About Luka Skywalkerin

I can’t boast about to be trained as a physiotherapist or psychotherapist. To be honest, I used to not care about my health very much. In fact, the reason I came to Feldenkrais was because I couldn’t deal with my own pain anymore.

Sport in school was hell for me. Later, I had the urge to move and tried several things like swimming, running, boxing or cycling, but it was always just a matter of time before I injured myself and had to stop. Twisted knees, herniated discs, clenched nerves, cracked ribs, neck pain and aching feet – so bad I couldn’t stand or walk on them anymore – and then arthritis came into play.

I started to think of my body as an enemy.

My osteopath told me about Feldenkrais and I was immediately hooked. When I was supposed to lie on the mat for my first sessions I didn’t even know how to get down onto the floor, let alone how to get up again. Gravity had become my opponent, something that hindered me, something I’d forgotten how to use. But what I’d read about Moshe Feldenkrais before starting was too interesting for me to give up, and soon I felt something was changing.

When I was walking home, my steps were easier and lighter than before. I lost that feeling when I got back to my daily routine, but I loved that time so much that I went back to class every week. I saw some light at the end of the tunnel for the first time in ten years.

I didn’t know then how the Feldenkrais Method worked, but I knew there was something in it. I started reading books to understand the way Moshe Feldenkrais was thinking. The way he knew that one can change themselves was so full of hope, so human, that I decided to learn his method fully and spend the rest of my life as a professional practitioner.

I started my training as a Feldenkrais teacher in July 2015 in Vienna and San Rafael, California. Those four years changed my life, and I had the chance to develop myself in every direction. There have been countless moments during this time when things lit up for me – while learning about the connections between skeletal organisation, the resting phases, breathing, statics and well-being, to name a few.