Feldenkrais in Halifax

Hi everyone,

We've just twisted ourselves into knots in our April-May Awareness Through Movement series...how shall we unravel it in the May-June 6-week series?

I won't announce a class theme, as I'm away for two weeks, including an advanced training in Connecticut that's certainly going to fill me with new ideas to share with you. But I can tell you the dates.

The May-June six-week series will run May 16 and 23, and then June 6 - 27 (missing May 30 because I'm traveling). As usual, $60 and you can pay through paypal at the link here:
http://kinesophics.ca/feldenkrais_halifax/feldenkrais_2012, or email me for other payment arrangements. Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 at Creative Crossing, Charles & Agricola.

Look forward to seeing you soon,

Lynette

Hi everyone!

The Feldenkrais community has recently been blossoming on facebook--it's a great platform for sharing multimedia resources for understanding all these good things we explore in Feldenkrais--the human being in action with all that involves: gravity, bones, brains, sensation, feeling, development, and.... I invite you to come "like" my kinesophics page on facebook, and you can visit for a little brain buzz or news about classes as you wish.

https://www.facebook.com/kinesophics

-Lynette

We're finishing up eight weeks of clarifying the shoulders and hips in relation to a functional whole, and to celebrate a successful winter season of no weather cancellations, and to celebrate the leap year, I'll extend the series one week to February 29.

Of course this may be counting chickens before they are hatched.

Speaking of counting, we'll move on next to six weeks of enumerating our fingers and toes, connecting the most peripheral of our distal parts to the core, in a six-week series of Feldenkrais classes March 21 - April 25. Register by talking to me at class, emailing me, or by using PayPal.

More information, and the paypal link, at http://kinesophics.ca/feldenkrais_halifax/local_classes

-Lynette

As the 2011 winds down, your thoughts may be turning to the new year, new movements, new possibilities, new sensations....which, naturally, means Feldenkrais.

I'm now holed up in my cat-walk office in Terence Bay, brewing a new theme for the Jan-Feb 8-week ATM series. We'll plan to run from January 4 - February 22, but the weather may extend the series as late March 7 (last year we had two Wednesday snowstorms). The following series will start after the March school break.

You can read more about the location, find the paypal link and other options for paying ($80), here.

You can also reserve your spot by emailing me at lynette@kinesophics.ca.

Happy holidays,

Lynette

Can you turn on a dime?

The kind of flexibility we learn in Feldenkrais isn't so much about how wide you can open a joint or how far you can twist your spine. It's more about how readily you can respond to your environment (inner and outer), and change course.

In this six-week series, we'll refine our control around the central axis, manage and coordinate the masses of the pelvis and head, get a few nice twists in, kick out our heels (subtly), and learn how to turn on a dime.

Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30, at Creative Crossing, 5781 Charles Street, November 9 - December 14; $60.

(On November 2, if you're so inclined, you can catch BJM Danse at the Cohn: http://liveartproductions.ca/shows/bjm-danse/)

If you're new or returning to class after a break, reserve via the Paypal link here: http://kinesophics.ca/feldenkrais_halifax/local_classes or email me for my street address to send a cheque. If you're a regular, reserve by email to me and you can pay on the first day.

Hope to see you there!

-Lynette

Hello everyone!

As I prepare for the fall, I am sending you this newsletter from a vacation spot looking over the St. Lawrence River, at L'Isle Verte.

I'm enjoying the big skies and the grand vistas, and they're just the right inspiration for our fall series of Awareness Through Movement lessons. We'll do six weeks of lessons balancing various directions of movement with special attention to the freedom of the eyes--how they settle the way you organize your head/neck juncture, set the tonus for the whole body, and direct your attention and action.

The six classes are Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30, starting September 7, at the Studio at Creative Crossing. Cost is $60. See the website here http://kinesophics.ca/feldenkrais_halifax/feldenkrais_2011 for options for reserving your spot and paying in advance.

-Lynette

Asked to summarize the method in one phrase, Moshe offered "my aim is to make peace between the nervous system and gravity."

In this pair of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons, we'll refine our internal mapping of the diagonal relationships of our limbs, and then make good use of this new internal mapping in a little something that just might remind you of a Virabhadrasana...

Saturday, July 30, 2011, 12 noon - 2:00 pm
Cost: $20

Check out the website for payment and location info:

http://kinesophics.ca/feldenkrais_in_halifax/upcoming_workshops

Regular Wednesday classes start again in September....I'll send you an email with the details later this summer. Now that summer has finally started to seem real, I hope you're enjoying it!

-Lynette

The studio at #2, 5781 Charles Street (Creative Crossing) has an open house next weekend. You're welcome to attend!

Saturday June 4:
Intro to Ashtanga, 10-11
Yin Yoga, 11:15-12

Sunday June 5:
Ashtanga for everyone, 10:00-11:30
Feldenkrais, 12-1:15

Hello everyone!

I'm writing to tell you about my June series--same time, new place.

The series will run June 8-29, with four linked classes that will develop a powerful theme of leading action from the core. The time stays the same--Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 pm.It's $40 for the four classes. Link to PayPal is here: http://kinesophics.ca/feldenkrais_halifax/feldenkrais_2011 or if you're a regular, email me to reserve and you can pay at the first class.

Now for the new space: Creative Crossing, Agricola & Charles St., just behind Local Source Market. Jody Manley of Ashtanga Yoga Halifax (http://www.ashtangayogahalifax.com/) is expanding into this space with renovations taking place as I write. You enter by the door at 5781 Charles (to the right of Local Source). The space is on the main floor, down the hall and on the left. I'm excited about the space--it will be a stable home for classes, and Jody's own yoga classes are famous, so if you haven't managed to fit into her yoga shed in years past, you'll now have the chance to try her teaching as well.

There's lots of free on-street parking, and I believe you will be able to show up by 7, pick up a quick bite to eat at Local Source, and enjoy it in the sociable lobby space of Creative Crossing before class.

There's an open house class on Sunday, June 5, 12 - 1:15. (Also with Jody and other teachers--I don't have the full schedule, but I'll let you know when I do.) You're also welcome to attend the open house class.

-Lynette

Hi everyone!

As we segue into that wet, grey season that replaces spring in Nova Scotia, here's a chance for you to try a series of Feldenkrais classes.

I've got a 4-week series, Wednesday evenings, 7:30-8:30 pm, at 5663 Cornwallis (now called the Nexus Centre), from April 20 to May 11. You can email me to reserve a spot, or pay via the paypal link here: http://kinesophics.ca/feldenkrais_halifax/feldenkrais_2011. The room cost has increased exponentially since January, so it's now $40/4 week series.

Meanwhile, recent classes, with a couple of exceptions, are posted here: http://kinesophics.ca/diyatm/audio. Check out the new recording quality. I've been a bit verbose on the blog since the new year, asking why we start lessons on one side or the other, where the science is at about the perennial question (to judge from my google hits) of which leg is dominant, and whether/to what extent Moshe was a behaviourist. Check this out at: http://kinesophics.ca/blog/1

And happy spring slogging!

-Lynette