2013 Perth 3 Course_Guide

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Programme Description

The 3

rd

PerthFeldenkrais

Professional Training Programme

2013 - 2017


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actors,athletes,

computer programmers,chiropractors,dancers,doctors,educators,engineers,gardenersgolfers,

jewellers,

lawyers,martial artists,massage therapists,musicians,

painters,performers,physiotherapists,psychologists,runners,

singers,skiers,sportsmen,taxi drivers,teachers,visual artists,yoga teachers,and many others

have found a new and creative means topersonal and professional development

will you?


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Perth 3 Feldenkrais Professional Training Programme ~ 2013-2017 1

elcome to the Programme Description for the third Perth Feldenkrais

Professional Training Programme. In the following pages, we describe

the programme, explain its design, discuss logistics, and tell you how to

apply for it.

From The Educational Director, Julie Peck:Our educational team for this training is committed to offering a programme that

prepares you to be a competent, effective Feldenkrais practitioner.

The programme continues the tradition begun by Dr Moshe Feldenkrais. It is an

exciting experiential program and we utilise his materials books, articles, videos

and interviews, so that you can develop a personal sense of the man and the

development of the Feldenkrais Method.

The programme is enhanced by the experience and knowledge of our teaching team.

Carefully chosen to enrich your learning, they have expertise in education, the arts,

physiotherapy, cybernetics and neurology. They are all experienced Feldenkrais

practitioners.

Our curriculum includes the sensory-based learning on which the method is

founded. We will support this with discussions, reading and projects. Our

programme also contains an exciting on-line learning component to provide

continuous opportunities and support for our students.

Learning is a fundamental ingredient in the Feldenkrais Method. Your personallearning techniques and capacities will be developed and extended.

Members of the team will meet regularly with you to address any questions or

needs and to give feedback on your progress.

I invite you to read this program description and consider whether this is the right

training for you.

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Harmonious, efficient movement prevents wear and tear. More

important however, is what it does to the image of ourselves and

our relationship to the world around us.

Moshe Feldenkrais

Feldenkrais Method, Functional Integration

, Awareness Through Movement

,

and the Feldenkrais Logo are registered trade or service marks held by theAustralian Feldenkrais Guild (AFG). This being the case, the student contractrequires you to follow the guidelines regarding the use of these service marksestablished by the AFG.


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Contents

The Feldenkrais Method 5

Perth 3

Feldenkrais Professional Training Programme

The Training 7

Programme 8

Evaluation Process 14

Graduate Attributes 15

Graduation 16

Schedule 17

Teaching Staff 19

Application InformationTuition Fees 26

Location 29

How to Apply 31

Resources 33

Contacts back cover


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Photo by Christel Schulte


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The Feldenkrais Method

The Feldenkrais Method, developed through 40 years of study by Dr. Moshe

Feldenkrais, is a revolutionary approach to understanding human functioning. Itutilizes movement and attention to enhance our natural abilities to learn, to changeand to continue to develop throughout our lifetime.

Throughout the world, the Feldenkrais Method is growing in recognition and withwider application in the sciences and the arts. Certified Feldenkrais Practitionersuse movement, attention and sensory re-education to promote ease and comfort,improve coordination and flexibility, expand self-awareness and evoke greatervitality.

Feldenkrais provides a new and creative way to refine human performances insports and the arts. It is impressive in its versatility. It can facilitate rehabilitationfrom accidents and illnesses, prevent on the job injuries, and assist those withlearning disabilities. Feldenkrais draws on the physical sciences, martial arts, andall the human sciences. It encompasses the developmentally based patterns ofhuman movement and behaviour.

Feldenkrais lessons take two main forms - Awareness Through Movement and

Functional Integration

.

Awareness Through Movement lessons are verbally directed movement lessons,usually done in a group. As each person explores the movements, they experiencemore of the range of possibilities of human movement and functioning. Movement

patterns are explored in various positions including sitting, lying, standing, andwalking.

A Functional Integration session is an individual lesson, using a gentle, non-

invasive hands-on interaction to guide the student towards a new or more varieduse of themselves.

