Each of us has a unique way of going about learning, as babies, toddlers, adolescents, and adults. We engage with our world through our senses, prompting patterns of movement and thinking which may become habitual; challenging or limiting our intentions.
Louise guides you through a wide variety of gentle movement sequences, which allow you to attend to the senses, observe how you move, notice unnecessary effort and tension, and invoke new patterns with improved overall coordination and ease.
Louise invites laughter, curiosity, and compassion in her classes, promoting learning that lasts. Don’t be surprised if you feel lighter, or more grounded, breathe easier, and move more joyfully.
Louise Chegwidden, PT, GCFP, is a lifelong movement learner and educator. An avid swimmer, dancer, actor, and bicycle commuter, she inspires students to engage their embodied intelligence to reduce pain, and enhance graceful movement in all aspects of their lives. She practices the Feldenkrais Method in Oakland, CA, with individuals and in a weekly Awareness Through Movement class.
Louise wrote ‘Granny Gets a New Knee and a whole lot more,’ for anyone preparing for Knee Replacement surgery, or wanting to learn how to improve and maintain flexibility and mobility. With beautiful illustrations by Mokhtar Paki, this is a hands-on manual and practical guide.
Feldenkrais Classes: Louise guides you through a wide variety of gentle movement sequences, inviting you to observe through sensations, the qualities of your moving, the ‘hows’ of your moving. By noticing unnecessary effort and tension, abrupt or gradual initiation, breath holding, or jaw tightening, new patterns of improved overall coordination and ease can be invoked. Laughter, compassion, curiosity, and beginners’ mind are welcome.
