The Anat Baniel Method For Lifetime Fitness –
physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
The ANAT BANIEL METHODSM (ABM) helps people of all ages overcome pain and limitation and achieve lifetime fitness and vitality – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The method accesses the remarkable capacity of the human brain to form new connections and new patterns and reach levels of performance never achieved before.
Derived from the groundbreaking method developed by Dr Feldenkrais, the ABM is based on cutting-edge scientific theory and on the understanding of how our brain learns and transforms our body, our mind and our spirit. Tens of thousands of people seeking an alternative and complementary approach to medicine, fitness training, physical therapy programs and ways to help children with special needs have used the ABM with great success.
“After sustaining a sports injury, I pursued diverse therapies and medical approaches for five years before I discovered Anat Baniel; her approach to Feldenkrais; and her DVDs and CDs. To my amazement, a combination of periodic office visits and regular use of her recorded at home programs reduced my pain level and, more importantly, they have given me back my life.”
-Dr Rebecca Probst
“Anat Baniel is not a household name—yet. The obvious truth from my medical perspective is that her discoveries are of vital importance to all of us because this knowledge helps us reach our greatest potential as humans…a new foundation from which to understand human movement, human learning, and ultimately human destiny.”
—Christopher Ryan, M.D., American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE:
Who should use the method?
The Nine Essentials
Ways to Experience the Anat Baniel Method
Professional Trainings
Evolution of the Anat Baniel Method
About Dr. Feldenkrais
Who should use the method?
Whether you suffer from back pain , neck pain , sports related injuries , RSI , or loss of vitality due to any condition that limits your ability to function and perform, you can discover the incredible power of your brain to transform your suffering and limitations into magnificent possibilities and lifetime fitness.
"I honestly believe it's made the difference between continuing my competitive running career and retiring prematurely. Anat Baniel is a tremendous practitioner"
Chris Boyd, U.S. National Track Champion
- If you are a high performer – athlete, musician, actor, CEO, writer, or highly skilled individual in any area, you can quickly and efficiently reach new levels of creativity and performance.
- If you have no specific issue, but still would like to experience more vitality, sensuality and energy in your life, or are concerned about losing vitality and aging, you will discover that getting your brain to continue to grow and create new patterns and new possibilities is one of the surest and most immediate ways to infuse your life with all that we associate with youthfulness.
- If you are a parent to a child with special needs and you feel that your child can do better than he/she is doing with traditional physical therapy programs, you will discover the astounding capacity of your child’s brain to form new and effective neural patterns that take her/him to new levels of physical, mental and emotional performance, despite the obstacles and developmental issues.
The Nine Essentials
Anat Baniel has defined nine essentials that the brain requires in order to grow and develop new patterns and possibilities for lifetime fitness of mind and body and to achieve true personal empowerment. Recent brain research repeatedly confirms that our brains have a remarkable capacity to grow and change throughout life – called brain plasticity. The ABM offers concrete and effective ways to tap into this potential and get immediate outcomes that often seem to border on the miraculous.
“Anat Baniel’s understanding of learning and the brain is relevant to all stages of development. The miracles that occur when we engage the brain are endless and jaw-dropping. I feel like I'm being given my childhood back--with all the glory, fun, and infinite possibility of learning. My mind is blown.” - Robin Winn, Somatic Psychotherapist
The first essential is movement done with attention. It is a powerful tool for communicating with the brain and getting the brain to rapidly form new possibilities. When all nine essentials are brought into play, the student experiences greater flexibility and strength of body and mind; pain disappears; thinking becomes clearer; sensuality and creativity blossom and there is greater vitality and increased well-being. Children with special needs transform in ways not possible before.
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Ways to Benefit from the Anat Baniel Method
The method is easy to apply and is practiced either in groups or individually. There are a number of ways for you to begin participating and benefiting from the ABM:
- Join group classes with an ABM practitioner
- Sign up for individual sessions with an ABM practitioner
- Get a DVD or CD at home program/s that suits your needs
- Attend a weekend workshop
- Sign up with our on-line training site at www.desk-trainer.com
- Sign up to get our newsletter with information about the work and new articles. (Coming Soon.)
- For in depth study, join an ABM professional training
- Use a ny combination of the above for maximum outcomes
Professional Trainings
For those interested in becoming a practitioner of the Anat Baniel Method and at the same time get in depth experience of the work and personal transformation, Anat Baniel and her highly experienced team of teachers offer training programs. More information is available at www.anatbanieltraining.com
Evolution of the Anat Baniel Method
Evolution is inherent to every scientific discipline and as a scientist, Dr. Feldenkrais understood that his method needed to evolve in order for it to stay vibrant, valid and useful. His intention was for his work to develop as increased scientific knowledge and accumulated teaching experience brought more insight, greater understanding and the formation of new techniques.
Anat, in 11 years of apprenticeship and close cooperation with Dr. Feldenkrais, followed by 24 years of continued practice, teaching, study, and discovery combined with her experience as a clinical psychologist and dancer, has been steadily evolving and refining the Feldenkrais Method to the present Anat Baniel Method. The method and theory that Dr. Feldenkrais developed was and still is an immense breakthrough in human knowledge. Yet he rarely explained his underlying theories and preferred to demonstrate them through his actual work with clients and students. From the start and during the thousands of hours that Anat Baniel spent being trained by Dr. Feldenkrais, observing him work with clients and groups, and later working with him and teaching side by side, and eventually in her own practice, she continuously worked not just to master the techniques but to actually understand and develop the theoretical basis for explaining the remarkable outcomes she observed.
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About Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais
Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, a physicist, engineer and judo master, pioneered a learning system that uses movement and awareness of self to bring about remarkable changes in the human mind and body. Dr. Feldenkrais was born in Russia in 1904. Early on, in the 1940s, when looking to overcome a debilitating injury he suffered to one of his knees, rather than focus on the muscles and tendons associated with his injury, Dr. Feldenkrais realized that it is his brain that needs and can find new ways to organize and move that leg successfully, despite the injury.
He formulated the understanding that as humans, we are fully dependent on learning throughout our life and that the human brain is built to continue learning and growing at any age. This learning is not a luxury but a necessity for our health and well-being. Movement was the means he chose to communicate with the brain. He made the early connection that how people learn and whether they continue to learn is closely related to how well they function and feel. He understood that each human brain has a built-in capacity to function better or worse, on higher or lower levels. He then proceeded to develop an understanding of the conditions the brain needs in order for it to function and learn best. Based on that understanding he was able to develop concrete ways to communicate with the brain directly, primarily through movement and awareness, and bring about remarkable changes for his students.
Feldenkrais was driven to have people achieve their potential, and through that, their human dignity. More information is available at Dr. Feldenkrais at www.feldenkraismethod.com
To contact the Anat Baniel Center: administrator@anatbanielmethod.com Anat Baniel Method, 4330 Redwood Hwy. Suite 350, San Rafael, CA 94903,;
415-472-6622; 800-386-1441
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