1-on-1 session with touchGentle, supportive touch to help you safely explore and deepen your movement and self-awareness skills. More info on 1-on-1 sessions with touch.
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Verbally guided 1-on-1 sessionExplore your movement patterns and create new beneficial habits with highly personalized verbal guidance. More info on verbally guided 1-on-1 sessions.
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Private group classesExperience a verbally guided session with your friends or colleagues! Great for reinforcing self care and team building. More info on group classes.
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Why these services work:
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Chronic pain, recurring injuries and joint degeneration is frequently caused by the way we habitually sense and use our bodies.
The more we repeat a certain movement or posture pattern without alternatives, the more deeply we get stuck in that pattern. This can compromise our ability to adapt, perform at our best, be in the present, and effectively engage with the demands of life. |
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Thanks to neuroplasticity, by exploring new movement strategies (that function as well as or better than our existing options), our nervous systems get a chance to recalibrate and distribute the work of our bodies more efficiently and sustainably.
In this way, our services help you edit and refine your existing self-awareness and movement skills. You're guaranteed to develop new ones too! Unlike many other modalities, this is not a bandaid approach. You'll get to experientially and non-judgementally get to the root of your movement habits, compassionately understand them and introduce other ways of more easily doing what you want to do! |
These services have helped past clients:
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1-on-1 sessions with guided touch
(Also known as Feldenkrais Functional Integration lessons)
This is the perfect option for people who have specific movement goals or for people who are looking to manage chronic pain or recover from injury.
Whether you want to do something better (play an instrument, free-throw, sit comfortably at your computer or in meditation...) or whether you're looking for more ease in everyday life, Sarah will tailor each lesson specifically for you and your needs.
There is no stretching, massaging, or strength training involved.
These lessons are done fully-clothed on a low, padded table or on mats on the floor.
This is the perfect option for people who have specific movement goals or for people who are looking to manage chronic pain or recover from injury.
Whether you want to do something better (play an instrument, free-throw, sit comfortably at your computer or in meditation...) or whether you're looking for more ease in everyday life, Sarah will tailor each lesson specifically for you and your needs.
There is no stretching, massaging, or strength training involved.
These lessons are done fully-clothed on a low, padded table or on mats on the floor.
Verbally guided 1-on-1 sessions
This option is a good fit for those who want to take a more active, exploratory role in refining their self image, comfort and quality of movement. It's also a good choice for people who want the focus and support of a private session without guided touch.
Sarah will create an engaging, verbally-guided movement session just for you that focuses on your specific interests and goals.
There is no stretching or strength training involved.
These lessons are conducted online via Zoom while the COVID-19 pandemic is happening.
Sarah will create an engaging, verbally-guided movement session just for you that focuses on your specific interests and goals.
There is no stretching or strength training involved.
These lessons are conducted online via Zoom while the COVID-19 pandemic is happening.
Group Awareness Through Movement Classes
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Scheduled on demand for you and your group! 2- 20 people!
In group classes, we are invited to follow gentle, verbally guided movement sequences that explore functional themes like twisting, rolling, reaching, lengthening or bending. Each lesson uses purposeful attention to develop and refine a sense of embodiment, agency, ease and precision in our everyday actions. Depending on the interests and needs of participants, we explore the lessons while lying down, sitting, standing, or in our imaginations. Some lessons explore grand gestures, while others focus on smaller movements of the eyes, hands, or mouth and jaw. While the COVID-19 pandemic is happening, these classes will be taught online via Zoom. |
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At our own deliberate pace, we are encouraged to explore and compare different ways of doing a movement so that each of us can find - or begin to investigate - which ways work best for us. With practice, our ability to feel these internal relationships is strengthened, bringing a sense of adaptability and empowerment to to our actions both in and out of class.
Whether you're generally tuned-in or tuned-out to your body, you're welcome here!
In Feldenkrais lessons, how a movement feels is far more important than how a movement looks. We are not expected to verbally share or visually demonstrate our experiences to the class.
We are encouraged to visualize movements if an action might cause discomfort or if that movement isn't available to us. Because everyone benefits from movement visualization, we will practice this technique together during class regardless of each person's abilities.
These classes are body positive, trauma informed, and super approachable. There is no strength training or stretching, and frequent rests are offered. Hands-on help is available for those who request it.
If you'd like to talk to Sarah about any particular needs you might have, send a note and they'll be happy to help.
Whether you're generally tuned-in or tuned-out to your body, you're welcome here!
In Feldenkrais lessons, how a movement feels is far more important than how a movement looks. We are not expected to verbally share or visually demonstrate our experiences to the class.
We are encouraged to visualize movements if an action might cause discomfort or if that movement isn't available to us. Because everyone benefits from movement visualization, we will practice this technique together during class regardless of each person's abilities.
These classes are body positive, trauma informed, and super approachable. There is no strength training or stretching, and frequent rests are offered. Hands-on help is available for those who request it.
If you'd like to talk to Sarah about any particular needs you might have, send a note and they'll be happy to help.