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2008 Conference for Practitioners and Trainees

Workshops-at-a-Glance

This page gives you a quick listing of all the Conference Workshops from Friday July 25 to Friday August 1, 2008 and shows who the workshop is open to and the name of the Presenter.

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Pre-Conference July 25-27, 2008

You can also find three intensive workshops as part of our Pre-Conference.  This year for the first time we are also offering Conference workshops during the Pre-Conference dates.  Conference workshops are listed below.

Browse Workshops

The listing of links to each day under ‘Workshops’ below, is for scrolling this page to show the workshops on each day. Click on the workshop title to see the description and workshop times.  For workshops open to Trainees, please check the description to see if you are eligible to attend.  In some cases the workshops may be open to the public as well, which is noted in the workshop description.

Workshops

SATURDAY - JULY 26

Half Day Workshops

P6-Our Base of Support for Sport
Presenter(s): Irene Gutteridge
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

P7-Lengthen and Learn: Lessons for Hamstring Health
Presenter(s): Irene Gutteridge
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

P8-The Movement of Self-Compassion
Presenter(s): Erin Geesaman Rabke, Carl Rabke
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

P9-Cycling with Power and Ease: Linking Yourself on Your Bike
Presenter(s): Shannon Kolman
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

SUNDAY - JULY 27

Full Day Workshops

CANCELLED -P4-Learn Fly-Casting the Feldenkrais Way
Presenter(s): Jean Pierre Martin
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

P5-Dwell in Possibility: Yoga and the Feldenkrais Method
Presenter(s): Erin Geesaman Rabke
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

MONDAY - JULY 28

Full Day Workshops

M1-In the Saddle: Translating Rider Request into Action
Presenter(s): Pamela Beets
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

M2-The Balancing Act of the Vestibular System
Presenter(s): Charlotte Watership
Open To: Practitioners

M3-The Evolution of Human Movement from Embryo to Aging
Presenter(s): Frank Wildman
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

M4-Seeing and Being Seen, Moving and Being Moved: Witnessing and Experiencing Movement as Tools for Observation And Understanding
Presenter(s): Lisa Tsetse
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

M5-Liberating the Voice with the Feldenkrais Method: for Actors, Singers, and Every-Day Speakers
Presenter(s): Darrell Bluhm, Phyllis Griffin
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

Two Day Workshops

MT6-Furthering the Art of Functional Integration Lessons
Presenter(s): Lawrence Goldfarb, Anastasi Siotas
Open To: Practitioners, Practitioners (With 5+ Years of Experience)

TUESDAY - JULY 29

Full Day Workshops

T1-Self-Transformation: Bridging the Feldenkrais Method and Psychotherapy
Presenter(s): Donna Ray
Open To: Practitioners

T2-Effortless Playing: How Posture Affects Instrumental Performance
Presenter(s): Fred Onufryk
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

T3-The Balanced Runner: Part One
Presenter(s): Jae Gruenke
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

T4-Integrating the Breath to Ease Pain and Reduce Anxiety
Presenter(s): Julie Francis
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

T5-Research on the Feldenkrais Method: How Can We Know About What We Do?
Presenter(s): Jim Stephens
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

Two Day Workshops

MT6-Furthering the Art of Functional Integration Lessons
Presenter(s): Lawrence Goldfarb, Anastasi Siotas
Open To: Practitioners, Practitioners (With 5+ Years of Experience)

WEDNESDAY - JULY 30

Half Day Workshops

W1-The Feldenkrais Method and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS): What TOS is and What it is Not
Presenter(s): Charlotte Watership
Open To: Practitioners (With 5+ Years of Experience)

W2-Using Principles of the Feldenkrais Method with Atypical Learners
Presenter(s): Linda Flanders
Open To: Practitioners

W3-Composition and Improvisation: From Music to the Feldenkrais Method
Presenter(s): Bob Schlesinger
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

W4-Decision Making Processes of Feldenkrais Practitioners : A Colloquium
Presenter(s): Teresa Miller
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

W5-Liberate Your Inner Dancer through the Twists and Turns of the Argentine Tango
Presenter(s): Jean Fung
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

W6-Effortless Power
Presenter(s): Judy Remedios
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

W7-The Balanced Runner: Part Two
Presenter(s): Jae Gruenke
Open To: Practitioners

THURSDAY - JULY 31

Full Day Workshops

H1-Diversity, Inclusion and Learning: Deepening and Broadening our Perspective
Presenter(s): Donna Blank, Alice Friedman, Keith Johnson
Open To: Practitioners (With 5+ Years of Experience)

H2-The Ties that Bind
Presenter(s): Donald Vanhowten
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

H4-Length for Free Expression: for Dancers, Performing Artists and Movement Teachers
Presenter(s): Prisca Winslow Bradley
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

H5-Walking with Your Whole Self
Presenter(s): Diana Razumny
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

H6-Language of Touch for Feldenkrais Practitioners
Presenter(s): Mischul Brownstone
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

SOLD OUT - H3-The Development of the Sense of a Core Self and the Feldenkrais Method
Presenter(s): Carl Ginsburg, Lucia Schuette Ginsburg
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

FRIDAY - AUGUST 01

Full Day Workshops

F1-Making the Feldenkrais Method a Part of Our Daily Lives
Presenter(s): Jeff Haller
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

F2-The Ultimate Feat for Our Feet!
Presenter(s): Kathy James
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

F3-A Meeting With Remarkable Ideas: G. I. Gurdjieff's Teaching and The Feldenkrais Method
Presenter(s): Lavinia Plonka
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees

F4-Reaching from Within
Presenter(s): Katrin Smithback
Open To: Practitioners (With 5+ Years of Experience)

F5-Framing the Lesson
Presenter(s): Anastasi Siotas
Open To: Practitioners

F6-Core Strength, Pilates and the Feldenkrais Method
Presenter(s): Barbara Anderson
Open To: Practitioners, Trainees