Judit Meixner

Judit is a qualified Feldenkrais practitioner (2016, Sussex, UK), a practitioner of the Jeremy Krauss Approach (JKA) for children with special needs (2022, Tegernsee, Germany) and a Remedial Massage therapist (2008 Sydney, Australia). She offers individual Feldenkrais Functional Integration & JKA lessons and Remedial Massage therapy at Ola. 

Bodywork has been her full-time profession since 2010. She finds learning about the body, mind and movement a fascinating, exciting and a continuous journey.

She discovered the Feldenkrais Method when dealing with her own stubborn lower back pain while working as a sports massage therapist. To find relief she joined a pilates class, but instead she experienced the magic of Awareness Through Movement lessons. She found these movements to be the gentlest yet most effective, illuminating and quick solution to her discomfort. 

She signed up for a 4 year Feldenkrais teacher training which gave her many tools to help people with pain relief, ease of tension, improving movement and function in order to create a feeling of well-being. She also gained a new and holistic way of thinking when helping people through which she promotes self-care and recommends ways of avoiding further injuries.

Her studies of the Hakomi Method further widened her experience of mind-body unity. The core principles of this mindfulness-based and body-centred psychotherapy are integral in establishing a safe therapeutic relationship when treating people. 

She finds that using a somatic approach when working with people provides a gentle yet powerful way of accessing a deeper healing experience in the nervous system. Being able to accompany, support and witness a person’s healing journey is a privilege for her. 

Given each individual’s experience in life which can include possible traumas she believes that it is essential to meet each person where they are before offering options for healing and well-being with sensitivity and care. 

Encouraging body awareness, movement and compassion are central to each session.

Feldenkrais Method

The Feldenkrais Functional Integration (FI) lessons focus on a gentle exploration of movement, including recognition of habitual ways of moving before trying out new options and functionality with awareness.

The lessons can help to recover function after an injury affecting the musculoskeletal and nervous system while improving the way we use our bodies. People report feeling lighter, more at ease, open and integrated and better organised after a Functional Integration lesson. 

JKA lessons are hugely beneficial for infants and children with neurological and developmental challenges. When working with children Judit employs her knowledge of early motor development to help each child to utilise their brain’s capaciedty to learn, change and keep improving their abilities. 

Functional Integration lessons are 60min (75 min first lesson) for adults and 45 min for a child.

Prices for Feldenkrais:

• Adult – £65 or £60 if a block of 4 or more lessons are booked and paid on the first session
• Child –  £45 or £40 if a block of 4 or more lessons are booked.

An option of intensive sessions is also available and is highly beneficial to deeply embed the leaning into the nervous system. You receive 1 or 2 sessions per day over 3 or more days in one week.

Massage treatments

Judit’s Massage treatments are informed and influenced by her Feldenkrais training and studies of Hakomi. A safe and connected relationship is integral to each session. 

The pressure and areas of focus vary depending on the needs of each individual. Judit’s work is slow with attention to both the detail and the whole body. Body awareness and breath work are encouraged throughout every treatment. 

She joined the well-known company City Sports Massage and practiced as a senior massage therapist in one of their busy clinics in Central London. Attending regular in-house workshops and being constantly interested in refining her skills she now works with confidence when treating people with various musculoskeletal injuries and dysfunctions.

Prices for Massage therapy and block booking discounts:

• 60 min – £65 
• 75 min – £75 
• 90 min – £85

Reduced rates of £5 per session are available if you book and pay for 4 or more sessions in advance. 

Clients often report feeling lighter, more mobile and very relaxed after the treatments and experience long-lasting improvements following a series of sessions.

Feldenkrais Group Classes

Judit teaches a weekly Awareness Through Movement group class at the Angel Hall Yoga Studio in Totnes and online. This awareness and movement practice deepened her understanding of the self, body and movement and their interrelatedness. A personal sense of her own body in movement from within informs her practice of helping people find comfort and ease in their bodies.