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Training and teaching initially in martial arts and different styles of yoga (including Astanga and Taoist Yin) from 1992 onwards, Jo completed her teacher-training in Yin/Yang Yoga with Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers in 2005. Jo is also an advanced Thai massage therapist and a certified Feldenkrais™ practitioner. Her special interests are biomechanics, neuroplasticity in motor learning, and functional movement. Jo is currently in the process of formulating her own PureFlow™ movement and training system. She continues her work as a full-time Feldenkrais therapist including work with Parkinsons, MS, arthritis, spinal dysfunction; as well as pre- and post-surgical rehabilitation.

Feldenkrais® Lessons

The basis of Feldenkrais work is sustainable somatic re-education. This way of working helps with movement rehabilitation by getting you to experience your current movement habits so as to explore how these may be contributing to any movement or postural problems you may be having.  So consider it a foundation practice to enable and support whatever you want or need to be doing!
 
Within a lesson, you'll get to learn, through your own experience, how the muscles and skeleton optimally work together as well as understand the importance of efficient muscle recruitment. With a clearer understanding of how you move, you will begin to overcome movement difficulties and pain; as well as experience increased strength, balance and flexibility.
 
Feldenkrais can typically help with:
-General tension or stress
-Muscular and joint pain (including chronic back pain)
-Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
-Neurological conditions (including Parkinson's Disease, MS, stroke, cerebral palsy)
-Pre- and post-operative rehabilitation
-Development of existing skills for improved performance in sport, dance, music and drama

For general classes (“Awareness Through Movement” or ATM) including “Feldenkrais for Back Pain”, please see our timetable.
For private lessons (“Functional Integration” or FI - as shown in the clip below), please call to discuss.

But, because Feldenkrais work can be a difficult process to describe adequately, please check out this wonderful clip which demonstrates something of this groundbreaking approach:
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