updated 9/30/08
class schedule & workshops
updated 9/30/08
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Friday August 8th 6-10pm, Saturday August 9th 12-8pm, Saturday August 17th 12-8pm
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with Carl & Erin, Tuesdays Sept.9-Oct.14 (no class on Sept.23) 6:30-8pm
The Feldenkrais Method is an ideal and enjoyable way to learn about, experience and immediately benefit from improving your brain-body coordination. Each week we'll explore two unique Awareness Through Movement lessons have time to discuss how this kind of sensory-motor learning benefits your body, your brain, and your life. Ten lessons in five weeks - enjoy learning and improving without struggle, and don't be surprised if you find your life changing in surprising and delightful ways. This course is open to everyone regardless of age or physical fitness level. Please bring a blanket or pad for your use on the floor.
Your space in this course will be reserved by sending a check to Erin Geesaman Rabke at 823 e 1st Ave, SLC UT 84103. Cost is $85 if your check is received by 9/1/08 and $100 if received on or after 9/2/08. C lass size will be limited and early registration is recommended.
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The Movement of Self-Compassion
As we'll be exploring the movement of self
compassion, perhaps we should consider: What is
non-compassionate movement? Force. Pushing without listening.
Forcing oneself into a "correct" posture while ignoring the body's
continuous feedback, which arises in the form of
sensation. Non-compassionate movement creates an internal conflict
between our imagined ideal of how we should be and how we
actually are. For so many of us, self-aggression can
creep into our most well-intentioned ways of working with our embodied
selves. Self-aggressiveness shows up in exercise, yoga
practice, sports and the movements of daily life and can
give rise to repetitive stress-injury, stress, burn out, and a sense
of never being good enough.
Lasting improvement in movement and posture arises most easily and
effectively when we're in a learning state. In the Feldenkrais
Method,
we understand that learning is enhanced in an environment of
non-judgmental awareness and curious sensitivity where we are free to
explore options without the fear of "making a mistake."As
senior Feldenkrais teacher Ruthy Alon writes in Mindful
Spontaneity , "This patience to allow someone the time to ripen
from within is a virtue that academic learning in our culture seems to
have missed. When you experience Awareness Through Movement,
you are your own witness. This is the advantage of
awareness. When you act consciously, your are simultaneously both the
doer and the patient observer, whose presence gives support while
standing on the side."
Through this afternoon workshop, which will include three unique
Awareness Through Movement
lessons, you have an opportunity to wean yourself from the need to
excel in the eyes of others and to experience a deep trust of
your own embodied intelligence; to move with self-friendliness.
In addition to these gentle movement lessons we will also have time
for class discussion. Please bring a blanket for padding on the floor.
Cost is $45 prepaid, $50 day of class.
Your space in this course will be
reserved by sending a check to Erin Geesaman Rabke at 823 e 1st Ave,
SLC UT 84103.
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Improve the Way You Run
Saturday Sept.
27, 1-6pm with Erin & Carl
$75
In this 5 hour workshop, we
will use several unique
Awareness Through Movement
lessons in combination with running to support each participant in
understanding personal elements of good form. In a safe learning
environment each participant will be able to experience energetic,
efficient, healthy, and technically masterful running. We'll focus on
lessons which will allow you to feel for yourself how best to
align your hips, knees and feet
to reduce knee and foot strain, how to
use the core muscles for
maximum efficiency, and how to coordinate the upper and lower body for
power and speed. Please bring a blanket for padding on the floor and
come dressed to run. This may be the first time you've broken a sweat
in a Feldenkrais class! :) We'll be spending time both indoors for the
floor lessons and outdoors for running. If you're among the 60% of
runners who are injured in any given year, don't hesitate to
participate - you can sit out for the active running parts and can
participate and learn a lot from the safe and easy Feldenkrais
lessons. The world is not short on running advice - this workshop
will be different. This class will allow you to safely explore nuances
in form so you can
feel for yourself
(perhaps for the first time) what actually works best for you.
