One-to-one Feldenkrais lessons (Functional Integration or F.I) with Sara - In Studio or Online

Each of us has postural and movement habits which govern the way we move and act in the world. Some of these habits serve us well, others can be problematic. In Awareness through Movement group classes, a practitioner primarily uses words to guide participants toward new or improved ways of moving. In an individual Functional Integration lesson, the practitioner uses precise touch and gentle movements to highlight current habits and suggest new experiences of ease, posture and movement efficiency. Clients are clothed (please wear long pants not a skirt) and most lessons will occur lying or sitting on a low table. An individual F.I. can assist in the healing process of orthopaedic injuries e.g. back or neck conditions (especially chronic or recurrent problems), develop body awareness and improve everyday activities like sitting, walking, lifting. It can also be used to improve your yoga practice and/or be an experience of nurturing yourself with a session of meditative bodywork.

Individual Feldenkrais and Yoga Lessons with Sara: Please phone 0415 363 313 or email (preferred) sara@yogamoves.net.au to make an appointment. All lessons are given at the Yoga Moves studio.

STUDIO 55 min individual yoga/Feldenkrais lesson $150 per lesson OR book a series of 3 lessons $360 prepaid includes GST ($120 per lesson).

ONLINE 55 min individual yoga/Feldenkrais lesson $100 per lesson

Cash or direct transfer payments accepted. No credit cards. For direct transfer please use your name as the reference and send an email to Sara.

Ongoing Feldenkrais Method ®

Awareness Through Movement® group classes

with Sara Elderfield

(in studio and/or online with ZOOM)

2024 Group/Traditional Awareness Through Movement® Feldenkrais Method® Classes: Move Better, Feel Better in studio and on ZOOM

Term 3 series, 10 weeks:

Feldenkrais First Aid: Anti-Gravity First Aid for Daily Life: (open to all). 10 Tuesdays, 9 July - 17 September, 6.45pm - 8pm (AWST / Perth time)

Sit, Stand, Balance and Walk Better (open to all). 10 Thursdays, 11 July - 19 September, 5.30pm – 6.45pm (AWST / Perth time)

Lighten Up classes are also group Feldenkrais Method classes but they are more dynamic and are not stand alone classes - you are learning a sequence over 8-10 weeks. (classes are recorded in case you miss a week).

(Those with significant hip or shoulder issues, please contact Sara to have a chat about whether the class is suitable for your particular injury). You will learn a series of movements and movement puzzles which form a sequence that can be mixed and matched once you have the basics. Level 1 is only taught once or twice a year.

The next level 1 series for beginners and/or reviewers will be in term 4. Dates TBA

(After completing this course you are welcome to join any level 2 class during the week).

Move Better, Feel Better: Lay Your Foundations for Good Movement

Term 3 series, 10 weeks:

Sit, Stand, Balance and Walk Better (These classes are open to all).

10 Thursdays, 11 July - 19 September

Note new time for 2024: 5.30pm – 6.45pm (AWST / Perth time)

In term 3, we will be exploring in depth the organising principles for easy and effortless movement.

Benefits:

·       Improve your ability to utilize more of your whole self for better balance, walking and moving in general

·       Learn how to lift (children, pets, things) without effort.

·       Understand through embodied experience how posture, strength and power are connected.

·       Identify movement and breathing habits that are limiting or cause pain.

·       For those who are attending WAKE UP classes and/or doing the Lights on Feldenkrais workshops this year, you will find that the lessons we do in this class are also designed to be supplementary material to further boost your understanding and ability to enact your insights in the world (and/or help you solve one of our ongoing body puzzles in WAKE UP).

Dates: 10 Thursdays, 11 July - 19 September 2024

Time: Note new time for 2024: 5.30pm – 6.45pm (AWST / Perth time)

Venue: In studio, online with ZOOM and recorded. The ZOOM registration link is sent upon receipt of payment.

What you will need: a comfortable mat (not a sticky yoga mat but something with a fabric cover) or a thick blanket to lie on and at least three thick bath towels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing with no restrictive waistbands.

Cost: by dana

Payment to Sara Elderfield

Acc. name: Centre for Movement Studies / Sara Elderfield         BSB: 066 130               Acc No: 1036 6227

Reference: Your name (Please send an email to sara@yogamoves.net.au).

 ZOOM ONLY series of Awareness Through Movement® classes

with Sara Elderfield 

Pelvic Floor Foundations

These 8 classes are designed to give you both information and practical experience of the basic principles of the Feldenkrais Method and how they can be specifically used for improving your pelvic floor function.

Experience movement lessons related to pelvic floor function (for example when laughing, sneezing, coughing, lifting, exercising, walking, running and taking the stairs)

Explore the relationship between how we use our attention, our ability to make distinctions and how much of ourselves we include in the image of a movement influences our ability to learn.

Expand your ideas and options for improving your pelvic floor function.

Dates: TBA

Time: TBA

Venue: Online with ZOOM only and recorded.

What to wear and what you will need: You will need to wear clothing that you can move and breathe in (no tight waistbands, jeans or belts etc). You will need a mat to lie on and at least three thick towels. You will need to wear clothing that you can move and breathe in (no tight waistbands, jeans or belts etc).

Notes for participants:

·       No previous experience required.

·       Beginners are welcome but those new to the Feldenkrais Method are encouraged to start at the beginning of a term.

·       Lessons will be recorded and available for 7 days after the lesson. In the case of a recording failure, a suitable alternative lesson will be sent.

·       Those who wish to join the series after the first class of each term will receive the previous recordings to catch up.

Sara Elderfield, Certified Feldenkrais practitioner, yoga and meditation teacher

Passionate about teaching movement so that it is useful in daily life and not only in a class, Sara is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner who has been teaching yoga and movement meditation since 1996 and the Feldenkrais Method since 2006. She teaches weekly group classes (Awareness Through Movement) as well as seeing clients for individual lessons (Functional Integration). She was the administrative director of the most recent Perth Feldenkrais practitioner training programme (2014-2017) and since 2006, she has run the Centre for Movement Studies studio which is based in Shenton Park and regularly hosts/organises workshops and classes taught by other local and international teachers of yoga, Feldenkrais Method and meditation. In addition to her weekly classes, Sara takes groups overseas most years (Bali, Nepal, Vietnam, Tibet, France and Japan) for walking, Feldenkrais, yoga and meditation retreats.

Direct transfer payments and cash accepted. No credit cards or cheques. For direct transfer please use your name as the reference and send an email to the relevant teacher for a confirmation of receipt, if required. Account name and numbers are below and on the website. Email and bank details for the teachers are as follows:

Sara Elderfield     sara@yogamoves.net.au                 

Acc. name: Centre for Movement Studies  / Sara Elderfield            

BSB: 066 130        No: 1036 6227