FeldenKrais method /fel″dənkrīs/ , 1. (in psychiatry) a proprietary system that uses an exploratory technique to enable patients to relearn dysfunctional movement patterns. Therapy takes two forms: awareness through movement, in which the patient is guided verbally through increasingly complex structured movements, and functional integration, in which the practitioner introduces new motion patterns to the patient by gentle manipulation. 2. a bodywork technique that integrates principles of physics, judo, and yoga. The practitioner directs sequences of movement using verbal or hands-on techniques or teaches a system of self-directed exercises to treat physical impairments through the learning of new movement patterns.
