Metamorphosis
a two-hour breathing sequence

Sunday, September 29, 2020
9:00 AM-11:00 AM
$30.00 cash or check

 Diaphragmatic breathing is also known scientifically as eupnea, which is a natural and relaxed form of breathing in all mammals.

Seated on stools, participants will practice rhythmic, diaphragmatic breathing patterns set to a musical score created by GYROKINESIS® creator, Juliu Horvath in collaboration with musician, Rodolpho Troncoso. The rhythm and tone of each song in these sequences is designed to resonate with the specific timing and intention of the movement. 

Some clients have experienced a feeling of a deep "internal" abdominal work out after this class. Try it again in a few months and see how you've improved!

By practicing diaphragmatic breathing you will:
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• Strengthen the diaphragm, thereby increasing the strength and coordination of your intrinsic core: the diaphragm, transverse abdominus and pelvic floor
• Decrease the work of breathing by slowing your breathing rate
• Decrease oxygen demand
• Use less effort and energy to breathe - eliminate compensations which create tension
• Experience stress relief

Please call or text 603-828-8155 to reserve your spot!

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Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Lessons® (ATM®)
with guest teacher from Chicago
Kathleen Aharoni
November 2-3, 2019

Free and Fabulous
through the Feldenkrais Method®

Improve your mastery of the control board of your being -- your brain -- through
the movement lessons of The Feldenkrais Method®. These seemingly simple,
curious movement lessons develop your brain’s capacity for continuous, vital
adjustment to life’s curves and challenges, improves both cognitive and physical
health and expands your sensory awareness. Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais recognized
the limitless capacity of human potential, and it is the basis of his work, and our
opportunity.

Join Kathleen Aharoni during a weekend-long series of Feldenkrais®
Awareness through Movement® (ATM) lessons (take one or all seven sessions!)
and rediscover your innate capacity for attention, learning, movement, trust,
partnership, pleasure, presence and more, while becoming effortlessly taller,
more mobile and in greater relationship to yourself and your environment.
The Feldenkrais Method® is based on principles of physics, biomechanics, and
an empirical understanding of learning and the evolutionary development of the
human nervous system and innate plasticity of the brain.

Through ATM® lessons, you will:

 Recognize and release counterproductive habits.
 Increase vitality and presence.
 Experience greater coordination and balance.
 Learn to maintain and shift between many thoughts, while allowing for more
input.
 Release/reduce physical pain.
 Gain freedom of thought and movement.
 Develop greater trust, knowing and intelligence.
 Engage in the development of self-mastery.
 Experience deeper calm and greater joy.

All levels of movement ability are welcome.

“Everyone, regardless of age or condition has the ability to learn and improve.” –Deborah Bowes

“We are interested in developing capacity, not strategy.” – Francois Combeau, Feldenkrais® Practitioner and Trainer

Feldenkrais Method®, Feldenkrais® and Awareness through Movement® are all
registered trademarks of the Feldenkrais Guild of North America and are used with their
permission.

CLASS SCHEDULE:

Saturday, November 2, 2019

9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Mobilizing the Spine – this lesson, done seated on a chair, will increase your
ability to move your spine in flexion, extension, spiraling and side-bending,
bringing you increased pleasure and freedom of movement as well as improving
your ability to easily transition from seated to standing. 60 minutes

10:15 to 11:30 a.m.
Improving Bending – this lesson done seated on a chair, will help you distribute
effort more efficiently through your joints (which can decrease fatigue and injury)
to allow for greater movement and freedom in your hip joints, better balance and
increased capacity for forward and side-bending while sitting. 75 minutes

60 minute lunch

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Rolling from Lying to Sitting While Holding a Foot – this lesson is done
partially seated on the floor and partially in supine. This lesson improves
movement in the hip joints, flexibility in the torso and awareness of important
whole-body relationships for optimal freedom of movement. And, rolling lessons
are always fun! Attending the previous lesson, Improving Bending, is suggested.
90 minutes

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Improving Walking – this lesson done in standing, improves differentiation of
the head and trunk, which increases balance and decreases tendency towards
dizziness and disorientation, etc. This same differentiation also positively
influences vital functions such as seeing, hearing, speaking and orienting
ourselves in space. Discover new organization for efficient walking, which will
eliminate habits that cause pain. Attending Mobilizing the Spine is suggested. 75
minutes

Sunday, November 3, 2019

10 to 11:15 a.m.
Sinking the Spine – done in prone, this lesson improves thoracic spine and
overall spinal mobility and will free your neck, shoulder blades and low back. This
is a very fun lesson, which will surprise you in your ability to extend your spine.
75 minutes

11:30 to 12:45 p.m.
Supporting the Head – this lesson, done in supine, continues the exploration of
differentiation and relationship between the head and the rest of the self and
improves rotation and balance. In this lesson, we begin the initiation of
movement from the head. 75 minutes

30 minute lunch

1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
From Belly to Standing – Put it all together in this lesson – rotation, extension,
spiraling, sequential flowing movement, bending, and the oh-so important ability
for the head to ride the spine, especially as the thoracic spine sinks forwards and
backwards between the shoulder blades. Ta-da! 90 minutes

Fee:
$45 for 1 class
$90 for 2 classes
$130 for 3 classes
$169 for 4 classes
$207 for 5 classes
$244 for 6 classes
$270 for the entire weekend

Cash or check only.

Registration and payment are due by Ocotber 27th. Please contact Kathryn
Londoff at 603-828-8155 to register. There are no refunds. There is a 6-person minimum
per class.

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Kathleen Aharoni, instructor, has been teaching the work of Dr. Moshe
Feldenkrais since 2003, including as faculty at Northwestern University,
Columbia College, Chicago, and Hubbard Street Dance Company. Kathleen specializes in working with dancers, athletes, those experiencing chronic pain and those seeking self-mastery. In addition, Kathleen is a life coach, whose clients have included White House staff, a U.S. Ambassador, Fortune 500 employees, parents, high school and college students and artists. She is author of the award-winning children’s book, I Breathe My Own Breath!, health mastery
columnist for Chicago Health Magazine, and owner of Water Over Stone, Inc. Kathleen teaches Pilates, and taught the GYROTONIC® Method since 1998, when she founded the community in Chicago. She is, also, a CranioSacral practitioner. Kathleen is in the process of getting certified as a Nature and Forest Therapy Guide, and she’s so excited for this additional way to encourage embodied living, connection within and beyond, and the joyous rediscovering of the infinite wisdom of our senses.