THURSDAY - JULY 22 |
4:30pm-7:00pm | Dinner Served On-Campus [Details]
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FRIDAY - JULY 23 |
7:30am-9:30am | Breakfast Served On-Campus [Details]
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10:00am-12:30pm | PreCon1: Change Your Age!
Frank Wildman, GCFT, PhD (1977) [Details]
PreCon2: Self-Use Bootcamp
Lawrence Goldfarb, PhD (1983) [Details]
PreCon4: Happier Meals with Children: A Workshop on Eating and Swallowing Disorders
Chava Shelhav-Silberbush, Ph.D. (1971) [Details]
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11:30pm-1:30pm | Lunch Served On-Campus [Details]
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2:30pm-5:00pm | PreCon1: Change Your Age!
Frank Wildman, GCFT, PhD (1977) [Details]
PreCon2: Self-Use Bootcamp
Lawrence Goldfarb, PhD (1983) [Details]
PreCon4: Happier Meals with Children: A Workshop on Eating and Swallowing Disorders
Chava Shelhav-Silberbush, Ph.D. (1971) [Details]
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4:30pm-7:00pm | Dinner Served On-Campus [Details]
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SATURDAY - JULY 24 |
7:30am-9:30am | Breakfast Served On-Campus [Details]
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8:00am-10:00am | Bookstore Open [Details]
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10:00am-12:30pm | PreCon1: Change Your Age!
Frank Wildman, GCFT, PhD (1977) [Details]
PreCon2: Self-Use Bootcamp
Lawrence Goldfarb, PhD (1983) [Details]
PreCon3: Child'Space, a method for working with infants and toddlers, based on the theory of Dr. Feldenkrais
Chava Shelhav-Silberbush, Ph.D. (1971) [Details]
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11:30pm-1:30pm | Lunch Served On-Campus [Details]
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12:30pm-2:30pm | Bookstore Open [Details]
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2:30pm-5:00pm | PreCon1: Change Your Age!
Frank Wildman, GCFT, PhD (1977) [Details]
PreCon2: Self-Use Bootcamp
Lawrence Goldfarb, PhD (1983) [Details]
PreCon3: Child'Space, a method for working with infants and toddlers, based on the theory of Dr. Feldenkrais
Chava Shelhav-Silberbush, Ph.D. (1971) [Details]
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4:30pm-7:00pm | Dinner Served On-Campus [Details]
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5:00pm-6:00pm | Bookstore Open [Details]
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7:00pm | Keynote: Our Evolving Method: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Elizabeth Beringer (1982) [Details]
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SUNDAY - JULY 25 |
7:30am-9:30am | Breakfast Served On-Campus [Details]
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8:00am-10:00am | Bookstore Open [Details]
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8:30am-9:45am | ATM: Mining the Original Movement That Brought you to Balance Centering
Susan Alberts (1991) [Details]
ATM: Reaching up Comfortably
Pamela Kihm (1991) [Details]
ATM: Sweet Lengthening I
Lori Thompson Sweet, PT, CFT (1997) [Details]
ATM: The Movement of Opposition
Laura Sebastian (1994) [Details]
ATM: Uncover the Secret Mystery of Vibrant Walking
Cynthia Allen (2001) [Details]
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10:00am-12:30pm | Cancelled - S2: Less is More - More or Less
Mia Segal (1969) [Details]
S1: Music Performance and the Feldenkrais Method®
Steve Duke (1991) [Details]
S3: The Adjacent Possible: Simplicity and Complexity in the Art of the Feldenkrais Method®
Details]
S4: Less is Definitely More: Addressing Acute & Chronic Pain
Donna Ray, MA, MFT (1986) [Details]
SM5: Refining the Primary Image
Deborah J. Bowes, PT, DPT (1987) [Details]
WORKSHOP FULL - S6: Conversations in Functional Integration®
Julie Francis (1994) [Details]
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11:30pm-1:30pm | Lunch Served On-Campus [Details]
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12:30pm-2:30pm | Bookstore Open [Details]
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2:30pm-5:00pm | Cancelled - S2: Less is More - More or Less
Mia Segal (1969) [Details]
S1: Music Performance and the Feldenkrais Method®
Steve Duke (1991) [Details]
S3: The Adjacent Possible: Simplicity and Complexity in the Art of the Feldenkrais Method®
Details]
S4: Less is Definitely More: Addressing Acute & Chronic Pain
Donna Ray, MA, MFT (1986) [Details]
SM5: Refining the Primary Image
Deborah J. Bowes, PT, DPT (1987) [Details]
WORKSHOP FULL - S6: Conversations in Functional Integration®
Julie Francis (1994) [Details]
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4:30pm-7:00pm | Dinner Served On-Campus [Details]
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5:00pm-6:00pm | Bookstore Open [Details]
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7:00pm-9:00pm | Guild Forum [Details]
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MONDAY - JULY 26 |
7:30am-9:30am | Breakfast Served On-Campus [Details]
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8:00am-10:00am | Bookstore Open [Details]
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8:30am-9:45am | ATM: Flexible Body, Graceful Movement
Cheryl Becker (1994) [Details]
ATM: Pushing the Hip Backward [Details]
ATM: Sweet Lengthening II
Lori Thompson Sweet, PT, CFT (1997) [Details]
ATM: The Elusive Obvious of the Child's Pose
Melissa Simo (2009) [Details]
ATM: Use a Roller on Land to Improve your Swimming
Stacy Barrows, PT, GCFP (1994) [Details]
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10:00am-12:30pm | M1: The Intelligence of Moving Bodies: How Somatic Learning Allows for Less is More
Carl Ginsburg, PhD (1977), Lucia Schuette-Ginsburg (1994) [Details]
M2: Seeing Clearly - a Feldenkrais Method® Exploration of Vision
David Webber (2004) [Details]
M4: A Day of Advanced Awareness Through Movement® Lessons
Elizabeth Beringer (1982) [Details]
SM5: Refining the Primary Image
Deborah J. Bowes, PT, DPT (1987) [Details]
WORKSHOP FULL: M3: Easy transitions from side-sitting to crawling to half-kneeling
Ellen Soloway (1983) [Details]
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11:30pm-1:30pm | Lunch Served On-Campus [Details]
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12:30pm-2:00pm | Region Lunches [Details]
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12:30pm-2:30pm | Bookstore Open [Details]
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2:30pm-5:00pm | M1: The Intelligence of Moving Bodies: How Somatic Learning Allows for Less is More
