From Meditation To Netflix Bingeing: A Dynamic Approach To Better Sitting

Taught by Joshua Wolk

Sitting is a very basic human function and yet many of us are not satisfied with how we feel when we sit. This short workshop will explore a Feldenkrais approach to better sitting and, more importantly, feeling better about how we sit.

More and more people are trying seated meditation these days, but many people are uncomfortable in the traditional meditation positions and are not sure how to proceed. As it turns out, the meditator, desk worker, commuter and couch potato can all feel more comfortable and satisfied about sitting by undertaking the same experiential inquiry about what makes for pleasant – even pleasurable – sitting.

This workshop will give participants a framework for understanding sitting as a dynamic process – even when stillness is the goal – and help develop the awareness needed to feel better doing this fundamentally human thing.

Saturday, April 17, 2021
9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. PDT / 12:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. EDT
Online via Zoom
$65

Joshua Wolk, Assistant Feldenkrais Trainer and codirector of the New England Awareness Through Movement Teacher Training, has taught Awareness Through Movement since 1994 and is the founder of 5 Lines Feldenkrais, a group practice in New York City. To learn more about Joshua go to www.FeldenkraistrainingNE.com

A Q&A about the New England Awareness Through Movement Teacher Training follows the workshop. You may attend only the information session. Please email us at office@feldenkraisresources.com if you would like the Zoom link.

12:30 p.m. PDT / 3:30 p.m. EDT (Q & A will last as long as there are questions.)

HIP MOBILITY

Sunday, April 25, 2021

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. PDT

Join Arlyn and Carol and for a day of Awareness Through Movement lessons designed especially to bring agility and freedom to your hips and power to your pelvis. In addition the lessons will uncover multi-faceted relationships between your limbs and spine, feet and hip joints, pelvis, chest and head and more!

Arlyn Zones will be the educational director for the upcoming San Diego ATM Teacher Training & Carol Kress will be one of the core staff.

This course is sponsored by one of our partner organizations. Please register through:

frtiberkeley.com

Breathing, Rhythm and Spacial Orientation

Taught by Sheri Cohen

Perhaps no function is more fundamental to our sense of self than breathing. It is the movement that underlies every other movement—sitting upright, walking, talking—nothing is untouched by the breath. Like the way that the bass line of your favorite song defines the mood and shape of the tune, your breathing defines the tone and shape of your actions.

During Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM) we often refer to our sensations of breathing to measure our efforts while moving through space. Strain or interference in the breath is evidence of undetected unnecessary work elsewhere in ourselves. Alternatively, in some ATM lessons, we look more directly at our breathing, observe it, and create puzzles that challenge our breathing habits. This is the approach we will take in this workshop.

In Breathing, Rhythm and Spatial Orientation you will get a feeling for your preferred rhythms and shapings during breathing, augment your repertoire, and clarify your way of moving through space and time.

Sheri Cohen, Assistant Trainer and Codirector of the New England Awareness Through Movement Teacher Training is an award-winning choreographer who has taught contemporary dance, improvisation and creative process for three decades. To learn more about Sheri go to www.FeldenkraistrainingNE.com

Sunday, May 23, 2021
9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. PDT / 12:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. EDT
Online via Zoom
$65

Q&A about the New England Awareness Through Movement Teacher Training follows the workshops. Please email us at office@feldenkraisresources.com if you would like the Zoom link.

12:30 p.m. PDT / 3:30 p.m. EDT (Q & A will last as long as there are questions.)