Learn True Health With Ashley James

Ashley James interviews Peggy Protz, today’s guest on Learn True Health. Peggy is an expert in movement and how the quality of your movement directly affects your quality of life. She has been a professional dancer, a pilates instructor, and, since 2002, a Feldenkrais practitioner. Feldenkrais aims to reduce pain or limitations in movement. Feldenkrais is for those who have not had success with traditional physical therapy. Feldenkrais is designed to break up habitual patterns and introduce new ways of functioning so that you’re not tied to your habits. Interestingly it looks at the whole system—the area that hurts may have its source from another part of the body. Feldenkrais helps the body reprogram itself. Feldenkrais is also very effective with neurological challenges, such as Multiple sclerosis (MS) and recovering from strokes, anything that affects the way you move and the way your brain and muscles are connected to each other Peggy points out that Feldenkrais is not a conditioning approach, like yoga o