Are you interested in becoming a Feldenkrais^® Practitioner?

• Learn how to offer lessons that help people explore and discover how to move better – and through this, to discover what’s possible, and how to create more discovery and learning for themselves.
• Learn what makes the Feldenkrais Method of somatic education distinct from other methods and practices, both in what we do, and how we work.
• Experience dozens of Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lessons, and learn how to teach these lessons to help people to improve how they move and to discover more freedom and ease.
  • After completing the first 400 training hours and other requirements, you may apply to receive temporary status as an authorized trainee teacher of Awareness Through Movement lessons.
• As the training progresses, learn touch-based skills, and how to design Functional Integration (FI) lessons that engage your clients in the process of self-discovery and self-learning.
• Receive a minimum of 12 Functional Integration lessons from experienced practitioners as part of your training, both for your own growth and to learn more about FI lessons through this experience.
• Learn how to apply the following fundamental principles and practices that provide the foundation for our work, as outlined in the Feldenkrais Method Standards of Practice],
  • The use of movement as a learning tool
  • The use of learning as a basis for improvement.
  • The relationship of gravity to human functioning
  • Various strategies and tactics for learning (for both you and your students), including:
    • Self-organization
    • Working with patterns of action
    • Use reversibility
    • Meet students where they are
    • Work slowly
    • Do less
    • Listen more
    • Introduce novelty and variety
• Learn how this work is a system of learning and discovery, rather than exercise or treatment.

You can find listings of training programs accredited by the North American Training Accreditation Board (NATAB) here, including programs that are open for enrollment.

Information on Feldenkrais training programs accredited by other training accreditation boards (TABs) is available through the TABs listed on the International Feldenkrais Federation website.

• Each training program is rooted in the concepts and practices developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, but programs have different formats for how the training hours and days are scheduled.
• At least four Feldenkrais Trainers teach in each training program, to provide exposure to a variety of teaching.
• Each training program includes in-person training time, and may also include online training time.
• Each training program has its own educational plan, which is approved as part of the accreditation process. This plan includes an outline of general and specific skills and functional abilities to be fostered by the training, as well as the learning strategies that will be used.
• To find out more about how a specific training program will be organized and offered, visit "Training Programs Open for Enrollment"

A Feldenkrais training program prepares you to get started as a Feldenkrais practitioner. These two documents will help you learn what Feldenkrais practitioners know and do:

• Feldenkrais Method Standards of Practice
• FGNA Feldenkrais Practitioner Profile

• Anyone interested in teaching the Feldenkrais Method of somatic education to others
• Those who are interested in adding the Feldenkrais Method to their existing skill sets
• All who are looking for a deeper immersion experience of the Feldenkrais Method

This is a personal decision. It may be influenced by training location, and format (how the days are divided throughout the year). Prospective students may also be drawn to the areas of skills and knowledge of the Educational Director and staff of the training.

Each training program has its own application process. Previous experience of Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration lessons is required, although exceptions may be made for people with other relevant experience.

Many people with disabilities enroll in training programs. At the foundation of the Method is the idea that each person progresses at their own pace and acts within their own abilities.

There are four internationally recognized training accreditation boards (“TABs”). The TABs follow the international Training Accreditation Guidelines when accrediting a training program.

The purpose of the International Training Accreditation Guidelines is to insure and promote the quality of each accredited training program.

If you are interested in a specific training program, get in touch with the Educational Director or organizer of that training program. They will likely have answers you are looking for.

For further information, please contact the North American Training Accreditation Board (“NATAB”): natab@feldenkraisguild.com.