SW/RM Regional Advanced Feldenkrais Training: Evoking Function and Completing the Integration

Taught by Arlyn Zones
Boulder, Colorado • May 18 - 21, 2011
SW/RM Regional Advanced Feldenkrais Training and Meeting

In many of the descriptions of Dr. Feldenkrais' FI lessons from 1980 it is simply written: Work with head and feet. How does the work with the head and feet evoke a functional whole?  We will begin the workshop with this investigation.  We will  explore this theme with ATM, FI and  examples from Moshe's Amherst FI lessons.  The FI work will include work with the head, neck, C7 and the feet.*

We will also  invert the equation by creating the whole of a given organization primarily from the center outward .

To complete the integration we will see how:

1. the image of a gestalt informs the clarity of the practitioners' message 
2. directing the message to the core of the person allows the lesson to go deeper 
3. influencing the breathing  from many different points allows the lesson to go deeper 
4. integrating all dynamic movement thru C7 allows the lessons to last longer. 
5. the improvement in the practitioner's self use allows for improved communication in FI.

*Improving balance and the organization of the head and neck is of such crucial importance to a variety of populations.  I have used this work in my practice especially with people who have neurological issues, who have "aging" issues and who are recovering from injuries.

Arlyn Zones (MA Theatre Arts) has been involved in the Feldenkrais Method since 1977 and graduated in 1983 from the last training that Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais conducted.  She became a Trainer in 1994 and has taught in numerous training programs worldwide.  She has directed her own programs in Europe and North America.  In addition, over the last 30 years Arlyn has taught workshops for health professionals, performing artists, and the general public as well as offering post graduate seminars for Feldenkrais Practitioners.  She lives in San Francisco where she maintains a private practice in which she works with infants, children and adults who are seeking help for a wide range of physical and neurological difficulties.

Workshop Location and Lodging
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