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25.01.2022 As an actor, the worst thing you can do is hold your breath. That's why Robyn Nevin, star of stage and screen, values the Feldenkrais Method. Through Feldenkrais lessons, she has learned how to breathe, speak, move and feel calm on opening night, rather than feeling panic. Robyn is Patron of the Australian Feldenkrais Guild. Here she speaks with Sydney-based practitioner Margaret Kaye about why she chooses to promote this method.... And you can gain further insight into the Feldenkrais approach to voice and breath in the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020. The Summit kicks off today with a conversation featuring Georgi Laney and Brad Thompson. If you've registered, check your inbox, including promotional emails, for today's discussion on Voice and Breath. If you haven't, registered, you still can ... for free. Phew! Just click this link: www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #breath #voice #actor #calm #panic #movement #awareness #ease #AFGSummit2020

25.01.2022 It’s all about improving.. including the way you’re moving!

25.01.2022 You have the opportunity to sit in on a chat with four members of the thriving Perth-based Feldenkrais community, examining Embodied Resilience. A central tenet of the Feldenkrais Method is that attitudes and abstract ideas translate into posture and acture. Fleshing out the idea of how we take resilience into our ways of moving, thinking, sensing and feeling are this dynamic West Coast group:... Molly Tipping combines expertise in dance, Pilates and Feldenkrais, to bring sensitivity, clarity and joy to learning. Molly lectures in Alignment and Kinesiology at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in the dance department, as well as lecturing in Performance Anxiety and Somatic Optimisation. Molly also runs training workshops for such organisations as the Royal Academy of Dance, and the Australian Pilates Method Association. In her Feldenkrais practice, Infinite Movement, Jenny d’Cruz brings more than 25 years’ experience as a physiotherapist in the private and public health systems. She has taught Ante-Natal and Post-Natal education and exercise programs. Jenny believes that empowering her clients with knowledge and self-awareness results in improved self-management and less dependence on others for treatment. Lynda Johnston became interested in movement as a mother observing her children and others as they grew and developed. She has worked with preschool children in a Kindergym program, trained in Stott Pilates and Fitness, and most recently Feldenkrais. Annemarie de Heus has decided to make the Feldenkrais Method her life work. An experienced physiotherapist, she found the Feldenkrais Method when recovering from neck, back and shoulder injury following a car accident. Annemarie has learnt to move freely and without pain. She brings an intuitive nature, knowledge and experience to her practice. Meet this Perth powerhouse discussion in the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit, 1-8 September. Link to FREE registration: https://www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #resilience #embodiedresilience #learning #FeldenkraisMethod #FeldenkraisAustralia #Perth #AFGSummit2020

24.01.2022 Summer in Australia! THIS is online! https://www.trybooking.com/BNLDR]-R&c[0]=AT0pAU8mAzd_f6N5unP1T2uTUQTim2zM8TW4jcDvFK5em_p1KqMYEtak7FKsAWLxlJg5-OMlkTAwYdoL-HucZc_fMakkNoZymmKg-17yrzhiBySCIcX3-v87krG2Btg91IZjDp96r__WIC-4qbcVZ166zjWT

24.01.2022 What can horses teach us about ourselves? You can find out, from Catherine Hamber, a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, Assistant Trainer and registered physiotherapist. Catherine's experience as an equestrian coach has seen her working with horses and their riders at elite levels as well as for rehabilitation.... At her practice on the outskirts of Sydney, Catherine works with those who’d like improved posture, greater ease of movement and an increased sense of vitality, as well as those who seek to recover movement after difficulties related to injury, pain or neurological conditions. "My interest in human movement and aliveness has been life-long. My physiotherapy training taught me the 'what' but not the 'how'. Feldenkrais has opened a door on how moving, feeling, thinking are entwined in perception and action in the world. I am learning the way movement and attention direct progress. Finding my growing point has led me to explore new and interesting aspects of living. My intent is to live a potent and open-hearted life." Hear from Catherine, in conversation with Shona Lee, in the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit, 1-8 September. Starts Tuesday! Register FREE www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #horseriders #posture #joyful #playful #rehabilitation #equestrian #perception #action #Feldenkrais #AFGSummit2020

