Workshops in Melbourne 2013
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October 12 Workshop - Rotation
This workshop will be about rotation, twisting & how twisting can reorganise and improve the alignment of the spine and the relationship between the shoulder girdle & the pelvic girdle.
How rotation can soothe and improve almost all of us and how rotation can make walking more efficient and fluent.
Rotation is potentially the fastest & most powerful movement a human can make..
We will also have a look at common ways rotation is used to communicate nonverbally, and a little about what it says about us.
This workshop will be easy to do and leave you feeling marvellous:) |
17 August Workshop 2013
The Jaw & The Shoulders, Two workshops in one.
Two very expressive and some what recalcitrant areas of ourselves.
We will spend the day fostering a better relationship with these two areas, learning to reduce tension, improve accuracy & ease of movement. Generally trying to make peace...
After showing some respect by spending the best part of a day with these areas, getting a clearer picture of the effect on the gait, posture and balance should be possible.
This workshop relates to points of interest that often arise in other workshops
I am really going to try to take it easy in this unique workshop, so I am inviting you to spend a leisurely day enjoying the company of your Jaw, shoulders and curiosity
July 20 workshop Neck - functional comfort
In the July 20 workshop will be investigating the neck and the complex dynamic relationship your neck has with your head, shoulders and chest (thoracic). You will learn to feel what will works better for you.
The neck also plays a vital role distribution of weight and center of mass and so obviously it has a large effect on balance gait and posture.
This is one reason it is difficult to improve it's overall functioning as opposed to "getting it fixed".
It could be said that having the neck "fixed" is a large part of the problem in the first place...
Having said that we will be teaching the simplest most effective ways for you to relieve stress and discomfort from the neck.
info@feldenkrais.com.au to book a place :)
it's time for a Thoracic Workshop....
Be there:)
Feldenkrais workshop for March 16th 2013 and it's the only one I strongly suggest you attend!! If you regularly attend my classes you are probably aware of the importance of the function of the thoracic area. If the thoracic spine area does not contribute to your movement in general, your lower back and neck will have to compensate by overworking and becoming uncomfortable or painful and the culprit (thoracic spine) remains outside awareness quietly lowering our quality of living and skeletal health.
It's important to me that I give my students the best chance of avoiding the average and very common patterns of degeneration, hyper kyphosis, "dowagers hump" AKA "hunch back", for most people there is no real hope for correction but for my students of the Feldenkrais method (you:) there is. You know you should, I'll be back teaching next week and will encourage you again then :) x
It's been said even the grave cannot "fix" dowager's hump (hyper kyphosis)
but the ingenious movements in this workshop will facilitate straightening,
lengthening and more movement.
These are quite complex issues that are most easily understood at a leisurely pace
across at least a few hours.
Trying to get a clear picture in the usual 60 minute lesson is often frustrating
and really is not doing Justice to an aspect of ourselves that can have a
profound influence on life quality and skeletal health.
This workshop will run from 11am to 4pm, there will be 2 short breaks
The cost is $120.00 payable on the day. Recorded audio will be made available.
09/02/2013 Developmental Movement patterns
In the first workshop for 2013 (Feb 9)
we are going to start at the start.
We will explore some “developmental” movement patterns,
and investigate how they influence your posture and your gait today.
You have done all the movements before (though maybe in infancy..)
and by their nature the movements are easy, soothing & therapeutic.
This workshop will be a series of easy to effortless movements
that are a joy to do and are common to almost every human
function, on the other hand, when these movements are not
present we often find "mysterious" problems and impaired function
Developmental movements promote a heightened sense of
wellbeing and improve function.
Moving with a sense of ease and having awareness of that ease
is the personification of self respect.
11am till 4pm $120.00 |
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Functional flexibility
December 15, 2012 Feldenkrais Workshop
Improving range of movement by lengthening, differentiating and integrating.
Improving range of movement that is functional, useful and learning how to support this improved organisation with things we all do on a daily basis.
Often it's the partially contracted (and therefore short) muscles that we are not aware of that add tension and resistance to our movement, our gait, our posture and therefore almost everything we do.
It's these "shortened" chronically contracted muscles that are often the authors of our less than perfect posture & function.
Habitually contracted muscles are a major contributor to feelings of tiredness, heaviness and lethargy robbing us of spontaneously using movement patterns and positions that can promote mobility, vitality and health.
Sending some de-contraction signals to the right areas can result in more freedom & ease of movement, and a more satisfying relationship with the self.
Throughout this workshop there will be some clear and simple explanations of the principles of "functional flexibility" and how to integrate them into your normal daily activities.
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AUGUST ROLLING WORKSHOP 18/08/12 11an - 4pm.
To celebrate the purposes built floor, mk 2, we are holding an easy rolling workshop
The new floor consists of the whole area covered in Melbourne's largest yoga mat then covered in low density (soft to the face) carpet, This flooring was designed for practicing the Feldenkrais method
Roll in control, authoring movement by negotiating with gravity, balance, sensation and thought. Enjoy the game of relinquishing control to gain competence. We were organically captivated by this luxurious activity as infants and many of the rewards are still available to us. Disorganize the rigidities of modern life & aging and regain some fluidity, flow and flexibility with some of the first movements you ever made!
Rolling on the floor is a marvellous way to promote "re alinement" of your self. We will be drawing from some of the "developmental" movement lessons that are gentle, soft and easy, this workshop will be less challenging than the rolling workshop we held in April.