Carl Ginsburg, PhD (1977), Lucia Schuette-Ginsburg (1994) [Details]
M2: Seeing Clearly - a Feldenkrais Method® Exploration of Vision
David Webber (2004) [Details]
M4: A Day of Advanced Awareness Through Movement® Lessons
Elizabeth Beringer (1982) [Details]
SM5: Refining the Primary Image
Deborah J. Bowes, PT, DPT (1987) [Details]
WORKSHOP FULL: M3: Easy transitions from side-sitting to crawling to half-kneeling
Ellen Soloway (1983) [Details]
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4:30pm-7:00pm | Dinner Served On-Campus [Details]
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5:00pm-6:00pm | Bookstore Open [Details]
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7:00pm-8:30pm | Annual Meeting [Details]
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TUESDAY - JULY 27 |
7:30am-9:30am | Breakfast Served On-Campus [Details]
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8:00am-10:00am | Bookstore Open [Details]
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8:30am-9:45am | ATM: Connecting Links Between your Head and Pelvis
Denise Kordie, OTR (2000) [Details]
ATM: Human Expansion
Linda Flanders (1991) [Details]
ATM: Sweet Lengthening III Abdominals! Abdominals
Lori Thompson Sweet, PT, CFT (1997) [Details]
ATM: The Sternum Beneath My Wings
Laura Sebastian (1994) [Details]
ATM: Vision, Seeing, and Movement
Patricia Holman (1993) [Details]
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10:00am-12:30pm | FULL, Registration Closed: T4: It's All About You [Details]
T1: Expanding our Reach in Research: Working on Several Fronts
Pat Buchanan, PhD, ATC, PT (1996), Jim Stephens, PhD, PT, GCFP (1987) [Details]
T2: Start With 140: Leveraging the Power of Social Media to Transform Your Practice
MaryBeth Smith, MM (2004) [Details]
T3: Smart Somatic Solutions
Stacy Barrows, PT, GCFP (1994) [Details]
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11:30pm-1:30pm | Lunch Served On-Campus [Details]
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12:30pm-2:30pm | Bookstore Open [Details]
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1:00pm-3:00pm | Trainer and Assistant Trainer Meeting [Details]
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2:30pm-5:00pm | Less is More: Time to Explore [Details]
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4:30pm-7:00pm | Dinner Served On-Campus [Details]
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5:00pm-6:00pm | Bookstore CLOSED [Details]
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WEDNESDAY - JULY 28 |
7:30am-9:30am | Breakfast Served On-Campus [Details]
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8:00am-9:00am | Memorial Gathering [Details]
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8:00am-10:00am | Bookstore Open [Details]
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8:30am-9:45am | ATM: De-Stress your Neck and Shoulders
Mary Susan Chen, PT (2000) [Details]
ATM: Mobilizing the Spine between the Shoulder Blades
Daniel DeLorenzo (2004) [Details]
ATM: Sweet Lengthening IV
Lori Thompson Sweet, PT, CFT (1997) [Details]
ATM: Thinking, Breathing and Moving
Leslie Schwartzman, PhD (2004) [Details]
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10:00am-12:30pm | Cancelled -- WH1: Effortless Action
Moti Nativ (1994) [Details]
W1: Toward Healing Chronic Pain: Embodying Essential Knowledge
Bridget Quebodeaux (1998) [Details]
W2: How Words Become Touch -- Morphing Awareness Through Movement® into Functional Integration®
Allison Rapp (1977) [Details]
WH3: Revivify! Plot the Course of Your Professional Future
M. Candace Conino (1996), Dwight Pargee, MS (1996) [Details]
WH4: Skill or Will: The Path to Mastery
Jeff Haller, PhD (1983) [Details]
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11:30pm-1:30pm | Lunch Served On-Campus [Details]
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12:30pm-2:30pm | Bookstore Open [Details]
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2:30pm-5:00pm | Cancelled -- WH1: Effortless Action
Moti Nativ (1994) [Details]
W1: Toward Healing Chronic Pain: Embodying Essential Knowledge
Bridget Quebodeaux (1998) [Details]
W2: How Words Become Touch -- Morphing Awareness Through Movement® into Functional Integration®
Allison Rapp (1977) [Details]
WH3: Revivify! Plot the Course of Your Professional Future
M. Candace Conino (1996), Dwight Pargee, MS (1996) [Details]
WH4: Skill or Will: The Path to Mastery
Jeff Haller, PhD (1983) [Details]
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4:30pm-7:00pm | Dinner Served On-Campus [Details]
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5:00pm-6:00pm | Bookstore Open [Details]
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7:00pm-10:00pm | FGNA Recital & Party [Details]
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THURSDAY - JULY 29 |
7:30am-9:30am | Breakfast Served On-Campus [Details]
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8:00am-10:00am | Last chance to shop at the Bookstore! [Details]
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8:30am-9:45am | ATM: Exploring your Feet
Sister Mario Pavoni (1994) [Details]
ATM: Head and Neck Comfort
Russell Hall (2001) [Details]
ATM: Reaching Outward
Carla Rock, PT, GCFP (2004) [Details]
ATM: Sweet Lengthening V
Lori Thompson Sweet, PT, CFT (1997) [Details]
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10:00am-12:30pm | Cancelled -- WH1: Effortless Action
Moti Nativ (1994) [Details]
H2: The (Im)Possible Dream
Lavinia Plonka (1994) [Details]
H5: Arthroses (from the Greek; joints) - The Frontier of Form and Function
Anastasi Siotas (1997) [Details]
WH3: Revivify! Plot the Course of Your Professional Future
M. Candace Conino (1996), Dwight Pargee, MS (1996) [Details]
WH4: Skill or Will: The Path to Mastery
Jeff Haller, PhD (1983) [Details]
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11:30pm-1:30pm | Lunch Served On-Campus [Details]
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12:30pm-2:30pm | Last chance to shop at the Bookstore! [Details]
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2:30pm-5:00pm | Cancelled -- WH1: Effortless Action
Moti Nativ (1994) [Details]
H2: The (Im)Possible Dream
Lavinia Plonka (1994) [Details]
H5: Arthroses (from the Greek; joints) - The Frontier of Form and Function
Anastasi Siotas (1997) [Details]
WH3: Revivify! Plot the Course of Your Professional Future
M. Candace Conino (1996), Dwight Pargee, MS (1996) [Details]
WH4: Skill or Will: The Path to Mastery
Jeff Haller, PhD (1983) [Details]
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4:30pm-7:00pm | Dinner Served On-Campus [Details]
