WCCIF and Feldenkrais connections and Anat Baniel Method

THE 19TH ANNUAL WEST COAST CONTACT IMPROVISATION FESTIVAL
IN BERKELEY'S 8TH STREET STUDIOS, JUNE 29-JULY 4, 2007

(Berkeley, CA) The 19th annual West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival (WCCIF) will be held at 8th Street Studios in Berkeley, CA, from June 29 to July 4. This year we have a theme - Deepening the Experience - that will enliven and inform all of the classes, labs, discussions, performances and jams. We offer interconnected classes within three tracks - Performance, Somatics and Community - that will allow participants to explore specific aspects of contact improvisation in depth. Classes are available for professional dancers and people new to Contact Improvisation interested in learning in a safe and respectful community.

http://www.wccif.com/wccif_2007_media_release


Sharon Tomsky CI and Feldenkrais/Anat Baniel Methods – A Potent Convergence.

Sharon has been enthusiastically involved with Contact Improvisation since the late 1970s, and has been teaching CI since 1981. She is a co-founder of this Contact Festival and has been teaching at it since its inception in 1988, and was an organizer for the first 3 years. Sharon also co-founded the California “Harbin” Contact Jam and co-organized and facilitated it for 18 years. She is a somatic educator with certifications as a Feldenkrais Method and Anat Baniel Method practitioner, including specializations in ABM for Children, Anti-Aging, and High Performers. These methods offer the opportunity for potent transformational learning through movement and attention in ways that connect directly with the practice of CI. Sharon also works as an Occupational Therapist. She lives in Richmond, CA with her beautiful cat Yin-Yang, whose movement she studies and attempts to emulate.

http://www.wccif.com/teachers?selected=9497#9497

Moti Nativ to give class at Feldenkrais Method Congress 2008

One of the more interesting new developments in the World of Moshido Praxis! Moti Nativ has been exploring the
origins of Moshe's Thinking way back t othe 1930's in Tel-Aviv! Aparently, Feldenkrais' first book was on Jujitsu!

here is Nativ's class in Boulder this month

P2-Survival: Martial Arts in the Feldenkrais Method

Presenter: Moti Nativ

Event Type: Conference 2008 Workshop

Date: July 25, 2008 to July 27, 2008

Time(s):
10am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5pm

Cost: $285

Moshe Feldenkrais was the first non-Japanese person to earn a black belt in Judo and was the author of several books on Judo and self-defense. His interest, training and expertise in these areas had a profound influence on the development of the Feldenkrais Method. We will use the movement lessons created by Dr. Feldenkrais to explore the martial arts underpinnings of the Feldenkrais Method, and experience and analyze self-defense techiniques as they arise, helping us to understand the effectiveness of the Feldenkrais Method from the point of view of survival. This workshop will give you a direct experience of how the martial arts can be informed by the unique work of Dr. Feldenkrais.
Presenter Bio(s)

Moti Nativ(1994)is a Feldenkrais practitioner and has been teaching martial arts since 1978, is proficient in Budo-taijutsu(Japanese ancient fighting art), Judo and Krav Maga(military combat system). He served as ETC rep Shihan(master teacher of martial arts), head of the Israeli Bjinkan Dojo, and has also served 4 years as President of Israel’s Feldenkrais Guild.
Open to:

Public

Feldenkrais Method Annual Conf. Open to Public events 25 Julu- 1 Aug. 2008 Boulder, CO

Conference Events Open to the Public

Bridging Worlds



2008 Feldenkrais Method® Annual Conference

Friday, July 25 — Friday, August 1, 2008
University Memorial Center
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado



http://www.feldenkrais.com/events/conference/2008_public/



Learn More:

Learn More about Workshops under Workshops-at-a-Glance.
Participate in free morning Awareness Through Movement classes.
Attend evening special events, such as the keynote or research forum.
Workshop registration: opens May 5, 2008
Housing registration
Read the Frequently Asked Questions section for information on: Housing on/off campus, Parking, Transportation, Meals on/off campus, Boulder attractions.
See the Week-at-a-Glance schedule for: Workshop times, Concierge Desk hours and meal times
Want to print out details about the workshops? Please download our color brochure (5.0 MB PDF). If you have trouble downloading the brochure, or are on a dial-up Internet connection, use the printable version of this website with photos instead (opens in a new window, which you can print).
http://www.feldenkrais.com/events/conference/2008_public/

ATM class ongoing Thur.'s 11:00 AM @ Dancing Shiva!

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http://www.dancingshiva.com/schedule.html

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Flip flops are bad for our bodies! the best kind of sandals?

from
well@nytimes.com
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/


“We found that when people walk in flip-flops, they alter their gait, which can result in problems and pain from the foot up into the hips and lower back,'’ said Justin Shroyer, a biomechanics doctoral student who presented the findings to the recent annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Indianapolis.

see new clips from Feldenkrais Video story

from Ryan Nagy
Have you had a chance to see the mini-documentary on Moshe Feldenkrais and his life, by Brush Fire Films and the Genesis of Healing Televison series? I don’t know where or how to view the entire program, but I have posted the clip below.

It is also available on the Brush Fire Films Website. Tell me what you think of it?

Moshe Feldenkrais video of what is "straight"?!

Moshe video online!

http://blip.tv/file/898966

presented by Feldenkrais of New York

http://feldenkraisinstitut.blip.tv/

PUBLIC CLASSES: "Awareness Through Movement" of NY Feldenkrais Institute

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ongoing Sunday 4PM classes for next few Sun.'s

DATE: April 20th & 27th and May 4th

TIME: 4-5PM

COST: $20




THE SUNDAY FELDENKRAIS SERIES
with Donna Eschelman

The fifty Year effect yet?! Feldenkrais catching on article!

