Feldenkrais Method Lessons with Jill Wigmore-Welsh

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Feldenkrais Method Lessons for Health with Jill Wigmore-Welsh
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16/08/2026

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This is the series we will work on starting September.
11/08/2026

This is the series we will work on starting September.

Feldenkrais, Bernstein and the Problem of Motor LearningLong before “movement variability” became common language in mot...
11/08/2026

Feldenkrais, Bernstein and the Problem of Motor Learning

Long before “movement variability” became common language in motor-control research, Nikolai Bernstein was asking a fundamental question:

How does the nervous system organise a body with so many possible degrees of freedom?

The human body has an enormous number of joints, muscles and possible movement combinations. Yet we produce coordinated, adaptable action without consciously controlling each component.

Bernstein challenged the idea that skilled movement is simply reproduction of a fixed motor programme. Learning involves organising available degrees of freedom into functional solutions.
This provides an interesting framework for considering the Feldenkrais Method.
Moshe Feldenkrais did not generally teach movement by correcting someone towards a single predetermined “ideal”. Awareness Through Movement lessons introduce alternatives: changes in direction, timing, effort, sensory attention and relationships between different parts of the body.
The learner explores.
Contemporary motor-control research has moved beyond viewing movement variability simply as error or biological “noise”. Variability can provide opportunities to explore different solutions and contribute to adaptability and learning.
But good motor learning is not simply about producing more variability.
As skill develops, variability may decrease in aspects of movement important to successful performance. The issue is not variability versus stability, but the organisation of variability.
This takes us back to Bernstein.
Motor learning involves managing the body's abundant degrees of freedom so movement is sufficiently stable to achieve a task, while retaining flexibility to adapt when the task or environment changes.
Seen through this lens, the slow, exploratory variations characteristic of Feldenkrais become particularly interesting.
They provide opportunities to notice distinctions, investigate alternative coordinations and discover different solutions rather than repeatedly practising one imposed movement pattern.
Contemporary motor-control science does not “prove” Feldenkrais. The direct Feldenkrais research base is much smaller than the wider motor-learning literature.
But the conceptual convergence is fascinating.

Don’t just teach the nervous system one answer. Give it opportunities to discover alternatives.

My online Feldenkrais for Health group lessons start in September.
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10/08/2026

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FELDENKRAIS METHOD LESSONS ONLINE WITH JILL WIGMORE-WELSH MSc HCPC
Physiotherapist and Advanced Feldenkrais Method Teacher.

THE MOVEMENT WORK YOU'VE BEEN SEEKING -
THE ELUSIVE OBVIOUS ANSWERS

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10/08/2026

Hello everyone, thank you so much for following my Feldenkrais Method Lessons page. I'm launching online lessons, which are specifically health focussed.

So, if you have a special request do message me and I'll write a series around your needs

Welcome back 2025 sees the launch of Bones For Life training. I'm a Trainer and Teacher of Bones for Life and during th...
03/11/2025

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