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5:30pm-6:00pm | Closing Circle [Details]
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FRIDAY - JULY 30 |
7:30am-9:30am | Breakfast Served On-Campus [Details]
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FRIDAY - JULY 23
Full Day Workshops
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PreCon4: Happier Meals with Children: A Workshop on Eating and Swallowing Disorders
Presenter(s): Chava Shelhav-Silberbush
Open To: Public, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Mealtime is often difficult when someone in the family has a neurological or developmental challenge. Eating and swallowing are connected not only to motor aspects of the mouth, but also to the relationship between the organization of movements and breathing, and their coordination. This workshop deals with the connection between hunger, eating and the motor aspects of the mouth. We will learn through developmental movement exploration, observation and diagnosis skills, live demonstration of mother and baby, and hands-on work.
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Two Day Workshops
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PreCon1: Change Your Age!
Presenter(s): Frank Wildman
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Pre-Conference
In Dr. Frank Wildman’s groundbreaking “Change Your Age” program, you will learn a series of simple, but powerful, exercises that will actually train the brain to send the correct signals to the body so it begins to move in healthier, stronger, more coordinated, and even graceful ways. Based on principles of childhood development applied to adults, this new “Change Your Age” program is flying through the USA, Europe and Asia. Throughout the two days, you will break away from physically limiting habits and progressively feel younger as you learn to perform movements that will increase your agility.
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PreCon2: Self-Use Bootcamp
Presenter(s): Lawrence Goldfarb
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
If giving a Functional Integration® lesson is doing an Awareness Through Movement® lesson for two people, self-use is more than a matter of self-preservation. How we as practitioners move directly affects our hands-on sensitivity as well as how our students receive our touch. This workshop presents explicit, concrete guidelines for efficient movement and effective touch developed over years of exploring personally, teaching trainees and supervising practitioners. Through specially-chosen ATM lessons, innovative interactive exercises and personal coaching, you will apply these best practices, learn what they mean to you, and find out how to continue to improve on your own.
Trainees attending this workshop must be enrolled in Year 3 or 4.
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SATURDAY - JULY 24
Full Day Workshops
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PreCon3: Child'Space, a method for working with infants and toddlers, based on the theory of Dr. Feldenkrais
Presenter(s): Chava Shelhav-Silberbush
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
The ways infants perceive, organize and process information directly affect the development of their movement skills and the ways they relate to their environment. In recent years we are witness to a growing number of children requiring special education services, as early as in kindergarten. Supporting infants and their parents on this critical journey influences infants’ physical, social and emotional adjustments throughout their life span. The Child’Space Method emphasizes the importance of stimulating all biological systems in the critical developmental period of the newborn up to independent walking. Involving the parents in this process is at the heart of the method and an essential component of its success.
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Two Day Workshops
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PreCon1: Change Your Age!
Presenter(s): Frank Wildman
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Pre-Conference
In Dr. Frank Wildman’s groundbreaking “Change Your Age” program, you will learn a series of simple, but powerful, exercises that will actually train the brain to send the correct signals to the body so it begins to move in healthier, stronger, more coordinated, and even graceful ways. Based on principles of childhood development applied to adults, this new “Change Your Age” program is flying through the USA, Europe and Asia. Throughout the two days, you will break away from physically limiting habits and progressively feel younger as you learn to perform movements that will increase your agility.
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PreCon2: Self-Use Bootcamp
Presenter(s): Lawrence Goldfarb
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
If giving a Functional Integration® lesson is doing an Awareness Through Movement® lesson for two people, self-use is more than a matter of self-preservation. How we as practitioners move directly affects our hands-on sensitivity as well as how our students receive our touch. This workshop presents explicit, concrete guidelines for efficient movement and effective touch developed over years of exploring personally, teaching trainees and supervising practitioners. Through specially-chosen ATM lessons, innovative interactive exercises and personal coaching, you will apply these best practices, learn what they mean to you, and find out how to continue to improve on your own.
Trainees attending this workshop must be enrolled in Year 3 or 4.
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SUNDAY - JULY 25
Full Day Workshops
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Cancelled - S2: Less is More - More or Less
Presenter(s): Mia Segal
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
4/20/2010 - This workshop has been cancelled
Throughout the years of developing and teaching, Moshe Feldenkrais, along with other great minds such as Bateson, Mead, Erickson, Noguchi, Pribram, and Satir, consistently explored new scientific developments and new ways of thinking. Mia Segal was part of that network and worked with Moshe throughout that time. She now continues to guide practitioners in Moshe’s approach and practice, a teaching she has developed and defined through many decades of work. Building on new discoveries that enhance and update these principles, Mia will add dimensionality, dynamism and insight that confirm the teaching’s fundamental and essential truths.
