Deepen your somatic intelligence through classes & private sessions.

Maybe you are recovering from injury and pain, or looking for better ways to cope with stress. Perhaps you are seeking a richer experience in your body, or wanted to explore the mind-body connection. The Feldenkrais Method offers a path for everyone.

I emphasize 3 big benefits of starting to practice Feldenkrais:

Clarity. Feldenkrais lessons help you quickly develop awareness of physical obstacles and the emotional burdens embedded within. It can feel like a series of encounters that with time loosens both the physical and emotional grip. No interpretation or evaluation is needed, all you must do is follow the feeling of relief where it leads to you find a sense of being more in the present moment of yourself and your life.

Independence. Being in the present gives you the freedom to explore different ways to move than you might be used to. With more options, comes discernment and intuition. Actions that seemed impossible, become attainable. Discover how much more you are capable of than you thought.

Creativity. Awareness and confidence leads you toward trying more expressive and meaningful movement. Experimentation and play introduce you to an even deeper sense enjoyment!

Functional Integration® or FI®

During a Functional Integration® or FI® lesson, the practitioner guides you with gentle touch to explore functional movement possibilities, supporting the release of tension and pain, and returning to ease and pleasure of moving, breathing, and being. You may lie on a padded table designed for the work, or do some of the lesson sitting or standing.

Awareness Through Movement® or ATM®

During an ATM® lesson, the practitioner verbally guides you through a lesson exploring a specific kind of functional movement. The instructions are specific and systematic and designed to help you progress slowly toward a certain action or set of actions. The instructions should be regarded as secondary to your own comfort and need for rest through out the lesson. Lessons are conducted laying or sitting on the floor on a mat, sitting in a chair, or standing.

Waves, Twists, Rhythms: Restorative Movement for Life

Starts on Sunday, January 12
1:30-3:30pm
Scribble | 5541 York Blvd, 90042
$10-$20 Sliding Scale

Join Kirsten Michelle for a monthly, drop-in community class to learn and practice The Feldenkrais Method®. Experience a variety of ATM® lessons that use twists, waves, and rhythms to promote our ability to sense, feel, learn. Classes alternate between two themes: Making Waves -- lessons that employ undulation of the spine, a soothing movement that enlivens our sense of dynamic movement and stability. Twists & Taps -- lessons that use twists of the torso and sometimes "tapping" movements of limbs to promote fuller body awareness through differentiation and novel connection of proximal body to distal body.

Participants may register in advance to reserve a spot, no payment required.

Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® classes are given by verbal instruction and use slow, gentle movement to improve one’s ability to coordinate action with intention, to move with ease, to reduce stress, and generally supports creativity, mental clarity, curiosity.

All ages / No experience required.