A3 - Bringing a profession into the spotlight

At European level, the first milestone of the project was the inclusion of the item ‘Awareness through movement courses’ in the international classification of economic activities NACE rev2.1, which all European countries refer to. This now makes activities related to the Method potentially visible in any country where Feldenkrais Teachers practise here in Europe.



However, at the country system level, visibility is only effective when this figure or practice is operationally included in recognised professional directories.



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ks to the project, Italy has already followed up with the inclusion of subcode 85.59.91 “Conscious education courses through movement” in the ATECO2025 economic classification, which is valid for national statistical analyses. The code has been active since 1 April this year.



In England, a long process of national and international consultation led to the proposal of a national occupational standard (NOS) that was just approved in February by Skills for Health, a non-profit organisation for the development of an optimal and sustainable healthcare workforce in the United Kingdom. This result allows the Feldenkrais Guild UK to proceed with its application to the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) to include the profession of Feldenkrais Teacher in the register of healthcare practitioners.



Following the result achieved in 2024 with the NACE and ISTAT2025 economic classifications, the Feldenkrais4Life project is now committed to continuing a process similar to that taking place in Great Britain for the remainder of its duration.