A short field guide to the terms you meet on shamrei.space — so you can read the rest of the site and decide whether a format fits you.
These are the terms you will run into on shamrei.space. Each entry is self-contained — read in order or skip to what you need.
Feldenkrais Method®
A somatic learning method that uses movement and attention so the nervous system can find easier, more efficient ways to act.
The method was created by Moshé Feldenkrais — a physicist, engineer, and judo master — who combined precise body work with a deep interest in how human learning actually happens. Core idea: improvement comes through new awareness, not through effort.
In practice it looks like a slow sequence of movements. You are not stretching and not trying to do the movement "correctly" — you observe where effort starts, which parts of the body join in, and where extra tension can be released.
The method supports people with chronic tension, injury recovery, and everyday life where the body gets worn down by monotonous load. Accessible at any age and level of fitness.
Key terms
Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) — group lesson format
Functional Integration® (FI) — hands-on individual format
Somatic learning — learning through embodied experience
Any practice where the body is not a training object, but a source of information and a way to change state.
"Somatic" comes from the Greek soma — "body as experienced from within." So somatic attention is attention to sensation, not to how the body looks from the outside.
The category covers very different approaches: Feldenkrais Method®, Body-Mind Centering®, Somatic Experiencing®, Continuum, Authentic Movement, Freedom Dance. They share a common root: grounding in inner experience, a slow tempo, and respect for what is already present.
Somatic practices do not replace therapy or medicine, but they often complement them well. They help you stay in contact with yourself during stress, recover from overload, and learn to hear the body's signals earlier — before it has to shout.
Key terms
Neuroplasticity — the nervous system's ability to reorganize in response to experience
Proprioception — the inner sense of position and movement of the body
Interoception — perception of internal states (breath, heartbeat, tension)
The group lesson format of the Feldenkrais Method®: the teacher guides with voice, and participants lie, sit, or stand and explore.
ATM roughly translates as "becoming aware through movement." There is no demonstration — only verbal instruction and your attention. Each person moves at their own pace, amplitude, and number of repetitions.
A lesson usually runs 40–60 minutes. It opens with a short body scan, moves through a sequence of movements with built-in rest pauses, and closes with another scan. Most people notice a shift — the body feels different by the end.
ATM can be practiced in a live group, from a recording, or privately. I run a regular online group plus recorded audio lessons — pick whatever fits your rhythm.
Key terms
Scan — a body scan at the start and end of each lesson
Rest — built-in pauses; not a break but part of the practice
Reference movement — a check movement done at the start and end to notice the change
If something clicked while reading — a practice is the next step. The trial lesson is free, the audio bundle is 9 EUR, and the live group follows a schedule.