feldenkrais Classes Perth
Next Classes - general improvement and body awareness
23/24 october to 27/28th november 2024
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6 weekly classes – LIVE & ONLINE – starts Wednesday 23rd & Thursday 24th October 2024 – $150 (includes mat hire).
“General Improvement Classes”
LIVE – Wednesdays 9.30am @ Drabble House (behind Nedlands Library), 2 Webster St.
LIVE – Thursdays 5.30pm @ premises in Nedlands, Hollywood area.
ONLINE – Thursdays 5.30pm Perth Australia (GMT+8:00) + the rest of the world…
Sydney 7.30pm Tokyo 6.30pm Delhi 3.00pm
SWAP – between either of the live classes or online classes from week to week as you need. Enrol for the class you will mostly do and inform Vanessa of any changes you need to make.
WEEKLY RECORDINGS – each week you get the audio recordings of the class by that Friday. This allows you to do the class at home if you missed it and to re-do a lesson to improve your learning and skill. Upon completion of the 6 weeks of classes you will still have access to the recordings for a further 6 weeks.
MISSED THE START? – if you missed the start and want to pay pro-rata for the remaining lessons use the Contact form to contact me and I will give you the means to do that. If you pay a pro-rata reduced fee you do not get access to any of the audio recordings of the terms lessons.
MAT HIRE – You need a mat to do Feldenkrais as much is done lying on the floor. Hire of a thick mat is included in the price. You can reduce that by $10 if you BYO mat. In the booking process the way to do that is very clear.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING – read what class participants have said about the classes HERE
General Improvement Classes
Wouldn’t it be nice to feel better tomorrow than you do today? For niggles and pains to reduce with time. While getting older is unavoidable, how you age is up to you. Developing a better felt sense of yourself is key to moving better and being better. How, you ask? Tell me. There is no quick answer, no quick fix to developing a more whole felt sense of yourself. It takes time and attention combined with curiosity and slow movements.
Some people with a medical background will say “I know about the body as I have studied anatomy etc in my profession”. In my experience to “know the body academically” doesn’t correlate to better self-use. That comes with body awareness which can be improved through self observation within the slow movements in Feldenkrais classes.
These classes will address how the whole of you can be more involved in movement and shift how you think of yourself in movement and action.
Its a funny concept to get your head around, but how you move, think and function is continually changing according to life and daily experiences. Most of us don’t take the time and interest to experience ourselves and movement any differently from day to day, week to week. It is inevitable that this leads to a reduction of your movement repertoire, a decline in function and ability.
Are you happy with that? If not, then its up to you to engage in something new and different for you and your body to experience. In an nutshell – Feldenkrais!
On a personal level, Feldenkrais is the one pursuit that continues to shift and re-organise me in a positive direction. Those many small changes and improvements mean I am more vital and co-ordinated now than I was 10 years ago. Only you can improve you. My classes give you some time and space to attend to yourself in order to improve .
Never been before, don’t even know how to pronounce Feldenkrais – try a class for FREE!
Please contact Vanessa (0416 101 854 or vanessa.stephen1@gmail.com) prior to check that the class will be suitable for you and that I can accommodate you and bring a mat for you to use. You can try out an online class as well. Please don’t just turn up. BTW its pronounced fell-den-krice (like rice).
What is an "Awareness Through Movement (ATM) Class?
Classes are guided movement explorations designed to lead you through a safe range of moves that you can try without expectation or judgement. It is a way to engage your curiosity about moving yourself in different ways to find out for yourself how you can do things differently and possibly easier. You find out for yourself how you, with your unique structure and ability, can learn useful tricks and tips for better whole body movement.
Its a learning environment. We each have a different starting point and a different pace of learning, but everyone finds for themselves something that is helpful.
ATM classes are described and compared to the private sessions on another page HERE.