As well as preparing you for an exciting new career, training in the FeldenkraisMethod provides intensive personal learning and growth.


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Moshe Feldenkrais D.Sc

(1904-1984)

Moshe Feldenkrais was born in Russia and immigrated to Israel at the age ofthirteen. An engineer and physicist, he studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, where heassisted Joliet-Curie in early nuclear research. He studied with Professor Kano, thedeveloper of Judo, and was one of the first Europeans to earn a black belt in themartial art (1936).

With his broad range of knowledge in movement, learning theories, neuroscience,

psychology and systems theory, Dr. Feldenkrais developed revolutionary conceptsabout consciousness, movement and human functioning.


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Perth 3 Feldenkrais ProfessionalTraining Programme (FPTP)

The Training

Perth 3 FPTP follows international guidelines and is approved by the AustralianFeldenkrais Guild Inc. and accredited by the Australian Training andAccreditation Board (AusTAB).

The training will commence in July 2013 and end in January 2017. Participants

will receive 40 days (6 hours per day) of face to face training each year, a total inexcess of 800 hours. This time will be divided into 18 segments consisting of 3week (15 day) segments, 2 week (10 day) segments, and 1 week (5 day) segments.There will also be several 5 day segments spread over Sundays of consecutiveweekends. The longer 2 and 3 week segments coincide with the school holidays inWestern Australia.

Between segments, students will participate in ongoing learning, comprisingindividual study, study groups and online discussions. There will be an optional

fifth year as a transition to practice.

Upon successful completion of the training, graduates will be eligible forcertification and membership of the Australian Feldenkrais Guild, or any otherFeldenkrais Guild worldwide.

After successful completion of the first two years of the programme you will beauthorized to teachAwareness Through Movementlessons, on a provisional basis.You will be authorized to teach Functional Integration lessons after successful

graduation from the full course.

Applicants may also apply to attend the programme with a personal use stream.We offer this option in recognition that some people may wish to engage in theunique learning environment of a Feldenkrais Method programme for personaldevelopment, without the aim of attaining Practitioner status. In these instances a

personal learning contract and level of engagement, will be negotiated between thestudent and the Educational Director.


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Programme

Year One

In the first year of the programme, the primary theme is embodied learningthatis learning through the direct experience of thinking, feeling, sensing and acting.To develop your appreciation of the work from the inside out, you are immersedin Awareness Through Movement (ATM). We present the basic tenets of theFeldenkrais Method (FM) and fundamental ideas from associated disciplines will

be introduced through experiential learning.

You begin by working on sensing yourself - to develop your ability to sense or to

observe movement and understand the movements. Observing yourself and thenother trainees, you will begin to recognize how individuals organize similaractions differently.

Functional Integration (FI) training will introduce the art of making contact andthe various ways of touching. Exercises will emphasize developing tactilesensitivity, working with awareness through touch, making distinctions in whatyou are sensing and observing basic skeletal anatomy through experientialexercises, and understanding the principles of movement.

Some of the fundamentals of the Feldenkrais Method will be explored in light ofcurrent understandings such as the balance between implicit and explicit learning,developmental themes and the concept of multiple frameworks of understanding.

The online learning modules will cover fundamental knowledge such as humanstructure and function (anatomy and physiology) to support the experientiallearning gained in the ATM. The online learning will consolidate your learningfrom the previous segment, draw connections to previous learning, and develop

your attributes to become a self-autonomous learner.

By the end of the first year, you will appreciate the facets of embodied learning asa self-referential system and begin to apply this implicit learning in yourengagement with others.


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Year Two

In the second year, the theme broadens to learning to facilitate embodied learningin others via language. You develop an understanding of the grammar and syntaxof ATM lessons. You look in depth at a number of classic ATM lessons. Youreview and elaborate on the themes from Year One. Personal experience anddiscussion will guide you in reflecting upon what constitutes the underlyingstructure of a lesson.

You learn how to use your voice as a compelling instrument, how to giveinstructions and guide a class, as well as how to relate the lessons to activity indaily life. You will teach lessons to each other while being supervised by teachingstaff.