Let me know if you would like to attend, you can reach me through the link above,
Cheers and Thanks,
Pete Binns
July 7 Workshop
07/07/12 11am - 4pm Feldenkrais Workshop Magic Towel $120.00 Includes audio recording on request
In the July 7th workshop the incredible therapeutic power of the humble towel will be thoroughly investigated. Though the Feldenkrais method is largely about learning it does have a little known powerful, simple and effective way to facilitate dramatic therapeutic change in as little as a few minutes. Its like magic!
The changes brought about by your use of the magic towel can be used to make your body feel marvellous or elevate many common aches and pains quickly. This is wonderfully empowering because it's a bit like becoming your own therapist!
We will use the gentle movements of the towel lessons to bring about therapeutic change and improved function to the neck, ribs, thoracic spine, lumber spine and a little with the sacroiliac and hip joints. we will work both lying on the floor and in standing.
Feldenkrais Workshop 19/5/12 11am-4pm The Movements of Respiration (Melb) |
May 19 Workshop Breathing.
The movements of your breath, Respiration, BREATHING.
This workshop will be very easy, very very easy. Maybe the most productive day of lying around all day you will ever have.
We started breathing air when we became exposed to the full force of gravity, good breathing and good posture are inextricably linked, from a functional point of view they are almost the same thing.
This workshop will clarify expand and enrich the movements of breathing. It will let you discover ways to breath more easily more fully and enjoy more satisfying breathing, a more quenching breath.
So many parts of us are involved. The ribs, the thoracic spine, the diaphragms, the shoulders, the neck, the center of mass, your center of gravity & your balance. More!
You have conscious control over your breathing and so does your subconscious, a place where there is interplay, a process where thinking can influence feeling and feeling can influence thinking,
Breathing around 900 times an hour, 20,000 times a day 150,000 a week, 7 million times a year, it's worth spending a day investigating and improving the movements of your respiration.
email now to secure a place
Rolling Workshop, Roll in control 21/4/12
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Workshop size limit -16 only!- PLEASE register for conformation through email
Roll in control Rolling Workshop 11am - 4pm 21/4/12
In this one day rolling workshop we will be focusing on the enjoyable and rewarding art of rolling, the primal developmental movements nature uses to facilitate human neurological function and growth. These movement sequences are easy, fun and leave spine soft the body feeling wonderful.
Just as nature rewards babies for exploring and repeating these movements, so too will you enjoy a happy positive outlook, a new lease on life. Rolling is the fastest way to ease aches and pains, its an art form that will serve you for the rest of your life.
The human rolling is truly a remarkable thing, it has the capacity improve balance poise and grace, it elevates aches and pains and facilitates an instantaneous intra-spinal level coordination that is all but banished by our modern environment. Recovering this level of subtle function can have a profound effect on overall functioning and general outlook.
March 17 Neck comfort and function
In the March 17 workshop we will be investigating the neck and the complex dynamic relationship your neck has with your head, shoulders and chest (thoracic). You will learn to feel what will work better for you.
The neck also plays a vital role distribution of weight and center of mass and so obviously it has a large effect on balance gait and posture.
This is one reason it is difficult to improve its overall functioning as opposed to "getting it fixed".
It could be said that having the neck "fixed" is a large part of the problem in the first place...
Having said that we will be teaching the simplest most effective ways for you to relieve stress and discomfort from the neck.
Obviously this subject is not simple but to discover some of the mysteries of this area and make improvements the movements MUST be very easy to do... it will be a relaxing day
In the February 11 Workshop will be investigating the dynamic relationships your knee has with your ankle, your hip joint, your foot and your lower back, the lower half in general. Of all the joints in the body, the knees are said to be the most abused joints of all,(over 40,000 knee replacements Aust 2011!) this is largely because the knee is only a hinge joint so it's at the mercy of the reciprocal function of the joints above and below. If the hip joint is tight or the ankle is stiff natural & neutral tracking is corrupted and shearing stress in your knee can develop. So how do your knees track & what are some of the elements that influence that tracking? This workshop will give you some strategies to start to have a positive, supportive relationship with your knees.
Happy New Year and it's time for a Thoracic Workshop....
Be there:)
The first Feldenkrais workshop for 2012 and it's the only one I strongly suggest you attend!! If you regularly attend my classes you are probably aware of the importance of the function of the thoracic area. If the thoracic spine area does not contribute to your movement in general, your lower back and neck will have to compensate by overworking and becoming uncomfortable or painful and the culprit (thoracic spine) remains outside awareness quietly lowering our quality of living and skeletal health.
It's important to me that I give my students the best chance of avoiding the average and very common patterns of degeneration, hyper kyphosis, "dowagers hump" AKA "hunch back", for most people there is no real hope for correction but for my students of the Feldenkrais method (you:) there is. You know you should, I'll be back teaching next week and will encourage you again then :) x
It's been said even the grave cannot "fix" dowager's hump (hyper kyphosis)
but the ingenious movements in this workshop will facilitate straightening,
lengthening and more movement.
These are quite complex issues that are most easily understood at a leisurely pace
across at least a few hours.
Trying to get a clear picture in the usual 60 minute lesson is often frustrating
and really is not doing Justice to an aspect of ourselves that can have a
profound influence on life quality and skeletal health.
This workshop will run from 11am to 4pm, there will be 2 short breaks
The cost is $120.00 payable on the day. Recorded audio will be made available.
Workshops in Melbourne 2011 |
