ReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 3 - Spine Like A Wave
Each vertebra has a role in holding the centerline of the spine. Stack the vertebrae for fluid spinal action.
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
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ReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 2 - Transition Point
A variation on the “Dual Pelvic Clocks” lesson to explore the center point, the axis that the center rotates around.
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Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
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ReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 1 - Bow to the Center
Feeling spun, off balance, akimbo, floating, sinking, dizzy, sunken? We are all in different bodies than we inhabited a couple of years ago. This series is to bring us back to center.
Bow to Center - Keep your bike, kayak, crawl stroke, putt, arpeggios, etc. on the line for power and ease. Sense the subtle adjustments in your core, spine, pelvis, shoulders and head that keep you on center as you slowly, slowly, bow forward. It’s a deep, trancey session to kick off this series.
On Zoom.
New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574
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Adult Riders Clinic at Matthew Roy Stables
Shoulder Tips and Elbows, Deep Belly Breathing and Other Tips for Equestrians
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The Shift Network “Somatic Movement Summit” featured Feldenkrais Method teachers “representing.” MIa Segal and her daughter Leora Gaster presented “Presenting Awareness of Self in Spirit and Action.” Here are a few excerpts from their presentation.
Awareness in the Sanctuary - Yearning
Awareness in the Sanctuary, hosted by the Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, is in its fifth year. Join BHC member and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® Jacki Katzman with special introductions by Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum.
Align your senses and body with your inner sun, Thursdays in July, 9:30 AM, in the BHC Sanctuary and by Zoom (register here).
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Feeling spun, off balance, akimbo, floating, sinking, dizzy, sunken? We are all in different bodies than we inhabited a couple of years ago. This series is to bring us back to center. It will be a combination of familiar lessons presented to bring fresh insights, and a few new lessons I’ve been meaning to learn and teach. Of course, student requests are always welcome.
New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574
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This May, Full Body Gardening - 5- Soft Hand Weeding
Movement hacks to save your back in the garden.
Using the big muscles of the back to move the hands and arms frees your hands from tension. The better to pluck that weed, pick that tomato, tickle the puppy etc.
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
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This May, Full Body Gardening - 4 - From Standing to Planting
Movement hacks to save your back in the garden.
A long back and neck make all the difference when gardening chores have you bending over. Find stability in bending, and take it step further. Imitate your grandkids and learn to easily go down to the ground and back up
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
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This May, Full Body Gardening - 3 - Pruning
Movement hacks to save your back. Do you use entire back and shoulders to direct and power cuts? Do you ground down into your pelvis for leverage and safety when lopping bigger branches. Do you remember that the softer the belly, the more protected the back? I, too, forget . That’s what this session is for.
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
Read MoreThis May, Full Body Gardening - 2 - Digging
Movement hacks to save your back. Using your heaviest bones and muscles to power down, with guidance and support from ribs, ankles, hands and the pelvic floor.
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
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The data are in: a daydreaming, wandering mind in on a trustworthy path to creativity and calm. Carving out ‘downtime’ is an effective way to problem solve by opening to the awesome possibilities all around. Create space for a wandering mind by putting down the phone, and finding something to do with your body. Excerpts from “Here’s why you should let your mind wander — and how to set it free,” Pam Moore, Washington Post.
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This May, Full Body Gardening - 1 - Raking
Movement hacks to save your back. This lesson connects your diagonals from hips to shoulders - to make for easy raking. Or kayaking, golfing, walking - all that jazz.
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
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Adam Grant didn’t expect his NYT article on languishing to be such a hit. He followed it up with a TED talk and Pod appearances to share his core remedy for ‘meh’: Mastery, Mindfulness and Mattering. Notes from Grant’s TED talk and conversation with Dr. Laurie Santos, host of “The Happiness Lab.” Hint: It’s okay to admit to languishing and ATMs offer a perfect antidote to ‘meh.’
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Pulitzer Prize winner Matt Ritchtel’s new book, “Understanding Creativity,” summarizes current scientific and cultural thinking on creativity, and why our own creativity can scare us. Hint: implicit bias against change, even when it is most needed. Extracted excerpts from Ritchtel’s April 2022 NYT article, “We Have A Creativity Problem,” augmented with materials from other sites.
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Enjoy lessons chosen to improve your garden tool-using efficiency and build better awareness body-wide:
Raking - diagonals
Digging - glutes ON
Pruning - it’s a whole back operation, even the fine work
New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574
Planting - to the ground and up with arms free
Eight Shades of Play
Lighten Up! It’s time to get serious about Play! Play is the ultimate portal to learning for kids and grownups. . We all have signature play styles developed in childhood, but as an adult, you can add to your repertoire.
Week 4 - Find the fun in two new flavors. The Explorer is drawn forward by her fascination and curiosity. The Artists draws inward to full outward self expression. Embody these paths to fun through the classic 3-way hip lesson: expand your body, your mind and your intentions.
Wednesdays 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. BY ZOOM New Students: Register here
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