In this year, you will also begin to explore the relationship between ATM and FI.Hands-on work is introduced through guided activities in pairs and smallgroups, and from the beginning you learn to translate the embodied learninggained from ATM into powerful and safe self-use, as well as clear observational

skills of another persons organisation.

As your understanding of the Feldenkrais Method develops, you will practicearticulating its unique distinctions.

At the end of the second year you will be authorised to teach ATM to the publicon a provisional basis. This will be supported by the development of appropriate

professional skills and behaviours.


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Year Three

In the third year the theme is facilitating embodied learning via other modalities,in particular using touch as another means of communication. You clarifyconcepts and refine the hands-on skills needed to achieve competence in FI. Theseskills develop through active learning and problem solving a looped process ofquestioning, exploring, evaluating and directing.

Your perceptual skills (both visual and tactile) will continue to develop as youshift between the ideal and the reality of an individuals organisation and

movement. Both hands-on and group teaching skills will continue to be developedthroughout the year. Inquiry into the teaching of ATM continues into the third andfourth year.

You will begin to apply what you have learned to real-life ATM classes. As youbegin to teach ATM outside the programme, we will provide forums for questions,discussions, and evaluations. Other online learning continues to add to yourknowledge base.

You will be giving Functional Integration lessons to other trainees and workingwith a client from outside the programme. In a private tutorial we work closelywith you to identify your areas of need and to develop specific, personalized

solutions.

Continued discussion of the fundamental principles of the Feldenkrais Methodoccurs throughout the next two years, along with the growth of professional skills.

By the end of year three you will have gained experience as an ATM teacher andbe developing competencies in the basics of FI.


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Year Four

In the fourth year the theme is one ofintegrationof all the composite skills andknowledge required to be a professional practitioner; of both intrinsic andextrinsic learning; of socialising your work into the context of the broadercommunity. Some more unusual and challenging positions and situations will beintroduced in both the group lessons and in the hands-on work. You will continueto explore what constitutes a lesson and to develop your understanding of how itworks. You will observe the teachers giving two to three lessons with the sameoutside person.

The ideas behind a series of lessons will be developed. Special attention will begiven to the beginning and ending of lessons and interviewing will be practised.You will be paying special attention to your ability to articulate and present thework at this stage. Your ability to track learning in your lessons and to facilitatethe appropriate transfer into function will be developed. Ongoing attention tocongruent self-use is facilitated by feedback, ATM and self-monitoring.

During year four you will be supervised giving Functional Integration lessons tothe general public.

Online learning will support your understanding of the structure of FI (and ATM)

and re-visit foundation knowledge gained in earlier years. Specific professionalaspects will be explored such as ethics, responsibilities, boundaries and safety, aswell as skills related to marketing and business management.

At the completion of this year you will be eligible to graduate as a FeldenkraisPractitioner and the process of lifelong learning starts afresh. To provide asupported transition to fully independent practice and learning an optional fifthyear programme will be offered. This will include ongoing online communicationand a short face to face component in the middle of the year where you can reflect

on your progress and fill the gaps in skills and knowledge that have emerged inyour practice. The content will be based on the expressed needs of the

participants.


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Learning Strategies

The training will draw on many teaching-learning approaches in keeping with thework of Moshe Feldenkrais. In order to benefit fully from these, each day will

consist of 6 hours of face to face time, as well as online learning time for theremainder of each term.

Awareness Through Movement

You will experience many hours ofAwareness Through Movement(ATM) lessonsthroughout the training. ATMs are an integral part of how you create conditions forlearning for yourself, and from that, how you do this for others. The core of thelessons will be drawn from the trainings of Moshe Feldenkrais. We feel that it is

important for you to experience different types of lessons, from simple to complex,single lessons to a series that covers a wide range of human action.

Functional Integration

As part of your training experience, you will receive at least three individualFunctional Integration (FI) lessons each year from members of the staff. We alsoinvite experienced practitioners to attend the training and to offer supplementarylessons. Beyond that, you will be given opportunities to observe lessons givenduring class, lessons given to other students during non-class hours, and video tapes

of Moshe Feldenkrais giving lessons.Both ATM and FI practice will be encouraged throughout the whole of each term.

