Functional Integration Tutorials

with Julie Casson Rubin

Next Tutorial

Preparation for Action: Sunday April 26, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm

Cost: $180, includes FI scheduled separately.

Teaching pleasure and comfort in everyday action. "Here we learn to have the means to improve our life - Moshe Feldenkrais

Lying down, getting up, bending, reaching, sitting and standing are actions that we make everyday of our lives. How a person experiences themselves in each of these moments has a profound impact on the quality of their life. Yet many people experience frustration and discomfort when trying to perform these ordinary, essential movements. As Feldenkrais teachers we can continuously improve our skill in recognizing the elements within Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration that we can use to help our clients to experience their relationship to their world with more ease, confidence and efficiency.

As teachers, we can learn to stimulate within our clients a sense of satisfaction with the processes of life, the development of what Feldenkrais called an "aesthetically pleasing sense of self".

In this class we will blend selected ATM and FI lessons that focus on improving the quality of everyday functional actions. Specifically we will attend to:

Learning to teach our clients more effortless transitioning from lying down to sitting up
Learning to teach our clients reaching and bending in any direction with ease from a seated position
Learning to teach moving from sitting to standing with strength and simplicity

To engage our clients attention, curiousity and understanding, we will learn more about using a dynamic, interactive approach in the FI setting. Using a blend of touch and words in our teaching can bring greater creative freedom and depth to each lesson that we give.