Judit Meixner
Judit is a qualified Feldenkrais teacher (2016, Sussex, UK) and offers individual Functional Integration lessons at Ola. She has also a diploma in Remedial Massage (2008 Sydney, Australia) and has been practicing as a full time Remedial and Sports massage therapist since 2010. She finds learning about the body, mind and movement a fascinating, exciting and a continuous journey.
She joined the well-known company City Sports Massage and practiced as a senior massage therapist in one of their busy clinics in Central London. Attending regular in house workshops and being constantly interested in refining her skills she now works with confidence when treating people with various musculo-skeletal injuries and dysfunctions.
Judit places particular importance to treating people with sensitivity, care and attention. Keeping in mind that the outside world and the experiences of life have shaped our bodies and who we are.
Movement, awareness, soft tissue treatment and breathing techniques are the main elements of a usual session.
She focuses on pain relief, ease of tension, improving movement and function to create a feeling of well being. She highly encourages self care and suggests ways of avoiding further injuries.
In a Functional Integration lessson the sessions focus on a gentle exploration of movmement - habitual ways, new options and functionality with awareness.
The lessons can help to recover after an injurys affecting the musculoskeletal and nervous system and improve the way we ue our body.
FI lessons are hugely benficial for infants and children with neurological and developmental challenges.
Functional Integration lessons last between 60 - 75 min for adults and around 45 min for a child.
Prices for Feldenkrais:
Adult - £45 or £160 for 4 lessons (max. week apart between lessons & payed on the first session)
Child - £25 or £80 for 4 lessons
In Massage the pressure of the touch and areas of focus varies depending on the needs of each individual. Judit's work is slow with attention to the detail and the whole.
Prices for Massage:
45 min - £40
60 min - £50
75 min - £60
90 min - £70
Reduced rates of £105, £135, £165 or £195 are available if you book and pay for 3 sessions in advance.
Clients often report feeling lighter, more mobile and relaxed after the treatments and long lasting improvements after a series of sessions.
She also teaches a weekly Awareness Through Movement group class at the Forge Yoga Centre in Totnes and Sation Yard Studios in Ashburton. This awareness and movement practice deepened her understanding of the self, body and movement and their interrelatedness. A sense of her own body in movement from within informs her practice to help people find comfort and ease in their bodies.