Touching and contact skills will be introduced early in the programme. Using yourknowledge of classic Feldenkrais strategies you will learn how to create

meaningful lessons by refining your tactile, kinaesthetic, and visualdiscrimination.In the third and fourth years you will be giving supervised FI to the teaching staffin one-on-one tutorials, to fellow trainees and to the public. Individual and group

feedback will be given.You will also be making a video of an FI lesson you have given and going throughthis lesson with one of the teaching team members.

Small Group Activities

Group activities, such as discussions and practical exercises, will be used to analyseand develop your understanding of course materials, ATM and FI. Through these

processes an atmosphere of open learning develops that acknowledges and draws

from the diversity of the students different backgrounds, skills, knowledge, andexperiences.


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Individual processes

Continuing the theme of self-directed learning in ATM, students will engage in avariety of learning processes designed to promote reflection on course materials and

experiences. Students are required to keep a journal throughout the programme tosupport the process of reflective learning.

Talks and presentations

Talks on the Method will be presented by the educational team (including thosegiven by Moshe Feldenkrais from primary source video materials) on related areasof current knowledge, and on developing and running a practice. You will learnabout Moshe Feldenkrais and how the historic, philosophical, and scientific bases of

his education and experience led to the Feldenkrais Method. So that you understandhow Feldenkrais differs from prevailing ideas about movement and learning, youwill be introduced to relevant topics in the movement arts and sciences,contemporary education, and philosophy.

Online Learning

Students will engage in various learning activities and projects during all 12 termsof the training. These include: completing a selection of online modules coveringdisciplines related to understanding and practicing the Method; participating inface-to-face, and online forums, group discussions, ATM classes, having FIlessons; reading selected books and articles. To promote reflective learning

journal templates will be provided.

Supervision

Each student will be assigned to a mentoring group under the supervision of aneducational team member. You will meet in this group throughout the segmentand also continue an online relationship during the part of the segment that is not

face to face. You will be monitored through group interaction, individualconversations, participation in online activities and by means of a personal journalwhich will be reviewed by your mentor periodically. Their feedback and supportwill enable you optimise your learning strategies.


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Evaluation Process

Our emphasis is on personalized training, in which you will have ongoing contact

with the Educational Team.

Supervision and feedback are inherent in the training process. Your progress andlearning will be closely followed, supported, and guided throughout the

programme.

We expect trainees to exhibit professional behaviour throughout the training.However, should this not occur, we will address the matter immediately and seeka positive solution.

To graduate from thePerth 3 Feldenkrais Professional Training Programme youwill be required to: demonstrate, in-class, the ability to teach Awareness Through Movementand

giveFunctional Integration lessons to a professional standard exhibit an understanding of the Feldenkrais Method maintain a self reflective journal complete online learning modules attend fully throughout all the face to face segments

Any student missing more than five face to face training days per year or morethan a total of ten days over the course of the entire four years will be required tomake up lost time before being eligible for graduation. Tuition will not bereimbursed for missed days.

Should you miss more than the maximum allowed number of class days, specialarrangements must be made with the Educational Director to make up class timein another training programme. This will incur additional costs.

The Educational Director reserves the right to ask any student to receive furthertraining before being considered for graduation.


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Graduate Attributes

Graduates from the Perth 3 FPTP will have:

1. A deep knowledge of the Feldenkrais Method; a cognitive and experientialunderstanding of the human skeletonits structure and function and its

potential (for movement and action); learning models; humandevelopment.

2. The skills necessary for teaching ATM and FI as the application of theknowledge and concepts described above and including:

analyzing, evaluating, designing and executing lessons in relation tothe practitioner/client interaction,

using touch and language as effective and potent communicationtools.

3. Accountability as a professional practitioner working with individuals andgroups via

professional and ethical behavior,

the ability to reflect on all interactions and use of knowledge,

concepts and skills, accountability in all domainsto self, clients, the profession, allied

professions, the market place, society.


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Graduation

Graduation from the Perth 3 Feldenkrais Professional Training means you are

qualified to practice as a Feldenkrais practitioner.

