While physical therapy, massage, and yoga (kind of) focus on how a person uses their muscles, Feldenkrais focuses on how a person uses their skeleton. I just found a very clear explanation of that idea in "Awareness Through Movement". Moshe quote time!
"The nervous system and the frame develop together under the influence of gravity in such a way that the skeleton will hold up the body without expending energy despite the pull of gravity. If, on the other hand, the muscles have to carry out the job of the skeleton, not only do they use energy needlessly, but they are then prevented from carrying out their main function of changing the position of the body, that is, of movement." - pg. 68
So when someone tells you to stand up straight, all you probably do is work harder by pulling yourself upright with your muscles. Why not find a way to adapt better to gravity by letting your skeleton and muscles do what they're each made to do?
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