Feldenkrais® Fitness with Renee

GROUP CLASSES

Feldenkrais®Fitness @ Monterey Recreation Center

1442 Monterey Avenue, 250-370-7300

WINTER – 2012

Movement & Awareness Classes – improving personal fitness

Balance and Fear of Falling – 6 one hour sessions – Mon., Jan 16th – Feb 20th, 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

Learn simple exercises designed to use the body’s available movement. Increase or re-develop balance through understanding the relationship of how the body counter balances and supports movement with little effort. using less effort and stress you can increase mobility in any function such as rolling over, sitting, standing, walking, turning, reaching etc. Based on the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education.

Movement & Awareness Workshops – ability development

Breathing becomes Easier with Awareness – Sat., Feb 11th, 10 a.m. – noon

A new experience of increasing exhalation through the natural contraction and expansion of the rib cage will allow fuller inhalation naturally without forcing air to enter. Gentle exercises to explore the organic pattern of breathing and at the same time increasing awareness of sensing inner breath movements. Notice as you breath in if you fill your upper chest (lungs) or if you fill your belly. If you notice you expand your belly, where is your in breath going? We do not have lungs in our bellies. Come find out more and enjoy the natural benefits of more oxygen, increased calm and organic stress release. Breathing awareness can create a similar experience of clarity and spaciousness as meditation without any dogma and theory. Based upon the scientific design and available patterns of physical movement.

High Heel Fitness – Sat., March 10th, 10 a.m. – noon

Discover balance and develop a fantastic high heel walk that will support your physical movement along with great looking calf’s. Enjoy learning through the experience. A fun way to introduce body movement awareness and improve wearing the beautiful and latest fashion accessory.

Walking with Increased Awareness Workshop

• Sat., April 7th, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Improve your Walking Program with Feldenkrais® Fitness

Learn to sense your movement and enhance the quality of how you walk. Develop a stronger sense of support though gravity and increase your available movement. Increase awareness of your feet, ankles, knees and hips in walking. Increase the freedom in your pattern of walking as you begin to feel your feet and explore the flow of connection right up to how you balance your head. Based on the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education.Monterey Recreational Centre – 250-370-7300

#102968 Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. April 7 1/$17.00

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Balance and Fear of Falling

•  May 14th – June 25th, 2012, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

 These lessons are for those new to this series and for those continuing in this practice. This system is based upon changing habitual patterns that are creating imbalances. Find more energy and feel more safe as you develop a new way of trusting your abilities. Successful method for creating the support through your own posture to enhance your flexibility, stance and gait for standing and walking. Based upon somatic learning techniques these simple exercises are designed to use more of yourself to re-develop balance through counter balancing. Support your  movement with little effort. using less stress. Increase mobility in any function such as rolling over, sitting, standing, walking, turning, reaching etc.  $62.00/6

Register @ Monterey Centre – 250-370-7300