Step Into Ease: Intelligent Feet + Better Balance
May 10th - July 5th
An 8 week Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Series with Sarah Baumert
Over 16 sessions, we will explore the feet, ankles, knees and hips and their connection to balance and stability. Everything is related to even small changes in the feet. . .
This course will bring the unique principles of the Feldenkrais method to the health and function of your feet, ankles, knees, and hips, helping to improve your balance and stability. With personalized guidance and support, you will learn how to integrate what you learn in the lessons into your daily life. Sustain better posture, walking, running, and balance with more comfort, pleasure and efficiency.
Your feet are the foundation of your body and they play a critical role in your balance and overall physical well-being. Any dysfunction or pain in your feet can impact your stability and make it difficult to move with ease. These lessons can not only make you feel taller, more upright, and stand with more ease, but in general can dramatically help you improve your balance and walking with more ease, grace, and confidence.
This series will start from the ground up, by addressing the form, function, suppleness and responsiveness of your feet. These lessons will help you find coordination between the feet to the legs, all the way up through the pelvis, spine to head. You will discover how your feet work in tandem with the knees to support your movement and balance. We will play with finding the springy innate intelligence of the feet , allowing you to connect to the earth with greater adaptability. Many lessons will be done lying on the back, with some time to integrate the floor work into standing.
Livestream classes will be taught over Zoom
May 10th - July 5th
Sundays 4:00-5:00pm CST
& Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm CST
Create a peaceful relationship with your feet.
Experience a balance of stability and fluidity
Bring clarity to the connection between your breathing and your balance.
Move with presence.
Slow down the mind.
Become aware of inefficient patterns.
Discover more efficient patterns.
Sense a calm but alert uprightness
Enjoy the interconnectedness of the moving body.
Learn a more clear understanding of the role your feet have.
$175 for the 8 week series.
Pay-as-able available for this series.
For full scholarship, please inquire directly with Sarah.
What is included in the series?
Movement:
• This series will include eight 60 minute lessons in total using a dynamic approach to foot health and balance
• Mini lessons and supplemental material to prolong your learning throughout the week
Educational Talks:
• Pre lesson Anatomy lessons
• How Breathing Habits Affect Posture and Balance
• 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
Live classes and 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.
What people are saying about Sarah's teaching:
“I find your classes to be exceptionally supportive and illuminating, and I’ve so benefitted from the learning and the unlearning I’ve experienced. Drop by drop, this practice and what I’ve received from your teaching have radically changed how I am in my body and in my life. These online Feldenkrais courses have become some of my favorite practices ever, and I’m excited every time you propose a new series. - Betsy
I am continually amazed at the “magic” of Feldenkrais. After each of the many classes I have participated in, I feel uplifted, both in posture and in mood. A clear vision is revealed and my energy is revived. Thank you, Sarah for your wise and kind presence. - Lisa
After these lessons, I often feel like I am “floating”. I continue to realize, in real time and activities like walking, the connection between all parts of my body….the supple power that moves up and down my spine, from my head to my pelvis. - Helen
I had a moment where I was feeling being propelled by my pelvis and it was so distinct. Everything felt easier, just less effort. And I was shocked when I got to standing! It just felt like gravity in the room was different. Because that is always difficult and it was actually kind of easy in a way. ”