I very much enjoy the sessions with Judit. She brings her warm and caring personality to the classes and a resourceful helpfulness that goes above and beyond anything else I have experienced. Her Feldenkrais approach is gentle and light, she guides us through carefully chosen lessons as on a golden thread, ever flexible and kind. The result is a very happy group, a deeply relaxing atmosphere, and of course endless health benefits. For me, these include a much improved, pain-free back, better sleep, fewer joint problems generally, and a more relaxed, calmer approach to life.
Testimonials
My neck and shoulders are very stiff due to sitting on computer long hours
every day.
In my experience of Feldenkrais with Judit I most liked the pace; exercises are challenging and interesting and varied. I was more aware of the possibility of moving my body in new and different
ways. I was more aware of the possibility of moving various parts of the body for one single movement. In the previous walking workshop, I learnt how to walk in way that feels much more light and free.
Feldenkrais workshop 2019
Giovanna Colombetti
I loved the day of exercises. The 4 different exercises had different effects but together worked to make my neck and shoulders feel much more relaxed and lighter by the end. I also like the way we spent an hour on each of the exercises, and the instruction was excellent – quiet, but clear. It made it meditative and added to the relaxation.
Feldenkrais workshop 2019
Marion Baker
“I have to say, despite feeling rather odd directly after leaving the clinic, then an intensity of discomfort in my neck later that evening, the following day I felt really different, and for the better. My neck pain and tension has improved massively, almost completely gone. The numbness in my hands has lessened, so to has my shoulder pain. Also the pins and needles have almost gone. I feel lighter too, if that makes sense. I also had a very emotional reaction to Feldenkrais, which did concern me somewhat, but then I came home and read about this and I now understand that some people do have strong emotional responses to Feldenkrais and that this shouldn’t concern me as our physical self, thoughts and emotions are all connected. It could also be my response to someone being kind and doing something for me personally, the relaxation of being supported and the slow movement of the awareness lesson.”
DP
”I thought your Saturday session in Ashburton was just great. The movements were for the most part, subtle yet very effective. I came away feeling l had relaxed and soothed the muscles in my lower back that have been troubling me for a while, and just felt so energised and balanced!
I have found all your classes great little ‘oasis’ in moving meditation, through the week. I’m so glad my friend suggested l should give it a try. You have such a lovely open, bright and humorous personality, it just helps everyone get into the right ‘space’ prior to practice, which is so essential to setting the body mind right at the beginning.
I always look forward to the weekly classes, as I hope to further improve my general well-being and flexibility. I couldn’t recommend your business any higher, thank you so much, Judit. 10/10”
Martin Harris
”Thank you for the taster class, I had an amazing response from my body and felt so much freer and more balanced afterwards. Until last night, I had four nights of the most healing and comfortable sleep I have had for a long time. I slept in a totally different position and did not wake up in the night. I have done the movements we learned twice since the class and each time noticed the difference.”
Karin Jordan, Creative Coaching, Mentoring, Training and Nature Connection
Judit’s approach is gentle, yet strong and she is exceptionally skilled in building a trusting relationship. I have felt safe with her and nourished by her treatments. I warmly recommend her to prospective clients.
Jon Stein, writer
”I was looking for a gentle way to improve mobility and generally functionality of movement after many years of serious illness. Judit teaches with warmth, openness and humour which puts me at ease and enables my learning. She is an expert at creating a safe environment to work in. I enjoy that she is present in the space whilst teaching. After the Balanced Walking workshop i walked a lot and my body felt able to walk rather than it being a struggle. I felt as if i had an extra ‘walking battery’!”
”I tried Feldenkrais because i wanted to find an easier and simpler way of connecting to body – differently from ashtanga and swimming. I was also experiencing pain in pelvis and hip (arthritic tendency).
I liked spending the time and giving attention to the mild movements that do change something in my body. My body feels released & easy & can actually quietly sit in my body. My pelvis feels lighter and more connected to my legs, feet – joints move lighter and more supple. Breath also feeling more connected and gentle.”
Katrina Brown, choreographer/lecturer
The F.I sessions have worked as a kind of slow infiltration, it is increasingly affecting how I occupy my body in movement. As though my body and the sensation of my body are coming into synch.
It’s become about noticing things rather than correcting things – thats how the sessions are. They are exploratory and suggestive which gives a lot of space, to bring what I know and understand of movement, body and sensation
The hands on approach, different to the Feldenkrais group workshops, gives an extra attention and information to something through touch – the touch is often so light and tiny but very direct, specific, knowing. Its a touch that seems to bypass the muscles, tendons and meat of the body and touch the skeleton – For me this is one of the most exciting affecting aspect of the sessions, getting to the skeleton. Mostly makes me feel very light, simple and easy and sometimes takes a little while to ground again.
The very small movements and touches can have a huge impact on the body. Not in huge explosive excitable ‘wows’ but in deeply quiet confirming ‘wows’.
Over the weeks my body increasingly integrated and recognised the information it was receiving from the session – like it was building up a memory bank of sensation of moving.
It assumes nothing and corrects nothing, but a lot happens.