24.01.2022 Love this! Thanks UK.

23.01.2022 And our online classes continue .. These are from Melbourne with Holly Huon

23.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VctXJOePfs8

21.01.2022 Many people in pain have been disempowered during their healing journey. Feldenkrais practitioners specialise in making you the authority on your own healing journey. The practitioner is skilled in giving you back the power to find your own way, and the ability to trust your own experience again.... Tali Plotnik and Sophie Fraser are both Feldenkrais practitioners and physiotherapists specialising in this revolutionary approach to pain. They discuss how this approach works and why it works, in the upcoming Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020, 1-8 September. Register now for FREE: www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #pain #chronicpain #painclinic #power #difference #action #learning #posture #rehabilitation #Feldenkrais #AFGSummit2020

21.01.2022 Did you know that the Feldenkrais Method is about much more than movement? Discover the deeper story behind the method, as we dive into the rich world of scientific theories, philosophies and cultural heritage that coalesced with a man called Moshe Feldenkrais. Feldenkrais, a high-level scientist, Judo master and humanist, formulated this method to improve a debilitating physical injury. However, his vision looked toward human potential, both the potential to self-actualis...e and the potential to become more at home in the human collective. Unpacking this topic at the upcoming Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit are host and Feldenkrais Practitioner Shona Lee, in conversation with Zoran Kovic and Anna Yeatman. Zoran Kovic is a philosopher, historian, martial artist, professional dancer, cognitive scientist and long-standing lecturer in somatic education in university performing arts programs. Zoran now applies his eclectic knowledge and experience as a trainer and educational director in Feldenkrais training programs. Anna Yeatman is a retired academic who has held professorial positions in women's studies, sociology and political science at a number of universities in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. She completed her Feldenkrais training with Jeff Haller, and is interested in exploring the philosophical and spiritual basis of Feldenkrais' work. Hear the full conversation in the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020, 1-8 September. Register FREE before it gets started on Tuesday! https://www.feldenkrais.org.au//afg-online-summit-2020is-c

20.01.2022 Just one day until we have lift-off for the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020. Make sure you have registered for FREE to receive 8 days of talks and movement lessons. www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020

20.01.2022 Sydney has become so big! You can join from anywhere in the world!

20.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/ESPNUK/videos/2977221022531914 Staying at home can be very creative!

19.01.2022 Sign up NOW and join us for the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020. Registration is absolutely FREE! The Summit will offer daily emails straight to your inbox, delivering conversations with Certified Feldenkrais Practitioners from across the country.... The AFG Summit launches on 1 September, and continues to roll out a world of rich teachings for 7 days, with ongoing access to videos. Day 8 is bonus prize day. Find the LINK TO REGISTER in the event below Happy learning, from the Australian Feldenkrais Guild!

19.01.2022 #Feldenkrais #feldenkraisaustralia

19.01.2022 Thank you Margaret Kaye for this easy exploration to find your skeletal support. -Place the top of your head (or forehead or small soft towel) + hands on the wall. -Slowly lift/lower one heel. Repeat with other. -Keep alternating - Your head can roll a little bit as the whole skeletal structure engages. ... - step back slowly & feel how you are Enjoy! Would love you to share your experience.

18.01.2022 In our upcoming Summit, we bring sexual wellbeing into focus. Through awareness, we gradually learn to be more in harmony with our authentic selves. This knowledge is so helpful, in a culture where development and freedom to choose is often arrested before we reach full maturity.... Join us for the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020, 1-8 September. REGISTER for FREE: www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #sexuality #pelvis #intimacy #awareness #maturity #Feldenkrais #AFGSummit2020

17.01.2022 From The Family Circus Treasury, by Bil Keane, 1977...

15.01.2022 Mon evening, Tues morning and Tues afternoon online classes running until 21st/22nd December. We're talking Townsville! https://www.facebook.com/feldenkraistownsville/

14.01.2022 In person QLD! This Saturday! https://www.facebook.com/events/415151793192384?__mref=mb

14.01.2022 our Silvi Fifi - coming to sit..

