The Franklin Method® combines imagery, experiential anatomy and reconditioning to create ease of movement, flexibility, strength, balance, and vitality.

Imagery - the key body/mind skill
Imagery can encourage the body to rediscover natural movement patterns that create ease of movement, flexibility and strength. Using imagery, movement and touch one can embody new internal resources and possibilities for movement, health, and performance.

Experiential Anatomy
Using biomechanical principles, touch and awareness techniques, experiential anatomy improves alignment, movement and health. The skeleton moves in concert with the biomechanical rhythm of each bone. Each muscle expands and contracts in synchronized waves. Even the organs support flexibility and alignment. An experiential understanding of the body provides a deep and comprehensive foundation for healing, physical training and performance. The Franklin Method harmonizes all the body systems as a whole, allowing movement and well-being to flow.

Reconditioning Movement
The body was designed to move and movement is the great elixir of life. Where there is lack of movement, life becomes stagnant and stale. The Franklin Method® uses a rich variety of movement ranging from everyday activity, walking, sitting, standing to dynamic stretching, Therabands®, Franklin balls, dance, rhythm and improvisation to stimulate the ongoing dialog of life in a body.

Eric Franklin

Eric Franklin is the creator and founder of the Institute for Franklin-Methode in Uster, Switzerland (www.franklin-methode.ch). Mr. Franklin has served as visiting professor at the Universitites of New York, Vienna and Dresden. He has worked with Olympic and World Champion athletes on mental training and neuromuscular retraining. He continues to teach at universities, dance centers and dance festivals in the United States and throughout Europe. He is the author of several books on imagery and conditioning, including Dynamic Alignment through Imagery; Relax your Neck, Liberate your Shoulders; Pelvic Power; Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance; and Conditioning for Dance