Explore Awareness though movement - Discover more comfortable turning

Awareness Through Movement (Feldenkrais Method) promotes ease and comfort of movement in everyday life, improving balance and flexibility and reducing aches and pains so that we can do the things we want to do. Movements can be adapted to meet individual needs.

Workshop 1: Easy Reaching (October 23rd, 10.30-1.00)

Workshop 2: Easy Turning (November 26th, 10.30-1.00)

Feldenkrais sessions are called lessons and are done lying down. Bring a mat or blanket to lie on and a medium sized towel to fold up for head support (not a cushion). Wear clothes you feel comfortable moving in.

About the event:

Each workshop will explore an aspect of functional movement – movements we use in everyday actions. The lessons use non-habitual movements, done slowly and with attention, to explore and discover our movement habits. Habits are great – they take the thinking out of the things we need to do regularly. But overuse of a limited range of movements can lead to stiffness, injury and aches and pains. If we learn what we do habitually, we can explore other choices and increase our range and options for movement. “If we know what we do, we can do what we want”. Moshe Feldenkrais – creator of the Feldenkrais Method.

Each workshop will include a lesson for about an hour – exploring a common movement pattern. Then a break for a cup of tea and some conversation about our experience of the lesson. At the end, we will spend a bit of time revisiting some of the movements from the lesson that you can take out of the room and into your life to become part of your new habits of movement.

Isabel Wright is a Newquay-based Feldenkrais teacher and practitioner (and sometime Community Roots volunteer). She has been teaching Feldenkrais for 4 years, teaching both University of the 3rd Age and public classes.

She teaches on a voluntary basis and, after basic expenses, all proceeds from these workshops will go to Community Roots. Tickets are on a sliding scale (£10, £15, £20 per workshop). Please contact us if these prices prohibit your attendance as we have a couple of reduced spaces (as well as an opportunity to gift more if you want to).

These workshops are aimed at adults. If you are or know of a young person who might be interested in the workshop, please contact me to talk about whether it would be suitable.

For more information contact Isabel Wright: AwarenessThroughMovement@Yahoo.com

Our venue

Community Roots is a 1 acre, not-for-profit community growing project with the aim to grow food and community in planet positive ways. This event will raise funds to help support our vital work. The morning will be spent outside in our garden and also in our Big Shed, a fully accessible, dry and warm indoor space, with a changing Places accessible toilet. for more information on our project visit https://www.communityroots.uk/ (https://www.communityroots.uk/)

Ticket prices

The majority of funds raised will go towards supporting our community project. Tickets are on a sliding price scale. Please contact us if these prices prohibit your attendance as we have a couple of reduced spaces (as well as an opportunity to gift more if you want to).

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