14.01.2022 BREATH & VOICE: So many modalities tell you: Take a deep breath. And you make yourself take a deep breath. However, making yourself take a deep breath doesn’t necessarily teach you how to change your habits of breathing at a deeper level. The difference with the Feldenkrais Method? Often, you are invited to breathe just as you are, to be just as you are, without judgement.... The key is awareness. We use awareness to meet your movements where they are, and to create powerful change, that reaches beyond the ribs, the muscles. Awareness brings you back to your whole self, your nervous system, your brain, your neural connections, your thoughts, feelings and emotions. To learn more about this extraordinary approach to breath and its effects on voice, join us for the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit, 1-8 September. Registration is FREE so sign up now: https://www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #breath #voice #Feldenkrais #AFGSummit2020

13.01.2022 When you discover the power of your pelvis in movement, everything becomes easier. The pelvis is both centrally positioned and central to our wellbeing. It is the engine room for movement. However, in a sedentary and sometimes sex-negative culture, and in cases of trauma, the pelvis can be forgotten.... In the upcoming Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020, Ralph Hadden will bring sexual and pelvic wellbeing into focus. Ralph has more than 40 years’ experience in movement and body therapies as a practitioner, teacher and trainer of teachers. He is a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Assistant Trainer. He was editor of "Feldenkrais Australia", the national publication of the Australian Feldenkrais Guild, from 2012 to 2018. Ralph brings clarity, respect, kindness and good humour to his sessions and his discussion. You can learn from Ralph directly in the upcoming Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020, 1-8 September. Registration is FREE: www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #pelvis #pelvichealth #pelvicpower #sexuality #sexualwellbeing #sexpositive #pelvicfloor #FeldenkraisMethod #Feldenkrais #AFGSummit2020

13.01.2022 Movement IS My First Language: this is an international project for building the confidence of adults who live or work with children with special needs, by using movement as a means of empowering learning. https://movementmyfirstlanguage.com/

12.01.2022 How do you face life's shocks? Is it easy for you to observe your response to challenges? Or do you fight your habitual response? Can you stay with yourself through a storm? Can you somehow find comfort when faced with a life lesson that seems very uncomfortable?... Hear a rich discussion on Embodied Resilience in the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020, 1-8 September. Just under 2 weeks left to REGISTER for FREE! https://www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #resilience #shock #challenge #habits #health #learning #adaptability #flexibility #embodiedresilience #Feldenkrais #awareness #selfcompassion #AFGSummit2020

12.01.2022 The Feldenkrais approach to pain doesn't place all of the focus on the problem. It gives you the space to rewrite your story. It meets you where you are, looks for what you can do, and builds your learning from there, gently, without forcing, and without preconceived ideas of right or wrong. The effects can be life-changing for people whose journey with chronic pain has left them feeling disempowered and hopeless. ... To find out more, join pain specialists, Feldenkrais practitioners and physiotherapists, Sophie Fraser and Tali Plotnik, for the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020. Less than a week left to register for FREE www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #pain #chronicpain #painclinic #difference #learning #rehabilitation #hope #empowerment #possibility #strengthsbased #Feldenkrais #AFGSummit2020

12.01.2022 Learning is most potent when you have some space to "work it out for yourself". In Awareness Through Movement lessons, you are allowed that space, and simultaneously supported by the guidance of a practitioner. The right balance of self-sufficiency and support creates a safe learning environment.... In the upcoming Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020, neurological rehabilitation specialists Susan Hillier and Jane Searle will discuss this approach to learning, and how it has transformed the lives of people with brain injuries and neurological conditions. Registration is FREE for the Summit, 1-8 September: https://www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #neuroplasticity #neurologicalrehabilitation #FeldenkraisMethod #stroke #strokesurvivor #learning #awarenessthroughmovement #AFGSummit2020

11.01.2022 The Feldenkrais Method is about More than Movement. It's a way of learning to be more at home with yourself, and with being human. Find out more in the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020, 1-8 September. Link to register FREE ... www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #selfimage #beinghuman #learning #somaticlearning #somatics #awarenessthroughmovement #Feldenkrais #AFGSummit2020

11.01.2022 PAIN: How is the Feldenkrais approach to pain so different to that of other modalities? Why do people with chronic pain find it so empowering? And why would a client call it a "revelation"? Find out in this meeting of minds, a conversation between two Australian Certified Feldenkrais Practitioners, in our upcoming online summit.... Sophie Fraser (left) is a Feldenkrais Practitioner and physiotherapist who has been working in private practice and pain rehabilitation programs since 2000. Sophie has done extensive study in the area of persistent pain and is a senior clinician at North Eastern Rehabilitation Centre’s pain program in Ivanhoe. Here, and at the Feldenkrais Studio, she has helped countless people in chronic pain, who had previously plateaued in their recovery, to recover lost movement abilities. Sophie has welcomed science’s neuroplasticity revolution, which supports the Feldenkrais approach to movement re-education. She runs specialist workshops for physiotherapists and occupational therapists working in the field of chronic pain, relating current pain and neuroplasticity research to therapeutic practice. Tali Plotnik (right), also a Feldenkrais practitioner and physiotherapist, is the founder of Movement Wisdom, and has worked for more than 15 years in several areas of rehabilitation including Neurology, Chronic Pain Management and Musculoskeletal Disorders. She has studied extensively with leading experts in the Feldenkrais Method both in Australia and Israel. She is currently completing a Masters of Science in Medicine (Pain Management) through the University of Sydney. Tali combines her extensive background in physiotherapy with the holistic approach of the Feldenkrais Method providing a unique environment for learning and change. Hear the full discussion in the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020, 1-8 September. Register for FREE www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #pain #chronicpain #empowerment #healing #holistic #neuroplasticity #FeldenkraisMethod #Feldenkrais #AFGSummit2020