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S1: Music Performance and the Feldenkrais Method®
Presenter(s): Steve Duke
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Moshe Feldenkrais identified four components of the waking state—sensing, feeling, thinking, and moving. This workshop will show how these components apply to musical performance, and why musicians respond well to Feldenkrais Method® lessons. Through demonstration and Awareness Through Movement® lessons, participants will examine abstract ideas, imagination, perception, touch, rhythm, attention, technique and expression in music performance. Understanding how performers think “in” music and learn music can provide practitioners insight on ways to explore and interpret ATM lessons.
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S3: The Adjacent Possible: Simplicity and Complexity in the Art of the Feldenkrais Method®
Presenter(s):
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
The Feldenkrais Method® presents both baffling complexity and elusive simplicity. In this workshop we explore some of Feldenkrais’ thinking and relate it to some key concepts in systems theory. Biologist Stuart Kauffman’s idea of the “adjacent possible” will serve as a lens to look at notions of self-organizing systems and emergent behavior. Along the way we will see what ideas like “function” and “effort” look like seen through this lens. This will be grounded in Awareness Through Movement® and the practice of Functional Integration®.
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S4: Less is Definitely More: Addressing Acute & Chronic Pain
Presenter(s): Donna Ray
Open To: Practitioners
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Solving the problem of pain is possible when we enter a calm state of acceptance, curiosity and learning with our students. By cultivating peace of mind, we offer a safe place for our students to learn self-regulation. Practitioner and student then see clearly, sense accurately, and together they discover gentle, comfortable movement. This workshop will give you the confidence to recognize thought, movement and emotional patterns that perpetuate pain. Attend this course and learn ways to break the pain cycle.
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WORKSHOP FULL - S6: Conversations in Functional Integration®
Presenter(s): Julie Francis
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Integrating elements of Awareness Through Movement® lessons into the Functional Integration discussion can reduce your effort as a practitioner while deepening and enhancing your student’s experience. In this FI only workshop, you’ll explore the use of verbal language to engage students in their own process. Beginning with establishing initial curiosity you’ll learn to build in short ATM segments that clarify and enhance the FI message. You’ll also see how the use of non-judgmental verbal cues can be used to deepen student awareness. The conclusion will be a full FI lesson in which you offer your students tools for awareness and self-directed exploration.
Trainees attending this workshop must be enrolled in Year 3 or 4.
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Two Day Workshops
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SM5: Refining the Primary Image
Presenter(s): Deborah J. Bowes
Open To: Practitioners
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
The complexity and simplicity of the primary image can have a profound impact on your understanding of the Method and on your practice. Moshe presents the idea of a primary image as a shorthand for looking at functional relationships. In a series in Alexander Yanai, he goes far beyond the 5 cardinal lines to include the elusive idea of widening and the ‘feeling of lengthening’. This workshop will explore the primary image in Awareness Through Movement® and Functional Integration® with an eye toward composing effective and interesting FI lessons and improving your observation and ATM teaching skills. More importantly, it will give you a framework to draw upon, especially for those times you may feel lost or undecided in a lesson.
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MONDAY - JULY 26
Full Day Workshops
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M1: The Intelligence of Moving Bodies: How Somatic Learning Allows for Less is More
Presenter(s): Carl Ginsburg, Lucia Schuette-Ginsburg
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Recently neuroscience has begun to catch up with Moshe Feldenkrais’ contention that developing kinesthetic and kinetic awareness stimulates our system to learn new patterns of action in life. Using Awareness Through Movement® lessons and discussion of systems biology we will explore how ‘less is more’ when evoking the plasticity available to ourselves for improving our lives. In their new book The Intelligence of Moving Bodies, Carl and Lucia explore space, time, perception, affect, coupling, and animation as keys to somatic methods. In this workshop these themes will be brought to life – within your own body.
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M2: Seeing Clearly - a Feldenkrais Method® Exploration of Vision
Presenter(s): David Webber
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Vision is the primary sense through which we experience the world. The quality and clarity of our vision can weaken and degrade without our knowing how or why. In this workshop you will learn how to eliminate common habits that interfere with easy, effortless vision and experience a quiet, more receptive nervous system. We will investigate three interdependent functions that enable the eyes to optimize vision: muscular effort, movement and focus. We will integrate the use of the eyes into our Awareness Through Movement® and Functional Integration® work and observe that as vision improves, our movement, flexibility, coordination, and balance will improve as well.
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M4: A Day of Advanced Awareness Through Movement® Lessons
Presenter(s): Elizabeth Beringer
Open To: Practitioners
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Enjoy a day of creative ATM lessons with your colleagues. In this course we will explore various kinds of challenges, some involving large or unusual movement, others utilizing attention and imagination. Interspersed with ATM will be some hands on interventions in which we will look to refine thinking by employing a “less is more” strategy. This course will be mainly ATM with some FI work, all on the floor.
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WORKSHOP FULL: M3: Easy transitions from side-sitting to crawling to half-kneeling
Presenter(s): Ellen Soloway
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Using ground force and support is an economical and elegant way to access a child’s central nervous system, as well as an adult’s. As children, our nervous systems learned to interact with the ground underneath so we could crawl, stand, and walk. The more we learn to transmit force through the long axis of our bones, the more efficient and graceful our movement becomes. This seminar begins with side-sitting and uses the support of the floor to explore the functional developmental process of shifting from one position to another. Understanding these transitional patterns clarifies the three-dimensional aspects of movement.
Trainees attending this workshop must be enrolled in Year 3 or 4.
