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2008 Conference for Practitioners and Trainees

Workshops-at-a-Glance

This page gives you a quick listing of all the Conference Workshops from Friday July 25 to Friday August 1, 2008 and shows who the workshop is open to and the name of the Presenter.

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Pre-Conference July 25-27, 2008

You can also find three intensive workshops as part of our Pre-Conference.  This year for the first time we are also offering Conference workshops during the Pre-Conference dates.  Conference workshops are listed below.

Browse Workshops

The listing of links to each day under ‘Workshops’ below, is for scrolling this page to show the workshops on each day. Click on the workshop title to see the description and workshop times.  For workshops open to Trainees, please check the description to see if you are eligible to attend.  In some cases the workshops may be open to the public as well, which is noted in the workshop description.

Workshops

SATURDAY - JULY 26

Half Day Workshops: Morning

P6-Our Base of Support for Sport [Details]
Presenter(s): Irene Gutteridge
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm

P8-The Movement of Self-Compassion [Details]
Presenter(s): Erin Geesaman Rabke, Carl Rabke
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm

Half Day Workshops: Afternoon

P7-Lengthen and Learn: Lessons for Hamstring Health [Details]
Presenter(s): Irene Gutteridge
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
2:30pm-5:00pm

P9-Cycling with Power and Ease: Linking Yourself on Your Bike [Details]
Presenter(s): Shannon Kolman
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
2:30pm-5:00pm

SUNDAY - JULY 27

Full Day Workshops

CANCELLED -P4-Learn Fly-Casting the Feldenkrais Way [Details]
Presenter(s): Jean Pierre Martin
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

P5-Dwell in Possibility: Yoga and the Feldenkrais Method [Details]
Presenter(s): Erin Geesaman Rabke
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

MONDAY - JULY 28

Full Day Workshops

M1-In the Saddle: Translating Rider Request into Action [Details]
Presenter(s): Pamela Beets
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

M2-The Balancing Act of the Vestibular System [Details]
Presenter(s): Charlotte Watership
Open To: Practitioners
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

M3-The Evolution of Human Movement from Embryo to Aging [Details]
Presenter(s): Frank Wildman
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

M4-Seeing and Being Seen, Moving and Being Moved: Witnessing and Experiencing Movement as Tools for Observation And Understanding [Details]
Presenter(s): Lisa Tsetse
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

M5-Liberating the Voice with the Feldenkrais Method: for Actors, Singers, and Every-Day Speakers [Details]
Presenter(s): Darrell Bluhm
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

Two Day Workshops

MT6-Furthering the Art of Functional Integration Lessons [Details]
Presenter(s): Lawrence Goldfarb, Anastasi Siotas
Open To: Practitioners, Practitioners (With 5+ Years of Experience)
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

TUESDAY - JULY 29

Full Day Workshops

T1-Self-Transformation: Bridging the Feldenkrais Method and Psychotherapy [Details]
Presenter(s): Donna Ray
Open To: Practitioners
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

T2-Effortless Playing: How Posture Affects Instrumental Performance [Details]
Presenter(s): Fred Onufryk
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

T3-The Balanced Runner: Part One [Details]
Presenter(s): Jae Gruenke
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

T4-Integrating the Breath to Ease Pain and Reduce Anxiety [Details]
Presenter(s): Julie Francis
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

T5-Research on the Feldenkrais Method: How Can We Know About What We Do? [Details]
Presenter(s): Jim Stephens
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

Two Day Workshops

MT6-Furthering the Art of Functional Integration Lessons [Details]
Presenter(s): Lawrence Goldfarb, Anastasi Siotas
Open To: Practitioners, Practitioners (With 5+ Years of Experience)
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

WEDNESDAY - JULY 30

Half Day Workshops: Morning

W1-The Feldenkrais Method and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS): What TOS is and What it is Not [Details]
Presenter(s): Charlotte Watership
Open To: Practitioners (With 5+ Years of Experience)
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm

W2-Using Principles of the Feldenkrais Method with Atypical Learners [Details]
Presenter(s): Linda Flanders
Open To: Practitioners
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm

W3-Composition and Improvisation: From Music to the Feldenkrais Method [Details]
Presenter(s): Bob Schlesinger
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm

W4-Decision Making Processes of Feldenkrais Practitioners : A Colloquium [Details]
Presenter(s): Teresa Miller
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm

W5-Liberate Your Inner Dancer through the Twists and Turns of the Argentine Tango [Details]
Presenter(s): Jean Fung
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm

W6-Effortless Power [Details]
Presenter(s): Judy Remedios
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm

W7-The Balanced Runner: Part Two [Details]
Presenter(s): Jae Gruenke
Open To: Practitioners
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm

THURSDAY - JULY 31

Full Day Workshops

H1-Diversity, Inclusion and Learning: Deepening and Broadening our Perspective [Details]
Presenter(s): Donna Blank, Alice Friedman, Keith Johnson
Open To: Practitioners (With 5+ Years of Experience)
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

H2-The Ties that Bind [Details]
Presenter(s): Donald Vanhowten
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

H4-Length for Free Expression: for Dancers, Performing Artists and Movement Teachers [Details]
Presenter(s): Prisca Winslow Bradley
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

H5-Walking with Your Whole Self [Details]
Presenter(s): Diana Razumny
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

H6-Language of Touch for Feldenkrais Practitioners [Details]
Presenter(s): Mischul Brownstone
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

SOLD OUT - H3-The Development of the Sense of a Core Self and the Feldenkrais Method [Details]
Presenter(s): Carl Ginsburg, Lucia Schuette-Ginsburg
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

FRIDAY - AUGUST 01

Full Day Workshops

F1-Making the Feldenkrais Method a Part of Our Daily Lives [Details]
Presenter(s): Jeff Haller
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

F2-The Ultimate Feat for Our Feet! [Details]
Presenter(s): Kathy James
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

F3-A Meeting With Remarkable Ideas: G. I. Gurdjieff's Teaching and The Feldenkrais Method [Details]
Presenter(s): Lavinia Plonka
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

F4-Reaching from Within [Details]
Presenter(s): Katrin Smithback
Open To: Practitioners (With 5+ Years of Experience)
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

F5-Framing the Lesson [Details]
Presenter(s): Anastasi Siotas
Open To: Practitioners
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

F6-Core Strength, Pilates and the Feldenkrais Method [Details]
Presenter(s): Barbara Anderson
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm

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