The Feldenkrais Store: Anatomy of a Workshop

“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.

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.

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	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”

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.