Beyond Corrective Exercise: A Feldenkrais Approach to Motor Learning

Overview

This webinar will introduce key concepts and practices from the Feldenkrais Method as a way to inform how you teach movement to clients.

Feldenkrais instructors use a teaching style that is distinctively different from that typically used in physical therapy or personal training. While conventional methods often seek to “correct” faulty movement patterns, Feldenkrais is based on the premise that it is “incorrect to correct.” Instead, it teaches better movement through experimentation, exploration, and skillful use of attention. This helps tailor movement solutions to the unique individual, while building motivation and self efficacy.

This webinar will include discussion of key teaching concepts from the Feldenkrais Method, as well as short movement explorations based on Feldenkrais lessons. We'll take familiar exercises like cat-cows, bird dogs, and bridges, and demonstrate how incorporating Feldenkrais-style approaches can make them more exploratory, individualized, variable, and effective.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Understand the pros and cons of teaching styles that are more exploratory versus corrective. 

• Create movement lessons that are more flexible to individual needs and interests. 

• Teach movement through trial and error experiments.

• Use cueing language that builds confidence and self-efficacy while avoiding nocebos. 

• Add variability to routine exercises.

Target Audience

This webinar is for anyone working to help others improve their movement, such as physical therapists, chiropractors, personal trainers, or yoga teachers. 

Registration

The registration fee (in CAD) includes access to the live webinar, recording, downloadable resources, and a certificate of completion:

• $75 for non-members
• $70 for members
  
  

Recording and Replays

This webinar will be recorded and made available as a course on Embodia, free to webinar registrants. If you can’t attend live, don’t worry—you’ll receive access to the recording and any shared resources shortly after the session.

CEU-Accredited Across the U.S.

Embodia is now an Approved CEU Provider for physiotherapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) in 32 U.S. states, with 10 more pending. This webinar is eligible for CEU credits for participants in approved states.