'Awareness Through Movement©' Groupwork

About Feldenkrais Groupwork - see here> - Is this suitable for me? see here>

or

Contact me> to arrange a free 10-15 min phone call

Best results tend to happen for those who combine Groupwork and 1-1 work. I will support you in finding the best options for you.

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Weekly Classes 2026:

 

2 classes per week - please scroll down for upcoming October Workshops:

 

To Book: https://LifeworksSomaticsFeldenkrais.as.me/

 

Thursdays 10-11.15 am In Person

Weekly 'Awareness Through Movement' class

Theme: ‘Balance & Weight shifts Finding Support through your Skeleton’

at

Blacklers, Dartington Hall Estate, Totnes TQ9 6EQ

 

From 22 October (no class 29 Oct)

8 weeks series £96 (£12/class) or

One off £15 each - spaces are limited, if you can't make a booking email me

 

Book here: https://LifeworksSomaticsFeldenkrais.as.me/

 

Thursdays 18.00-18.45 Online

'Awareness Through Movement©' - Tools to Unwind' 45 mins

These shorter lessons offer relaxation with gentle movement sequences.

 

15 October 'Breathe!'

22 October 'Exploring Tongue & Jaw'

(no class 29 Oct)

5 November 'How does your Pelvis move?'

12 November

19 November

26 November

3 December

10 December

Topics will be announced gradually - or, weekly via newsletter email - subscribe to our newsletter>

and willl include:

Tongue/Jaw, Breathing, Feet, Hands and Hips and Lower Back.  Some can be done in sitting if you aren’t able to lie down (email me if you need this).   If you have a particular topic you’d like included, email me it!

 

8 weeks online series £80 (£10/class) from 15 October or

one-off @ £12 each

 

Concessions available - via discount code at booking.

Class Recordings are available for £2 extra - add at booking or retrospectively.

Please Scroll Down for How to Set Up and What to Bring.

 

Book here: https://LifeworksSomaticsFeldenkrais.as.me/

 

Next Mini-Workshop

New! Every First Thursday in Ashburton

Thursday 5 November 2026

'Balance & Weight Shifts' part II

Continuing on from our September workshop at Ashburton Arts: (but you do not need to have done part I) Because being human means that you are constantly, when walking (or running) shifting your weight between your two feet, or are sitting down or getting up. How often do YOU ever give a thought to these seemingly obvious transitions from one position to another?

Speaking for myself, it was often not until some kind of physical limitation forced me to do so. But - why wait til then?

If this rings any bells for you, please come along. You will get to explore, through various guided movement sequences, an opportunity to an experience of how your own skeleton can do alot more towards carrying your weight more efficiently, thus freeing up your musculature for the actual action of moving you wherever you want to go doing whatever you intend to do. And then THAT will naturally happen more easily and freely.

 

Thursday 3 December

'Being Solid - Being Fluid'

Again continuing this Autumn's theme, this session looks at the contrast between the feeling of Skeletal Pathways versus the Breath's Softness and Fluidity.

 

Thursday 7 January

Topic to follow soon - probably 'Feet'

 

All to be held at Ashburton Arts Centre, Upstairs Room, 15 West Street, Ashburton TQ13 7DT

at 10.00 -11.30

£18

To Book: https://LifeworksSomaticsFeldenkrais.as.me/

 

If you have any questions please email me info@lifeworks4.me.uk

 

Concessions available - via discount code at booking.

Class Recordings are available for £2 extra - add at booking.

Please Scroll Down for How to Set Up and What to Bring.

 

 

Bookings Terms> (click to view)

When you book and pay, is is taken as your agreement to our Disclaimer> - (click to view)

 

Practitioner Mentoring 2026

One to one either online or in person is £35/hour - Contact me>

Small Groups: £5 per person for 2026

Next on:

Peer led discussion group on Working with Chronic Pain and Trauma' - maximum group size will be 7.

Mondays at 5.30-6.30pm - please get in touch for exact dates

We use a 'Listening Circle' format. There is alot we can learn from eachother's inquiries into questions arising on a particular topic. Interested?

To Book: Email me info@lifeworks4.me.uk

 

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Is Feldenkrais Groupwork suitable for me?

 

It is suitable for those who are fairly well with reasonable mobility that they would like to improve and maintain, and who have:

• Capacity to lay on the floor, on your back, side, or front.
• Ability to get up and down easily unaided
• Not in persistent chronic pain
• If this does not include you and you cannot really say yes to the above, then please consider taking an individual session with me before trying a class. Contact me>

 

In Person events - What To Bring

• Your own floor mat
• And two large bath towels/blankets
• Dress in loose, layered, clothing, warmly, and include socks and maybe mittens in winter/spring - lessons are quiet and you will cool down rather than warm up although the space is well heated
• Water to drink

 

Online events - How to Set Up for

• I need one single contact email address for the Zoom Link any last-minute communications about the class
• You preferably will use a laptop, (tablets and Ipads are tricky to set looking at the floor mat you will be laying on) Any autofocus setting should be OFF.. A laptop is by far the best to use.
• You should be familiar with using Zoom (www.zoom.us) software - just need to know how to enter/leave a meeting, to mute/unmute, put your video on/off,
• You should please display your name (ie not someone else's/company name) on Zoom correctly.
• You should check your internet connection so that your video can be on (you will benefit more if I can see you)
• You should aim to attend classes live please.

Now set up your physical space:

• Be somewhere quiet and private where you will not be disturber
• A mat, to lie on PLUS two folded blankets/towels (not cushions) for props
• Laptop positioned at one END of your mat AND Up on a Chair so that its camera looks down on your mat and sees it in full.
• Laptop also should be as close to the mat as possible and not on floor
• Dress more warmly than you think in loose comfy clothing including socks and possibly mittens in cool weather
• Zoom link - if it isn't with you isn't with you by 30 mins before your class/appointment please phone/email me (check your spam folder first)

 

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Bookings Terms For Classes/Workshops:

1. Signing our Disclaimer

When you make payment for any of our Classes, Workshops or 1-1 Sessions, this is taken as your agreement that you have read, and agree to, the following:

 

"I understand that the Feldenkrais Method is intended as an instruction in the optimal use of the self.

I realize that it is not a treatment for medical emergencies, and is not intended as a substitute for normal medical procedure suggested by a physician.

I fully understand that nothing that may be told me by a practitioner in this field is a medical diagnosis, nor a substitute for a medical diagnosis, nor is it to be so considered by me.

I understand that what is said in a session, or anything others say during a class/workshop is Confidential. I agree to keep this Confidentiality.

I accept that all reasonable care is taken, and that all activities are undertaken entirely at my own risk and no responsibility can be taken by the Practitioner for any loss or injury of any type, physical or otherwise, suffered.

By taking part I accept responsibility for myself, my belongings, this includes my safety and well-being."

 

2. Missed classes

If you book a block, these are your responsibility. Classes are non- transferable, your options are:

Recordings can be purchased for an additional £2, usually available.

Space on another class in the same block is sometimes available, if one is running however is not guaranteed..

Recordings remain available for 30 days - therefore if you wish to retain a copy they must be downloaded within this time.

 

3. Discounts and Concessions

please ask if you need - proof of low income status required

 

4. Cancellations

Drop in bookings are non-refundable

Block class bookings and workshop bookings are fully refundable If made more than 7 days beforehand, within 7 days but more than 48 hours are 50% refundable,and within 48 hours are non-refundable

 

 

 

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