July 12-13
12:00 PM-4:30 PM EDT
5:00 PM-9:30 PM BST
6:00 PM-10:30 PM CEST
7:00 PM-11:30 PM IDT
Experience your body's intelligence in action!
"I’m looking forward to teaching this workshop! I'll be sharing a set of Feldenkrais lessons that focus on one of Dr. Feldenkrais' most brilliant insights about human movement, learning, and neuromuscular organization. These are some of the most profound and transformative Feldenkrais lessons I have ever experienced. They will engage your brain at its core, foundational level and improve the way your nervous system organizes and coordinates itself. I hope that you can join me!"
~ David
Moshe Feldenkrais developed a revolutionary method that combines movement and attention to communicate with our brain's learning centers. Known as the Feldenkrais Method, this approach is neurologically sophisticated, yet highly accessible.
Feldenkrais' discoveries are contributing to many fields today, including education, rehabilitation, child development, sports, and the arts, and transforming the way we understand human learning, difficulties, and healing. Dr. Norman Doidge described Feldenkrais as one of the world's first 'neuroplasticians'- a pioneer whose work has made it possible for us to access our 'neuroplasticity,' -our brain's flexible learning capacity- to bring about learning and change, any time we like.
Drawing upon ten years of study with Dr. Feldenkrais and five decades practicing and teaching the Feldenkrais Method, David Zemach-Bersin is looking forward to presenting a set of powerful lessons for you; lessons that he considers to be among the most important of the over 1,000 that Feldenkrais created.
This two-day workshop will work with the deepest levels of your neuromuscular organization. It will involve what Feldenkrais referred to as "the fundamental properties of movement"—the deeply rooted patterns upon which all of our movement depends. As you explore these special Feldenkrais lessons with David's expert guidance, essential neuromuscular connections will be renewed. You will experience your body's intelligence in action and notice improvements throughout your entire system, including in your posture, coordination, and capacity for free, comfortable movement.
You may find yourself enjoying:
- Improved sensory acuity
- Better neuro-muscular organization
- Freedom from habitual patterns
- Improved coordination
- Improved posture
- Better breathing
- Improved mobility
- Improved flexibility
- Greater understanding of muscular dynamics
- Greater ability to reduce stress, tension, and anxiety
- Improved mood and sense of well-being
"After the lessons, I went for a walk and discovered more movement in my chest, sternum, and spine."
-Previous Course Participant
Registration includes:
- Six to eight Feldenkrais lessons
- Discussions
- Live post-workshop Q&A with David & Raz
- Assistance during the live lessons, if needed
- Information to help you adapt the lessons to alternative positions
- Lifetime access to recordings and option to download
Payment Options
- Feldenkrais Guild members save an extra 10% with the coupon code ESSENTEN
- Feldenkrais trainees save an extra 20% with the coupon code ESSENTWENTY
Need-based tuition reductions are always available. Find out more by reading about our Scholarship Program.
Unfavorable exchange rate? If you live in a country with an unfavorable exchange rate and want to join us, we're happy to help.
About David
David Zemach-Bersin is a world-renowned Feldenkrais Teacher and Trainer whose warm, encouraging style reflects nearly five decades of helping people to heal and improve. As a graduate of the first U.S. Feldenkrais Teacher Training Program in 1977, David had the privilege of studying directly with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais and has since dedicated his career to helping others find solutions to their physical challenges and access more of their potential. David has contributed to developing the field through training and mentoring new generations of Feldenkrais teachers and is also committed to expanding the public's access to the benefits of this important approach. He is the co-author of RELAXERCISE (HarperCollins), a popular introduction to the Feldenkrais Method. Currently, David serves as the Director of Feldenkrais Access, where, since 2020, he has been developing innovative online programs for both the public and Feldenkrais Practitioners. He lives with his family in Connecticut's Farmington Valley.
About Raz
Raz Ori, Feldenkrais Practitioner and Trainer, is the Educational Director of the Feldenkrais Training Programs in Ann Arbor Michigan and Palermo Sicily. Raz is also a guest Trainer for training programs in Israel, Germany, Italy, France and the UK. He graduated in 2001 from the Tel-Aviv Feldenkrais Professional Training Program and trained for two more years with Yochanan Rywerant, one of Dr. Feldenkrais’ first students. Raz runs The Ramat-Aviv Feldenkrais Center, where he teaches Awareness Through Movement classes and gives individual Functional Integration lessons. Raz gained clinical experience working for 15 years at Clalit Integrative Medicine, part of Israel’s largest public health provider. He has also worked at the Sheba Medical Center with disabled war veterans suffering from chronic pain, phantom limb pain, PTSD, and head injuries. Raz is also a certified JKA practitioner working with special needs children. He teaches advanced trainings and conducts online mentoring groups. Raz lives in Tel Aviv with his wife and children.
