Andrew Tarr, GCFP

Feldenkrais Method®

tarr.andrew@gmail.com

The Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education
The Feldenkrais Method® empowers people of all ages to overcome pain and limitation, improve movement, coordination, vitality, and thinking.  By accessing the tremendous capacity of the human brain to form new connections and patterns, students of the Feldenkrais Method can achieve remarkable levels of improvement in movement, functioning, and performance. 

You can learn to:
Ease pain and chronic discomfort
Improve posture, balance, and flexibility
Prevent injury
Increase energy and creativity
Reduce stress and fatigue
Improve concentration

The Feldenkrais Method® has helped:
Musicians, dancers and actors
Athletes and fitness enthusiasts
Children with Special Needs
Seniors
Persons living with conditions such as MS, Parkinson’s, or recovering from stroke or brain injury
People seeking relief from low back or neck pain, and repetitive stress injuries
Anyone seeking to improve the quality of life

PRIVATE LESSONS:
Functional Integration® sessions are custom designed to awaken the brain’s potential for reorganization, recovery and healing. We use gentle, non-invasive touch and verbal instruction to guide the student in a personalized movement process. 

GROUP CLASSES:
Awareness Through Movement®
In Awareness Through Movement® classes, the teacher guides students through movements that explore daily functions such as reaching, turning, breathing, or walking. During these innovative and enjoyable classes, movement is transformed out of the realm of simple exercise, and into a conversation with the brain. Participants are called upon to think, listen, and to feel in an entirely new way.  The brain and body learn, or “wake up” to greater ease, grace, power, and intelligence. Regardless of one’s current movement ability, participants find themselves becoming more flexible, strong, and coordinated, while limitations from pain or injury decrease.  You must experience it to believe! 

Bones For Life®
Bones for Life® (BFL) is an exercise program created by Ruthy Alon as a natural movement-based alternative for improving bone health and preventing osteoporosis. It is based on the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. The uniqueness of the BFL program lies in its use of weight-bearing patterns to teach safe transmission of force through the skeleton, without causing shearing stress in vulnerable joints.

Benefits of Bones For Life®
Reliable Skeleton-- Build strong, resilient bones and healthy joints.
Better Posture-- Feel taller and move with power and confidence.
Fluid Movement-- Discover ease and comfort in everyday activities, and be more at home in
your body.
Increased Energy-- Feel and look younger.

For more information about Bones For Life, please visit www.Bonesforlife.com

*Please contact Andrew for information about class and workshop offerings. 

Andrew Tarr, GCFP
Office:  303.433.5006
Cell:  303.345.5777
Email: tarr.andrew@gmail.com

About Andrew Tarr
Andrew Tarr completed the four year Feldenkrais Professional Training Program in 1996, in San Francisco.  In 2006 he completed the intensive Anat Baniel Child Mastery and Advanced Child Mastery programs.  With over 11 years of private practice, Andrew has successfully worked with a wide range of people, from infants to seniors, to those with physical and neurological injuries, to high performers such as musicians, actors, and athletes.

Andrew’s background includes playing violin and viola from childhood; a BA in Philosophy; collegiate and masters competitive rowing; Contact Improvisation dance; the practice and teaching of Peer Counseling; coach of Special Olympics swim teams; and extensive experience with diverse populations of people with physical and cognitive challenges.

MOSHE FELDENKRAIS, D. Sc. (1904-1984)
was born in the Ukraine and immigrated to Israel at the age of thirteen. A brilliant engineer and physicist, he was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris, assisted Joliet-Curie in early nuclear research, and was selected by Professor Kano, the developer of Judo, to become the first Western Judo Master. With his broad repertoire of knowledge of the sciences, movement, psychology, learning theories, neuroscience and systems theory, Dr. Feldenkrais made revolutionary discoveries regarding consciousness, movement and human functioning.

He created The Feldenkrais Method®, which evolved from his first training program in the 1960s to over 6000 practitioners worldwide and has benefited thousands of individuals, from the physically challenged to renowned performers.

“Feldenkrais represents a revolution in human health. Through this method we can learn to improve our living circumstances not only physically but also emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually.”
—Smithsonian Magazine

“I have long been intrigued by this subtle form of retraining the nervous system, which I recommend to patients whose movement has been restricted by injury, cerebral palsy, stroke, fibromyalgia, or chronic pain. I find it to be much more cost effective and useful than standard physical therapy. I also believe that the Feldenkrais Method can help older people achieve greater range of motion and flexibility, and help all of us feel more comfortable in our bodies.”
—Andrew Weil, MD, Author of Spontaneous Healing and Natural Health, Natural Medicine

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