Inviting You Home
10 Week Feldenkrais Series
You are invited to return to yourself
Answer the call to connect inward, restore easy alignment and release tension
This is a picture of "the cabin." It's a 11’ x 11’ tiny house that my partner helped to build with his family before I met him. There is no water, no electricity and certainly no internet.
I feel a kind of peace at the cabin-- no agenda, no shoulds, just open time and space.
This fall, I invite you into this feeling each week with Feldenkrais classes both in person and online.
We will practice paying attention without striving, following our true pace, slowing down, listening to discomfort and not pushing past it and giving ourself uninterrupted connection.
"In the processes of Awareness Through Movement, you receive an abundance of ideas that address this bottomless thirst to know yourself." - Ruthy Alon
In these Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® lessons you will be guided to pay attention to movement, sensation, feelings and thoughts. This is an Awareness practice, not a technique. We cultivate an inner kindness to take with us in our day-to-day lives.
Lessons will focus on:
lengthening the spine / organizing the shoulders / re-aligning the jaw / opening the chest and upper back / improving standing / relaxing the lower back / connecting the whole self / waking up dormant areas of the body
“The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.” ― Sharon Salzberg
What’s a Feldenkrais class like?
Awareness Through Movement lessons involve instruction of gentle movements, mostly while lying down. Instead of focusing on a technique or posture, we focus on a moving with a quality of ease, presence and curiosity.
As my Feldenkrais teacher Aliza Stewart says, “We’re not here to “do” something, we’re here to “feel something.”
At the end of class there is space to share reflections and ask questions.
This series will include lessons in a variety of positions, on back, belly and the side to improve different kinds of actions and functions.
“There is NO judgement -- it's all about curiosity and inquiry and truly caring for one's self and body.” - Maggie
4 Layers of Benefits from Feldenkrais Method®:
1) Mindfulness & Self-Awareness – quiet the mind, live more in the present, become more aware in day-to-day life
2) Safety & Ease – give the brain signals of safety, regulate the nervous system, sooth anxiety and re-wire neural pathways to orient towards ease and away from vigilance
3) Movement Improvement – become better organized, learn to use the body more efficiently with less holding & tension
4) Expanding Self-Image – know more of yourself, expand your potential, break out of useless habits, we practice movement as a metaphor in your life
Who's Feldenkrais for?
Busy People who would like to feel more grounded, relaxed and embodied
People on a path of personal growth who want to increase their awareness and presence in life
Creative People like Artists, Musicians, Entrepreneurs, Dancers etc. who want to broaden their creativity and also improve their craft
People recovering from injury or illness
People with chronic pain
Anyone who would like to feel more mobility and ease in their daily lives
“During your class I noticed that my stress level went down, and places of chronic pain and tightness in my body released. I also found myself looking forward to the warm, relaxed, community feeling in the class.” - Emet Aron
What are the effects of Feldenkrais?
Decreased:
Pain
Stress
Stagnation
Tension and stiffness
Vigilance
Increased:
Presence in day-to-day life
Internal Safety
Mobility and ease with movement
Possibility & Flexibility of the mind
Creativity and inspiration
Focus
“Coming back to Feldenkrais after a long break is showing me more about what it does to my body and how much it changes the way I move/breathe/think. Thank you, as always, for bringing me back to myself,” - Oona
Dates & Information:
10 Week Series
Two Options: Wednesdays, 7-8:15pm in Florence, Thursdays 10-11am Hybrid in Northampton
September 24/25 — December 3/4
Full 10 class series + Recordings: Sliding Scale $145 - $245
5 classes: Sliding scale $85 - $130
Drop-in welcome: $20 - $25 / class
partial scholarships available
Accessibility: There is one flight of stairs to climb to access the studio. Lessons are mostly done lying down on a blanket on the floor.
Beginners welcome to attend any of the first 6 classes in order to attend the rest of the series, people with Feldenkrais experience can drop-in any time
pre-registration required for full series and drop-in
“I’ve felt more comfortable and mentally/ physically relaxed in my body than I have in a long time.” - Jessie Cahill
“These classes are the only time every week when I’m truly kind to myself”
Questions? Email: Michelle.a.Huber@gmail.com
About Feldenkrais:
Feldenkrais is an embodied learning practice of slowing down and experiencing how you move. In a lesson we combine our own curiosity and awareness with Moshe Feldenkrais’ profound knowledge of coordination, efficient movement and developmental movement patterns.
We practice decreasing doing and increasing awareness, which has positive benefits of decreased pain and increased choice, which ripples out into your life.
Movement is the language of the nervous system. We improve our movements with attention, which improves the overall functioning of the nervous system.
Through the practice we tap into the neuroplastic quality of the brain to infinitely improve. Each lesson is designed to help the nervous system learn.
The practice unleashes human potential through a gentle unwinding of holding patterns.
In many mindfulness practices we use the mind to improve the body, in Feldenkrais we use movement to improve the mind. It feels like magic, and it’s scientific!
Testimonials for the Feldenkrais Method:
“[The work of] Feldenkrais represents a revolution in human health.”
—Smithsonian Magazine
“Following the program with Feldenkrais®, patients showed significant improvement in their levels of pain, decreased medication and increased quality of life.”
—American Journal of Pain Management