11.01.2022 It's 4 weeks til official summer holiday celebrations and you have an opportunity to: !! Continue with Awareness Through Movement classes !! Begin Awareness Through Movement classes !! Give the gift of Awareness Through Movement classes !! Stay calm, happy and move! ... Stay tuned - posts about on line and in person classes during December and January coming your way! See more

11.01.2022 Get your pens and pencils out!

11.01.2022 As the holiday season begins, remember to take the time to notice how you are, to appreciate what you have, and to breathe. Oh and eat slowly, and eat your vegetables! Love from Australia!

10.01.2022 Sitting lots? Staring at screens? Try this workshop to give you tips for movement, posture, AND how to set up your work area! September 21st.

09.01.2022 When you engage in truly effective learning, it's like planting seeds. In Awareness Through Movement lessons, we slow down, and reduce sensory input. We learn new ways to be and to do. And with this new learning, seeds are planted. The new possibilities and potential then "sprout" as and when we need, in our everyday life.... For people who have experienced stroke and other neurological challenges, this often means enormous changes in their sense of capability and empowerment. Find out more about this organic way of learning in the upcoming Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit, 1-8 September. REGISTER for FREE https://www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #neuroplasticity #learning #organiclearning #gardening #seeds #Feldenkrais #awareness #awarenessthroughmovement #AFGSummit2020

09.01.2022 Where is your pelvis right now? What's supporting it? A chair, a bed, the floor, your legs? Is it easy to move your pelvis from the position you're in? Where does the top of your pelvis end, and your lower back begin? Join us to learn why the pelvis is so central to the Feldenkrais Method and to our image of ourselves.... Registration for the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020, 1-8 September, is now open: www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #pelvis #pelvicpower #powerhouse #engineroom #anatomy #potentself #Feldenkrais #FeldenkraisAustralia #AFGSummit2020

08.01.2022 We will. Shaking hands and human touch has an important role in our human interactions. We will when these times pass. And in the meantime don't forget to smile and create other communications.

08.01.2022 Moving is so much fun!

08.01.2022 Find a workshop or class in the Post-Summit Embodiment offerings, online or near you around Australia. And if you receive our survey in your inbox, we'd love to hear from you, to find ways to expand on our strengths and make improvements on your experience of any future summits. We acknowledge that we are working on First Nations lands.... Thanks to all who participated in any way in the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020. Much appreciated Post-summit workshop offerings www.feldenkrais.org.au/post-summit-embodiment #AFGSummit2020 #Feldenkrais #embodiment #embodiedlearning #neuroplasticity #lifelonglearning

08.01.2022 Experiencing stroke and head injuries, people often lose their independence. Helping these people learn how to regain their independence is a passion of Adelaide-based Feldenkrais practitioners Susan Hillier and Jane Searle. Susan Hillier is Professor of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, and Dean of Research at the University of South Australia (Sansom Institute of Health Research, Division of Health Sciences). She is also an Educational Director of Australian Feldenkrais Pr...actitioner training programs. She maintains a small clinical practice working with people with neurological movement disorders. Jane Searle has an extensive background in Neurological Physiotherapy and Feldenkrais, and worked hands-on with stroke survivors in a recent pilot study. Their conversation in the upcoming Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit explores the Feldenkrais approach to learning, and how this translates into massive improvements for people with neurological challenges. In this snippet from their conversation, they discuss the pilot study at the University of South Australia. The randomised control trial worked with a group of stroke survivors, and studied how, through Awareness Through Movement lessons, they began to overcome major frontiers: the fear of falling and the ability to move independently on the floor. See their full interview in the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020. Registration is FREE. So, what are you waiting for? https://www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #neurologicaldisorder #stroke #fearoffalling #fallsrisk #learning #neuroplasticity #Independence #empowerment #awarenessthroughmovement #feldenkraismethod #Feldenkrais #adelaide #AFGSummit2020