Bucky Fuller once studied the rate of new innovations spreading thru a society and found the average was 50 years?! (citation?). Moshe came to the US around 1971 and published his first book of ATM's (Lessons) in 1972. So we're only 36 years onlong!
Arthur C. Clarke in his Farewell video to HumanKind (last Dec. 07) says that now 1/2 of Humanity has Cell Phones! And it took only 25 years...I saw thefirst demo of a cell phone the other day..it was 35 years ago. That is 3+ billion people have
adopted the cell phone!

see this article

Awareness through movement

Sometimes Feldenkrais classes are sneaky: they pose as courses on pain-free horseback riding, better running, a way to improve yoga form. Generic Feldenkrais classes are often called "Awareness through Movement" instead.

"Because Feldenkrais is such a strange-sounding word, people think that it's a religion, or a cult," said Marjorie Levine, an occupational therapist in Southfield who leads an introduction to Feldenkrais for gardeners. "It's marketing."

Sandy Hubar, a 54-year-old nurse and dedicated student of Myers', first got into Feldenkrais by taking a class on ways to improve her running and walking.

"The first class I went to, it was really bizarre to me," she said. "I was lying on the floor, making small movements that made absolutely no sense. I sat up -- and my posture was a lot better. It doesn't make sense that it's going to work. But as you get used to it, you know what's going to happen.

"I wanted to walk better. I had no idea that my posture or whole body movements would change."

It's helped her swing dancing, horseback riding, walking and sailing, she said.

"It feels really good. You feel really relaxed afterwards -- you sleep really well," Hubar said. "I love yoga. Yoga's hard. This is sooo easy."

Small, gentle movements

Michele Schoel's voice is calm and soothing.
more here
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080408/FEATURES08/804080331#

Moshe's Life by Aviva Lori mind-blowing story

PHOTO from
http://www.feldenkrais-france.org/



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Last update - 22:46 10/06/2004
Ben-Gurion's personal trainer
He was the first Jew to get a black belt in judo. He invented an internationally popular form of exercise, and he taught an aging prime minister to stand on his head. But Moshe Feldenkrais, whose centennial is being celebrated this summer, was not an easy person. His "disciples" recall his idiosyncrasies - and his genius.

By Aviva Lori

Eshkol: "He was very beautiful and peaceful. I was with him the whole night. I lay on the floor next to him and that's how I said good-bye to him because I don't like funerals. He wanted very badly not to die. He wasn't prepared to die until he knew the secret of gravity. When he was sick, in his last days, he was treated by a regular physiotherapist from the hospital, there was no Feldenkrais. I love him and miss him very much. He was a nice schlepper. He really wanted to have a school in Israel, but they didn't make him one."
http://www.feldenkraisqc.info/feld/feldhaaretz.htm

sample Lesson's of ATM's from Feldenkrais-Online

from
http://www.feldenkrais-online.biz/englisch/index.php3


Try out lessons

In this section there are 2 lessons
Shoulder - arm clock

Using the image of a clockface as an indicator for direction, the shoulder/arm movement clarifies the relationship between arm and body. You will not only enlarge your movement potential but you will also be surprised by the ease and softness of your shoulder movements.

brief description Replay file (5,6 MB)

Flexors

The large torso muscles in the front of the body are generally used to bend and flex. In connection with the extensor muscles in the back we use them to walk upright. The abdominal muscles form the retaining wall of the internal organs. Our body’s centre of gravity lies in the lower abdomen; this area is important for all movements related to gravity. In this lesson you explore the capabilities of your bending muscles through various combinations of arm, leg and head movements. With each movement sequence you try out another group of muscles so that, at the end of the lesson, you have tuned the ‘orchestra’ of your flexor muscles, something which you will notice in an easier upright posture and a free, supple upper body.

brief description Replay file (4,5 MB)

http://www.feldenkrais-online.biz/englisch/index.php3

New ATM classes start Sun., 16 March, 4-5 PM

A FELDENKRAIS METHOD Workshop
AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT
with Donna Eschelman

This neuromuscular workshop for yoga students and teachers draws from the Feldenkrais and Bones for Life methods to get better results faster, move more gracefully , and alleviate pain. You will be guided through a series of very small movements to teach the brain and the nervous system how to move in a more efficient way, and the results are immediately noticeable. Emphasis will be placed on how to integrate this work into your regular yoga practice.

Donna Eshelman, M.A., G.C.F.P., has a private practice in Los Angeles offering personalized movement sessions drawing from the Feldenkrais, Pilates, Gyrotonics, Yoga, and Bones for Life methods. For over thirteen years she has been working with a diverse clientele including athletes, performers, and people rehabilitating an injury or with chronic pain. In 1994, LA Magazine named her “Best Pilates Teacher in LA.” She is also a modern dancer and choreographer.
http://www.dancingshiva.com/events.html

Dancing Shiva is located at: 7466 Beverly Blvd - 2nd Floor
(Corner of Gardner between Fairfax and La Brea)
323-934-VEDA (8332)

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Moshe's Montage

Moshe montage moasic

Donna Eshelman West L.A. Feldenkrais Practitioner

Donna Eshelman (2001)
Los Angeles, CA 90004
310.289.5616 Voice Business
mail4DonnaE@yahoo.com

West LA office location, also available for home visits in the greater LA and Malibu area.


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