The Feldenkrais Method is a process of learning developed by Moshe Feldenkrais, physicist, engineer, judo master and student of human development. In the 1940’s -1970's he explored the interconnections between the body, mind, environment, and self development.
Tiffany Sankary and Matty Wilkinson are experts in The Feldenkrais Method and are co-founders of Movement and Creativity, an online and in-person program that they describe as:
A treasure trove of resources and inspiration to help you reduce pain, anxiety and stress, awaken creativity and expand your capacity to enjoy life.
-Tiffany Sankary and Matty Wilkinson
Tiffany, in her book Feldenkrais Illustrated: The Art of Learning, weaves together the writings of Moshe Feldenkrais with her own whimsical and insightful drawings. She describes the Method as having two forms: (1) Functional Integration, a hands-on process using touch and directed attention; and (2) Awareness through Movement, which involves verbally guided movement processes.
Tiffany augmented her skills, once she was trained in Feldenkrais, to add Organic Intelligence®. (OI) is a key puzzle piece AND bigger picture map to support the ongoing art of being human, with your natural and inevitable ups and downs and waves of stress, anxiety and challenges to your nervous system and life.
I love how Organic Intelligence (like Feldenkrais) does not fixate on trauma and instead is oriented toward post-trauma growth, focusing on the integration of the whole person in relationship to the environment. With genuine human connection, compassion, attunement and skill to follow the intelligence of our nervous systems, we grow our capacity to naturally heal and self-organize.
-Tiffany Sankary
Matty has a special focus on children, coaching parents and educators to create optimal conditions for children’s learning, applying his expertise as an early childhood educator, sensorimotor practitioner, and father. In his practice he has worked with diverse populations including children and adults with scoliosis, developmental delays, neurological injuries (i.e. stroke, cerebral palsy), chronic pain, learning disabilities, genetic conditions, and individuals on the autism spectrum. He seeks to help his clients access their nervous systems' potential to maximize functioning, overcome a broad range of challenges, and become efficient and effective learners.
In 2016 Matty began to work internationally, traveling several times a year to work with children and families at the Scandinavian Center of Neurodevelopmental Movement in Denmark. In 2020 he co-founded The Moving Center with Andrea Hennen and Eytan Lerner. Together they have taught extensively both in person and online, developing a unique approach that draws on Feldenkrais, Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement®, child development, and directly addresses the importance of the adult caregiver’s habitual and often unconscious emotional reactions in creating the ideal conditions for the child’s learning.
Both Matty and Tiffany include the The Jeremy Krauss Approach® in their offerings, enhancing strength, stability and clarity in the practices that they teach.
Through the clarity, creativity & support of JKA-ATM and JKA Solvents and Glue® we have a whole new toolbox for experiencing and developing more strength, stability, springiness, uprightness, confidence, joy, aliveness, freedom, and vitality and we are enjoying sharing these enlivening practices.
-Tiffany Sankary and Matty Wilkinson
What I’m after isn’t flexible bodies, but flexible brains. What I’m after is to restore each person to their human dignity.
-Moshe Feldenkrais
