Experience your potential for change and improvement with the Feldenkrais Method®!
. . . and enjoy some juice from ALIVE JUICES!
Learn how to access the natural capacity of your nervous system to reorganize yourself to make life more effortless!
Discover for yourself how much can change in the course of an hour . . . achieve better balance, increased flexibility, reduced stress and an overall boost in vitality!
(click here to read a recent article about Feldenkrais Method by best selling neuroscience writer Norman Doidge on Salon.com)
Join a different dozen local teachers for a day of free group classes and individual hands-on sessions . . . you can drop by for a couple hours when it fits your schedule or hang out all day!
(see below for schedule of the day)
Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) and Functional Integration® (FI) are, respectively, the group and individual applications of the Feldenkrais Method®, a revolutionary approach to human learning through the experience of movement. The Feldenkrais Method can benefit people of any age and from all walks of life.
In between exercises, enjoy some delicious free juices provide by Alive Juices - vegan and gluten-free Ayurveda-based recipes!
Most exercises will be done lying on the ground so please bring an exercise mat or blanket that will allow you to be comfortable on the floor. Some exercises that are performed while seated in chairs will be offered for those who have difficulty in getting down to the floor.
RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends!
READ ARTICLES ABOUT PREVIOUS FESTIVALS:
1st Festival (October 25, 2014)
2nd Festival (January 3, 2015)
Hear a radio interview with Donna Blank and Seth Dellinger about the Feldenkrais Festival on Joni Eisenberg's To Heal DC program on WPFW 89.3FM (look for the 3/16/2015 of the program).
2 ROOMS WITH GROUP CLASSES AND PRIVATE SESSIONS OFFERED ALL DAY LONG!
INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS OF FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION®
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Heidi Menocal (Annapolis, MD) / / Carol Regan (Silver Spring, MD)
Donna Blank (Bethesda, MD) / / Derick Carter (Bethesda, MD)
Jutta Brettschneider (Brentwood, MD) / / Chrish Kresge (NW DC)
Yulia Kriskovets (Arlington, VA) / / Adrienne Penebre (SE DC)
Terence McPartland (NE DC) / / Susanne Christov-Bagarkiev (NW DC)
Jane Johnston (Berryville, VA) / / Arona Primalani (Silver Spring, MD)
SCHEDULE OF THE DAY:
3 ROOMS:
(Rooms A & B): Awareness Through Movement (ATM) group classes
(Room C): individual hands-on Functional Integration (FI) sessions
MORNING
9:30AM - 10AM: Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM: Welcome
(Rooms A & B): 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM: ATM group classes*
(Chrish Kresge, Derick Carter)
*chair exercise available for those with difficulty getting to the floor
(Rooms A & B): 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM: ATM group classes
(Terence McPartland, Yulia Kriskovets)
(Room C): 10:30 AM - 12:30PM: Individual FI sessions
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LUNCH HOUR
(Room B): 12:45 - 1:30 PM:
Lunchtime discussion - "Experiences with Moshe Feldenkrais"
(Donna Blank)
(Room C): 12:30 PM - 1:30PM: Individual FI sessions
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AFTERNOON
(Rooms A & B): 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: ATM group classes
(Donna Blank, Adrienne Penebre)
(Rooms A & B): 2:45 PM - 4 PM: ATM group classes*
(Seth Dellinger, Jutta Brettschneider)
*chair exercise available for those with difficulty getting to the floor
(Room C): 1:30 PM - 3:30PM: Individual FI sessions
RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends!
