A Tactile Spine: The Blending of Yoga & Feldenkrais

An 8 class series with Sarah Baumert

This will be a time to create space and feel what it is like living in this body. Specific to this series, we use a small bolster to awaken the upper thoracic, lower thoracic, and lumbar spine as the warm up for each class. We then use this tactile information and bring it into seated and standing poses for the last part of class.

In these sessions we will invite the spine and the back space to become a more intimate part of our practice and our life through releasing places in the spine that feel physically stuck, mentally tight, or emotionally restricted. We will explore ways to move in harmony with our unique needs and how we feel each day, to encourage the back body to soften and connect with the feelings of space and freedom in the torso.

Each class will infuse a more traditional yoga asana practice with the Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement method. These classes are an interdisciplinary excursion of yoga, Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement, joint specific training, self-massage, breathing exercises, movement puzzles, and a compassionate mindset to help you feel a greater sense of ease and comfort in yourself. Allow your body to be your guide. All levels are welcome.

But how is this class different than a regular yoga class?

This will be a nonjudgemental, un-intimidating space to create friends with your body (yourself!), and will specifically focus on learning about your spine and it’s tendencies for movement. You will train your sensitivity in such a way that you find yourself feeling more alive and vibrant.  

Lesson in this Course Include: 
Lesson 1: Tactile Spine Awakening
Lesson 2: Torso Dimensions
Lesson 3: Rolling Twists
Lesson 4: Restorative Rhythms- Spine & Hips
Lesson 5: Embody Strength: Abdominals (Front Spine) & Hips
Lesson 6: Touring the Hip Joints
Lesson 7: Soften the Heart & Rotate the Spine
Lesson 8: Supple Spine with Restoratives

Scholarships are available for this series. Please contact Sarah directly at sarah@body-matter.com for scholarship inquires. No questions asked.

This course was originally taught live. All the recordings will be accessed via the BODY MATTER studio platform using Marvelous software. Once you have purchased the series, you will have access to the livestream classes and recordings.

How to use the Marvelous software for livestream and recorded classes.


About Sarah: Sarah Baumert is known for her thorough and diverse instruction and her dedication to holding space for individual personal discovery. She facilitates whole body alignment in her students as a way for them to access balance, strength, mobility and physical clarity. Through sensory rich movement experiments, she guides students in cultivating mindfulness and deepening their learning process.

 Her experience includes working with people suffering from chronic pain, injury, illness, and other forms of dis-ease. She works with a variety of populations including athletes, seniors, artists, dancers, children, and those recovering from injury, using pain management, and alignment.
 Sarah is a certified Yoga Therapist, an Authorized Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® Teacher and Feldenkrais Functional Integration® Practitioner. Her objective is to acquire the most effective skills for helping her students live with less pain and more pleasure in their bodies.