The Feldenkrais method uses subtle exercises to help students discover poor habits and explore new movement skills. These sessions usually begin with students lying on floor mats, but exercises are also done standing and sitting as students discover more comfortable ways to move. Sessions usually last about an hour. She credits Feldenkrais with keeping her moving well enough to operate her own physical therapy clinic, and says it is equally effective for other rheumatic diseases. She's even developed a special Feldenkrais course for fibromyalgia.
Students can do exercises on their own at home.
Because Feldenkrais classes are given at different levels of difficulty, some continue to attend classes. Contacting the Unconscious Trager practitioners believe pain and stress begin in the mind, and work on the body as a way to change both physical and mental patterns. They work in a meditative state using touch to communicate with the client's unconscious. In Trager table work, the client lies, loosely clothed or in underwear, on a padded table. The practitioner gently moves the body, rhythmically rocking, stretching or taking the joints through range of motion, helping the client experience what it feels like to relax and let go of tension and stress.