Description:

David Zemach-Bersin began to study with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais in Berkeley California, in April of 1973. Eight months later, he traveled to Tel-Aviv, Israel to continue his studies. Each day for nearly five months he sat in a small room at 49 Nachmani Street and watched Dr. Feldenkrais give Functional Integration® lessons. During the next 10 years, David traveled to Tel-Aviv four more times to study and work with Dr. Feldenkrais.

“During my visits to Israel, I would often take notes while watching Moshe’s give Functional Integration lessons. In 1984, the year that Moshe passed away, I moved, stored the notes, and never saw them again, until last fall when I discovered them amongst many old papers. I was stunned to find my description of many interesting and creative lesson situations which I had completely forgotten about.”  -David Zemach-Bersin

During this special workshop, David will:
-demonstrate, explain, and analyze Functional Integration lessons he witnessed in Tel-Aviv.
-discuss the strategies behind and within the lessons, as well as how Dr. Feldenkrais generated different permutations or variations from one idea or FI situation.
-highlight the functional perspective of the lessons.
-teach special Awareness Through Movement® lessons he did at Alexander Yani.

You will learn how to:
-better deconstruct and understand Dr. Feldenkrais’ work.
-deepen your confidence with Functional Integration use new, clear, potent and fundamental Functional Integration structures.

Optional lunchtime activities:

Supervised Functional Integration Clinic: This is a wonderful opportunity for you to give a lesson observed by David. There will be time for pre-lesson consultation and post- lesson feedback at the end. Total running time for each clinic will be around one and a half hours.

Brown bag lunch & Information Swap:
Come share the successes (big & small) of your Feldenkrais® Practice. Or come to listen for new ideas.

You must register for this event.
Please bring a mat and table if you live in the area.