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<![CDATA[KELOWNA FELDENKRAIS TRAINING - Free ATM Lessons]]>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:16:46 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Discussion with Deborah: Trainee Safety and learning]]>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:29:52 GMThttp://kelownafeldenkraistraining.ca/free-atm-lessons/discussion-with-deborah-trainee-safety-and-learning

Deborah Bowes will be teaching in one of the early segments of the training and so it is instructive to hear her thoughts about the Awareness Through Movement® class she chose for us (last week).
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Team members share a bit about how they felt after doing the lesson, and Deborah expands on many of these, and additional ideas. She is passionate about creating the conditions for trainee learning and she looks forward to being in the training and meeting the trainees.

]]><![CDATA[Lesson 13: Some Fundamental Properties of Movement]]>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 21:28:50 GMThttp://kelownafeldenkraistraining.ca/free-atm-lessons/lesson-13-some-fundamental-properties-of-movement

Lesson 13: Fundamental Properties of Movement - with Deborah Bowes

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Deborah Bowes will be teaching in the second year of the Kelowna Feldenkrais Teacher training. Deborah is known for her clarity and depth of clinical experience gained from over 25 years of teaching in private practice, schools, hospitals and clinics.
Deborah writes: “The most interesting thing is learning about yourself, to get to know how your habits of movement are connected with thoughts, perceptions and feelings. This lesson brings that up for me. Discovering how you think about yourself teaches the skills needed for self awareness, and kinesthetic learning.”

]]><![CDATA[Lesson 12 Discussion with Alan Questel]]>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 20:33:41 GMThttp://kelownafeldenkraistraining.ca/free-atm-lessons/lesson-12-discussion-with-alan-questel

The training team discusses with Alan Questel the lesson that he shared with us recently. We had many questions and thoughts: What led him to create this lesson? How did he include so skillfully the ideas of "ground forces?" The idea of changing perspectives was also highlighted.

Listen to the original lesson.

Alan introduced this lesson, inviting us to attend to how we can shift attention. Near the end, having demonstrated two ways of rolling, he says, "It's just a shift in your thinking." Then he adds, "When our intentions are not fulfilled in action, it is the thinking that needs to change."

Alan Questel will be one of the trainers in our program. Alan is known for his clarity, creativity and down to earth style of teaching. He brings a depth of understanding, humour and a gentle human perspective to the learning of the Method and creates lively conditions for learning.

]]><![CDATA[Lesson 12: Rolling From the Opposite Hip - By Alan Questel]]>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 22:25:46 GMThttp://kelownafeldenkraistraining.ca/free-atm-lessons/lesson-12-rolling-from-the-opposite-hip-by-alan-questel

Lesson 12: Rolling From the Opposite Hip - with Alan Questel

Alan Questel introduces this lesson, inviting us to attend to how we can shift attention.

Near the end, having demonstrated two ways of rolling, he says, "It's just a shift in your thinking." Then he adds, "When our intentions are not fulfilled in action, it is the thinking that needs to change."

Alan will be one of the trainers in our program. Alan is known for his clarity, creativity and down to earth style of teaching. He brings a depth of understanding, humour and a gentle human perspective to the learning of the Method and creates lively conditions for learning.

]]><![CDATA[Jeff Haller and Team discussing lesson 11, "Rolling Fists"]]>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 05:16:56 GMThttp://kelownafeldenkraistraining.ca/free-atm-lessons/jeff-haller-and-team-discussing-lesson-11-rolling-fists

In this video, Jeff Haller met with the Kelowna Feldenkrais Training Organizing Committee and discussed some essential aspects of the Awareness Through Movement® lesson that he shared with the training.

There are so many profound insights in this video that you may want to watch it more than once. The lesson that we are discussing is online (click here).

Jeff Haller, PhD is a highly respected Feldenkrais® Trainer. He has taught in Feldenkrais trainings worldwide and is known for his precision in teaching. Most recently he has spearheaded the development of innovative training processes for both new students and graduates.

