Feldenkrais Classes for Kaiser Permanente Members, with Abby Miller

Kaiser Health Education Department sponsors Awareness Through Movement® classes for its members at a reduced rate. Many people find these classes a good way to start or continue to benefit from the Feldenkrais Method.

Pre-enrollment and prepayment are required. Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis. To register please call Kaiser Health Education Department at 415-833-3450. Call the Feldenkrais Center for Movement Education at 415-826-3680 for further information. Our current class series:
• Meet on Thursdays, 6:30 to 7:30 pm, for a 6 week series of 6 classes.

Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® classes provide an effective, economical and enjoyable way to explore and improve your movement, deal with pain and injury and discover more about your movement and yourself.

In Awareness Through Movement lessons, the teacher verbally leads students through basic and varied movements. You lie on the floor - on your back, sides or front (depending on the lesson and the initial abilities of those in the class ) - or we may work in sitting, standing and walking.

The lessons clarify the relationship between parts of the body and the whole, the most efficient and comfortable ways of moving using the support of the skeleton and how to sense yourself as you move.

There is no demonstration, no copying of the teacher. Instead you are invited to explore the movements yourself. Classes are completely non-competitive.

In each lesson there will be elements of: scanning your bodily sensations, making movements, attending to what you feel as you more, attention to your breathing, and frequent rests.

Because we believe people learn better when there is comfort along with an appropriate challenge, you will be encouraged to move within your capacities - which will increase - and not do things that cause discomfort or pain. Whether the movements are small, gentle and slow (as they often are at first), or somewhat faster, bigger or larger, the emphasis is always on finding ways to more that require less effort and create greater ease. For learning, less strain means more gain.

The movements can be done by anyone, each to their own capability. Each person progresses from their own level and at their own rate. The teacher will choose and modify lessons based on who is coming. If you have any difficulty the teacher can help you find ways to modify the lesson.

Awareness Through Movement workshops and class series feature a number of lessons on a theme such as breathing, the movement of the spine or the use of the arms, or around particular activities.

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