that developed into arthritis by age 30, I’ve tried a LOT of different therapies for pain relief. Feldenkrais is unique as it re-programs patterns our bodies adopt in the pursuit of maintaining function and — in my case — compensating for a congenital condition. Working with Francie in the Feldenkrais method has given me the most lasting pain relief of any method I’ve tried. She brings her whole heart, well-cultivated perception, and expert instruction to our work.

Arista

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