Workshop Schedule -
Summer 2008
DYNAMIC WALKING - Moving with Your Whole Self
SATURDAY, JUNE 21
1:00 to 4:30 PM @ A2 Yoga (Map)
When was the last time you learned to walk?
Learning to walk usually happens at a young age. The learning process at this young age happens unconsciously and upon reaching a certain level of competence with walking, the learning process ends. What was once a dynamic exploration in gravity becomes a habitual response. If some of the habits around walking aren’t optimal, then injury and discomfort can result later in life. Injuries and discomfort challenge the habitual way of walking, perhaps to the point where we seek new learning and new movement possibilities.
In this Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement™ workshop, we will look at walking from a fresh perspective and attempt to return the dynamic, adaptable quality that it once had. This will be accomplished through several movement lessons designed to improve the functional relationships between feet, ankles, knees, hips, pelvis, ribs, and head to facilitate easy, effortless, and enlivened walking. The lessons encourage greater awareness of how we move while introducing new options for movement beyond what may be habitual or automatic. Moving with more options and a more complete image of one’s self can help alleviate pain, reduce the possibility of injury, and make walking more pleasurable.
The workshop is appropriate for newcomers to the Feldenkrais Method® as well as more experienced students. It is appropriate for those dealing with chronic pain and discomfort as well as those who simply want to improve their movement. The workshop will serve as a great introduction to the Feldenkrais Method®.
DYNAMIC WALKING - Moving with Your Whole Self
SATURDAY, JUNE 21
1:00 to 4:30 PM @ A2 Yoga (Map)
When was the last time you learned to walk?
Learning to walk usually happens at a young age. The learning process at this young age happens unconsciously and upon reaching a certain level of competence with walking, the learning process ends. What was once a dynamic exploration in gravity becomes a habitual response. If some of the habits around walking aren’t optimal, then injury and discomfort can result later in life. Injuries and discomfort challenge the habitual way of walking, perhaps to the point where we seek new learning and new movement possibilities.
In this Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement™ workshop, we will look at walking from a fresh perspective and attempt to return the dynamic, adaptable quality that it once had. This will be accomplished through several movement lessons designed to improve the functional relationships between feet, ankles, knees, hips, pelvis, ribs, and head to facilitate easy, effortless, and enlivened walking. The lessons encourage greater awareness of how we move while introducing new options for movement beyond what may be habitual or automatic. Moving with more options and a more complete image of one’s self can help alleviate pain, reduce the possibility of injury, and make walking more pleasurable.
The workshop is appropriate for newcomers to the Feldenkrais Method® as well as more experienced students. It is appropriate for those dealing with chronic pain and discomfort as well as those who simply want to improve their movement. The workshop will serve as a great introduction to the Feldenkrais Method®.
"Your
Nervous
System Doesn't Have
To Be"
a Feldenkrais Workshop for Relaxation & Stress Relief
with Dale Jensen and Joanna Myers, certified Feldenkrais teachers
Spend an afternoon in a retreat-like setting connecting to your body through gentle movement and awareness. Verbally-guided Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® lessons promote lasting, systemic changes in how you move and feel. Small, easy, and light movements, done with awareness, can have a profound calming and reorganizing effect on your entire nervous system.
a Feldenkrais Workshop for Relaxation & Stress Relief
with Dale Jensen and Joanna Myers, certified Feldenkrais teachers
Spend an afternoon in a retreat-like setting connecting to your body through gentle movement and awareness. Verbally-guided Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® lessons promote lasting, systemic changes in how you move and feel. Small, easy, and light movements, done with awareness, can have a profound calming and reorganizing effect on your entire nervous system.
Saturday,
August 23, 2008, 1-5 pm
- at the Gladwin Center (map)
- 4105 W. Liberty (b/w Wagner & Zeeb)
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Reduce your body’s habitual responses to stress
- Learn effective strategies for lowering your “activation” level
- Develop more nuanced internal responses to stressful situations
- Experience a level of physical ease that will redefine what it means to feel good!
- Bring a large mat or blanket and 2 towels
- Dress comfortably for light exercise
- $50, pre-registered by August 20, 2008
- $55 at the door, if space is available
- price includes audio recording for home use