As a graduate you will be eligible to apply to The Australian Feldenkrais Guild(AFG) for certification as a practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method. This will giveyou the rights to use the service marks the AFG now own that protect theFeldenkrais Method in the community. Certification is entirely the responsibilityof the graduate.

You receive a certificate of Graduation that is recognised by all Guilds who are

members of the International Feldenkrais Federation.

Graduation is complete only after all monies have been paid in full.


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Schedule ~ Programme Dates

It is anticipated that training days will start at 9.30am and finish at 4.30pm

Monday to Friday. There will be a one hour lunch break each day. Students mayneed to be available for individual Functional Integration lessons after classoccasionally.

We expect to be able to adhere to this programme, but there may be changes dueto the availability of staff or facilities.

Segment Dates

Year One

2013/4

Segment 1 8th July19th July 2013 (10 days)

Julie Peck

Segment 2 30th September11th October 2013(10 days)

Stephanie Spink

Segment 3 6t January24t January 2014(15 days)

Arlyn Zones Julie Peck

Segment 4 14

t

April18

t

April 2014 (5 days)Julie Peck

Year Two

2014/5


Julie Peck

Segment 6 29th September10th October 2014(10 days)

Larry Goldfarb

Segment 7 4t January23r January 2015

(15 days)Susan Hillier* Julie Peck

Segment 8 13t April17t April 2015 (5 days)

Julie Peck


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Segment Dates

Year Three

2015/6

Segment 9 6t July - 17t July (10 days)

Julie PeckSegment 10 28t September 9t October (10

days)

Zoran Kovich*

Segment 11 5 Sundays, 1st, 8t , 15t , 22n , 29t November 2015

Julie Peck

Segment 12 4th January22nd January 2016(15 days)

Elizabeth Beringer Julie Peck

Year F our

2016/7

Segment 13 11th April22nd April 2016(10 days)

Susan Hillier* Stephanie Spink

Segment 14 5 Sundays, 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29thMay 2016

Julie Peck


Zoran Kovich*Segment 16 26t September 30t September

2016 (5 days)

Julie Peck

Segment 17 5 Sundays, 23r , 30t October, 6t 13th, 20th November 2016 (5 days)

Julie Peck

Segment 18 9t January20t January 2017 (10days)

Arlyn Zones Julie Peck

*Subject to accreditation of Trainer status


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Teaching Staff

The teaching staff1

consists of outstanding accredited trainers and assistant trainers.

Julie Peck is the Educational Director. Arlyn Zones, Julie Peck, Stephanie Spink,Larry Goldfarb, Elizabeth Beringer, Susan Hillier*, and Zoran Kovich*, will be thetrainers in the programme. Bronwyn Fewster*, our assistant trainer will also be partof the teaching staff. Working as a team, the staff teach Awareness Through

Movement, give Functional Integration lessons and demonstrations, leaddiscussions, and direct small groups.

The international training accreditation guidelines require that we maintain astudent to teacher ratio of 20-to-1 for the first two years and of 15-to-1 for the final

two years. To insure that you receive individual attention, we are committed tomeeting, or exceeding, this requirement in every segment. Sara Elderfield as theadministrator will co-ordinate onsite activities and liaise with the trainees.

Experienced Feldenkrais practitioners from WA will also be part of the educationalfaculty. They will serve as tutor practitioners to provide support for the training andgive FI lessons.

To insure continuity and congruence, Julie Peck will be present at least 50% of thetime and one permanent Assistant Trainer will be present throughout the training.

* Subject to Accreditation

1The Australian, European and North American Training Accreditation guidelines establish

strict criteria that must be met by those who want to be trainers and assistant trainers. Theguidelines require that a trainer have at least ten years active professional experience, haveassisted through a minimum of four complete years of training, and receive the support ofthe established body of trainers. Among other requirements, an assistant trainer must haveat least five years professional experience and demonstrate proficiency in the practice of the

method.


