Welcome to Freedom Through Feldenkrais®

At Freedom Through Feldenkrais®, I believe in "Making the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant", Moshe Feldenkrais. My somatic education services aim to help you move, think, feel and sense with more ease, lightness, joy and freedom in your daily life.

Meet The PRACTITIONER

Kristin Bicchieri

GUILD CERTIFIED FELDENKRAIS PRACTITIONER®

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, NURSING

Hi, my name is Kristin, and I am Feldenkrais Practitioner® living in Lumby B.C. with my family and animals. I have been practicing Feldenkrais personally for the last 20 years. I have a background as a Registered Perinatal Nurse and have had a long interest in health, wellness and caring for others. The dawning of what it meant to care for myself is what led me to Feldenkrais. When I first experienced the method, I was literally blown out of the water (my own habituated fish tank) into the ocean of discovering what it felt like to be connected and whole. I had no idea that I could feel that good in my own body. And as my journey with Feldenkrias continued, I began to discover that by growing my awareness, and learning more supportive and functional movement patterns, my mental and emotional states were becoming more grounded, flexible, calm and clear as well. 

What this work has given me and continues to give me is the ability to live into the person and the life I have always wanted. Helping me to be more resilient and responsive to the complexities of life. And the journey is not over. I continue to expand, learn and grow through Functional Integration® (giving and receiving), a regular Awareness Through Movement® Practice (teaching and being on the floor), and Advanced Feldenkrais® Trainings, with an awakened curiosity and joy for lifelong learning. 

I am passionate about guiding others into discovering these same capacities and possibilities within themselves through Feldenkrais.  To live more fully and wholly into how and what they want to create and how they would like to function. 

My Offerings

 Individual Functional Integration ® Lessons

Functional Integration is a reciprocal exploration and conversation with your nervous system using touch, movement and words. In can bring about improved balance, coordination, decreased pain and more easeful and pleasurable movement. These lessons help you to sense how different parts of you connect through movement, creating a fluidity and a whole sense of yourself. You will learn how to use your skeleton and the ground to better support yourself.

Private in studio options available as well as in the comfort of your own home. Online Private lessons also available.

Awareness Through Movement ® (ATM) Classes

In Awareness Through Movement classes, I verbally guide the students to explore slow and gentle movement sequences, which help to illuminate essential biological movement patterns and lead you closer to your potential. By going slow, decreasing effort, and learning about your organization and habits in movement, more of your whole self becomes available for action. New possibilities emerge, and you discover more efficient, light and easeful patterns of movement!

In Person and On-line ongoing Weekly classes available

ATM ® Workshops

A mini deep dive into the Feldenkrais Method® 

These workshops are co-taught by myself and Mom, Carie Bicchieri. Carie is also a Feldenkrais Practitioner® and she led me on the path to this amazing modality.

Workshops occur on weekends and are scheduled from 11-3pm.  3 lessons are explored that build on a specific theme and there are 2 breaks within the workshop. 

For our most recent Workshop "Moving from Center", see attachment below:

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Feldenkrais Method®?

The Feldenkrais Method® is a form of somatic education that focuses on improving movement function and overall well-being through exploring neurologically important movement sequences with awareness.

How can Feldenkrais® benefit me?

Feldenkrais® can benefit you by enhancing your awareness of how you move and improving your movement efficiency. Through learning new ways to connect the parts of yourself through movement in relation to the ground, you can discover a more whole, connected and integrated self organization. This leads to reduced pain, improved mobility, felxibility, balance, coordination and an overall sense of ease, lightness and a new sense of composure.

What can I expect from a session or class?

In a session or class, you can expect to explore slow, gentle movements, with guided awareness, learning about your patterns and how you can discover ways to move with more ease, comfort, pleasure and freedom.

Contact

Feel free to reach out to me with any questions, to join classes or to schedule a private lesson. I look forward to hearing from you!

Much ease,

Kristin Bicchieri, GCFP®

(250)306-6441

info@okanaganfeldenkrais.com

About us

 Freedom Through Feldenkrais® is a somatic education company based in Lumby, British Columbia, Canada. I am dedicated to guiding individuals in increasing their awareness, improving their movement patterns, reducing pain, and enhancing their overall quality of life through the Feldenkrais Method®.