Feldenkrais Method in London, Ontario

01/18/2026

Some nice words from Moshe Feldenkrais:

"The present is only a fleeting moment, an instant that passes at once into the past. ... The present is the time in which we live, and what we do with our present selves is the most important thing."

I hope these words move you to move, because it's changes in movement patterns that can "make your present a vital basis for a fuller, more absorbingly interesting future"

Less pain, more balance. Less anxiety, more spontaneity.

This is where and when in London, ON: https://acture-fm.com/home/programs/

08/27/2025

My promo interview for the September 2025 Feldenkrais Guild conference. As per Feldenkrais, "we act in accordance with the image of ourselves". Working with the primary image of our bodies is a practical way of changing how we act:

In this interview, Elinor Silverstein speaks with Dimitri Popolov (GCFPCM) about his upcoming workshop for the FGNA 2025 Annual Conference: Primary Image in ...

02/10/2025

Today I led a workshop at Vivace! 2025 annual conference organized by https://music.uwo.ca/current-students/undergraduate/mesa.html. The topic was "Musician's posture: motion, emotion and expression". I'm pleased that out of 50 minutes allocated time we were moving for 25 minutes at least. Let's see if I can turn my next 'speaking engagement' into a "moving engagement" even more.

Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

01/15/2025

Toes and slipping

Recently we had a record snowfall in London, Ontario. Tractors were not coping so it was a chance for us humans to beat the paths through the deeper snow. And those beaten tracks were 'naturally imperfect' of course - uneven, full of little bumps and cavities. I felt that to avoid slipping, stumbling and falling I had to work quite a lot with my foot and ankle. I was especially attuned to that because as it happens the last Awareness Through Movement class I taught online was about feet and toes.

Human foot has 26 bones and 33 joints, allowing adaptation to the widest range of surfaces and situations. As we go through our lives clad in shoes and other footwear, we limit the range of possibilities. Most often we lose differentiation of toes, so that they can only move together rather than individually. We also lose flexibility in the ankle. Since the foot and the ankle cannot adapt, to keep our balance we increasingly start using larger muscles of the leg which are slow and not nearly as nimble as the small muscles of the foot.

Now think of slipping, that split second when our feet lose traction and the area of support is very quickly moving from under our centre of gravity. What could be corrected automatically by small smart foot and ankle movements now takes time and effort. And if we're late, we're down.

Coming back to the online class where I taught differentiation of toes, it was amazing to see improvements in the hip joint, along the side, all the way to the neck. All the little clicks and adjustments improving overall organisation of the musculoskeletal system were achieved through bringing to awareness many more possibilities of toe and ankle movements beyond the limited range of habitual ones.

Some have pins and screws in their feet and ankles repairing fractured bones. This can significantly limit certain movement, but even in those cases - with 26 bones and 33 joints there are possibilities to expand range of possible movements and improve overall functions of walking and standing.

Happy walking everyone!

Original post here:

Recently we had a record snowfall in London, Ontario. Tractors were not coping so it was a chance for us humans to beat the paths through the deeper snow. And those beaten tracks were ‘natura…

12/25/2024

Continuing on the topic of jaw clenching and teeth grinding (temporomandibular disorder), there is a good article on CBC linking these issues to the overall emotional state and posture. More details here: https://acture-fm.com/2024/06/19/tmd-posture-impacts-teeth-grinding/

In Feldenkrais method we bring awareness to this involuntary tensing of the jaw during varied movements. Replacing bad habit of tensing with the good ones of relaxing and letting go helps reduce or eliminate involuntary clenching and grinding.

Very interesting article on CBC ( on temporomandibular disorder (TMD). Some key quotes: … When someone is a little bit stressed, we tend to hunch a little bit more, which then causes some low…

12/20/2024

"TMJ dysfunction due to misuse can only be relieved when the skull is free and actively poised over a balanced spine...". S.Caplan, Oboemotions. p.67.

Often the problem is not where it hurts.

In my lessons I teach transmission of movement from pelvis to chin through the entire length of the spine. Working with pelvis when the pain is in the jaw takes some explaining but it does relieve TMJ issues.

And of course a skull "actively poised over a balanced spine" cannot be achieved by any amount of effort. One needs to be taught effortlessness.

12/16/2024

Happy and proud to share that I have finished my Professional Training and is now fully Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. More details in the blog on the web-site: https://acture-fm.com/blog/