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Feldenkrais Children's Project Mostar, BiH

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Sunday August 30, 18.00 – 21.00 &
Monday August 31, 12.00 – 15.00

Feldenkrais Workshop :: Learning to learn
to improve motor, sensory and cognitive functions
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September 1–4, 2026, private lessons for children

Please contact me by email at info@feldenkrais-heusser.ch
for appointments and more information.

How it began

  • The Feldenkrais Children’s Project Mostar started September 2023 with a lecture and introduction followed by two days of Feldenkrais Lessons for children with with developmental disabilities.
  • This event was made possible thanks to the generous support of Udruga za nedonoščad Mostar and its president.
  • This project is part of Feldenkrais without Borders, which is an international group of Feldenkrais and Anat Baniel Method for Children teachers committed to making the work of Dr. Feldenkrais accessible to as many children with disabilities as possible.
Check their website for other upcoming projects

What we do

  • Parents of children with special needs should first and foremost be parents, not therapists. But parents also spend the most time with their child.
  • Increased knowledge and understanding of learning processes can therefore be crucial in positively influencing their child’s development.
  • That is why this project aims not only to provide children with Feldenkrais lessons, but also to introduce parents and professionals to the Feldenkrais and Anat Baniel methods. These methods offer simple tools for putting the theory of learning processes into practice.

- Parent workshops

  • Development results from learning processes. Most adults are no longer familiar with anything other than so-called academic learning – that is, the goal-oriented cognitive acquisition of knowledge. As babies, however, we learn through organic learning, which is needs-oriented and takes place through sensory experience.
  • During these workshops, participants will experience organic learning firsthand through movement, guided attention, and touch.
    It combines theory and practice of fundamental principles that support learning processes.

- Private lessons for children

  • Whenever I’m in Mostar, I set aside time for Feldenkrais lessons for children. However, I need someone to provide me with a room for this.
  • The Feldenkrais Method is also suitable for adults.  It can help, for example, reduce pain, decrease movement restrictions, improve sleep, stabilize mental well-being, and maintain or promote mobility. Athletes, musicians, and artists use the Feldenkrais Method to improve their performance or boost their creativity.

  • But, since my time in Mostar is always very limited, I focus on working with children.

Why Mostar?

  • Brigitte – the initiator of this project – has a private relationship with Mostar which started in 2010. She is enthusiastic about the Feldenkrais® Method and wants to bring the work of Moshé Feldenkrais to as many children with disabilities as possible. Irrespective of race, religion, creed, financial situation or political affiliation, out of her feeling of civil responsibility and compassion.

Svjedočenje

"Nakon lekcije moja kćerka mnogo se više trudi, ne odustaje tako lako kao prije. Življa je i počela je da bude mnogo komunikativnija. Ona komentariše sve što radi, što takođe ranije nije radila.“

Majka 16-godišnjakinje sa trizomijom 21, pola godine nakon jedne Feldenkraisove lekcije
"Vor den Feldenkrais Lektionen machte mein Sohn kaum mehr Fortschritte und ich machte mir Sorgen deswegen. Nach nur drei Feldenkrais Lektionen machte er einen erstaunlichen Entwicklungsschub. Sogar die Logopädin war sehr beeindruckt."

Mutter eines 3-jährigen mit verzögerter Sprachentwicklung
"When we started Feldenkrais, my son (then 6 years old) had very severe spasticity. He was as stiff as a board and uncomfortable lying on his stomach. Now he is much more mobile, finds comfort in different positions, has more control over his head and intentions, i.e., purposeful movements are noticeable."

Mother of a boy with severe cerebral palsy

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Help us to make the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais accessible to as many children with disabilities as possible.

Contact

  • E-Mail: info (at) feldenkrais-heusser.ch
  • WhatsApp: +41 (0)79 787 72 55
    (text messages only / samo tekstualne poruke)
  • You can write in English, German, French or Bosnian (I have help for translations). / Možete pisati na engleskom, njemačkom, francuskom ili bosanskom (imam pomoć za prijevode).

Past Events

Mostar (BiH) 2026

  • April 24, 2026 – Feldenkrais Method, Awareness through Movement
    The very first Feldenkrais lesson ever held in Mostar – and probably the first in all of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • Many thanks to Tanja Majer and Salsa klub Ritmo Del Puente for making this possible.

Mostar (BiH) 2024

  • September 5, 2024 – Lecture and practical application/ Predavanje i praktična primjena:
    “Feldenkrais® methoda i vođena pažnja: korištenje dodira i svijesti za pokrentanje učenja”
  • September 4 – 7, 2024:
    Individual Feldenkrais Lessons Functionl Integration for special needs children
  • Many thanks to Udruga za Down sindrom Mostar for making those events possible.

Mostar (BiH) 2024

  • April 25 and/or 26, 2024 – Short parents Workshops:
    “The power of movement with attention to improve motor, sensory and cognitive functions”
  • April 27. – 30.04.2024:
    Individual Feldenkrais Lessons Functionl Integration for special needs children
  • Many thanks to Udruga za nedonoščad Mostar for making those events possible.

Mostar (BiH) 2023

  • 10. September 2023 – Lecture and introduction:
    Children with developmental disabilities:
    What does the brain need to learn? To bring order to chaos?
  • You will find the script of the lecture in the “Downloads” section.
  • 11. & 12. September 2023 –  Individual Lessons for Children
    Individual appointment bookings after the introductory lecture on Sunday
  • Many thanks to Udruga za nedonoščad Mostar for making those events possible.

Zagreb (HR) 2019, 2022

  • In 2019 I joined the team of practitioners facilitating Feldenkrais lessons for children in Zagreb for the first time.
  • Unfortunately, the planned seminar 2020 had to be postponed.
  • In september 2022, I spent a few days in Zagreb working with children and exchanging ideas with a local professional colleague.
  • As soon as an official project is announced, I will inform here.