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Two Day Workshops
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SM5: Refining the Primary Image
Presenter(s): Deborah J. Bowes
Open To: Practitioners
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
The complexity and simplicity of the primary image can have a profound impact on your understanding of the Method and on your practice. Moshe presents the idea of a primary image as a shorthand for looking at functional relationships. In a series in Alexander Yanai, he goes far beyond the 5 cardinal lines to include the elusive idea of widening and the ‘feeling of lengthening’. This workshop will explore the primary image in Awareness Through Movement® and Functional Integration® with an eye toward composing effective and interesting FI lessons and improving your observation and ATM teaching skills. More importantly, it will give you a framework to draw upon, especially for those times you may feel lost or undecided in a lesson.
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TUESDAY - JULY 27
Half Day Workshops: Morning
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FULL, Registration Closed: T4: It's All About You
Presenter(s): Jeff Haller, Anastasi Siotas, Candy Conino, Donna Ray & Ellen Soloway
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
Join your fellow colleagues for a truly landmark conference event. This first approximation will begin to create a culture of mentorship and coaching during the conference. Working in small groups and under the supervision of an experienced practitioner, you will discover the pleasure of delving deeply into the artistry of giving FI, have a chance to ask the questions you’ve always wanted to ask, and receive feedback that is clear, precise and respectful. Research on competency and professional development has shown that effective practice is linked to inquiry, reflection, and continuous professional growth. The use of peer reflective groups will encourage you to challenge existing theories and habits in a non-judgmental atmosphere. This opportunity for intimate, interactive learning is an exquisite gift to give yourself and share with your colleagues.
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T1: Expanding our Reach in Research: Working on Several Fronts
Presenter(s): Pat Buchanan, Jim Stephens
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
Meet with your colleagues who are conducting research on the Feldenkrais Method® in a number of arenas. This presentation will include a poster session and time to talk with the researchers. Jim Stephens will be reporting on new research involving mapping of body image and it’s relevance to our work. Pat Buchanan will lead a discussion of the FeldSciNet project and its potential for expansion. She will also give an update on the status and future development of the Esther Thelen Research and Education Fund for research. Come and learn what the fund supports and how to apply.
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T2: Start With 140: Leveraging the Power of Social Media to Transform Your Practice
Presenter(s): MaryBeth Smith
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
Constraint: 140 keystrokes. Action: Build awareness of the Feldenkrais Method®. Begin. Social media is now mainstream, yet many novices feel confused and overwhelmed as they navigate the new social and business environment. Understand the function of social media, then learn to leverage it to build your practice on a shoestring, establish your personal brand, and promote awareness of the Feldenkrais Method. Participants will develop individual strategies to implement or further develop a social media presence, using the tools that are most appropriate for their interests and goals. A laptop with wifi connection adds to the fun; welcome to bring, but not required.
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T3: Smart Somatic Solutions
Presenter(s): Stacy Barrows
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
The Feldenkrais Method® challenges us to think outside the box and expand our possibilities to help our clients reach their full potential. So when Stacy Barrows was faced with clients who didn’t respond favorably to the traditional foam roller, she improvised. Seven years later, what has evolved is the SMARTROLLER®, currently patented, licensed, and marketed internationally. Stacy will share the journey from modifying a common tool, to product design and licensing. This workshop will cover practical strategies for using the SMARTROLLER, business strategies for product development, and aims to spark your own innovative spirit.
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WEDNESDAY - JULY 28
Full Day Workshops
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W1: Toward Healing Chronic Pain: Embodying Essential Knowledge
Presenter(s): Bridget Quebodeaux
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Knowledge of how pain manifests in the body is an essential part of the healing process for recovering from chronic pain. Often, the search for answers creates confusion and conflicted feelings about the source of symptoms and the validity of treatment options. In this workshop we will review relevant findings in pain science and explore how movement and imagery can be utilized to calm the body’s “danger alarm system” allowing for new ways of interpreting and responding to sensory input. You will increase your understanding of how we make pain and how we can learn to do something else instead.
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W2: How Words Become Touch -- Morphing Awareness Through Movement® into Functional Integration®
Presenter(s): Allison Rapp
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
When you inform your FI practice through the seemingly endless stream of ATM lessons, you open your work to a never-ending flow of possibilities. This skill is useful for all of us, desirable for practitioners who want to give lessons in training programs, and essential for assistant trainers. We’ll begin by discovering the elemental structure of one ATM, then adapt it for FI. You’ll find that doing less leads to more learning for your student. You’ll feel it on yourself and in your hands, and leave with the basis for applying these skills to other lessons as you practice with your own students.
Trainees attending this workshop must be enrolled in Year 3 or 4.
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Two Day Workshops
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Cancelled -- WH1: Effortless Action
Presenter(s): Moti Nativ
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
This workshop has been cancelled 6/28/2010
Prof. Jigoro Kano defined the essence of Judo as “Maximum Efficiency with Minimum Effort” (“Seiryoku Zenyo” in Japanese). Completing his 20 year journey of exploring Judo, Moshe wrote in his book Higher Judo (1952), “....we teach to perform voluntary acts by such attitudes and in a manner similar to the reflex movements of our body, (so) that we obtain the same sensation of effortless action.” Effortless Action has become a fundamental concept of the Feldenkrais Method®. This workshop will present, in theory and practice, Effortless Action, linking Awareness Through Movement® with Moshe’s Judo.
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WH3: Revivify! Plot the Course of Your Professional Future
Presenter(s): M. Candace Conino, Dwight Pargee
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
What if hundreds of successfully working Feldenkrais® practitioners from around the globe got together and described their discoveries of what it really takes to be a successful practitioner? Can you imagine how useful that information would be?
Practitioners have developed and refined this workshop internationally, a unique contribution by the people, for the people. Now everyone has the opportunity to unlock the secret of what it takes to be successful in our work…the difference that will make a difference.
Join us in this professional development workshop where we will learn ways of using constructive, compassionate and supportive feedback to help you achieve your avowed and unavowed dreams.
