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Group Classes 
Discovering the magic
of your body's ability to change.
In Awareness Through Movement classes, I lead you verbally through
delightful movement patterns, some familiar, some novel. The lessons
gradually evolve into movements of greater range and complexity. Each
lesson  may also invite you to explore breathing, thinking, sensing and
imagining with your moving. Dressed in ordinary, comfortable clothing,
you begin by lying on a mat on the floor. Throughout, the work is done
below the level of sensations of stretch or strain, and you pace
yourself, so the lessons are safe and effective for people of a wide
range of abilities. People feel immediate and surprising
results from the lessons, including relaxation, feeling taller and
lighter, greater vitality, strength and balance.
Each series has a theme which integrates the lessons. Click to see an example of a recent class with the theme of Evolution (opens in a new window).
What people have said recently: Thank you for a great class last night, it was very relaxing! I had sciatica down my left leg and hip for most of the day yesterday, but by the end of your class it had subsided quite a bit!
Thank you for that gentle yet powerful class. It had a good effect on the numbness I have been experiencing this past couple of months in my feet.
Go to: Current Classes
About AWARENESS Dr. Feldenkrais wrote, There
is an essential difference between consciousness and awareness although
the borders are not clear in our use of language. I can walk up the
stairs of my house, fully conscious of what I am doing, and yet not
know how many steps I have climbed. In order to know how many steps
there are I must climb them a second time, pay attention, listen to
myself, and count them. Awareness is consciousness together with a
realization of what is happening within it or what is going on within
ourselves while we are conscious. (Awareness Through Movement, P 50)
Again, he saw the necessity to do the action, the movement, "... a
second time... pay attention... listen to myself and ... (count them)".
Thus there is an aspect of reflection, moving and attending to the
experience, and intending to remember. This is what we are developing
in these classes.
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