BOULDER - Instructor: Erin Ferguson, of Boulder. Ferguson started Feldenkrais to deal with her own muscular pain in 1996, and she started the four-year training to get certified in 1998. She founded a center in New York and worked there for several years, before practicing in London. She moved to Boulder County in 2007 and has been offering classes here since.

What is the workout? Feldenkrais is a method of learning new ways to move to replace your old habits. You do this by examining your muscle tone, skeletal alignment, breathing and specific movements.

These classes, based on physics, biomechanics, learning strategies and martial arts, teach the skeleton to move with intelligence, not effort.

For example, if you see a video of yourself running, you can see - with "cognitive" awareness - what your body is doing, and how it might not be moving the most efficiently. But Feldenkrais teaches "kinesthetic" awareness, or the ability to notice your body's internal positions when it happens. Click here to continue reading…