Moving Awareness

The Feldenkrais Method® in NYC with Nick Strauss-Klein

"...to make the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant." -Moshe Feldenkrais

"It is like a user's guide to the human body." -student

"Feldenkrais...represents a revolution in human health." -Smithsonian Magazine

 




Summer 2008 teaching schedule. Scroll down for full schedule and location details and an introductory video about group Feldenkrais® ATM classes.

Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) classes:

Mondays, 7:15-8:15 PM, 54th and 2nd (Equinox club members only)

Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 PM, PUBLIC ATM class, "Fitness with Dynamic Posture," (first class is FREE) at the Feldenkrais Institute in Chelsea

Wednesdays, 11:00-11:30 AM, FREE PUBLIC ATM class for seniors, Astoria, Queens, at Broadway and Crescent

Wednesdays, 5:15-6:15 PM, 96th and Broadway (Paris Health Club members only)

Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 PM, PUBLIC ATM class, "Origins of Strength" (first class is FREE) at the Feldenkrais Institute in Chelsea

One-on-one Functional Integration® (FI) lessons in Chelsea or the Upper West Side are available by appointment in the afternoons on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Please call 917-575-7380 or e-mail nick@movingawareness.com for fee information and to make appointments.




What is the Feldenkrais Method?

The following short video is an introduction to one modality of the Feldenkrais Method, group classes called Awareness Through Movement®, as they are taught in fitness clubs. Please read on below for a description of all other aspects of the method.

The Feldenkrais Method uses gentle movement and directed attention to improve movement, enhance human functioning, and relieve chronic or acute pain. With this method, you can increase your range of motion, improve your flexibility and coordination, and rediscover your innate capacity for graceful, efficient movement. By expanding the self-image through movement sequences, the method enables you to include more of yourself in your movements. Students become aware of their habitual neuromuscular patterns and rigidities, and learn to move in new ways.

You can learn more about the Feldenkrais Method, including answers to frequently asked questions, testimonials, and research here.


The Practitioner

Nicholas Strauss-Klein, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practionercm is a graduate of the New York Feldenkrais Method Professional Training Program and has studied the method for eight years in New York City, Baltimore, and Israel.  He brings to his Feldenkrais practice the unique background of an advanced Master of Music Pedagogy degree from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and 15 years of individual and class teaching experience.

He currently teaches Feldenkrais to students pursuing all types of improvement: to healthy people who are interested in making their day-to-day activities more pleasant, to people seeking to enhance their fitness training and athletic performance, to musicians, dancers, and performing artists, and to people recovering from injuries or living with disease or disabilities.

E-mail nick@movingawareness.com, or call 917-575-7380 for more information about the method or to schedule a lesson.
Nick, Jen, and Henry Strauss-Klein

Lessons and Class Schedule

Nick teaches one-on-one Functional Integration® (FI) lessons by appointment on the Upper West Side and in Chelsea. In some circumstances home or office visits are possible.  Please call 917-575-7380 or e-mail nick@movingawareness.com for fee information and to make appointments.

Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) classes:

Mondays, 7:15-8:15 PM, 54th and 2nd (Equinox club members only) at Equinox, 250 East 54th Street at 2nd Ave in Midtown East. 212-277-5400 for membership or club info.

Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 PM, PUBLIC ATM class, "Fitness with Dynamic Posture," (first class is FREE) at the Feldenkrais Institute in Chelsea, 134 W 26th St, 2nd Floor, between 6th and 7th Ave. 212-727-1014.

Wednesdays, 11:00-11:30 AM, FREE PUBLIC ATM class for seniors, Astoria, Queens at Peter J. DellaMonica Center for Seniors in Astoria, 23-56 Broadway, Astoria, Queens; corner of Broadway and Crescent). 718-626-1500.

Wednesdays, 5:15-6:15 PM, 96th and Broadway (Paris Health Club members only) at Paris Health Club, 752 West End Ave at 96th St. on the Upper West Side. 212-749-3500 for membership or club info.

Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 PM, PUBLIC ATM class, "Origins of Strength" (first class is FREE) at the Feldenkrais Institute.

 


Photos by Rosalie O'Connor www.rosalieoconnor.com