Feldenkrais method
Awareness Through Movement lessons
The Feldenkrais method is a somatic learning practice that help us to improve our self-awareness through movement explorations and focused attention. As a result, we improve the way we move and feel. It`s not about effort, but about discovering easier, more efficient options.
Other expected benefits:
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Better organization and coordination of movement
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Reduced tension and pain
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Improved balance and posture
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Increased flexibility and comfort
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Greater body awareness that transfers to dance, sports, and daily life
An ATM (Awareness Through Movement) class lasts about 50 minutes. The invitation is to pay attention to the movement rather than to the movement itself. There is nothing to achieve, only to improve awareness of how we do what we do. In this way, we shift our approach to learning something new.
Who is this lesson for?
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Curious people who want to know themselves in movement
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Dancers wanting extra quality and connection
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Anyone seeking to ease tension and pain and move more comfortably
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Artists, athletes, and people with any kind of job that want to feel better in daily life
The Feldenkrais Method is experiential: it cannot really be understood by reading about it. The only way to know what it is, is to try it. Through direct experience, you begin to sense the subtle changes in awareness, movement, and ease that words alone cannot convey.
Moshé Feldenkrais - the founder
Moshe Feldenkrais (1904–1984) was born in present-day Ukraine and grew up in Israel. His life path combined science, engineering, and martial arts in ways that would later shape his legacy. After studying physics and mechanical engineering in Paris, he worked with Nobel laureate Frédéric Joliot-Curie at the Curie Institute. At the same time, he became one of the first Europeans to earn a black belt in judo, training under Jigoro Kano’s circle and even translating Kano’s writings into French.
An injury to his knee became a turning point. Instead of accepting the surgical prognosis of limited mobility, he began to explore how movement, awareness, and learning could restore function. This curiosity marked the beginning of decades of research blending his scientific knowledge with embodied practice.
From these explorations, the Feldenkrais Method was born. His approach emphasized gentle movement, attention, and the possibility of reorganizing the nervous system through learning. Over the years, he taught around the world, influencing dancers, musicians, athletes, therapists, and people from all walks of life who sought greater ease and freedom in movement.
About me: Romina Balletti
I’m originally from Argentina and now call Ljubljana my home. My path may look unusual: I studied economics and worked for seven years in an international bank, but my real passion has always been movement and dance. Tango was my constant companion, both a refuge and a way of expressing myself.
A few years ago, I chose to leave the corporate world and follow this passion more fully. Together with my partner, I co-founded a tango school in Ljubljana. What started as dance soon opened a door to somatic education, and in 2023 I began my training in the Feldenkrais Method.
Feldenkrais has transformed the way I relate to movement and to myself. It gave me clarity, awareness, and a new sense of connection. What began as a tool to enrich my work as a dance educator grew into a calling to bring this practice not only to dancers, but to anyone wishing to move with more ease and freedom.
Today, I offer group Feldenkrais classes in Ljubljana, sharing this process of transformation as a path to well-being, self-discovery, and meaningful change.
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