Feldenkrais Movement
The Feldenkrais Method unites parts of the self for better everyday functionality through movement, awareness, and our capacity to learn.
Feldenkrais in South London, UK, and online.
Photo Credit - Jonathan Thrift
Children & Teenagers
Children are natural movement learners, using their sensory intelligence and curiosity to explore the world from birth.
The Feldenkrais Method works with the child’s innate sense to move; the proprioceptive, vestibular, and kinaesthetic systems to support development and everyday functionality.
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My work is grounded in the belief that given the right conditions everybody can learn. For some children and teenagers facing additional physical or learning hurdles, their world requires translation by those around them to optimise their potential.
Feldenkrais can help with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, PMLD, and support parents/carers.
My work with disabled children and teenagers has developed through years of hands-on experience with children, families and carers - working collaboratively to make everyday life a little easier.
I taught Movement My First Language, an international project for adults who live or work with children with special needs.
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Through gentle, playful, non-invasive touch and movement exploration, I help young people discover more independent movement through their own felt intelligence and agency.
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Individual Sessions & Mini Series Available
A mini series of 2-4 sessions over 5-9 days works particularly well. This immersive approach over a shorter timeframe promotes deeper continuous learning. Individual sessions are also available.Session Details
Sessions typically last 40-60 minutes depending on your child's needs, taking place on the floor, a low-padded table, or with the child alongside their adult.Location | London. Internationally on request.
I work in South London, UK. The room is upstairs. There is no lift - 13 steps up to the room. Storage space is available downstairs for buggies and wheelchairs.Pricing & Access
£75 per session
My philosophy is to make Feldenkrais financially accessible so more families can experience this approach. If finance is a genuine barrier, please contact me.
Adults - Workshops & individual sessions
Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Workshop are back at the Yoga Point!
In Feldenkrais we move with awareness, rest and then move again. After some years resting from teaching workshops I thought it’s time to get moving again!
Feldenkrais Fundamentals
Saturday 19 September | 2-4.30pm | Yoga Point, Brixton, London
£40/£35/£30 | contact@loucoleman.org for bookings
My work with adults is completely embedded in an inclusive ethos, welcoming all ages, abilities, access needs, and backgrounds.
I'm particularly interested in how improving physical movement can support positive changes in mental and emotional health and, in turn, develop our self-image. The connections between how we move, our sensations, feelings, and environment all influence each other.
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Think about movement as a question - drawing your awareness to the way you already move, asking questions of your natural intelligence. Moving slowly and directing your attention opens possibilities to understand how you know what you already know.
Knowing how you are moving is the foundation for building movement patterns that enable you to move more dynamically and efficiently.
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Since 2015 I have taught a regular public Feldenkrais schedule, including individual sessions, workshops and private online group classes. My practice is lively and includes people of different abilities, needs, ages and backgrounds.
I co-taught Movement My First Language, an international project for adults who live or work with children with special needs, bringing together somatic learning and inclusive practice.
I am member of staff on the London Feldenkrais Professional Training and supports new practitioners as they transition from training into building their practice.
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Feldenkrais is taught in 2 ways Awareness Through Movement group classes and indivdual hands on session, Functional Integration. For the time being Lou gives FIs.
Details
Sessions typically last 60 minutes and takes a low-padded table or in sitting,Location
I work in South London, UK. The room is upstairs. There is no lift - 13 steps up to the room. Storage space is available downstairs for wheelchairs.Pricing & Access
£77 per session. If finance is a genuine barrier, please contact me
Photo Credit - Roman Shepherd-Dawson
Supporting the Supporters
For parents, carers and professionals who live or work with children and teenagers requiring extra support.
Caring for children who need extra support can take its toll. I offer discounted individual Feldenkrais sessions for parents and carers a chance to feel calmer, more grounded, and better resourced for daily life.
I create and deliver workshop spaces to explore what you already know, ask questions, and make sense of movement as a key foundation for development.
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The language of movement. From birth, children learn about themselves and their world through sensory intelligence—their eyes, their breathing, their attention, their limbs. Movement is their first language.
These bespoke sessions (in person or online) are designed collaboratively with you, the adult caring for or working with children or teenager.
Workshops for professionals and practitioners to add to your established practices by including a deeper grounding of the role of functional movement.
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Starting with what you already know and your experience of your child I work with you to develop a deeper understanding of:
Sense of self – The image we hold of a child influences how we interact with them.
Touch as communication – Using respectful, intentional touch to support learning, especially for children whose communication is largely non-verbal.
Finding the ground – Ensuring a child feels comfortable and well-supported in themselves and in their equipment, wheelchairs, standing frames, sensory toys.
Weight shift, pressing & lifting – Understanding the physics of functional movement and developmental progression.
The senses as stimulus – Tactile feedback, proprioception, vestibular and kinaesthetic sensing, children learn through their bodies.
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Sessions are in person in London or online. Sessions can be tailored to your situation and designed to fit around work, school and home life.
Short series of 3–5 sessions, each around 1 hour
Suggested weekly meetings
In person or online
To Book: Contact me to start a conversation. Pricing varies depending on group size, organisation type and delivery format.
Photo Credit - Niall O’Rearden
Movement in SEN Schools
Learning through movement connects the brain and body enabling a greater sense of self awareness, which supports student’s academic, social and emotional learning.
Sessions include movement explorations to develop body awareness and activities that support student’s abilities to co, and self regulate. Increasing implicit embodied confidence enables student’s to develop soft skills in everyday tasks like sequencing, time and place.
Giving students opportunities to choose to engage with the world around them in a more meaningful ways.
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Sessions are bespoke to student’s needs and interests. They can include;
A clear, respectful touch to support student’s embodied awareness. Expanding student’s capacities for grounding and connecting
Using dynamic movement to develop student's skills in coordination, finding balance and stillness.
Deep pressure through weighted blankets and cushions; student’s support their own self regulation
Activities connected to regulating breathing and calming the nervous systems
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I draw on my knowledge and experience of teaching and learning through movement, neurodevelopment, integration of senses and deep pressure.
I work one-to-one, in pairs or in small groups.
My approach is from an affirmative perspective working with the student.
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Please contact me to discuss my availability and fees. I currently work in a school in South London.
