First Aid Toolkit

Gentle, Holistic Pain Relief

This comprehensive Feldenkrais program helps you prevent acute pain from becoming chronic. It consists of eight ‘mini’ workshops to help you provide 'First Aid Pain Relief' for your Ankles, Back, Hands, Hips, Knees, Mouth & Jaw, Neck, & Shoulders pain. The workshops are available individually or as a complete set.

Is Acute Pain Slowing You Down?

Did you turn quickly and tweak your back, knees, or ankles? Reach for a coffee cup and felt a pinch in your neck or shoulders? Sew until you ended up with achy hands? Wake up with a tight jaw? Go out dancing, but your hips protested?

When acute pain appears many of us try to ignore it. The problem with ignoring pain is that the more you ignore it, the louder it becomes, putting you at risk for a more serious injury that you started with or pain that becomes chronic. Alternately, we can 'baby' the area too much and end up with ankle issues because we were trying not to exacerbate our knee pain. The lessons in this program are great to have on hand for when you want to avoid long-term issues.

The Feldenkrais lessons in the First Aid Toolkit are tailored to address some of the most common aches and pains we experience in life. Each one is designed to reduce pain, restore comfort, and put you on the path to recovery; they are easy, safe, and adaptable to sitting.

In the lessons, you will be guided therapeutically through a series of comfortable movements while paying attention to your own experience. This will stimulate learning in your brain and help develop new neurological pathways to improve your comfort and neuromuscular and skeletal organization.

David Zemach-Bersin’s warm, confident teaching style reflects his almost fifty years in private practice, working with a diverse clientele. He brings a wealth of practical experience to his teaching of these programs. His approach is highly accessible, effective, and remarkably suited to home use.

What People are Saying

"The Knee Relief lessons are very valuable. Upon completion, I had almost immediate relief of pain in my right knee, which I had injured several times doing sports. I am now beginning my golden eighties, and I recommend the Feldenkrais Method."

~L.M.

"When I started Hip Relief, I had a severe bout of pain and could hardly walk. The lessons gave me tremendous relief-- every time. I'm finding that what I have learned is integrating more and more, and I have totally changed my attitude toward physical adversity. My quality of life has improved immensely."

~Fatima Mousli

"Mouth & Jaw Relief is incredible. I had begun to clench my jaw at night due to recent stress and I noticed improvements immediately. One truly surprising benefit was that I had woken up with constant knee discomfort and once I finished the lessons, my knees felt so much better. Interconnected indeed!"

~Andrea

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Meet David Zemach-Bersin

David Zemach-Bersin is a world-renowned Feldenkrais Teacher and Trainer whose warm, confident teaching style reflects nearly five decades of helping people heal and develop their potential. David studied directly with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, founder of the Feldenkrais Method, and graduated from the first Feldenkrais Teacher Training Program held in the U.S. in 1977. David has become an expert in this versatile, sensory-motor approach which engages the brain's neuroplasticity to bring about healing and improvement. David is co-author of RELAXERCISE (HarperCollins) and the Director of Feldenkrais Access, where he teaches online Feldenkrais classes and programs for the public and develops training materials for Feldenkrais Practitioners. He lives with his family in Connecticut.

**The First Aid Toolkit Offers Help For:**

Ankle pain
Back pain
Hand pain
Hip pain
Knee pain
Mouth & Jaw pain
Neck pain
Shoulder pain

The Complete Program Includes:

Eight targeted programs
Twenty Feldenkrais lessons
Eight Introductory talks
Eight discussions
Eight sets of Self-Care Tips
Information to help you adapt the lessons to alternative positions
Lifetime access to recordings and option to download

Purchase All 8 Workshops

The complete First Aid Toolkit gives you access to all eight workshops as an integrated learning experience and saves you 35% off the cost of purchasing them individually. Together, they support lasting improvements in your movement, coordination, and flexibility, while letting you learn at your own pace and revisit lessons whenever you need. It's a simple, cost-effective way to reduce pain and support your long-term mobility and everyday well-being.

Purchase the Complete Set