Skip to main content

Table 1 Profile of Feldenkrais Teachers and traditional format practice patterns during 2010

From: United States Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teachers®: a survey of characteristics and practice patterns

Characteristic

Responders

Percentage

Mean (SD)

95% CI

Age group

    

18–29 years

3

0.8

  

30–39 years

14

3.7

  

40–49 years

71

18.7

  

50–59 years

153

40.3

  

60–69 years

112

29.5

  

70–84 years

27

7.1

  

Region

    

Northeasta

62

16.3

  

Midwestb

50

13.1

  

Southc

65

17.1

  

Westd

204

53.5

  

Gross income level

    

Less than $25,000

    

All

88

23.6

  

Men

11

17.2

  

Women

77

24.9

  

$25,000 to $49,999

    

All

124

33.2

  

Men

21

32.8

  

Women

103

33.3

  

$50,000 to $74,999

    

All

88

23.6

  

Men

9

14.1

  

Women

79

25.6

  

$75,000 or more

    

All

73

19.6

  

Men

23

35.9

  

Women

50

16.2

  

Percentage of gross income from Feldenkrais practice

    

0

    

All

37

9.9

  

Men

2

3.1

  

Women

35

11.3

  

1-20

    

All

132

35.4

  

Men

29

45.3

  

Women

103

33.3

  

21-40

    

All

46

12.3

  

Men

6

9.4

  

Women

40

12.9

  

41-60

    

All

30

8.0

  

Men

4

6.3

  

Women

26

8.4

  

Traditional practice format, 12-month overview questions

    

How many weeks did you practice?

266

96.7

39.6 (14.3)

37.9-41.3

How many hours of direct contact with students did you have in a typical week?

265

96.4

10.5 (9.8)

9.3-11.7

How many appointments (visits) for individual lessons (Functional Integration® or Awareness Through Movement®) with students did you have in a typical week?

257

93.5

8.7 (8.6)

7.7-9.8

How many students did you have for individual lessons in a typical week?

255

92.7

7.9 (8.0)

6.9-8.9

How many minutes did your individual lessons last?

    

Most often, typical lesson

260

94.5

58.4 (9.3)

57.3-59.5

Shorter lessons

174

63.3

43.5 (11.8)

41.7-45.2

Longer lessons

171

62.2

77.0 (14.9)

74.8-79.3

How many classes (visits) for group lessons (Awareness Through Movement) with students did you have in a typical week?

275

100.0

1.5 (2.4)

1.2-1.8

How many students did you have for group lessons in a typical week?

275

100.0

8.1 (11.2)

6.8-9.4

How many minutes did your group lessons (classes) last?

    

Most often, typical lesson

190

69.1

58.7 (9.1)

57.4-60.0

Shorter lessons

102

37.1

48.7 (11.3)

46.5-51.0

Longer lessons

101

36.7

71.7 (23.5)

67.0-76.3

How many public workshops based on the Feldenkrais Method did you offer?

275

100.0

2.0 (3.2)

1.7-2.4

How many workshops for Feldenkrais practitioners and/or students in accredited Feldenkrais Professional Training Programs did you offer?

275

100.0

0.6 (2.4)

0.3-0.9

  1. Item-specific numbers of responders and percentages for all characteristics; means with standard deviations (SD), and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for 12-month overview of traditional practice format.
  2. aNew York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island.
  3. bIllinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota.
  4. cVirginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Tennessee, Delaware, South Carolina, West Virginia, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Mississippi.
  5. dCalifornia, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Hawaii, Utah, Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada.
Back to article page

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

ISSN: 2662-7671

Contact us