Monday Feldenkrais Movement for Wellness

$90.00

Find ease, balance and simplicity in your every day movement with functional exercises. This is a 46 lesson Awareness Through Movement series. You can buy 6 classes and come to which ever ones you can.

This is a 46 lesson Awareness Through Movement series – is being sold six classes at a time. You can choose to buy 6 classes and come to whichever ones you want…

OR for cheaper, you can subscribe to my Patreon – which will give you access to comes to ALL live (in person and online) classes and have complete access to my ENTIRE library of past classes (more than 100 hours of content). To become a Patron click here.

*Please note that these classes are live in person in Montréal and taught in English.

 

The 4 Cardinal Points of Support are where we will be focusing on for this next round of classes — but with a fifth element…

I also believe that Feldenkrais offers us a fifth point of support which is invisible. That is of awareness… Awareness offers us support for our movement BUT ALSO our emotions. These two things are actually not so separate. They play into each other so deeply, its quite incredible.

  • When I’m anxious, I don’t breath and holding my breath creates more anxiety. Anxiety can develop into fear, which creates a lot of muscular tension esp if that fear isn’t resolved but held within myself.
  • When I’m sad, I feel small and my nervous systems responds by rounding my body and making me small. But also, making me tired because that takes a lot of muscular effort to stay in a rounded position.
  • When I am happy, I smile and my body feels long and wide, therefore making me smile because moving is so easy and effortless.

In these classes, we use movement to build awareness of what we are doing. My students often notice how they react emotionally to movements – and when you know what you are doing you realize that you have a choice in the matter.

You see, movement and emotions are so intertwined it feels superfluous and confusing to actually separate them. And Feldenkrais just accepts this by going slow and really sensing everything that comes up. No wonder people get up after my classes with a huge smile – a weight they’d been carrying has let go. They realize anger that they held onto only affects them negatively or fear that is not needed anymore. Or in my case, sadness that was stopping me from enjoying my life.

Location, Dates and Times

LOCATION : 10 AVE PINS OUEST, MONTREAL  – STUDIO #414

TIME : 7PM to 8PM

DATES: EVERY MONDAY.

(July:  25 // AUG : 1, 8, 15, 22, 29)

About Awareness Through Movement

→ In these Awareness Through Movement classes, I verbally lead you through a sequence of movements in a variety of positions. These precisely structured movement explorations involve thinking, sensing, moving and feeling. By increasing awareness, you will learn to abandon habitual patterns of movement and develop new alternatives, resulting in improved flexibility and coordination, less pain, more comfort.

→ It helps counter anxiety by understanding the effect on the body. It really just makes you feel taller, more grounded and relaxed – and who doesn’t want that! Doing Feldenkrais is not only for chronic symptoms or pain, it’s also used to increase skill, to open yourself up to new ideas, find choice in absence, and secure proper and easy aging!

→ Many Awareness Through Movement lessons are based on developmental movements and ordinary functional activities (reaching, standing, lying to sitting, looking behind yourself, etc.). Some are based on more abstract explorations of joint, muscle, and postural relationships. Lessons are fully accessible to those with varying movement possibilities – because lessons can even work in the imagination. Sounds like magic because it is!! The magic of the brain!

What you will gain

  • Doing consistent Awareness Through Movement has the same benefits as yoga, meditation and exercise :
  • A sense of strength, stability and flexibility all at the same time.
  • A heightened sense of yourself; feeling close to yourself, your wants and needs.
  • Less anxiety!
  • Better breathing.
  • Tools to get better if something goes wrong. EX: In these lessons, you learn to move functionally so when if time comes where you fall or get hurt, you have the tools to fall in way that will hurt you less and you have the tools to get better faster.

This series Features Classes like :

This series Features Classes like :

  • Four Cardinal Points of Support
  • Theme and Variations of Right Hip Joint.
  • Intro to Dial Movement of the Pelvis.
  • First of Spine Chain Series.
  • Actual & Mental Right Hip Symphony.
  • Lying on Stomach and Searching Middle.
  • Wringing the Shoulder Girdle.
  • Restoring Life to Hamstrings.
  • Re-education of the Eyes.
  • Differentiation of Head Movement.
  • Abdomen and Chest in Breathing.
  • Foot Hip Discrimination.
  • Walking Backward.
  • Head Through the Gate.
  • Mobilization of the Right Side Only.
  • Furthering the Learning.
  • Flexors Mostly.
  • Like Jelly Pudding.
  • Left Shoulder Differentiation & Reintegration into the Self Image.
  • Raising the Entire Self to Function with a Live Shoulder.
  • Exploring the Extensors of the Back.
  • Foot Above the Head and its Integration into the Self Image.
  • Primitive Locomotion or Coordinating the Locomotive Joints.
  • Rhythmic Coordination.
  • Increasing Awareness of your Toes in Action.
  • Exploring Floor Behind the Head Making the Bridge.
  • Looking for Yourself and Cleaning the Left Side of Your Self Image.
  • Concretizing the Self Image.
  • Exploring the Outer Ranges of Hands Behind the Head.
  • Elementary Eye Training.
  • Initiation in Rolling.
  • Getting familiar with the diagonals.
  • Introduction to Head Stand (not a real headstand of course!)
  • Elementary Attempts in Loving Oneself.
  • Making the Unthinkable Feasible.
  • Doing the Impossible Toad Movement.
  • Centering for Strength in Pelvis & Intelligence in Extremities.
  • Sensory Exploration of Lips, Tongue, Mouth.
  • Becoming Aware of Stretch Effects in Extensors through Exercising Flexors
  • Pelvic Locomotion Differentiation of Gluteals.
  • Extensors Put to Task.
  • Imagination and Action to Complete the Back Self Image.

"I loved how Andréa offered us different movement exercises that gave me a lot of insight on how I move through the world; even if we were on zoom, I could feel their presence and kindness. They were very generous in their teaching and support during and after classes. "

Pascale Brunet About my online classes

"After class, I remember finding everything so colourful and beautiful. Like i was seeing everything for the first time!. I recommend Andréa for the sweetness of their presence, touch and their empathetic strength to accompany you professionally in the discomfort of the winding path of self-love.”

Émilie Savoie About my online classes
and private lessons

"Andréa’s curious mind and kindness makes Feldenkrais a welcome break in my week and a perfect time to just reconnect with my self."

Kadi About my private lessons

"Andréa's classes left me feeling peaceful, physically stronger and more awakened in my day to day work."

Anonymous About my online classes

"I love this method! Andréa is an excellent teacher. Each class takes me deeper into the subtle power of awareness, softness and gentle movements. I live with chronic pain and have a brain injury, and the more I practice, the more I feel it helping transform and re-wire my neural pathways!"

Sky About my classes

"After each session, I feel relaxed, I move with ease and fluidity. Some pains have disappeared and the impact can be felt days after!"

Hélène C About my private lessons

"I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the work we are doing together. I have been believing my body is defective for some time now, especially after the stroke. I had a difficult time “listening” to my body because I did not trust what it had to tell me. Slowly, this belief is changing and I am coming home (for lack of better words) to my body. I am very grateful. Thank you so much."

Anonymous About my private lessons
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