The Feldenkrais Method® facilitates learning about movement, posture and breathing.
Its purpose is to ultimately increase the ease and range of our movement, improve flexibility and coordination.
Through gentle movement lessons, we become more aware of how our habits may restrict our moving through life easily and pleasurably. We learn new, easier options for movement.
SERVICES
The AFG Inc. is a non-profit professional organisation which liaises with Feldenkrais Guilds throughout the world.
The AFG Inc. is concerned with:
- Increasing public awareness of the Feldenkrais Method®,
- Supporting the growth and development of the membership,
- Offering continuing education for its members,
- Protection of the integrity and quality of the Feldenkrais work through Code Of Professional Conduct and Standards of Practise, and;
- Promoting research into the effectiveness of the Method. Other professional services for the membership include access to appropriate insurance, policy and lobbying activity at all levels of the community, networking with affiliated agencies, and membership networking opportunities through the production of directories, journals, and newsletters.
The AFG Inc. was established in September 1987 as a professional body representing the needs and interests of it's Members. All Practitioners who have successfully completed an accredited Feldenkrais Professional Training Programme are entitled to apply for membership. Students currently in trainings are also eligible to apply for registration either as Students (within the first two years of the training) or as Student Associates (after two years of training when the student is authorised to teach Awareness Through Movement).
As a separate process the AFG Inc. auspices Certification, whereby any practitioner who has successfully completed an accredited Feldenkrais Training Programme and who meets mandatory continuing education requirements can apply for certification to use the terms Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and The Feldenkrais Method® (Certification is irrespective of AFG Inc. membership). With this process the public can be assured of a standard of Practitioner service, and allows for the control of bogus practitioners.
Inquiries from the public can be directed to the contact numbers provided in each mainland capital. Practitioners and students inquiring about the AFG Inc. can contact the National Secretary, the Membership Secretariat, or local divisional committees.
Calling from Within Australia:
To contact any of the State secretaries when calling from within Australia, phone 1800 00 15 50.
Calling from Outside Austalia or Interstate:
When calling from outside Australia or interstate, use the following numbers:
| ACT (Australian Capital Territory) | +612 9907 7689 |
| NSW (New South Wales) | +612 9907 7689 |
| NT (Northern Territory) | +617 3397 8227 |
| QLD (Queensland) | +617 3397 8227 |
| SA (South Australia) | +618 8338 7223 |
| TAS (Tasmania) | +613 9636 3650 |
| VIC (Victoria) | +613 8307 8351 |
| WA (Western Australia) | +618 9367 0664 |
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