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Educational Director

Julie Peck, Certified Feldenkrais Trainer (CFT), B.App.Sc.(Physio)Perth, Western Australia

Julie has a background in Physiotherapy and hasmaintained a busy private practice in Perth sincegraduating from the Sydney 1 FPTP in 1990. She

became an Assistant Trainer in 1995 andAustralia's first Trainer in 2003.

Julie finds her private practice and sharing

her experiences with colleagues, clients andstudents are the main source of her continuallearning. She has found the journey of being botha Feldenkrais practitioner and trainer hasenhanced and refined her abilities in innumerableways, particularly in stimulating her ability todirect her own discoveries and learning. She iscommitted to furthering the understanding and

practice of the Feldenkrais Method in Australia

and to have fun while doing it!

TRAINERS

Arlyn Zones, CFT, MA (Theatre Arts)San Francisco, USA

Arlyn began studying the Feldenkrais Method in 1977 and graduated from the

1983 Amherst Training. She has maintained an active private practice since then,working with infants, children and adults. She has also taught in schools, clinicsand hospitals, and has led special seminars for physical and occupationaltherapists on clinical applications of the Feldenkrais Method for orthopaedic andneurological difficulties. Arlyn became an Assistant Trainer of the Method in1988 and a Trainer in 1994. She has taught extensively in the US, Europe andAustralia in more than 30 training programmes. She also teaches advancedseminars for Feldenkrais Practitioners.


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Lawrence Wm. Goldfarb, Ph.D., CFTSanta Cruz, U.S.A.

Lawrence Wm. Goldfarb, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1995)

is a movement scientist, certified Feldenkrais trainer, pioneering practitioner,and multimedia author known for articulating the thinking behind the method.Besides directing and teaching in professional training programmes in Europe,Australia, and North America, Dr. Goldfarb teaches public workshops,

professional seminars, and post-graduate courses the world over. He is also thefounder of Mind in Motion and Mind in Motion online (www.mindinmotion-online.com).

Having written extensively about the Feldenkrais Method of learning, Larry is

committed to developing explicit frameworks for understanding the method andfor making the method relevant in everyday life.

Besides training new teachers, his current focus is on conducting post-graduatetraining programmes for Feldenkrais teachers, developing online learning

programmes for the Mind in Motion website and spearheading an internationalproject to create a database for Dr. Feldenkrais' lessons. He maintains the privatepractice he started nearly thirty years ago in Santa Cruz, CA.

Stephanie Spink, B.App.Sc.(Physio), CFTMelbourne Australia

Stephanie Spink became involved with the Feldenkrais Method in 1982 andgraduated from the first Melbourne Feldenkrais Training in 1991. She organisedthe second Melbourne Feldenkrais Training Programme and worked as thecontinuity assistant in the Melbourne III FPTP. She has a background in

Physiotherapy, and since 1997, has taught functional anatomy workshops andadvanced trainings in Australia and New Zealand. She was certified as anAssistant Trainer in 1998 and Trainer in 2010. She has worked in training

programmes in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, New Zealand and Japan. She has beenan active member of the Australian Training and Accreditation Board since 2002.She continues to maintain a Feldenkrais Private Practice in Eltham. She enjoyslearning, life and travelling.
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Zoran Kovich, MSc(Cog.Sc), BA(Soc.Sc), BA(Perf.Arts), CFT*Sydney Australia

Zoran graduated from the Melbourne I Feldenkrais training in 1991 and completed

his masters degree in cognitive science in 1995, focusing on the relationshipbetween movement, perception, and thought. Having a passion for teaching andlearning, Zoran commenced working in trainings in 2000, and became an assistanttrainer in 2004. From 1990 to 2009 he lectured in university performing arts

programmes, using Feldenkrais/Somatic Education paedagogy to constructcourses designed to enhance performing artists abilities. Since 2005 he has beenfacilitating a variety of regular, ongoing post-graduate programmes forFeldenkrais teachers. Zoran maintains a practice in Sydney using his knowledge ofFeldenkrais, somatic education systems, martial arts, performing arts, cognitive

and social sciences, to create practical lessons that address peoples' personal andprofessional needs and interests.

