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EMBODIED MOVEMENT PRACTICE: “BREATHING THE FELDENKRAIS WAY”
The course consists of ten movement lessons drawn from the “Awareness Through Movement©” system, a component of the method of somatic education developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) to increase options in movement and action and improve abilities.
During the lessons, you will be invited to pay attention to the way you breathe and move so that you can increase your ability to breathe fully, regularly, and easily in any daily life activities, according to your various needs. Among other things, you will learn to sense and use the relationship between good breathing and good posture and experience the enhanced vitality that comes from undisturbed breathing.
To complement the experiential sensory-motor learning, stories will be told about the life of Dr. Feldenkrais, from his Eastern European and Hasidic origin to the circumstances that led him to develop his genial method, in Israel and worldwide. Furthermore, readings from his books and short videos of his work with children and adults will illustrate his thinking about discovering and unfolding our inherent human potential.
The course is given in English, in collaboration with Paideia – The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden.
Prior knowledge
To apply for this course, you need basic computer skills and knowledge of how to use the digital platform Zoom. The school offers Zoom manuals and a training opportunity before the start of the course.
Course material
Course material is included in the cost for this course.
About the teacher
Elisabetta Abate is an Italian-born Feldenkrais© practitioner. As a young woman, she explored uncountable paths of body-mind integration – from dance to martial arts to proprioception awareness. One day, she found out that the Feldenkrais Method makes her feel at home in herself and her body-mind, so she joined the III Amsterdam International Feldenkrais Teachers Training (2008-2012), led by Lawrence W. Goldfarb, Ph.D., a direct pupil of Dr. Feldenkrais.
Elisabetta has been teaching the Method to groups and individuals since 2009 and is currently volunteering in the working group “Feldenkrais and Scientific Research” of the International Feldenkrais Federation. After earning a Ph.D. in Oriental Studies with a specialization in Hebrew and Jewish Studies (Venice 2009), she most happily attended the Paideia One-Year Program in 2009/2010.
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