Multi-colored arrows pointing in various directions on a wooden background as an illustration of online Feldenkrais Method lessons on Oppositional Movement

 

“…good coordination demands that the movement of the limbs in one direction will be balanced by a part that goes in the opposite direction. The part that goes opposite is heavier, larger. The movement is smaller & almost not seen by the eye.”

– Moshe Feldenkrais


 

 

Oppositional movement is essential to healthy organization and played a significant role in Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais’ compositional strategies in both his Functional Integration and Awareness Through Movement lessons. As human beings in motion, we rely on our internal counterbalancing mechanisms to help us maintain our equilibrium in space, from one moment to the next. With good organization, as some parts of our self move forward, other parts move backward, enabling our center of mass to stay over our base of support. When our capacity for oppositional movement is inhibited, significant stress is placed on our musculature, and our comfort and ease of movement is severely compromised.

In this beautifully filmed workshop, Olena Nitefor and David Zemach-Bersin present original Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration to demonstrate and evoke the reorganizing effect of oppositional movement in a variety of orientations including working with rollers, sitting, and prone. This program will help you to restore your own capacity for counterbalance within action and will increase the potency of your Functional Integration lessons.

Curious? Watch this FREE FI® demo with Olena Nitefor, "The Full Mobility of the Spine." Check out another demo and two ATM lessons from the workshop.

 
Eleven-plus hour program includes:
  • Eight FI demos
  • Seven Awareness Through Movement lessons
  • Seven lectures & discussions
  • Lifetime access to the program
  • Option to download videos
FI Demos:
  1. Joining with Precision
  2. Finding Balanced Action
  3. Detecting Differences with Symmetrical Self-Use
  4. Oppositional Movement in Bending
  5. Oppositional Movement on the Stomach, Part I & II
  6. A Three-Dimensional Approach in FI
  7. Full Mobility of the Spine
  8. Finding the Support
ATM Lessons:
  1. Basic Oppositional Movement Sitting on a Roller
  2. Touching the Floor in Standing
  3. Bending Movements of the Head on a Chair
  4. Bending Right and Left
  5. Fundamental Properties of Movement
  6. Continuation on the Knees
  7. Mobilizing the Spine with Your Head Like a Pendulum 

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David Zemach-Bersin smiling in front of a colorful tapestry

About David

Feldenkrais Trainer David Zemach-Bersin met Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais in 1973 and studied with him for ten years in the U.S., Europe, and Israel. David also studied with Gaby Yaron and Yochanon Rywerant. He has maintained a private Functional Integration practice since 1977 and is recognized for his contribution to strengthening Dr. Feldenkrais’s legacy. A graduate of UC Berkeley with post-graduate work in physiological psychology, David has created numerous audio and video programs and is the co-author of Relaxercise (HarperCollins). David is a past President of FGNA and co-founder of Feldenkrais Resources, the Feldenkrais Institute of New York, and the Feldenkrais Foundation. David directs and teaches in Feldenkrais professional training programs around the world. He has been teaching online since April 2020 and is the founder and director of Feldenkrais Access. He lives in the Farmington Valley area of Connecticut.
Olena Nitefor smiling in front of a green field

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.