Your space in this class will be
reserved by sending a check to Erin Geesaman Rabke at
823 e 1st Ave, SLC UT 84103. Cost is $75 prepaid, $85 drop in.
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Experiential Anatomy Weekend
Intensive
Oct. 4-5 @ Sugarspace with Erin & Carl
Cost is $150 and includes a ticket to the Bodyworlds Exhibit at the
Leonardo and an audio cd of the movment lessons.
see
www.theleonardo. org
We are thrilled to offer this workshop, and based on the enthusiastic
response we've received from our clients whom we've told about it, I
imagine it will fill early.
During this enlightening workshop, we'll explore our anatomy from the
inside - vivifying the somatic perspective on being embodied. We'll be
using Awareness Through Movement lessons, experiential anatomy
inquiries, and partner explorations. On Saturday after the workshop,
we'll head over to the Leonardo to experience the Bodyworlds exhibit.
(The Leonardo suggests 90 minutes for the exhibit, but you may wish to
stay longer. I believe they close at 8pm.) Carl and I drove to Denver
a few years ago to experience this exhibit of plastinated and artfully
dissected and displayed cadavers and were truly amazed. Check the
website for the Leonardo which has tons of information about
Bodyworlds and what you can expect to see during your visit. Seeing
bodies in such intimate detail will bring a unique perspective to our
second day of movement and experiential anatomy explorations. If the
workshop fills early, we may repeat it in November.
Your space in this workshop will be reserved by sending a check to
Erin Geesaman Rabke
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Discovering
Your Skeleton
Sat. Oct 18th, 1-4:30pm
with Carl & Erin
Much of the
reason why osteoporosis is such a growing concern in our culture is
that we have lost touch with our skeletons. Our intimacy with things
like couches, lazy boy chairs, school desks and automobile seats
provide a kind of exoskeleton of support, such that our bony structure
is not required to keep us upright. In this workshop we will learn how
to organize ourselves around the supportive presence of our bones. The
more we learn how to rely on our bones, the stronger the bones become,
the more our posture improves, and the less muscular effort and energy
is required to hold us up against the force of gravity. Interestingly,
Moshe Feldenkrais felt that the evolution of human consciousness was
related to increased awareness of one's own skeleton. Come find out for
yourself the many levels of support you can find within yourself when
moving, feeling, and using your bones.
Cost is $45 prepaid, $50 day
of class. Your space in this class will be reserved by sending a check
to Erin Geesaman Rabke @ 823 e 1st Ave, SLC UT 84103. With questions,
call 801-898-0478.
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Our
Saturday Feldenkrais workshops
are an enjoyable way to steep yourself in the experience of
your own embodied wisdom, facilitated through 3 enjoyable
Awareness Through
Movement Lessons. Each class
focuses on a unique subject which students are allowed not only to think
about, but to experience directly through their own embodiment. These
workshops are not progressive, but each stand independently. Feel free to
join us anytime. These classes are designed for students with various
levels of movement experience - from new beginners to long time movers;
however these group classes are not recommended for those in the acute
phase of an injury. We recommend that you wear comfortable,
non-restrictive clothing and bring one or more blankets or mats for
padding on the floor. Drop-ins are welcomed on a space available basis.
The following workshops will be held at Pinnacle Performance,
1410 S.
Edison Street, in Salt Lake City. Cost is $45 prepaid, $50 drop in.
Please call or email us to confirm that
space is available, then mail your check to 823 e 1st Ave, SLC UT 84103.
There is a growing body of research to support the efficacy of the Feldenkrais Method. In addition to the many case studies that contain detailed information about the interventions used with individuals, a number of recent studies incorporating larger groups, more effective methods, and random assignment control have been conducted. The following represent some of the three dozen studies included in "Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation" (Slack Incorporated. Thorofare, NJ 2004), Chapter 12, written by James Stephens, PT, PhD., CFP and Teresa M. MillerFT.), PT, MS, CFT. (Information provided by the Feldenkrais Guild of North America. Download the complete .pdf)
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