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WH4: Skill or Will: The Path to Mastery
Presenter(s): Jeff Haller
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
On the path to becoming an expert practitioner one gradually moves away from goal oriented lessons that rely on explicit tactics and templates of action, by becoming a bountiful living resource from which lessons arise. Through diligent self-study the expert practitioner develops their skill. Steeped in the foundational principles that govern the quality and complexity of human movement, a master utilizes the depth of their internal resources to listen to their client and help them emerge into skillful fluid action. Each moment is new. No lessons are ever repeated.
Trainees attending this workshop must be enrolled in Year 3 or 4.
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THURSDAY - JULY 29
Full Day Workshops
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H2: The (Im)Possible Dream
Presenter(s): Lavinia Plonka
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Moshe Feldenkrais often said his method could make “The impossible, possible, the possible, easy and the easy, elegant.” But this doesn’t just apply to movement. He wanted us to “realize our avowed and unavowed dreams” in our lives. How can Awareness Through Movement® lessons help us reach what seem to be impossible dreams? In this workshop you will learn how to apply Feldenkrais® principles such as “less is more,” “stay within your comfort zone,” and “pay attention,” towards physical, personal and professional goals. Other tools, including dialog and writing will round out this “Feldenkrais” approach for your aspirations.
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H5: Arthroses (from the Greek; joints) - The Frontier of Form and Function
Presenter(s): Anastasi Siotas
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
Our skeleton is a network of bony levers that transmit force and help us defy the pull of gravity. The kinetic energy of our muscular work must ride along these bones and successfully navigate well-aligned joints. We will examine several key intersections; the ankle, knee, hip, and spine. Our potential to use these bony articulations relies on knowledge of their form and function, revealing what each is uniquely designed to do. We will review how constraining joints addresses the distinction between transmission and distribution of force in Awareness Through Movement® and Functional Integration® lessons and how this tactic challenges movement habits and facilitates learning.
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Two Day Workshops
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Cancelled -- WH1: Effortless Action
Presenter(s): Moti Nativ
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
This workshop has been cancelled 6/28/2010
Prof. Jigoro Kano defined the essence of Judo as “Maximum Efficiency with Minimum Effort” (“Seiryoku Zenyo” in Japanese). Completing his 20 year journey of exploring Judo, Moshe wrote in his book Higher Judo (1952), “....we teach to perform voluntary acts by such attitudes and in a manner similar to the reflex movements of our body, (so) that we obtain the same sensation of effortless action.” Effortless Action has become a fundamental concept of the Feldenkrais Method®. This workshop will present, in theory and practice, Effortless Action, linking Awareness Through Movement® with Moshe’s Judo.
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WH3: Revivify! Plot the Course of Your Professional Future
Presenter(s): M. Candace Conino, Dwight Pargee
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
What if hundreds of successfully working Feldenkrais® practitioners from around the globe got together and described their discoveries of what it really takes to be a successful practitioner? Can you imagine how useful that information would be?
Practitioners have developed and refined this workshop internationally, a unique contribution by the people, for the people. Now everyone has the opportunity to unlock the secret of what it takes to be successful in our work…the difference that will make a difference.
Join us in this professional development workshop where we will learn ways of using constructive, compassionate and supportive feedback to help you achieve your avowed and unavowed dreams.
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WH4: Skill or Will: The Path to Mastery
Presenter(s): Jeff Haller
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Time(s):
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30pm-5:00pm
On the path to becoming an expert practitioner one gradually moves away from goal oriented lessons that rely on explicit tactics and templates of action, by becoming a bountiful living resource from which lessons arise. Through diligent self-study the expert practitioner develops their skill. Steeped in the foundational principles that govern the quality and complexity of human movement, a master utilizes the depth of their internal resources to listen to their client and help them emerge into skillful fluid action. Each moment is new. No lessons are ever repeated.
Trainees attending this workshop must be enrolled in Year 3 or 4.
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SATURDAY - JULY 24
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7:00pm
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Keynote: Our Evolving Method: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Presenter(s): Elizabeth Beringer
Open To: Public, Practitioners, Trainees
Like a living organism, the Feldenkrais Method® has evolved and changed since its creation. As someone who has been fully engaged with the Method since the 1970’s, Elizabeth Beringer will address our community, reflecting on some of these changes and looking towards our future. The way Dr. Feldenkrais presented and taught the Method changed in interesting ways from the work’s inception in the 1950’s and 60’s to the end of his working life. We will hear a careful examination of certain teaching elements, especially Awareness Through Movement®, and ask if there is more for us to learn from the pedagogical trajectory of his thinking and practice. Looking forward, Elizabeth will discuss what forces are currently working for and against our ongoing development as a profession. This will lead us to focus on some exciting and relevant advances in cognitive science, including new developments in neural plasticity, research in dominance and asymmetry, and motor learning and its relationship to cognition.
Keynote Reception to follow immediately after Keynote.
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SUNDAY - JULY 25
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7:00pm-9:00pm
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Guild Forum
Presenter(s): FGNA
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
First Hour FROM THE GROUND UP:
When Feldies get together possibilities emerge, amazing new projects spring to life. You’ve experienced it in study groups, at the FI table, and on long distance phone calls. Your representatives experience it with each other, when we lead with our hearts, caring about our work growing. We exist to support you, your work, and to connect you to our Guild. Join us Sunday night to hear what new inspirations are growing in regions around the continent: social networking groups, low fee clinics, Feldenkrais® week, and more!
Second HourTBA
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MONDAY - JULY 26
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12:30pm-2:00pm
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Region Lunches
Presenter(s): Council of Regional Representatives
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
 Join your colleagues and your Regional Representative for lunch: Meet others from your Region, discuss what’s important to you, and hear from others in your community. You can also recommend projects and give your Representative feedback about what is going on. Don’t miss this!
