'Awareness Through Movement'

What happens in a class/workshop - see About ATM> - For Workshop Info scroll right down...

Weekly Classes Summer 2024

Thursdays & Fridays

5 week block - from 25/26 July to 22/23 August

 

 

Thursdays 10.00-11.00 In Person

at Blacklers, Dartington Hall Estate, Totnes TQ9 6EQ

For What to bring please scroll down page

and

Fridays 09.00-10.00 am Online

via Zoom - For How to set up please scroll down page

 

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

 

Enquire: please click here> to arrange a free 10-15 min phone call if this will be your first class

 

5 weeks block @ £50 or Drop In £12 (bookings are open up until 6pm ie close of business the day before) Recordings can be purchased @ £2 per class via add-on when you book.

If you need a discount please ask there are usually concessionary places.

 

Bookings Terms> (click to view)

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

 

Please sign up for the block if you can - this is recommended. Doing Feldenkrais 'ATM' is no ordinary exercise class. Designed to help you improve the way you move, my classes take you into a re-educating, re-organizing process that involves your whole organism. It's a learning curve and the lessons, while gentle and simple can and should challenge you and the way you think about yourself. My role is to support you through this process. However Drop-In is available too, for those who need it, but, please remember bookings close 6pm the day before. Each lesson is done by me beforehand and I need time for that. I also like to know who's coming in advance so that I can work round and with any limitations they might have. I have over 1000 lessons to pick from.

 

 

Workshops

Saturday 20 July 10.00-12.30

'The Jaw/Pelvis Connection'

TMJ? jaw tension? teeth grinding? headaches/neck pain? - or, lower back or pelvic pain/issues? All can be improved through the somatic movement explorations of the Feldenkrais Method - which re-educate the nervous system. Analagous to eachother, at opposite ends of the spine, the ways we habitually move or use one can negatively impact the other, so, improvements to one can come through working with the other.

 

£35/£30 - bookings close 5pm Tuesday 16 July, max 4 people

 

To be held at Blacklers, Park Road, Dartington TQ9 6EQ

 

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

 

Enquire: please click here> to arrange a free 10-15 min phone call if this will be your first time

 

Bookings Terms> (click to view)

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

 

Thursday - September, date tbc10.00-12.30

'Lets Talk Barefoot'

The 12 July workshop postponed and rescheduled - our half day on 11th proved very enjoyable and beneficial or so I have heard - so I thought to offer this topic again, before the end of summer. A reason being that for me, some years back I began to notice that by the end of each summer I was running into foot problems - from spending much more time shoeless. Which I found confusing at the time. This thenled me into exploring barefoot shoes, a journey from which I learned alot and would like to make available to others.

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Are you new to barefoot shoes and running into problems? or walking into them? Whether you are a runner or a walker, or more of a perambulator about walking, would you like to spend more time either in minimal shoes or simply barefoot, yet are nervous from all the negative stories about them? Or suffering already from trying to wear them? Or, running into having painful feet? Or using them BECAUSE you have painful feet?

This workshop is for anybody who has an interest in either being more barefoot or wearing minimalist shoes.

 

If you would like to help your feet, your legs and back feel better so that you can continue, and would like to understand a little of what might be contributing to your foot pain, this workshop will look at various aspects of gait and how our bodies and feet operate within the gravitational field. Optimising the mechanics can really help.

I will not be either promoting or demoting barefoot footwear, but my intention is to provide information that may allow you more informed choices around footwear in general. The workshop will include experiential ATM lessons chosen to support the information offered.

 

£35/£30

 

To be held in Dartington Vilage Hall

 

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How to Set Up - for Online Class/Workshop

please ensure I have the right email address for you, so that you will receive the Zoom Link for the class Then, TO SET UP YOUR ONLINE SPACE you need to have

• Capacity to lay on the floor, backlying, being on the side or front. Also the ability to get up and down easily unaided. If you are someone with chronic pain or mobility issues that might make this difficult, I recommend you either come for a 1-1 session first, or at least get in touch, I can offer classes in sitting too, and am collecting participants currently for this.
• Somewhere quiet and private

• a mat to lie on PLUS one or two folded blankets/towels for props

• A laptop/device positioned so that you are as fully visible as possible when facing the camera, as close to it as possible - ideally at one END of your mat

• Dress more warmly than you think in loose comfy clothing
• Zoom Link

  If you haven't received onet by 10 mins before your class/appointment please phone/email me (but check your spam folder first)

  Usually for 1-1 lessons may only be sent out up to 10 mins prior and

  for classes/workshops up to 1/2 hour prior. Often they are sent sooner.

 

How to Set Up - for In-Person Class/Workshopyou need to

• Capacity to lay on the floor as above for online.
• To bring your own floor mat
• Plus one or two large bath towels/blankets
• To 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
• Bring water to drink

 

Those with persistent pain or injury are recommended to have at least one 1-1 'Functional Integration' lesson before trying to a class/workshop

more info about Functional Integration and 1-1 ATM Online>

 

Get in Touch or To Book>

 

Bookings Terms For Classes/Workshops

Signing our Disclaimer - applies to all Classes, Workshops & 1-1 sessions

When you pay for any Class, Workshop or 1-1 Session it is taken 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 the 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."

 

Missed classes

If you book a block, are your responsibility, and are not transferable forwards. Usually a recording can be purchased for an additional £2, and sometimes there is space on another class if one is running during the same block dates but this isn't guaranteed..

Recordings remain available for 7 days only - you need to download them if you want to keep them longer than this.

 

Discounts and Concessions

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

 

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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