How
do we present Feldenkrais® lessons
so that our students appreciate and use what we
have to offer?
There is, for many of us, a gap between what we
do and what we say, between what we do and how
we think about it. Bridging the Gap
presents ways of spanning this rift between moving
and speaking, doing and explaining, so that your
students grasp their lessons in practical, concrete
ways. You learn SPIFFER—a clear-cut model for
observing and understanding movement—and apply
it to understanding how people move, decoding
the structure of lessons, and being a more effective
teacher from the moment a lesson starts.
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Recognize what students’ need and discover how
to engage their curiosity.
• Cultivate hands-on sensitivity, skill
and strategy.
• Learn what makes a lesson a lesson .
. . and how to turn that knowledge into persuasive,
lasting learning.
What
Every Practitioner Needs to Know
•
Turn “figuring out what to do” into a way to
inspire curiosity and facilitate learning.
• Guide students to appreciate their problems
and challenges in the context of larger patterns.
• Learn to recognize and effectively use
the seven aspects of movement.
• Deepen your sensibility and develop
evocative, skillful touch.
• Transform roadblocks and set-backs into
learning opportunities.
• Give memorable, meaningful lessons.
We all know that life depends on our ability to
breathe. What is not as obvious is the extent
to which the quality of our breathing affects
the quality of our life. Many people live unnecessarily
with a restricted ability to breathe. This may
be due to trauma, ongoing pain or simply the adoption
of bad habits. This eight-session program leads
the user step-by-step through important aspects
of healthy breathing. Each lesson artfully combines
imagination, breath and movement to create the
basis for fuller and more comfortable breathing.
The way we breathe is normally something that
happens outside of our conscious control. Using
Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement®
lessons, one finds that it is possible to let
go of habits that interfere with full breathing
and instill new, healthier habits. Breath and
movement are intertwined; people using this program
report not only expanded breathing ability but
also increased flexibility. The lessons proceed
gently, and each person can learn at their own
pace. Focus on Breathing can be a great support
for anyone recovering from surgery, dealing with
pain or looking to increase their overall health
and vitality.
Price: $56.95, 4 CDs in a binder, 8 Feldenkrais®
Lessons, Your Price:
$51.26 w/coupon.
If
you want to develop your speaking or singing voice,
this audio program is a must-have! Improve speaking
and singing by emulating the kind of movements
and sounds that infants use to develop their voices.
Enhance your voice by reprogramming the neuromuscular
patterns that are the building blocks of vocal
functioning.
Lavinia Plonka, GCFP is an Feldenkrais®
teacher, workshop leader, and Director of Asheville
Movement Center in North Carolina. She has over
30 years of movement experience and is the author
of several books. These two CDs contain an introduction
and four 20 minute Feldenkrais® lessons
in pelvic movement and awareness. It is designed
for general consumer use. Each section can be done
separately allowing the user to progress through
the program at their own pace. Continue
reading . . .
Pelvic Health and Awareness: A Feldenkrais®
Awareness Through Movement® Program for
Women and Men is a multi-lesson program
which takes you through a journey towards finding
the functional uses of the pelvic floor via imagery,
breathing, and functional movements. The three disc
audio program comes with a booklet which not only
details each lesson but provides the user with a
picture of a pelvic model and detailed guidelines
on how to do the lessons and use the program. This
program can be used safely by people who want to
improve their bladder control, reduce back or pelvic
pain, recover from childbirth/abdominal surgery/prostate
surgery or trauma. According to the author, this
booklet is also helpful for sexual functioning,
digestive problems and trauma. Continue
reading . . .
Donna Ray is a psychotherapist and a 20 year practitioner
of the Feldenkrais® technique. She
explains on Track 1 of both CDs the history and
background of the Feldenkrais Method®
as well as the development of her program, relating
awareness through movement (Feldenkrais®
philosophy) with sexual performance to enhance the
sexual experience. The focus is on slow, gentle,
rhythmical movements to promote a decrease in muscle
tension, increase in body awareness and body image,
and encourage attention to the present all in a
non-threatening environment in order to increase
sensitivity and experience the satisfaction of orgasms.
Continue
reading . . .
The author is a recreational therapist, exercise
instructor, and certified Feldenkrais®
Practitioner. This self-help book begins with an
introduction to the Feldenkrais Method®
and then provides a brief review of the anatomy
of the sciatic nerve and spinal alignment. The book
takes the reader through several exercises to help
determine proper posture in a variety of positions.
An emphasis is placed on reorganizing skeletally
for pain free movement. The reader is then lead
through detailed explanations of gentle exercises
to help increase mobility and decrease pain. There
are illustrations and pictures to assist the reader
in performing the movements as well. Continue
reading . . .
Sheri-Rose
Rubin talks about discovering that her son
Max had cerebral palsy, the incredibly grim
prognosis given to him by the medical community.
Finding the Feldenkrais Method®
and the work of Sheryl Field turned this
tragedy into something incredibly beautiful.
Sheryl Field is the founder of The Field
Center: For Children's Integrated Development.
What she does and the remarkable impact
she has made on the lives of many families
who were given very little hope for their
children's disabilities must be shared with
other families in similar situations.