Note: Requires separate purchase of a campus meal-plan for lunch on 7/26/2010. Meal plans may be purchased in advance. While meals may be purchased on-site, they are subject to availability of food.
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7:00pm-8:30pm
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Annual Meeting
Presenter(s): FGNA
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
 Please come to the Annual Meeting of members of the Feldenkrais Guild® of North America. The agenda includes recognition of volunteers, nominations for volunteer leadership positions including the Board of Directors and an annual report. So bring your questions, your nominations and join your colleagues in this important meeting of the membership.
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WEDNESDAY - JULY 28
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8:00am-9:00am
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Memorial Gathering
Presenter(s): FGNA
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
Gather with your colleagues to reflect on and appreciate the lives of those we have lost.
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7:00pm-10:00pm
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FGNA Recital & Party
Presenter(s): M. Candace Conino
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
It happens only once a year, so come indulge in the delicious…. Feel the joyful freedom of moving on the dance floor, celebrate the company of new and old friends, appreciate deep talent as your colleagues entertain you. We’ll have all manner of impossible-to-label performances, contests, games, prizes, and food and drink to sustain you. Please join us for an evening of creative exuberance.
PS: If you are suddenly gripped by desire to perform, take heart. Talk to Candy (who is walking about in an outrageous hat) and perhaps the impossible will become possible.
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THURSDAY - JULY 29
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5:30pm-6:00pm
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Closing Circle
Presenter(s): FGNA
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees
 Let’s gather together one more time in Chicago filled with knowledge and camaraderie to send each other off with a wish for each other’s peace, safety and growth.
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Stacy Barrows
Stacy Barrows (1994) is a registered physical therapist, certified Pilates Instructor and Feldenkrais® practitioner. She co-owns a private practice in Los Angeles, teaches Feldenkrais workshops to health and fitness instructors and is the inventor of the patented SMARTROLLER, a roller she designed to support the teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais.
http://www.centurycitypt.com
T3: Smart Somatic Solutions
Elizabeth Beringer
Our Keynote, Elizabeth Beringer (1982) has been involved with the practice and development of the Feldenkrais Method for more than thirty years. She studied directly with the founder of the Method, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, in both the US and Israel between 1976 and 1983.
Elizabeth has maintained an ongoing and varied private practice working with a diverse population. She particularly enjoys working with athletes, martial artists and dancers and is known for her ability to apply the Method in dynamic situations.
Over the years Elizabeth has been actively involved with the development of the Feldenkrais Method into a respected profession. She founded and edited The Feldenkrais Journal for over 20 years, developed educational programs and materials, working with the practitioner organization, the Feldenkrais Guild® of North America, in numerous capacities. She co-founded Feldenkrais® Resources with David Zemach Bersin.
Currently she is involved in the training of new practitioners and recently graduated training groups in Milano, Italy, Biel, Switzerland and Berkeley, California. Elizabeth relocated to San Diego in 2002 and started the Feldenkrais Institute of San Diego where she now runs an active training center. She also travels extensively teaching in post-graduate and practitioner training programs, especially in Europe and the U.S. In addition to her Feldenkrais practice Elizabeth has studied numerous other Somatic disciplines. More recently she has pursued the study of the cognitive sciences and her current teaching integrates current advances in the cognitive sciences into the Feldenkrais perspective.
Elizabeth has practiced the martial art of Aikido since 1977 and currently holds the rank of 6th degree black belt. Aikido is a non-violent martial art centered around neutralizing aggression by redirecting an opponents force. She is an assistant instructor at San Diego Aikikai, in San Diego, California. Her practice of the Feldenkrais Method has been informed and shaped by her experiences in Aikido.
Elizabeth lives in San Diego, California with her husband, Rafael Nunez, a professor of cognitive science at the University California San Diego and her eight-year old daughter.
For more information http://www.feldenkraisresources.com
M4: A Day of Advanced Awareness Through Movement® Lessons
Keynote: Our Evolving Method: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Deborah J. Bowes
Deborah Bowes, PT, DPT (1987) is a trainer who maintains a practice in San Francisco. She takes to heart Moshe’s saying to make the abstract concrete. She has developed and recorded specialized Awareness Through Movement® programs to help people improve pelvic floor function, and manage chronic pain.
http://www.feldenkraisSF.com
SM5: Refining the Primary Image
Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan, PhD. (1996) is the chair of the Esther Thelen, PhD, GCFP Research and Education Fund Subcommittee of FEFNA, Feldenkrais® teacher, certified athletic trainer, physical therapist, and associate professor at Des Moines University in Iowa. From a dynamic systems perspective on development, she uses biomechanical, strength, and observational methods to evaluate motor behavior and the effects of interventions targeting improved movement and awareness.
T1: Expanding our Reach in Research: Working on Several Fronts
M. Candace Conino
Candy Conino (1996) came to the Feldenkrais Method® as a physical therapist specializing in adults and children with complex spinal disorders. She works with people of all stages and abilities and, as assistant trainer, delights in mentoring the practitioners in her community. She joined the IFF Competency Project in 2007.
