De-Stressing Neck & Shoulders

give yourself a beautiful tune up by tuning in

Did the winter cold get your shoulders up to your ears?

This series aims to counter the winter posture of shoulders rolled in and a tight chest. We will give ourselves the time to unwind and spread out.

Practice Ease

The brain learns what is practiced. In Feldenkrais we practice orienting towards pleasant, easy sensations. This leads to an increase in experiencing pleasure and ease. The increase of embodied awareness supports nervous system regulation.

Improve Your Brain

Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® aligns with current brain science showing that there is infinite potential for neural growth and change. Awareness Through Movement helps to create new and stronger neural pathways which support your brain to direct your nervous system better.

Integrate Your Movement

We will zoom in to subtle movements of the pelvis, spine, ribs and eyes to make the the shoulders lighter and the neck freer.

“I’ve felt more comfortable and mentally/ physically relaxed in my body than I have in a long time.”
- Jessie Cahill

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.

Weekly Lesson Themes:

1. Mobilizing the spine
2. Rolling arms & Connecting the ribs
3. Sliding Arms with the Whole self
4. Including Eyes, Jaw & Tongue
5. Freeing the Neck in Floor Sitting
6. Bringing it all home

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

Details for 6- week series:

  • Wednesdays, April 22 - May 27

  • 7 - 8:15pm

  • In person in Florence

  • Sliding Scale $90 - $150 for full series

  • Drop - in welcome $ 20 - $25 / class (if there’s room)

  • partial scholarships available

  • Accessibility: There are two flights of stairs to climb to access the studio. Lessons are mostly done lying down on a blanket on the floor.

pre-registration required for full series and drop-in

Questions? Email: Michelle.a.Huber@gmail.com

 “There is NO judgement -- it's all about curiosity and inquiry and truly caring for one's self and body.” - Maggie

What people are saying about Feldenkrais with Michelle Huber:

“I'm always so amazed at how differently I feel at the end of the lesson from such subtle movements. At the beginning of this lesson I could barely move my neck and at the end it was so easy!" - Katie B.

 “my right shoulder feels so much better and it’s been a near constant pain for over a month now.” - Elena Karlsen-Ayala

 “Michelle's teaching style is, for me, a perfect balance of gentle honoring of the body as it is now, and direct leading of the body to where it can eventually go.” - Ash Martin

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