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We maintain our equilibrium - from one moment to the next - by keeping our center of mass over our base of support via the physiological action of spontaneous oppositional movement. As one part of ourselves moves forward, another part moves backward. This dynamic is so crucial to healthy, well-organized movement that when our counterbalancing mechanisms are inhibited, stress is placed on the musculature, and comfort and ease of movement are compromised.
This program presents the principle of oppositional movement in orientations that differ from those of the first workshop on the Principle of Oppositional Movement. Throughout the course, David Zemach-Bersin and Olena Nitefor present Awareness Through Movement lessons and Functional Integration demonstrations to evoke the reorganizing effect of oppositional movement. Regain access to your own endowment of counterbalance, within action, and learn how to use the same principles to increase the potency of their Functional Integration lessons. This program is considered a follow-up to The Principle of Optional Moment I.
Program includes lifetime access to:
• Eight lessons totaling nine hours of class time
• Eight Q&A sessions
• One supplemental video
Feldenkrais Access presented this workshop May 29-30, 2021.
Curious? Watch this FI demo with Olena Nitefor, "The Full Mobility of the Spine," originally taught at the 2019 in-person Oppositional Movement workshop.
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About David
About Olena
Olena Nitefor has a rich background in movement, as a teacher of anatomy and as a dancer with an M.Ed. in Dance from Temple University. She graduated from the Toronto Feldenkrais Professional Training Program in 1987. With the program’s special focus on recordings from the Amherst program, Olena developed an acute appreciation of Dr. Feldenkrais’ thinking and the extent to which he thought his method could benefit human beings. Olena maintains a private practice, working with a range of needs from neurological or pain-related, to the development of creativity and well-being. She has been teaching anatomy in Feldenkrais training programs since 1988 and has presented advanced trainings for many years in North America and Europe. Olena lives and works in Toronto.