WH3: Revivify! Plot the Course of Your Professional Future
Steve Duke
Steve Duke (1991) is widely known for his performances in classical and jazz music as well as the avant-garde. He wrote the first article on multi-style technique in 1987 and developed the first music curriculum in the Feldenkrais Method in 1989. Steve Duke is a Distinguished Research Professor at Northern Illinois University.
http://www.steveduke.net
S1: Music Performance and the Feldenkrais Method®
Julie Francis
Carl Ginsburg
Lawrence Goldfarb
Larry Goldfarb (1983) is a movement scientist, multi-media author and trainer known for his ability to articulate the method. He directs professional programs and advanced trainings the world over while maintaining a private practice in Santa Cruz, CA. Larry is the founder and director of Mind in Motion.
http://www.mindinmotion-online.com
PreCon2: Self-Use Bootcamp
Jeff Haller, Anastasi Siotas, Candy Conino, Donna Ray & Ellen Soloway
Moti Nativ
Moti Nativ (1994) is a Master teacher in the Bujinkan School for Budotaijutsu/Ninjutsu, and holds a black belt in Judo. His popular seminars on the Synergy of Martial Arts and the Feldenkrais Method® are based on his research into the early years of Moshe Feldenkrais. He also republished Moshe’s book Practical Unarmed Combat.
http://www.warriors-awareness.com/
Cancelled -- WH1: Effortless Action
Dwight Pargee
Lavinia Plonka
Lavinia Plonka (1994) is the author of three books that combine the Feldenkrais Method® with life skills. She has produced 4 CD programs, is the content editor of SenseAbility and is director of the Asheville Movement Center in NC. Lavinia teaches workshops internationally: from Beijing to New Jersey.
http://www.laviniaplonka.com
H2: The (Im)Possible Dream
Bridget Quebodeaux
Allison Rapp
Donna Ray
Donna Ray MA, MFT (1986) is an internationally known Feldenkrais® teacher/trainer and psychotherapist. She works with a variety of people: infants to the elderly, individuals recovering from accidents, illness, and pain including athletes, musicians, pregnant women, and those with cerebral palsy. Her studies in interpersonal neurobiology, expressive arts, hypnosis and martial arts influence her work.
http://www.feldenkraislearning.com/
S4: Less is Definitely More: Addressing Acute & Chronic Pain
Lucia Schuette-Ginsburg
Mia Segal
Mia Segal (1969) began working with Moshe in 1956. In his words: “…my apprentice sculptor in human bodies…with you I reached summits that alone I could not reach. The best lessons I ever gave were inspired by your encouraging gaze.” They worked side by side exclusively for 16 years, while Moshe and Mia developed the work and expanded its applications, and in the 1970’s, began teaching together internationally.
http://www.mbsacademy.org
Cancelled - S2: Less is More - More or Less
Chava Shelhav-Silberbush
Anastasi Siotas
MaryBeth Smith
Ellen Soloway
Jim Stephens
Jim Stephens PT, PhD. (1987) is chair of the FEFNA Research Committee. He has taught movement sciences at Widener, Drexel, and Temple Universities and is currently working with elderly individuals in the LIFE program at the University of Pennsylvania. He also maintains a private practice in the Feldenkrais Method®.
T1: Expanding our Reach in Research: Working on Several Fronts
David Webber
Frank Wildman
Frank Wildman PhD. (1977) is a former performing artist, author, and producer and educational director of Feldenkrais® training programs including signature programs in the Feldenkrais Method®, such as “The Evolution of Motion” and “Your Brain as the Core of Strength and Stability.” His most recent material includes “Change Your Age.”
http://www.feldenkraisinstitute.org
PreCon1: Change Your Age!
How to Register
Please register online using the register menu option from the main page of the conference site. If you are unable to register online, you may register via phone at 800.775.2118 Ext 125.
Contact Us
Contact Us:
Feldenkrais Guild® of North America
5436 N Albina Ave
Portland, OR 97217
Lynn Ford
Conference Assistant
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800.775.2118 ext 125
Julie Francis (1994) has worked for 10 years as an Assistant Trainer. She maintains a full-spectrum practice with specific focus on psychomotor dysfunction, Autism and developmental delay. Julie is known for her ability to make the difficult easy to comprehend and does so with a touch of humor that makes learning fun.
Carl Ginsburg, PhD. (1977) intuited very early in his studies that Moshe Feldenkrais understood learning and the mind-body complex in more depth than any other teaching he had explored in his life. Carl has been writing about the Method since he began studying with Moshe, and today also directs professional training groups.
Dwight Pargee, MS (1996) has studied the movement sciences and martial arts for the last 25 years. Dwight specializes in applied biomechanics and neuromuscular learning. He has a special passion for working with young practitioners and joined the IFF Competency Project in 2006.
Bridget Quebodeaux (1998) has a private practice in Los Angeles, California. She was introduced to the Feldenkrais Method® while studying acting at DePaul University in Chicago. She specializes in working with individuals who suffer from chronic conditions and unexplained pain.
Allison Rapp (1977) Trainer. 19 years teaching on 4 continents, some islands, at many conferences. Triumphed over long, lonely times in the “I don’t get it” zone. Passion for making things clear. Peeked behind curtain, knows there are no secrets! Current advanced training addiction: making Feldenkrais® “less elusive, more obvious.”
Lucia Schuette-Ginsburg (1990) graduated from Mia Segal’s second Feldenkrais® Training in Holland. She is a trainer. Lucia has worked in special education and is fascinated with the amazing capabilities of children, and adults, to learn in their natural environment. She offers trainings worldwide and practices in Frankfurt, Germany.
Dr. Chava Shelhav (1971) was one of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais’ first assistants both in Israel and abroad, and worked with him at the Feldenkrais Institute in Israel. She is the founder of the Child’Space Method, and has led training programs in Israel, Amsterdam and Chicago.
Anastasi Siotas (1997) works for Mind In Motion and teaches ATM and FI in gyms, schools and Physical Therapy offices in NYC. He teaches anatomy and kinesiology at the Laban Institute for Movement Studies, and has been teaching assistant to anatomist Irene Dowd with whom he continues to study.
MaryBeth Smith (2004) maintains an active presence on numerous social media sites as “divamover.” She is a charter member of the Houston Social Media Club and the Support Local, Grow Together (SLGT) initiative. Her passion is helping other Feldenkrais® practitioners to create joyful, profitable, and sustainable practices.
David Webber (2004) lost his eyesight in 1996, at age 43, due to severe inflammation in the eyes (uveitis), and was declared legally blind. He regained functional vision by working with the practical “less is more” principle of the Feldenkrais Method®. Based on his own experience, he has been teaching Seeing Clearly workshops for six years.