Elizabeth Beringer, CFTSan Diego U.S.A

Elizabeth Beringer has been involved with the practice and development of the

Feldenkrais Methodfor more than 30 years. She studied directly with the founder

of the Method, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, in both the U.S. and Israel between 1976and 1983. Elizabeth has maintained an ongoing and varied private Feldenkraissomatic education practice working with a diverse population including those withsevere movement limitations, seniors, musicians, children and those in chronic

pain, including Feldenkrais for back pain. She has also worked extensively withathletes, martial artists and dancers and is known for her ability to apply the

Methodin dynamic situations. Elizabeth has also taught postgraduate seminars forphysical and occupational therapists and she travels extensively teaching inpostgraduate and practitioner training programmes in Europe, Australia and across

the U.S.

In addition to herFeldenkrais practice, Elizabeth has studied numerous othersomatic disciplines. More recently she has pursued the study of the cognitivesciences and her teaching integrates current advances in the cognitive sciencesinto the Feldenkrais perspective. Elizabeth has practiced the martial art of aikidosince 1977 and currently holds the rank of 6th-degree black belt.

She lives in San Diego with her husband, Rafael Nunez, a professor of cognitive

science at the University California San Diego, and their daughter.


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Susan Hillier, CFT*, Ph.D.Adelaide Australia

Susan graduated from the Melbourne 1 Feldenkrais training programme in 1991.

She incorporated the Feldenkrais Method into her work with people regainingfunction after catastrophic injury or illness. More recently she has worked as anacademic, teaching and researching in the broad area of neuroscience with a

particular interest in motor control and motor learning for adults and children whohave challenging movement behaviours. She maintains a small private practice toinform and keep current her research and teaching in university, private andFeldenkrais Method training domains.

ASSISTANT TRAINER

Bronwyn Fewster, CFAT*, B. App Sc. (Physio)Perth, Western Australia

Bronwyn graduated from the Perth 1Training Programme in 1999. Since then,

she has incorporated the FeldenkraisMethod into her work with CommunityPhysiotherapy Services; teaching on-goinggroup education and exercise classes forelderly clients with multiple chronic healthconditions. She has maintained a privateFeldenkrais practice providing bothAwareness Through Movement classes andFunctional Integration since graduating.

Bronwyn is enthusiastic about how theFeldenkrais Method has enhanced her lifeand how it provides a framework and toolsthat encourage and empower us towardlifelong learning. She is keen to assistothers in this endeavour and promote andfurther the Feldenkrais Method in any wayshe can.


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Administrative Director

** CFP ~ Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner

Sara Elderfield, CFP**, Yoga and MeditationInstructor

Sara Elderfield had her first taste of the FeldenkraisMethod at a meditation retreat 20 years ago and wasimmediately determined to do the training. Many ATM

classes and FIs later, she graduated from the Perth 2FPTP (2009). Since then she has incorporated teachingATM classes and individual Feldenkrais lessons (FI)

into her busy yoga and meditation school, Yoga Movesin Shenton Park. Sara has a passion for learning andteaching and finds that the Feldenkrais Method hasmade her better at both.


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Application Information

Tuition FeesThe tuition fee for the first two years is $7700 including GST. Years three andfour are $8250 including GST.

The schedule of fees and payment dates are listed in the table which follows butgenerally payment for each segment is due one month before commencement.

To avoid a late fee, payment is required by the due date.

An early bird discount rate of $7150 (years one and two) and $7700 (years threeand four) will be available to participants who either: pay each years full tuition fee by 1st June of that year; or have completed an automatic direct debit, monthly payment authority with

their financial institution, such that all payments for each year will becompleted by 1st June of that year.

An application fee of $110 and deposit of $550 (upon acceptance) are included in

these tuition fees. (The $660 application fee and deposit will be deducted fromfinal years fees).

Some scholarship positions may be available for participants willing to assist withoperation of audio-visual equipment, library, kitchen and refreshment duties, orother training related tasks. Please express interest and tell us about your relevantskills if you wish to apply for one of these positions.


