Madeleine has a private practice and has weekly classes. She runs workshops following her interests in working with people with voice, osteoporosis, pelvic floor and chronic pain problems. Her own life has been changed using the FM and her husband, Tom, also became a practitioner after he experienced relief from his own chronic back pain, though is now retired. Madeleine has spoken about the FM to many Community groups and on Radio and TV over the 27 years that she has been involved with the work.
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Madeleine would love to help everyone reach their full potential in life. She has a range of 40 Marvellous Movement ATM lessons on CD graded Easy, Moderate and Advanced and the 2 books below. They are all available from her website along with a list of Workshops. www.MarvellousMovement.com
Madeleine Edgar, Physiotherapist & Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, has published 2 introductory self help workbooks for the general public.
THESE BOOKS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
Marvellous Movement : ReMIND Your Body using the Feldenkrais Method® Daily”
Moshe Feldenkrais, (1904-1984) was a qualified Mechanical Engineer & Dr. of Physics. A keen interest in the martial arts, & a personal knee injury led to a lifetime study of the structure & functioning of humankind, & the relationship between human development, education & movement.
“The aim is a body that is organised to move with minimum effort & maximum efficiency, not through muscular strength, but increased consciousness of how it works” Moshe Feldenkrais 1904-1984
Madeleines’ 1st book is an easy to follow workbook with three parts.
Part 1 is about Moshe Feldenkrais & his development of the Method. Her own discovery of the Method & the effect it had on her life. General principles of the FM
Part 2 is a daily diary of mini moves, beginning with looking at habits & progressing from simple to more difficult movement sequences.
Part 3 has stories of ways in which people from all walks of life have found the FM helpful & life changing.
More Marvellous Movement:Move well throughout your Life with the Feldenkrais Method® is an ebook on CD with an Awareness through Movement Audio lesson. (Open with Acrobat Reader)
Part 1 consists of answers to frequently asked questions about the Feldenkrais Method®
Part 2 has more advanced movement sequences including the eyes, jaw & pelvic floor.
Part 3 has more stories & resources.
Part 4 is the Audio Awareness through Movement lesson( for PCs & Macs) www.MarvellousMovement.com |
Her Awareness through Movement® classes are held on Wed. at 8.30am in the Marge Shipman Community Centre, 91 Hansford. Rd Coombabah, Qld . from February-November. They are suitable for all ages, but you do need to be able to get up and down from the floor.
Private Functional Integration® lessons are available on weekdays for those who require personal attention. Just ring for an appointment. You can claim on your Private Health Insurance for ATMs and FIs
Habits and their connection to back, neck and shoulder pain.
Habits, or habitual movement and thought patterns, are good in that they enable us to do complicated activities quickly and easily without having to consciously think about how we do them. Unfortunately they can also be harmful in that, if used for long enough, they actually distort our skeletal structure and cause back, neck and shoulder pain.
This is particularly true for people who do repetitive movements at work, especially if they are strongly right or left handed, or for one sided sports, eg. tennis, golf and swimming (if you breathe only on one side). Stand still and slowly swing your arms around you, notice that one side is easier to turn to than the other.
It is not easy to change habits consciously, but you can give yourself more choices of movement with the Feldenkrais Method® which gives you the experience of moving in non-habitual ways that can counteract our habits. The Feldenkrais Method® can also lengthen muscles, open up joints and get pressure off nerves, improve mobility, posture and breathing, making movement a joy again.
Here are a few ideas to try each day.
- Clean your teeth with the toothbrush in your opposite hand. It will feel strange at first, but if you persevere, it will get easier.
- When you go to the toilet, try wiping your self with the non-habitual hand!
- Notice which leg you stand on first when you put your pants on in the morning. Find several other ways to do it!
- When you interlock your fingers, notice which thumb is on top. Undo them and try with the other thumb and fingers interlocked. Do it with the back of your hands together. Do it behind your leg. I found 46 different ways to do it!
- Try sleeping on the other side of the bed, or of your partner. Swap every few weeks.
- If you do a regular walk, try going in the opposite direction. Find lots of different routes. Don’t do the same one every day!
- Notice which leg you tend to take the most weight on and try putting it on the other leg or both legs.
- Notice which buttock you tend to take most weight on when you sit, and vary that.
- At work, get up and stretch every ½ hour. Look out the window, varying your focus and breathe deeply into your belly.
These things may seem trivial, but they have far reaching effects, and you will soon feel the difference when you stimulate your bodymind this way. Awareness through Movement® classes and private Functional Integration® lessons are available. You will gently learn to move in non-habitual ways to release overworking muscles (and thereby pain) and allow your skeleton to come into its’ best alignment. The FM is suitable for all ages.
I am always delighted when my clients develop enough awareness to realise how many of their problems come from what they do to themselves and by changing the way they move they can relieve their own back, neck or shoulder pain.
Madeleine Edgar has been a Physiotherapist for 50 years & Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner for 15 years. She uses the Feldenkrais Method® for people with neck, shoulder, upper & lower back, hip, knee & ankle pain. It is also useful for people with strokes, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis. She works with sportspeople, theatre performers and people with repetitive strain injuries. Some people come just to enhance their self image and sense of empowerment.
Madeleine has published 2 simple introductory workbooks about the Feldenkrais Method® called Marvellous Movement: ReMIND your body using the Feldenkrais Method® daily and More Marvellous Movement:Move well throughout your Life with the Feldenkrais Method® an ebook on CD with an Audio Awareness through Movement® lesson on it.
www.marvellousmovement.com 07 55295494 info@marvellousmovement.com
The Feldenkrais Method is based on a Science that is taught as an Art.
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