By Larry Goldfarb
“Teaching is not about imparting information; it’s about
making learning irresistible”
--Larry Goldfarb
Become the Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) teacher you’ve
always dreamed of being . . . while conserving your continuing education
budget. 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.
This DVD set
is packed with what you need to:
- 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.
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Join
with one or more practitioners in a study group using Anatomy
of a Workshop as a part of your self-directed study to gain
Continuing Education Credits toward your Feldenkrais Practitioner
Certification.
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Through clear concise
talks, ATM lessons, insightful discussion and exercises for self-learning,
this generous five-day advanced training reveals the secrets of preparing,
promoting and presenting a successful workshop.
Larry divulges the inner workings of his On Your Feet seminar about standing
and walking. In the midst of the advanced training, Larry teaches a public
On Your Feet workshop attended by the participants along with the general
public followed up by de-briefing with the practitioner participants.
The participants then apply what they learned to develop or improve their
own teaching skills.
| Table
of Contents: 5 Segments, 16DVDs, 1 CD |
Disc
1
•Intro and Overview
•Student Introductions
•Lab 1: Create a Workshop Plan
•Meaningful Actions
•A Safe Learning Environment
•Movement Gestalt
•What a Lesson is “FOR”
•“Mechanisms”
•Local Relationships
Disc 2
•Ways of Thinking About a Lesson
•Distinctions That Make aDifference
•Targeted Classes Attract Interest
•“FOR”, “ABOUT” and “ADDRESSES”
•What Holds aLesson Together
•Transfer of Learning
•ATM
Disc 3
•ATM Continued
•Discussion
•Notating ATMS
•Reference Movement Answers
•So What?
•People Learn Differently
•Value of Review
•“Remembering” Vs “recreating a Lesson”
•Structural Elements of a Lesson
•What a Lesson is “ABOUT”
•SCHEMA and SCENARIO
Disc 4
•4 Clues to What a Lesson is About
•Types of Constraints
•Homework
•Changing Constraints Changes the Lesson
•Working with Habits
•What Stood Out From Day 1? |
Disc
5
•“Of ” and “In”
•3 Types of Muscle Contractions
•Deconstructing a Flexion Lesson
•Being a Passenger
•Our Habits Differentiate Us
•Reference Movement
•LAB 2- a Hanks on Review
•Creating a Kinesthetic Picture
•ATM-Tripod of the Foot
Intro ATM
Disc 6
•ATM Continued
•Lesson Overview
•What Holds a Lesson Together
•Movement is Multidimensional Sequence
Disc 7
•Sequence
•Transmission of Force
•Configuration
•Skeletal Support
•Resources for Learning
•Initiation
•Foundation
•Flow
•Effort
•Respiration
Disc 8
•“SPIFFER”
•LAB: What a Lesson is “ABOUT”
•What We Don’t Talk About
•Primary vs Ancillary Movement
•Length and Distribution
•Clarifying Reference Movement
•A Lesson Fly-over
•“Pushing” vs Pulling
•Series of Lessons In AY
•A Shared Language
•A Method to Count on
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Disc
9
•Thicker Lessons
•ATM
•When Someone Doesn’t Get It
•Ideas For “coaching”
•Back to the ATM
•Feeling “Push-Off”
•Lessons for Beginners
•Variety and Wows for Beginners
•Homework
•Choosing the Effect You Want
Disc 10
•Introduction
•Habituation and Habits
•What to Expect in an ATM Lesson
•First ATM
•Working In Pairs
•Discussion
Disc 11
•Return to ATM
•Questions
•ATM: “Tripod Of Foot”
•A Look At The Foot
•Sensing How You Walk
Disc 12
•ATM Continued
•Taking Something Home
•Intro to Third ATM
•ATM
•Differences that Make a Difference
•The Journey Instead of the Destination
•Local Resources
•Wrap-up |
Disc
13
•After Workshop Debriefing
•Stories are Useful
•Sources for Stories
•Weber-Fechner Law
•Comments on the Ending
•Interactive Learning
•Micro Movements
Disc 14
•Preparation
•Creating a Workshop
•Working within a Context
•Practice, Practice
•Reviewing Bulls-eye
•Finding Teachable Moments
•Applying Bulls-Eye to a Series
•Strategy
•Challenge and Habits
•Future Training Opportunities
•Selection Lessons for a Series
Disc 15
•Sharpening Your Proposal
•A Review of Concepts
•The Use of “stories”
•The “thick” Description of a Lesson
•A Series Around a Concept
•What is Your Next Roadblock
•Wrap Up
CD
•Downloadable Files .pdf
•“On Your Feet” ATMS
•“SPIFFER” Workshop Notes
•“Beginning At The Beginning”
•“Following The Chain Of Motion”
•“The Arrow Of Motion”
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This DVD set is available
only to Feldenkrais teachers who have completed an accredited
Feldenkrais training program or who have studied with Mia Segal
or Yochanon Rywerant or trainees in an accredited training. We reserve
the right to require proof of participation, graduation or membership
in a national Feldenkrais professional association prior to completing
any order.
Price: $375.00, 15
DVDs in a binder with a data CD which includes workshop manuals and ATM
transcriptions.
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