Maybe you will find the help you need through me. Click on any of the above to find out more, or have a look to the right of this page for what I am currently offering.
I continue to follow updated professional guidelines. You are welcome to book 1-1 appointments either in person or online.
In person appointments are organised so as to create as safe an environment as possible both for you and me. Initial appointments are now just 1 hour (they used to be 90 mins) but a free15 min phone call enables necessary paperwork to be largely completed before your appointment. To complete booking, you are asked to agree to and sign a protocol agreement covering the period during which you are having appointments, which you can view/download from our Contact page. I will have a hard copy ready on your arrival, when I also do forehead temperature checks.. My workspace is well ventilated and the surfaces are cleaned and the room aired between appointments. I am fully vaccinated and continue with Lateral Flow testing twice weekly. I'd cancel all bookings if I tested positive.I wear a face mask and use hand sanitiser at the start of each appointment. My workroom is not used by anyone else, though it is situated within a shared building of which the common areas are cleaned daily. There is no waiting area, it does have a loo which is shared and can be used at your own risk. Online bookings do not require agreement to any of the above although the free initial 15 min phone call still applies.
"After weeks of stiff neck and shoulder pain I decided to try a 1 - 1 session by Zoom with Nikhila. I used to think the effect of 1 - 1 was all in Nikhila's hands which of course is partly true but I realise now that’s not the full story, it’s in something beyond the hands. My neck has released and the shoulder pain almost completely gone. As Nikhila guided me in tiny movements which were targeting the deeper layers of my problem I experienced not only the stiff joints and muscles relaxing but also the underlying emotional tensions releasing that had caused the problem in the first place. She guided me to work on how I was holding jaw, breath, even my tongue stiff as well as working directly on spine and neck/shoulders. I'm so grateful that it’s possible to continue sessions with Nikhila 1 - 1 in this period by Zoom as the world situation seems to amplify body tension so being able to have my own personal mind-body patterns disentangled week by week now is a more precious gift than ever!" E.F.
"I am finding the work deeply interesting on all levels - physical, emotional and mental. And, very relaxing. I experience Feldenkrais as a way of 'moving beyond', of 'unlimiting the limited self' - Exploring my mind body connections at the gentle pace of weekly classes I find that the lessons continue a path of mindfulness that I trust. My nervous system has learned to relax and let me take risks. The ground becomes safe. " Sarah C
A typical 'Awareness Through Movement' lesson (filmed in 2006):
Or go to http://www.feldenkrais.co.uk/audio.php for short free lessons - the ones by Nikhila are in years 2010, 2011, 2019 & 2020. Additionally the site offers a chance to sample many practitioners teaching in the UK. These ATMs are usually produced each year for National Feldenkrais Awareness Week 6-13 May.
Listen to the founder of the Feldenkrais Method' - Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais - explain why
we
do
1-1
Functional Integration, and what's different with and why we
do the
groupwork, Awareness Through Movement:
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"I have found the classes very supportive and yes have given me structure but also have managed to help me be more balanced. There have been so many difficult days and the classes have helped me drop into myself and out of the madness!! The impact on my nervous system has been something I have longed for!!" T.HP
"Classes with you teaching have been a constant support to my life. They energise me in very subtle (and not so subtle!) ways - and enhance and help me maintain flexibility in mind and body. Often challenging, somehow the classes and your constant reassuring, gentle-but-firm, presence help reassure me that the world is OK! Rose B.
"I look back over almost 12 years (eek!) since we met and it's hard to believe how far I have progressed in spite of years of growing older! I enjoy taking lessons as a practice of staying present to the voice and what I can feel - all quite new. And now my husband is benefitting so much as well. Thank you!"J.A.
Since taking your classes and workshops I’m far more relaxed in my approach to any physical effort and! I’ve not need to go see an osteopath in nearly 2 years now after a history of regular treatments (((((-: Muriel S.
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