Functional Integration is an individualized, hands-on, movement based process of motor re-education. In Functional Integration, specific movement compositions are used as a dynamic tool to affect the brain and how it perceives and controls different patterns of physiological movement.
F.I. sessions are private, individualized and designed per session according to what’s immediately needed. Clients come for issues from chronic pain, injury, fatigue or simply the desire to perform better and more efficiently with a happy body. Sessions which are typically 60 minutes, take place usually laying or seated, fully clothed on a padded table where you are guided and moved with an intelligent touch that is non-invasive, sensitive and precise.
Functional Integration diverges from other methods that are corrective, invasive, or model based. By isolating inefficient postural habits it breaks them apart, presents a person with the most organized way to move with minimum effort and maximum efficiency, not through muscular strength but through increased consciousness of how movement works. This alleviates much of the muscular aches and pains and other physiological stress associated with living a modern lifestyle with its neurological demands.
“ Ordinarily, we learn just enough to function. But our ability to function with a greater range of ease and skill remains to be developed. ” - Moshe Feldenkrais, PhD
“This is the most sophisticated and effective method I have seen for the prevention and reversal of deterioration of function.” - Margaret Mead
“I have been intrigued by this subtle form of retraining the nervous system, which I recommend to Patients whose movement has been restricted…and help all of us feel more comfortable in our bodies.“ - Dr. Weil, M.D.
“I came in with shoulders bent forward and a painful neck, now I feel so tall and open in the chest, without even doing a thing.” - J.W.
“After all the trainers I have seen, I thought I had achieved my top strength, but I still wasn’t taking shorter times, Laurel got me to find my actual mechanics. More speed, less recovery time!” - Kelly, Professional Runner
“Laurel helped me find real strength, strength with longevity. She is providing a kind of work which has tremendous potential for others with similar challenges of aging with a disability.” - Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil
"I wish I had known about “FI” before seeing all the specialists and spending so much money to get free of this nerve pain. I will continue with it (Duosyns) for prevention but also just because it feels so good!” - G.M.