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FELDENKRAIS METHOD® and SOUNDER SLEEP SYSTEM® near Mill Creek, South Everett and Snohomish, Washington

Jan Kingston

14422 - 63rd Dr. S.E. Snohomish, WA 98296 phone: (425) 870-4697

A little more about Feldenkrais lessons and Sounder Sleep lessons

Jan Kingston teaches better movement with the Feldenkrais Method® and techniques in learning how to go to sleep with the Sounder Sleep System®.
The Feldenkrais Method

There are two ways to learn the Feldenkrais Method®.  Both are compelling and versatile, harnessing your nervous system's ability to change and re-organize towards more effective action.

Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) lessons are taught to groups or individuals. Jan verbally guides you through a sequence of movements.  Sometimes the lessons are quiet and internal; sometimes they contain large movements and are more athletic.  It depends on what we are exploring and learning at the time.  Always you, the student, are encouraged to explore at your own pace.  Movements may be done smaller or more slowly, or even imagined, and you can still have a great experience with the lesson.  Because you are encouraged to pace yourself and  to be where it is best for you to be, classes may have students with a variety of levels of physical ability in them, so whatever you can do will fit in nicely!  Usually you will begin by lying on the floor, but some ATM lessons may take place sitting on the floor or in a chair, or standing. Try to avoid eating heavily before your lesson (light snacks are fine), and dress comfortably for movement.

Functional Integration® (FI) lessons are private lessons taught to individuals. You will dress comfortably for movement, such as wearing sweats and a t-shirt. Your lessons may begin with you sitting or lying on a special low, padded table. Jan guides you by communicating through a gentle, listening touch and movement, as well as with words.  She helps you discover habits of movement that you have that may be getting in your way and/or may be causing you pain.  The best way to change a habit is to replace it with something else, so in a lesson, Jan helps you move in new ways that interrupt the old, inefficient or painful patterns, and introduce new patterns that replace the old habits, feel better and work better for you. 

In both ATM and FI lessons, you will become more aware of how you move in habitual ways. Each lesson helps you to explore alternatives that you might not have thought of otherwise. Through increased awareness, you learn to move with minimal effort and maximum efficiency. As Moshe Feldenkrais said, “We can…make the impossible, possible; the possible, easy; and the easy, elegant.”
What can the Feldenkrais Method® do for me?

Play Better:

Prevent and recover from injuries
Improve flexibility
Enjoy better, stronger, more effective and more fun movement!
Gain sharpened form and body mechanics
Learn the benefits of greater body awareness

Live Better:

Free your body from the stiffness and/or muscle soreness that frequently comes with aging
Improve balance
Learn to move well again after orthopedic surgery or sports injury
Reduce tension and stress that you hold in your body
Stay (or become!) active, mobile, and alert as you get older
Find relief from conditions such as:
    Fibromyalgia
    Ankylosing Spondylitis
    Repetitive Stress Injury
    Anxiety

Want to know more?  Click here to find an index of articles about specific applications of the Feldenkrais Method®.
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The Sounder Sleep System®:

How can the Sounder Sleep System help you?

Do you have ongoing concerns about your sleep?
  • Maybe you can't go to sleep easily?
  • Or you wake up too early--and can't go back to sleep?
  • Maybe you have daytime fatigue, sleepiness, or difficulty concentrating?
  • Are you over-stimulated during the day and have a hard time settling down to sleep at night?
  • Do you feel anxious, tense, wound up?
  • Do you grind your teeth or have other symptoms of stress in your body, such as tense or strained muscles, headaches, fatigue, etc.?Do you take medication to sleep or relax and wish you didn't have to?
Learn effective techniques which you can practice almost anywhere during the day and in your own bed at night:  gentle, simple movements to teach you and your body to sleep—to lull you, relax your body, to quiet your mind and help you find your way to healthy, deeper, more restful sleep. 

Contact Jan at 425-870-4697 or email to Jan@FeldenkraisPossibilities.com to schedule a private session or get information about upcoming group sessions.

Want to know more?  Go to www.soundersleep.com/JanKingston

The Sounder Sleep System® was created by Michael Krugman in 1999.  There are now over 200 instructors in 12 countries.

Jan Kingston
Jan Kingston
Jan enjoys studying and learning about wellness.  Her study began with herself many years ago, when she had fibromyalgia.  Not content to just look for a new medication, she studied and experienced several methods, including psychology, yoga, meditation, tai chi, cranial sacral therapy, and exercise science.   In her search, she came across the Feldenkrais Method.  Jan completed 4 years of training in the Feldenkrais Method in 2005. 

Since she has learned the Feldenkrais Method, she has progressed from a situation of chronic pain, limited activity and movement to becoming an active person with interests such as distance running, swimming, cycling, playing the Celtic Harp, traveling, and keeping up with her three children's lives (Jeff 21, Ashley 18, and Tara 15).  

Jan also enjoys learning languages, reading about health and wellness, as well as fantasy and historical fiction books, particularly about Celtic countries, Russia and Brazil.   

She has been married to Kent Kingston for 25 years and is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Jan says,
"I think a lot of the pain and discomfort of aging is due more to the way we use ourself than just to the fact that we are aging.  Yes, there is some loss with age--that is clear.  And some conditions are (or appear to be with today's knowledge) unavoidable.  We may have sustained injuries that damaged our bodies or we may get arthritis or Parkinson's Disease or Alzheimers.  But I do contend that a lot of the aches and pains that we suffer we don't actually have to be suffered.  I think they stem from misuse of our selves.  And even the discomforts that are associated with conditions such as arthritis and Parkinson's can be ameliorated and made to feel more tolerable by learning about our bodies and ourselves and our amazing ability to change, learn,and grow.  I think we can learn to adjust our habits of movement and of thinking and can live much more effective and happy lives until we are very old.  That's my plan."
Moshe Feldenkrais
Moshe Feldenkrais
Moshe is not actually a person on the staff of Feldenkrais Possibilities; however, you may be interested to learn about the founder of the Feldenkrais Method.

Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris as a mechanical engineer. As a semi-professional soccer player and the first European black belt in judo, he was an active person who was intensely engaged with his environment. Sport-related injuries to his knees led him to a comprehensive self-study to see if improvement was possible. The Feldenkrais Method, which he subsequently developed, is a method of LEARNING, which uses simple, gentle body movements as the means of developing self-awareness. Widely used by musicians, singers, actors, dancers, and athletes, the Feldenkrais Method has been shown to have therapeutic benefits and may function as a complement to medical care.

Photo Courtesy Feldenkrais Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel
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