Dedicate time each week to connect with yourself

Slow down and Practice Being

Receive guided support to become more present, embodied and aware in a non-judgemental environment

In this Feldenkrais series we have a special priority to maintain connection with the breath throughout the entire Awareness through Movement® Lesson. We will create an “alliance” with the breath. I first heard this expression in a workshop with author, Phillip Shepherd. We did a simple activity of playing catch and instead of focusing on making sure we caught the ball, we focused on feeling our breath the entire time. Many balls fell, but we were energized and inspired. I wondered, who would I be if I prioritized my breath?

Breath is a powerful indicator of our well-being. We can use the breath as a metric to understand our state. When we hold the breath it is often a sign that we are using effort to override our internal process, we’re scared or holding in another emotion or expression. Improving the quality of the breath will directly impact the quality of your movements. And as Moshe Feldenkrais says, “Movement is life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life itself.”

Through this series we will strengthen our ability to feel the breath while moving in the lesson, and throughout your life. The series will include of mix of lessons which work directly with the breath, as well as some which broaden the movement focus to support more ease, length and freedom through the whole self.

Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® Supports You To:

• Be More Present

• Release Excess Tension

• Move with more Ease, Power and Coordination

• Know Yourself Better

• Slow Down

• Reduce Pain

• Reduce Effort

• Sleep Better

• Balance Your Nervous System

• Be More of Yourself!

What people are saying about Feldenkrais with Michelle:

“I woke up this morning without the usual intense cramps in my neck that I have grown accustomed to first thing in the morning. It was amazing to wake up with a free neck!” - Jackie Ryan

“Michelle’s warm, kind manner, precise and thorough instructions, and unfailingly encouraging attitude have brought me on a healing journey with Feldenkrais for which I am deeply grateful.” -Kamas Choi

“I love the slowness. I love the connection with breath and movement. I like doing it live with community. If you’re new to movement practice, it will greatly alter your perception of how to "achieve a healthy body" You may learn that you can actually do a lot less to feel a lot better.” - Umi Love, facilitator and counselor

“The beauty of Michelle’s class is there are no goals or expectations. You are given the tools to derive whatever you need out of each session.” - Samantha Lee, Physician

“I never sleep as well as I do after Monday night class" - Doreen Crocket

Feldenkrais® is an embodied learning practice of slowing down and experiencing how you move. In a lesson we combine our own curiosity and awareness with Moshe Feldenkrais’ profound knowledge of coordination and developmental movement patterns.

It’s a practice of decreasing doing and increasing awareness, which often has positive benefits of decreased pain and increased choice, which ripples out into your life. Each lesson includes guided movement. Movement is the language of the nervous system. Through the practice we tap into the neuroplasticity of the brain to infinitely improve. It’s about unleashing potential. In many mindfulness practices we use the mind to improve the body, in Feldenkrais we use movement to improve the mind. It’s magic! And scientific!