08.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/IAmTheMusicMan/posts/2364015083894629 Yes, it's just voice, and movement! :)

06.01.2022 You can do THIS! https://www.trybooking.com/BNLDG]-R&c[0]=AT3fINdtq43LlVWxORYFFThtdvXRggnfceRcatmfwcpmUqi-G1AWQAoZG-WPHLrxYxDLApOu0Hyrg3hWsK_tQlks0V6dvOFyRNwSiE29BRp8DCOcxAFxeieg6n91iYSyu-PHffG-ngixFygPM9W9mPRwloXo

06.01.2022 True learning happens when we remain in the process, and allow curiosity to lead, rather than rushing toward an outcome. In developing his method of somatic learning, Moshe Feldenkrais employed not just biomechanics, but also the imagination, to explore how we can be more at home in a process of constant change. Expanding on this holistic approach, Feldenkrais practitioners Zoran Kovic and Anna Yeatman will share their understanding of many of the ideas and principles that fo...rm the basis of the Feldenkrais Method. Hear from them in the upcoming Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit, 1-8 September. Link to register FREE: www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #movement #process #learning #human #somatics #awareness #selfimage #biology #neuroplasticity #Feldenkrais #AFGSummit2020

06.01.2022 Thank you #MadelineRogers for sharing your comments on this article: "Those readers who observe that the mind cannot be separated from physical functioning are absolutely right! The Feldenkrais Method, developed by Moshe Feldenkrais, a physicist who was also a martial artist, employs many of the principles articulated in this article, but with an emphasis on LEARNING a function of the nervous system. Using mindful movement, usually done lying down on the floor, the Method g...ently retrains the student to use the whole self in movement. In the hundreds of delightful lessons, which Moshe devised, the Feldenkrais Method engages every part of ourselves in pursuit of better skeletal and neurological organization, which ultimately results in better balance and improved spatial awareness and coordination. The so-called core is just one part of ourselves involved in the miracle of uprightness and balance: we also need the critically important eyes and ears (teleceptors) to guide movement; the feet to sense the ground; and an awareness of the spine, which connects our two power centers the pelvis and the head. In group Feldenkrais classes, called Awareness Through Movement, I teach seniors to use their heads (literally), their feet, their pelvises, even their lips and tongue in short, their whole selves. Without learning balance explicitly, they begin to relearn what every toddler learns naturally: the ability to balance over their own two feet with ease." https://www.nytimes.com///live/elderly-balance-falls.html See more

06.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/TheFeldenkraisGuildUk/posts/3798943790221688

05.01.2022 An oldie but a goodie! Listen, read, learn!

05.01.2022 The research IS in: "Feldenkrais method intervention gave increased benefits in improving quality of life, improving interoceptive awareness and reducing disability index." https://journals.sagepub.com//abs/10.1177/0269215520947069&

04.01.2022 What do we mean by Embodied Resilience? How do you respond to the shocks that you encounter? What is important for you to maintain in your "usual" way of life, even when many of us are not quite sure what "usual" is anymore? Join us to learn more about Embodied Resilience and how it can support you in uncertain times, in the Australian Feldenkrais Online Summit 2020, 1-8 September. REGISTER for FREE:... https://www.feldenkrais.org.au/online-summit-2020 #resilience #embodiedresilience #learning #Feldenkrais #FeldenkraisMethod #AFGSummit2020

03.01.2022 and this! ONLINE! https://www.trybooking.com/BNLDU]-R&c[0]=AT0pAU8mAzd_f6N5unP1T2uTUQTim2zM8TW4jcDvFK5em_p1KqMYEtak7FKsAWLxlJg5-OMlkTAwYdoL-HucZc_fMakkNoZymmKg-17yrzhiBySCIcX3-v87krG2Btg91IZjDp96r__WIC-4qbcVZ166zjWT

03.01.2022 Sydney and online TWEET! early bird finishes this Friday and classes resume next week! With Margaret Kaye

03.01.2022 3 WEEKS TO LIFT OFF!

02.01.2022 This is funny and then again.. walking is an essential! How do you walk?

02.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/TheFeldenkraisGuildUk/posts/3277260255723380