Beyond Corrective Exercise: A Feldenkrais Approach to Motor Learning

Overview

This webinar will introduce key concepts and practices from the Feldenkrais Method as a way to inform how you teach movement to clients.

Feldenkrais instructors use a teaching style that is distinctively different from that typically used in physical therapy or personal training. While conventional methods often seek to “correct” faulty movement patterns, Feldenkrais is based on the premise that it is “incorrect to correct.” Instead, it teaches better movement through experimentation, exploration, and skillful use of attention. This helps tailor movement solutions to the unique individual, while building motivation and self efficacy.

This webinar will include discussion of key teaching concepts from the Feldenkrais Method, as well as short movement explorations based on Feldenkrais lessons. We'll take familiar exercises like cat-cows, bird dogs, and bridges, and demonstrate how incorporating Feldenkrais-style approaches can make them more exploratory, individualized, variable, and effective.

This isn’t just another pain science webinar. Join Todd Hargrove for a deep dive into how movement, attention, and play reshape the nervous system—through the lens of the Feldenkrais Method.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Understand the pros and cons of teaching styles that are more exploratory versus corrective. 

• Create movement lessons that are more flexible to individual needs and interests. 

• Teach movement through trial and error experiments.

• Use cueing language that builds confidence and self-efficacy while avoiding nocebos. 

• Add variability to routine exercises.

Learn how to move your patients away from fear, tension, and rigidity—toward curiosity, comfort, and resilience.

Target Audience

This webinar is for anyone working to help others improve their movement, such as physical therapists, chiropractors, personal trainers, or yoga teachers. 

If you’re tired of chasing symptoms, this course will change how you think about pain, movement, and healing.