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Everybody wants to feel better in their body!
The Franklin Method® will show you how.
What can the Franklin Method® do for you?
- Postural training benefits everyone, creating more functional and efficient movement patterns and decreasing physical tension.
- With imagery and experiential anatomy you can release physical tension and re-pattern poor movement habits which lead to pain, chronic stress and injury.
- Simple exercises and imagery tools will help you to maintain dynamic and functional posture throughout your day.
- Dynamic alignment allows you to move through daily tasks and exercise routines with health and ease while avoiding injury.
- Coordinate the mind and body into awareness and action allowing for a better experience of life.
- Improve the health and longevity of your body.
If you are a pilates teacher, physical therapist, yoga instructor or athlete:
- Learn 21st century anatomy from the perspective of the body in motion.
- Deepen the experience of your workout with the bone rhythms and imagery for the bones, muscles and organs.
- Learn how to use the mind/body connection as a tool to achieve your goals.
- Create a foundation for functional and efficient movement in your personal training and when offering client/student adjustments.
- Hone your eye for client/student adjustments.
- Numerous ways to improve and vary your cues to achieve the desired result.
- Learn tools, simple exercise and imagery to aid in the recovery of injury.
If you are a dance instructor, dancer, or performing artist:
- Numerous ways to vary your cues and improve communication to benefit your students.
- Gain body wisdom and motivation to train your body in a functional, efficient and healthy manner.
- Deepen your technique and performance ability with the bone rhythms, imagery for muscles, organ rhythms and dynamic imagery tools.
- Hone your eye for student adjustments.
- Numerous ways to improve and vary your cues to achieve the desired result.
- Learn tools, simple exercise and imagery to aid in the recovery of injury.
If you are a massage therapist, or specialize in body work:
- Gain insight on how you can increase the longevity of your career and maintain your health through good postural habits.
- Learn 21st century anatomy from the perspective of the body in motion.
- Create a foundation for functional and efficient movement in your personal training and when offering client/student adjustments.
- Learn how to use the mind/body connection as a tool to achieve your goals.
- Learn tools, simple exercise and imagery to aid in the recovery of injury.
The Franklin Method® is the cutting edge among movement professionals (Pilates, Yoga, fitness, physical therapy, world class athletes and dancers). It is posture training at its best! While the Franklin Method® attracts the attention of movement professionals it is based on the functional movement of the human body. Therefore it is applicable to everyone. Students are empowered with tools to establish functional and efficient movement patterns. Success means a longer shelf life for your body. After all you are only as flexible, as strong, or as relaxed as your posture permits. The over all goal of the Franklin Method® is a Happy and Healthy Life. So whether you are an athlete, a performer, a week end warrior or just a person walking through the grocery store; the Franklin Method® is here to help you improve your physicality. This means you move better, you feel better and you enjoy living in your body.
One of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century is the plasticity of the brain; that the lives we live shape the brain we develop. The Franklin Method® is at the forefront of practical neuro-plasticity; showing you how to use your brain to improve your body's function. It teaches you how to harness the transforming power of the mind. It can be applied to improve all of your abilities. It all starts with the knowledge that we have the power to change.
The Franklin Method® does not try to reinvent the wheel; it is simply connecting the spokes - body/mind, posture, breath, health, imagery and motivation. We bring together the disciplines of western and eastern science, sports psychology and somatics into a clear and practical format that professionals and laypeople alike can use. You can use this know-how to reach your full potential.
Look to your left for a listing of Franklin Method® workshops.
Private Franklin Method® lessons are very rewarding.
The student is able to work very intensely on their own issues and at their own pace.
Private Sessions
1 hour Fee- $50
1 1/2 hours Fee- $70
A traveling fee maybe applied. Click on the Contact us button to your left.
Want to know more about the Franklin Method? Read on...
Lessons available via Skype!
The Franklin Method is a unique blend of anatomy and thought; imagery and movement. Life is a mind/body event. What you do with your body affects your thinking and how you think affects your body. The Franklin Method directly activates the mind/body function through the use of; Dynamic Imagery {a multi sensory and kinesthetic way of using the brain to affect movement, function and attitude}, Experiential Anatomy {giving you direct physical awareness of your body’s function and design} and Reconditioning Movement {integrates Dynamic Imagery and Experiential Anatomy to produce optimum function and facilitate brain mapping}. At the forefront of practical brain plasticity the Franklin Method shows you how to use your brain to improve your abilities in any area.
Bringing together disciplines from western and eastern science, sports psychology and somatics; The Franklin Method is clear and practical, beneficial and useful for professional and lay people alike. The Franklin Method uses a rich variety of movement ranging from; everyday activities (standing, walking and sitting) to dynamic stretching, Franklin Balls, creative movement, rhythm, and coordination exercises. Workshops come in a variety of topics such as: Relax your Neck - Liberate your Shoulders, Sit at your Desk with out Stress, Imagery for Health, Vitality, and Delight. Certain topics are available in a series of classes. Private Franklin Method training is also available.
The Franklin Method was created by Swiss born, Eric N. Franklin. In the United States the Franklin Method is popular with Dancers and Pilates enthusiasts; In England the Franklin Method is popular within the field of Yoga; In Italy, Musicians find great value in the Franklin method for improving their level performance; Germany and Switzerland find the method practiced through out several modalities of physical performance and exercise; Franklin Method has also found interest in the east, such as Japan and Korea. Clearly the method transends cultures, performance modalities and fitness forms. Being based on the efficiency of the human body; The Franklin Method is the future of movement. Currently Eric Franklin resides in New York City, He travels the world offerring workshops and Teacher Training Programs.
For more information, or to see a list of instructors outside of the Central Virginia, Washington, D.C. , and North Carolina regions please go to franklinmethod.com.
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