Feldenkrais Method
Acupuncture
Okazaki Restorative Massage
The Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic
Education
Does your back hurt? Do you
have trouble focusing your attention? Have you stopped participating in
activities you used to enjoy? Have you reached a plateau in your sport or
profession that seems insurmountable?
The Feldenkrais Method is for
anyone who wants to reconnect with their natural abilities to move, think, and
feel. Whether you want to be more comfortable sitting at your computer, playing
with your children and grandchildren, or to enhance your athletic or performance
skills, these gentle lessons can help you free yourself from chronic pain,
recover forgotten ease and efficiency, and discover unexpected power and
elegance.
Learning to move with less
effort makes daily life easier. Because the Feldenkrais Method focuses on the
relationship between movement and thought, increased mental awareness and
creativity accompany physical improvements. Everyone, from athletes and artists
to administrators and attorneys, can benefit from the Feldenkrais Method.
After experiencing
Feldenkrais lessons, people often express feelings of relaxation and ease. They
may breathe more freely and find their thoughts have more clarity. The learning
process is full of delightful surprises and personal breakthroughs.
Feldenkrais lessons teach you
the means to take charge of your own improvement and are offered in two ways:
In Awareness Through
Movement® lessons, the teacher verbally guides you through a sequence of gentle
movements intended to help you develop a greater awareness of how you move.
These lessons occur in a group setting.
Functional Integration®
lessons are tailored for each individual. Through gentle touch and movement,
the practitioner conveys the experience of comfort, pleasure, and ease of
movement, and suggests how the student can move in more expanded functional
motor patterns.
Regardless of which learning
style you choose, the Feldenkrais Method can help you overcome limitations
brought on by stress, accident, or illness, improve a skill, or simply
rediscover creativity and spontaneity in your life.
“What I'm after isn't
flexible bodies, but flexible brains. What I'm after is to restore each person
to their human dignity.”
- Moshé Feldenkrais
Gwen Brookes,
Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner
(510) 393-8005
What is
Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a 2,700 year old form of medicine from China which in the
United States has become a leading choice for the treatment of pain and
hundreds of other conditions. During a typical treatment very thin, solid,
hair like needles are inserted at specific points on the body. The
stimulation of these acupuncture points affects both the central and
peripheral nervous systems. It promotes the body's innate healing
capacities, and initiates the release of chemicals in the body such as enkephalins and endorphins which have pain-stopping properties.
At LeBlanc
Acupuncture we combine local acupuncture techniques with specially selected distal points. This method
of using distal points is over 2,500
years old and is derived from the I Ching, one of the oldest books in the
world. This method has several names such as: “I Ching Acupuncture,” “The
Balance Method,” or “Distal Point Acupuncture.” Regardless of the name, the
effects of distal point acupuncture are astounding. Additionally, we are proud to offer hundreds of
time-proven Chinese herbal formulas.
Acupuncture and Chinese
Herbal Medicine are used to treat a wide spectrum of maladies.
Commonly treated conditions
include:
Number of
treatments: This depends
upon the duration, severity, and nature of the complaint. Generally from ten
to twenty treatments are adequate for the majority of chronic disorders.
Some acute conditions may only require a single treatment and some
degenerative conditions may require as many as 20 treatments. However, the
patient has the right to expect that their major complaint will be addressed
and treated in a direct and timely manner.
What does acupuncture feel
like? Prior to their first treatment, many people do not believe that
acupuncture can be painless. Over the centuries, refined needle insertion
techniques have been developed which enable the skilled acupuncture
practitioner to place a needle with little or no sensation. People often
report that they feel some warmth, pressure, or dull aching and that the
feeling is unfamiliar but relaxing. Acupuncture needles are very fine, about
the size of a thick hair. They are solid, and nothing is injected through
them. So they have very little in common with the "monster needles" most
people remember from their childhood. All needles are sterilized and
disposable.
Testimonials about
LeBlanc Acupuncture
Gregory E. LeBlanc, L.Ac.
(510) 593-0165
gleblanc@turningpointonline.info
Okazaki Restorative Massage
Hawaiian-style Restorative Massage and Seifukujitsu, a
Japanese healing art.
Therapeutic and invigorating bodywork using deep tissue techniques, acupressure,
and stretching. This is a very thorough massage with careful attention to the
neck and shoulders, the middle and lower back, the arms and legs, and the head.
Works with the body's natural healing ability, balances qi, and reduces pain.
Stephen O'Connell C.M.T.
(415) 515-4197