Learn the structure & strategy of Functional
Integration® (FI) lessons. Explore the theory
and practice of the Method by teaching lessons
around a specific functional theme. Develop an
understanding of not just what to do, but why.
Each phase of a lesson is presented with an eye
to technical detail and to an explanation of the
reasoning behind it. Considering time-tested lessons
as if they followed the same logic as a musical
score, Ideas In Action brings
to light the compositional sense, technical organization
and experiential processes that underlie effective,
unforgettable learning.
You will learn, step-by-step, what to notice and
how to respond. This fosters the deep appreciation
of the grammar & syntax of lessons necessary to
become a reflective practitioner. The finer points
of technique and self-use are clarified.
In this program you will:
• Cultivate movement observation abilities
• Refine hands-on sensitivity & skills
• Develop better self-use
• Study classic lesson composition
• Learn FI scores & strategies
• Enhance creativity & intuition
• Become a more effective educator
Ideas in Action Vol 3:Price: $425.00,
19 DVDs in a binder with a data CD which includes
a Study Guide, MP3 files of the ATMs and SPIFFER
notes. Your Price:
$382.50 w/coupon.
The
San Francisco Evening Class - Volumes 1, 2 &
3
by Moshe Feldenkrais
This
superb audio program offers you a selection of
the exercises taught in the evening classes Moshe
Feldenkrais offered the general public on his
first visit to San Francisco. Excellent for both
beginners and those already familiar with Awareness
Through Movement®.
The
Twenty Awareness Through Movement®
Lessons book is both a learning and
a teaching tool. These classic lessons are ideal
for practitioners and students of the Feldenkrais
Method® looking for additional material
to present to public classes where there is
little or no prior experience of the Method.
Erin presents the lessons in a straightforward,
easy-to-learn format. Each lesson is broken
down into (1) orientation, (2) movement suggestion,
and (3) sensory reference, all of which are
noted with clear instructions in three columns.
Many practitioners and students have found this
format beneficial for exploring the logic of
ATMs. Working with lessons when they are explained
in this way offers an opportunity to deepen
your understanding and felt sense of their natural
coherence.
73 Pages, Wire Binding or Download, List Price:
$34.95, Your Price:
$31.46 w/coupon.
A Soprano on Her Head supplies answers and methods
for overcoming universal psychological blocks
to creative expression - methods that have not
only been proven in her own studio, but which
trace back through history to the oldest and wisest
systems of understanding the integration of mind
and body. The work bears scrutiny both scientifically
and holistically.
Obtain
optimal vocal performance! "Singing with
Your Whole Self" uses specifically designed
Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement®
lessons to improve your singing and speaking
on all levels. The first part of the book presents
the theory in an easily understood and concrete
fashion. The remaining chapters explore our anatomy
by area and explain in detail how these relate
to singing. Includes an index both by lesson and
by problem, referring performers to the most
effective lessons. Paperback, 184 pages,
list price: $36.95, Your
Price w/coupon: $33.25.
A
Guide to Body Sense is an essential resource
for Feldenkrais® Practitioners, health
professionals, as well as the public, who are
interested in exploring their body-self relationship.
Fifty beautifully illustrated Feldenkrais®
Awareness Through Movement® lessons are
presented in the book with eighty pages of text.
Each of the eight chapters explores anatomical
segments and their relationships - the pelvis,
trunk, arm-trunk coordination, leg-trunk coordination,
feet and hands, movements in sitting, eyes, head
& neck, and various advanced movements. The lessons
in each chapter are presented as short sequences
of movements which clearly enhance the sense of
the skeletal movement and alignment. The book
is designed to free the body of inefficient habitual
patterns, easing chronic conditions and keeping
you young.
Easier,
more comfortable living can emerge from a more
efficient use of our skeleton, yet this ability
is a hidden and relatively unperceived aspect
of who we are. Finding our skeleton allows a new
way for us to interact with our environment.
Through Awareness Through Movement®
we will discover how we can become more "skeletal",
resulting in a new and more vital sense of ourselves
in a truly foundational way.
Complete
recording time: 6h 28:46, 8 Feldenkrais®
Lessons, 6 CDs in a Binder with Booklet, List
Price: $60.Your
Price: $54.00 w/coupon.
Become the Awareness Through Movement®
(ATM) teacher you’ve always dreamed of being.
The complete DVD program of Larry Goldfarb's pragmatic
and useful Anatomy of A Workshop demystifies the
structures and strategies of effective, memorable
ATM lessons.
Understand
how ATM lessons work and why.
Learn
the language that invites curiosity and participation.
Engage
even your most challenging students.
Promote
easy, successful transfer of learning.
Enjoy
discovering and refining your personal teaching
style.
Price: $375.00, 15 DVDs in a binder with a data
CD which includes workshop manuals and ATM transcriptions.Your
Price: $337.50 w/coupon.
How
comfortable is your zafu pillow? These easy movements
will improve your ability to sustain sits while
clearing your mind for the practice of your choice.
You'll find your concentration improves as you
drop into meditation postures more easily.
3
CDs in a binder or Download. List Price: $44.95,
Your Price: $40.46
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