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Parallel to my artistic work I am a Feldenkrais practitioner.
Feldenkrais is a movement method named after its inventor Moshe Feldenkrais who was a judoka, a mechanical and electrical engineer and an assistant to Frédéric Joliot-Curie, to name a few. After a serious accident on his already injured knee, Moshe Feldenkrais was proposed a surgical operation with an estimated 50% chance of success. He preferred to avoid this operation and studied everything related to health and healing: anatomy, physiology, neurophysiology, psychotherapy, rehabilitation exercises, yoga, hypnosis, acupuncture. Thus, by treating himself, Feldenkrais gradually manages to walk again. He can even resume judo. After months of meticulous observation and exploration of the body, based on very slow movements, he discovered and refined a process of self-learning, inspired by that which children use to move and then acquire walking. For him, this awareness of the physical and cerebral mechanisms related to our posture and movements is a key to improving the harmonious functioning of body and mind.
For me, having lived with a chronic disease for 20 years and with chronic pain for almost 10 years, the method gives me options. It doesn’t make the pain disappear by miracle, no, but it has changed my attitude towards what I experience. I can now find moments of ease and happiness while moving and manage way better to know how much I can do and when I need to stop. If you want to know more, here you find an interview with me with an assistant trainer.
This video gives you an idea of what a lesson can look like. We call group lessons awareness through movement: through repetitive, playful, sometimes gentle, sometimes faster movements and during many small breaks, we explore movement sequences and refine them.
The lessons are guided verbally only and many of them are based on children’s movement development. You are invited to sense yourself and perceive all aspects that are available to you at that moment, making it possible to experience lightness, free breathing, stability and general well-being (the list can be much longer, depending on each person) that you can then integrate into your daily life.
An Awareness through Movement class lasts about 50 minutes, and if questions arise, I am available before and after the classes to answer them. To participate you will need a soft gym mat, which can be a little thicker, as well as socks, comfortable clothes that don’t restrict you, a blanket and a cushion or two. Blankets and cushions are available depending on the class location. Some sessions can also be offered online via Zoom or other software. In this case, you will need a mat or blanket on the floor, enough space around yourself (arms and legs stretched out without bumping into anything), a couple of cushions and a quiet setup with a computer with an integrated camera and microphone.
In parallel, there are individual classes where I mainly move the other person, which we call Functional Integration, and this class takes place in a separate room; very often lying on a table, but also sitting, standing etc., and lasts 45-60min.
Applications of the Feldenkrais method:
- improved performance in athletes, actors, musicians, dancers and in everyday movements
- more joy, ease, efficiency and elegance while moving
- maintaining the mobility of the musculoskeletal system into old age
- prevention and health care
- support and accompaniment with
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chronic pain
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stress management
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recognizing inefficient postures and learning to feel tensions in order to change them
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signs of wear and tear of the muscuskeletal system
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psychosomatic illnesses
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developmental delay and learning disabilities with childen
- neurological disorders (f.e. stroke, Parkinson’s, MS)
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If you are curious and enjoy movement, are a musician, sit a lot, or if you want to move with more ease, you have the ideal ingredients to make the lessons interesting and meaningful for yourself.
I am health partner with the SVS and my Feldenkrais offers get promoted through the programm Gesundheitshunderter. If you are assured through the SVS, you get 100€ of your expenses per year refunded!
upcoming classes:
* every 3rd monday of the month in vienna 7th district for functional integration: 21.7.,18.8.25… etc. reserve your spot: info[at]christinaclar[dot].net
* at Steyrergasse 154, 8010 Graz for functional integration on tuesday evenings, fridays, saturdays and sundays. Contact me: info[at]christinaclar[dot].net
* every sunday at Steyrergasse 154, 8010 Graz: Awareness through movement classes (group) 19-20h. You can join any time: info[at]christinaclar[dot].net
* mondays and tuesdays from 5pm onwards for functional integration at Radetzkystrasse 18 in Klagenfurt (Praxis Jutta Kojalek), write me to make an appointment: info[at]christinaclar[dot].net
* online or in person in Prebl (9461 Lavanttal): upon request. Please write me: info[at]christinaclar[dot].net
* Workshop with musician, author and Feldenkrais practicioner David Kaetz: Listening With Your Whole Body; better hearing through embodied listening, Yspertal (NÖ), 23.-25.1.2026.
The human ear, with its delicate and complex structures, represents one aspect of acoustic perception, but it is not the only one. Just as seeing involves much more than just looking with your eyes, the sense of hearing is also inextricably linked to movement, breathing, attention, posture, thinking, environment… and the other senses.
By mobilising the resonance capacity of the entire body, new listening experiences open up in surprising and pleasant ways. This approach offers a way to relax your hearing and enrich it with more space, presence, colour and texture. The workshop is aimed at anyone who wants to nurture, protect and improve their hearing. It is particularly intended for those for whom listening is central to their daily activities, as well as anyone interested in somatic perception and body awareness. We also address the challenges that musicians often face, such as premature hearing loss, tinnitus and sensitivity to noise.
Landhotel Yspertal, (NÖ) 23.-25.1.2026; 90 min from Vienna, accessible by public transportation
costs: Workshop: early bird until 31.10.25: € 230; after: € 250
flat rate accomodation: double room: € 100 per person, single room: € 140 both with regional & organic food (full board); accomodation shall be directly boooked with the hotel, please write to info[at]landhotelyspertal.at with reference to the workshop ‚Listening With Your Whole Body‘
infos & registration: Christina Clar info@christinaclar.net / 0664 3068870
* Happy feet: Effortless walking with the Feldenkrais Method, Gea-Akademie Schrems, July 13th-15th 2026
Whether walking in the forest, hiking in the mountains, on the way to the bus or to the office on paved roads, shopping in the supermarket, on stage or at home: physiologically speaking, walking is the primary means of locomotion for adults.
Walking is a very complex movement, and as toddlers we spend many months exploring how we can roll from our backs onto our stomachs and back again, slowly and in many stages moving from there to sitting and crawling, and eventually we can stand and take our first steps! Playful experimentation and tireless repetition after many failed attempts help us to achieve a stability and confidence that gradually allows us to walk without even thinking about it.
Accidents, injuries, habits and physical changes in our lives affect our gait; incorrect or protective postures creep in, and unsuitable footwear leaves its mark. All of this in turn has an impact on our muscles and bones, wearing them or putting strain on them.
In this workshop, we focus on our feet and learn through a mix of experimentation, feeling and understanding how to achieve the optimal skeletal position when walking: what we do when we walk and how our walking can become easier and more springy. We will become aware of our own stance, explore which axes are important for weight transfer when walking, how weakened muscles can be reactivated, and how we can learn to feel more of ourselves while straining less.Immerse yourself in a journey of discovery to your feet, a few days‘ break for yourself with Feldenkrais and mindful walks in the beautiful surroundings of Schrems. You are invited to make your walking easier, more efficient and freer in a playful way.
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