]]><![CDATA[Lesson 11: Rolling Fists - with Jeff Haller]]>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 02:43:46 GMThttp://kelownafeldenkraistraining.ca/free-atm-lessons/lesson-11-rolling-fists-with-jeff-haller

We are proud to have Jeff Haller, PhD as one of the trainers for the Kelowna Feldenkrais Training.

In this lesson, Jeff invites and guides you to observe yourself in new and detailed ways that help you discover how all of you is connected.

This may be a new way of exploring and thinking about how you move.

Please, take your time, indulge your curiosity and see what surprises emerge. Absorb what you can as you learn this new "language" of intentional, sensate observation. How does paying attention to yourself in this way effect your sense of yourself?

Lesson 11: Rolling Fists - with Jeff Haller

]]><![CDATA[Lesson 10: Discussion]]>Sun, 17 May 2020 15:05:02 GMThttp://kelownafeldenkraistraining.ca/free-atm-lessons/lesson-10-discussion

In this video, the team meets with Arlyn Zones and discusses the ATM she shared. Arlyn will be teaching in two of the segments of the Training. As Julie says, "She has enriched my learning beyond compare."

We discuss the depth and “essence” of the Feldenkrais work, and how we communicate this to others through ATM classes.

Listening to discussions such as these will give you insight into the experience of being in the Kelowna Feldenkrais training. The continual and collaborative learning process in the training enriches and expands all of us. Through these kinds of processes, we can ponder and ask “better” questions. Teachers and students evolve, making us better Feldenkrais practitioners, no matter our level of experience.

This collaborative learning process is an integral part of our training. All bring their strengths. As we reflect on what others bring, we enhance our own teaching and learning skills, and expand the possibilities of “becoming more ourselves.”

]]><![CDATA[Lesson 10: Hand to Heel]]>Mon, 04 May 2020 14:55:21 GMThttp://kelownafeldenkraistraining.ca/free-atm-lessons/lesson-10-experience-arlyn

We are pleased to introduce one our our top teachers in the Kelowna Feldenkrais Training, Arlyn Zones. Arlyn will be teaching two segments of the training.

Arlyn studied acting, voice and mime and taught Movement for Actors prior to her involvement with the Feldenkrais Method. She began studying the Feldenkrais Method in 1977 and graduated from Dr. Feldenkrais’ US Training Program in 1983. She became an Assistant Trainer in 1988 and a Feldenkrais Trainer in 1994. Arlyn has taught extensively in Australia, the United States, Canada, and Europe in over 100 Feldenkrais Professional Training Programs worldwide. She has also directed her own training programs in Amsterdam, Berkeley, and Toronto.

Arlyn is known for her direct and personal teaching style as well as her ability to inspire creativity and independence in those she teaches.

Lesson 10: Introduction-Less Effort - Arlyn Zones

Arlyn started a one day workshop with a little talk on "less effort" and it sets a good stage for the ATM.

Lesson 10: Hand to Heel - Arlyn Zones

In the lesson, "Hand to Heel," Arlyn addresses the uppermost ribs and the upper sternum, two areas of which we often have little awareness when we move. By focussing on this area and softening the articulation between the ribs and the sternum, it allows for more flexibility in all of the ribs when side bending. You may also notice that turning the head becomes substantially easier.

]]><![CDATA[Reflections on Lesson # 9]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:53:09 GMThttp://kelownafeldenkraistraining.ca/free-atm-lessons/reflections-on-lesson-9

]]><![CDATA[Lesson 9: Connecting with the Ground]]>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:58:22 GMThttp://kelownafeldenkraistraining.ca/free-atm-lessons/lesson-9-connecting-with-the-ground

Lesson 9: Connecting with the Ground - with Julie Peck

In this delightful lesson intended for a wide audience, Julie helps the participants learn to be more connected with themselves... and the ground.

Lesson 9: Discussions and clarifications with Students

Lesson 9: Clarifications and Discussion
At the end of teaching "Connecting with the Ground", Julie invited questions from the audience. Several students requested clarification of the three ways. Julie's response is so delightful and meaningful.

Lesson 9: Beginnings

Curious about beginnings? In this introduction to the public session above, Julie talks a bit about her path, what attracted her to the Method, how she discovered new aspects of herself that she never thought it was possible to improve.

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