Finding Ease: Feldenkrais Foundations using Gentle Movement
A Four Lesson Awareness Through Movement mini series taught by Sarah Baumert
This series will break down some of the principles that are fundamental and foundational to the Feldenkrais® method. You could be an athlete, a long time student of movement, or be recovering from an injury - all levels of movement ability and experience are appropriate for this series. Both newcomers and consistent students of Feldenkrais will learn the principles at the heart of the method.
The Feldenkrais Method of somatic education is a practical approach that uses gentle movement and directed attention to help people learn new and more effective ways to feel more connected to their body.
This series will discuss some of the foundational aspects of the method including imagination, spontaneity, play and curiosity, generating choices, reversibility, and exploring the self image. In an Awareness Through Movement (ATM) study context, we are “learning to learn”. Students become more sensitive and responsive to daily sensations of movement, and discover quality of life improvements that show up in unexpected places. The ATM principles and experiences from the lessons start to become part of regular life and functional movement becomes more effortless and ease filled.
Students find the method gives them a clear path to feeling a more embodied self. This will be a non-judgemental, un-intimidating space to create friends with your body (yourself!).
$75 for the series
Once you purchase the series, you will have immediate access to the classes.
What’s Included In the Series:
Movement:
• This series will include four 60 minute Awareness Through Movement classes.
Educational Talks:
• Pre lesson Anatomy lessons
• The philosophical framework for ATM
Connection:
• Recorded Q & A to listen to questions, connect with the other students, and discuss the method and tools we are learning about.
• Optional 10 minute consultation with Sarah
• Online forum to connect and ask questions if you are doing the recordings
• Email support
Ways to keep practicing:
• Stream recordings indefinitely
• Option to download recordings
Lessons Included in This Series:
1. Introduction to the Series
2. The Primary Image
3. Reversibility
4. Novelty and Play
5. Skeletal Support
Anyone looking for a unique and novel way to bring a deeper awareness to how they move and live in their body.
People who are looking for a gentle way of becoming more aware of their body.
Musicians, writers, dancers, artists, athletes, (or really anyone) who want to go to the next level in their work or passion.
Anyone looking for a unique and novel way to bring a deeper awareness to how they move and live in their body.
Increase your ease and range of motion, improve your flexibility and coordination, and rediscover your innate capacity for graceful, efficient movement through these verbally guided movement sequences. Students find the method gives them a more clear entryway into feeling a more embodied self. This method allows you to discover what feels best for you, allowing for more choice in your movements, and your life. Remove outer authority from your inner body. This is a non-judgemental, non-corrective, and liberating way to experience your body in motion and an un-intimidating space to create friends with your body (yourself!).
What students are saying about Sarah’s teaching and the Feldenkrais® method:
“The part of this work that is really sweet is the awareness. It was really cool to feel this expansiveness mobility, and that feeling of space and life and consciousness. After the last few years of stress, I am starting to feel like a different being. This class has me feeling into a lot of different places in new ways, and I just feel more human. Well, I feel as though being human is different than I thought. And it’s better!”
“I particularly liked how, without a hint of judgment, you offered a variety of possible ways we might be experiencing various movements. That really reinforced that there was no “right answer” and, therefore, led to my being more aware and honest about how I was feeling.”
“You make my anatomy conscious!”
