Workshop Topics and Advanced Trainings

In this workshop, through movement with attention and intention-and- in a gentle and safe way- you will learn to notice your patterns in thinking ,, acting, moving and feeling.  You will learn to differentiate those actions which are parasitic and harmful to you- and to change those to intentional actions based on your heightened  attention and awareness.

The outcome will be increased mobility in your everyday activities such as breathing, sitting, standing and walking, reduced habitual and unnecessary stress, and enhanced vitality and sense of well-being.  And-importantly- you will experience freedom and choices in your life.

These four innovative and potent ATM movement lessons will focus on how to use the powerful, strong muscles of the lower back and pelvis to free the head, neck and shoulders, thus reducing the strain in the arms, fingers and wrists. These lessons are especially beneficial for musicians, for people who work at computer keyboards and for anyone who wishes to improve the use of their arms and hands. By improving posture, breathing, coordination and thinking as you learn to move in new ways, you can prevent injury and improve your movement skills. Presented by the Feldenkrais Resources Training Institute, Berkeley, CA

Advanced Training for GCFP/ 3rd and 4th year students in a Guild Certified Training We Feldenkrais teachers are enormously qualified to help people with brain trauma, dystonia, MS, CP, Parkinson’s.  At this Advanced Training,  through the medium of ATM/ FI and stories from case histories, you will learn how to tap into the natural plasticity of the brain to help your students change ineffective patterns and replace them with new, more optimal ones. You will learn:

• where to start
• how to connect
• when to stop
• how to create conditions for your student’s continued improvement on his/her own.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow teachers and learn proven ways to work with people with neurological conditions.

The focus of this public workshop is exploring and refining your self-use. Organized actions involve efficient and effective use of your entire self.  In this workshop you will explore and refine how you organize yourself for everyday activities such as walking, standing, rolling, turning, reaching and bending.   You will learn to differentiate those actions which are parasitic and harmful to you- and change those to intentional actions based on heightened attention and awareness.  By finely tune your sensory awareness you will discover how to move with intelligence, strength and ease.  The outcome will be evolving freedom and choices in your everyday activities- and- a sense of well-being.

In this  advanced training you will learn skills specific to understanding and  helping musicians improve their performance.  You will fine-tune your ability to sense and feel, and imagine what it is to be a musician -a day in the life of a musician. You will learn to” pinpoint” what the student isn’t aware of, or what he isn’t doing yet- and provide him with relevant information to improve his performance skills and enjoy a full, pain-free and long career in music. We will use dynamic, dramatic and effective  ATM and FI lessons, designed especially  for musicians; FI and ATM demonstrations with musicians playing their instruments; and video case histories. If you are a musician, bring your instrument! San Rafael, CA

This public workshop is open to musicians, music teachers and health professionals who work with musicians. The focus will be on developing awareness and understanding of the physical and emotional challenges musicians associate with learning and performing music. Using innovative and potent Awareness Through Movement lessons and demonstrations with instruments, students will learn to prevent and /or recover from injuries, moving beyond injuries to improved performance. You will enjoy improved posture, breathing, greater mobility and flexibility and an increased sense of vitality and well-being.

This Workshop offers practical tools to help you:

• Use your capacity for self-awareness and self correction to bring about greater comfort and efficiency while performing
• Dramatically improve the quality and pleasure of your movement as you acquire new coordination and movement skills
• Understand the causes of music-related injuries
• Recover from and prevent injury
• Move beyond prevention and injury to improving performance
• Access the power of the brain and nervous system to change old patterns and restore lost function – to change the pattern in the brain itself

Fee: $100.00 ($65 Student Fee)

In this one-day workshop you will learn to recognize which habits and patterns you do in your everyday activities- such as sitting, standing, walking and breathing- that are limiting your full potential and abilities. Using ATM as a medium, you will learn new ways to improve your self-use, balance, breathing and posture. Effortless and efficient movement will be an immediate outcome- thus improving the quality of your life. Contact the Feldenkrais  Resources Training Institute directly  to register. 510.540.7600. Workshop is $85 with preregistration and $95 at the door, on a space-available basis. We accept Visa, MasterCard or checks.  Course payment by check may be sent to Feldenkrais®Resources Training Institute, 830 Bancroft Way, #112, Berkeley, Ca 94710.

The focus of this one-day worskhop is freeing your head, neck, jaw and breathing. These three inter-related lessons explore the relationships of intention, imagination and action – and the resulting evolving freedom and choices in your movement and thinking. Contact the Feldenkrais  Resources Training Institute directly  to register. 510.540.7600. Workshop is $85 with preregistration and $95 at the door, on a space-available basis. We accept Visa, MasterCard or checks.  Course payment by check may be sent to Feldenkrais®Resources Training Institute, 830 Bancroft Way, #112, Berkeley, Ca 94710.

In this two day advanced training you will learn skills specific to understanding and  helping musicians improve their performance.  You will fine-tune your ability to sense and feel, and imagine what it is to be a musician -a day in the life of a musician. You will learn to” pinpoint” what the student isn’t aware of, or what he isn’t doing yet- and provide him with relevant information to improve his performance skills and enjoy a full, pain-free and long career in music. We will use dynamic, dramatic and effective  ATM and FI lessons, designed especially  for musicians; FI and ATM demonstrations with musicians playing their instruments; and video case histories. If you are a musician, bring your instrument!

Advanced Training for Feldenkrais Practitioners:  “Viewing Moshe” Sundays, 12:00 – 5:00 pm, Marin County, California We will be watching videos of Moshe giving Functional Integration lessons with comments, discussion and FI practice to follow. Fee:$75