Depression emerges from the interaction of many environments — our bodies, our relationships, the spaces we inhabit, and the natural rhythms around us. This is the core idea behind the Decoding Depression initiative of the European Commission.

Across Europe, health, education, and social care systems increasingly need preventive, person-centred, and cost-effective approaches that support well-being, functional autonomy, and stress regulation. The Feldenkrais Method responds to this need by improving movement efficiency, interoceptive awareness, and autonomic balance through gentle, guided learning.

Feldenkrais competences are ready for broader recognition and integration across European health, education, and social care systems.

The Feldenkrais4Life Action A4 pilots were designed around a shared conviction: fibromyalgia and chronic pain cannot be effectively addressed through single, isolated interventions. These conditions require approaches that integrate medical knowledge, embodied learning and the lived experience of patients, while also fostering dialogue and mutual understanding between professionals.

Building on the first pan-European event (January 2025), this session explored how the Feldenkrais Method can be integrated into healthcare.

From 2025 onwards, European statistics will start being produced based on NACE Rev. 2.1. And this new version, now official, brings a first milestone, a first small step along the path to recognition of the Feldenkrais activity among the economic activities of the European Community.

The opportunity offered until January 2026 by the project to present the work of Feldenkrais practitioners as a source of mutual inspiration and exchange between colleagues and other professionals. A showcase for Europe, its institutions and all those who might be interested in the potential of the Feldenkrais Method on a national and international level.