Feldenkrais NYC

Feldenkrais NYC Movement for Pain Relief, Recovery, and Your Optimal Health. Attentive practice. Profound changes. New skills and abilities.

Physical Therapy & Feldenkrais NYC is a participating member of The Hospital for Special Surgery Rehabilitation Network. You are welcome to work with us online, individually, in group classes, and by joining our online courses through our learning platform. We are looking forward to working together!

06/12/2026

One question. Four answers. A clearer path out of back pain. 👉 Join The First 3 Steps to Getting Out of Pain — link in bio.

06/05/2026

Walking past Madison Square Garden, I saw it.
A sign: “Do you believe in miracles ?”
I stopped and took a photo of it.
I do believe. I just don’t call them miracles.
When someone walks in braced for the worst — shaky, frightened, sure their body is broken — and walks out moving freely, it can look like a miracle.
But it isn’t.
It’s the body doing what it already knows how to do, once you give it the right conditions.
Calm the nervous system. Restore the movement. Trust the intelligence that’s already there.
That’s not a trick. That’s healing.
And that’s why I show up at work every day.
Onward & upward.

Do you believe in miracles ? Please respond in the comments.

Let’s go Knicks!
Let’s go Maja (the first French Open finalist as a qualifier - Miracle? Magic?)

06/04/2026

Linda’s words, not mine.
Four months of vertigo. After one session, it was gone.
“It’s the best gift ever.”
If you’re living with something you’ve been told to just live with, it may be worth one conversation.
Marek Wyszynski, PT, GCFP Physical Therapy & Feldenkrais NYC

06/03/2026

I watched her take her shoes off, and something stopped me.

A woman in her seventies. Sitting — but not bending.

She held her whole spine like a board. Stiff. Braced. Contorting around herself just to reach her own foot.

I asked if she was in pain.

She said no. Why do you ask?

I told her the truth: you’re moving like you’re protecting something.

And she said — almost proud — forty years ago I had a herniated disc. The doctor told me never to bend forward again.

So she didn’t.

For forty years, she removed bending from her life. Tying her shoes. Drying her feet. Reaching a low shelf. Picking up what she dropped.

All of it around a stiff spine.

A single sentence, decades ago, became a cage.

Here’s what I want you to know.

The spine is built to bend.

The problem was never the bending. It was bending without being aware of how to do it safely.

Over the weeks we worked together, we reintroduced gentle, intelligent movement — slowly, never forcing the vulnerable areas.

And her spine began to remember.

She was thrilled.
And she was grieving — for the forty years she didn’t have to lose.

If somewhere along the way you were told to stop — to protect, to brace, to not move — it may be time to gently ask whether that’s still true.

I made a free masterclass on exactly this. No pressure — just come and see.

Here is the link: https://courses.feldenkraisnyc.com/register-3673?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=beyond-june9

Onward & upward.
Marek Wyszynski, PT, GCFP
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06/01/2026

You’re doing the stretches.
The exercises.
And your back still hurts.
Here’s what no one told you.
When your back hurts, your muscles aren’t weak. They’re guarding. Protecting you.
That tightness you keep trying to stretch away — it’s your nervous system standing guard.
And you can’t stretch your way out of a guard that’s afraid to let go.
So we go the other way. Smaller. Slower. Gentler.
The body doesn’t let go under force. It lets go under safety.
I made a free masterclass on what gentle, effective movement actually looks like.
Link in bio. No pressure — just come and see. #
Onward & upward.

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This week in Tuesday's 12:30 class, we worked on turning.Not the kind that makes your knee wince — the kind that flows.H...
05/27/2026

This week in Tuesday's 12:30 class, we worked on turning.

Not the kind that makes your knee wince — the kind that flows.

Here's something most people never learn: the knee is mostly a hinge. It bends and straightens beautifully.

A small amount of rotation does happen — but only when the knee is bent. When you're standing with your leg straight, the knee should not twist.

So when you turn to reach behind you, suddenly change direction, or greet someone calling your name — and the knee complains — it's usually because the twist landed in the one joint that can't take it.

The rest of you stopped joining in.

Standing on our own two feet, we explored turning from the hips, the pelvis, the spine — all the way up through the eyes.

We let the eyes lead. The head followed.

The spine organized itself. And the feet learned to pivot against the floor — so the turn moved through the whole self instead of grinding in one small joint.

By the end, people were turning farther and easier. Knees quiet.

Out of harm's way.

Not by forcing it. By inviting everyone to the party.

Every day, in every way, we can get better and better. 🙏

👉 If your knees get angry when you move, I made something for you. Download my free guide, Stop Angry Knees — simple, gentle tools to calm the knee and move with ease.
📌 Download link here:
https://courses.feldenkraisnyc.com/stop-angry-knees?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stop_angry_knees

05/07/2026

This Sunday, May 11th — I’m teaching a free class as my Mother’s Day gift.
If your mom has been living with back pain, knee pain, or just moving through life with more effort than feels right — this hour is for her.

No exercises. No pushing through pain. No complicated routines.
Just gentle, intelligent movement that helps her body remember what feeling good actually feels like.

11am–12pm ET. Free. Online.

Tag a mom who deserves this. Or just send her the link.
👉 Link in bio to register.

05/01/2026

I am happy to report a heavy use of one of our pieces at the office. Celebrating all wins, big and small. It’s an important part of progress. Will you join us?

03/29/2026

Gently bring your awareness toward the area of discomfort, toward the pain. Breathe in, make some space there. As you breathe out, let it soften, let it drop, let it ease. Discover calm within.

03/28/2026

Release tension with a simple, soft sigh. Exhale through your mouth with a gentle 'Ahh' sound to let go. It's a quiet sigh of relief, a powerful practice.

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