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Segment Pay by Fee

Pre -

payment

application fee with application $110

deposit on acceptance $550

Year

One

2013/4

early bird 2013 1st June 2013 $7150(Includes GST)

or

segment 1 1st June 2013 $1925

$1925segment 2 1st September 2013

segment 3 1st December 2013 $2888

segment 4 1st March 2014 $962

Year Two

2014/5

early bird 2014 1st June 2014 $7150(Includes GST)

or


$1925segment 6 1

st

September 2014segment 7 1st December 2014 $2888


Year

Three

2015/6

early bird 2015 June 1st 2015 $7700(Includes GST)

or

segment 9 1st June 2015 $2062$2062segment 10 1st September 2015

segment 11 1st October 2015 $1032

segment 12 1st December 2016 $3094


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Segment Pay by Fee

Year

Four

2016/7

early bird 2016 June 1st 2016 $7700(Includes GST)

or


$1032segment 14 1st April 2016


segment 16 1st September 2016 $1032

segment 17 1st October 2016 $1032

segment 18 1

st

December 2016 $1400(rest paidyear 1)


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Location ~ The West Subiaco Masonic Hall,Shenton Park

The Masonic Hall in Shenton Park providesa comfortable and well-resourced base forthe various activities included in aFeldenkrais Training Programme. Locatedopposite the park at Lake Jualbup, the venueis well serviced with a range of places to eatand shop. It is close to the Perth central

business district, the restaurant and shoppingdistricts of Subiaco, Leederville andClaremont, Kings Park, various beaches,and is easily accessible by train, bus or car.The building also houses the Yoga Movesstudio run by Sara and a fully equippedkitchen.

Perth is the capital ofWestern Australia. Approximately 1.74 million live in thePerth metropolitan area which makes it Australias fourth largest city. It is set onthe Swan River which was named after the native black swans seen in 1697 byWillem de Vlamingh, captain of a Dutch expedition. Traditionally, this water bodyhas been known by Aboriginal inhabitants asDerbal Yerrigan. Originally founded

by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan RiverColony, the first areas settled were on the Swan River, with the city's central

business district and port (Fremantle) both still located on the river.

Perth is renowned for its relaxed, outdoor lifestyle and abundance of good weatherduring the year.
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How to Apply

Perth 3 FPTP is a professional training programme designed to prepare you to

become a Feldenkrais practitioner.

As we are striving for a well-balanced student body that represents the full rangeof human experience, specific prerequisites for entry are simply some priorexperience with theFeldenkrais Method.

Please submit the application form, with the following information:

educational background

work history prior experience with the Feldenkrais Method your reasons for participating in the programme (include a description of what

you think the Feldenkrais Method is and what you expect to get from thetraining)

a description of your hobbies and interests a description of areas of life in which you find yourself successful, satisfied or

competent. a description of areas in your life you would to enhance or improve, including

dreams and goals. health status two letters of recommendation, including one from a Feldenkrais practitioner a current photo of yourself

The Educational Director and programme administrator will review applicationsand contact you to discuss your interest in the work as a profession, and thecontributions you can make to the practice and development of the Method. Weare committed to accepting people into the Perth 3 Feldenkrais Professional

Training Programmeregardless of race, gender, religion, physical limitation, age,or sexual orientation. You will be notified within 30 days of application.

If you are accepted into the programme, you will receive orientation informationand a student enrolment agreement. This is a contract that specifies your rights andresponsibilities as a participant in the programme. To reserve your place in thetraining, sign the contract and return it, along with the deposit, within thirty daysof notification.


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To apply, please complete and submit the enclosed application form, along withthe letters of recommendation, a clear photograph of yourself, and AUD$110application fee. The application fee will be deducted from your tuition if you areaccepted into the programme. If you are accepted into the programme and choose

not to attend, your application fee is non-refundable.

Payments can be made by cheque, money order, or electronic funds transfer.


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Resources

To learn more about the Feldenkrais Method you may like to:

Attend a Workshop

Contact Sara for details of upcoming workshops and information sessions or

look for details in the Feldenkrais section of the Yoga Moves website.

Attend 'Awareness Through Movement' (ATM) classes

In Australia, details of local practitioners can be found by phoning the

Australian Feldenkrais Guild on 1800 001 550 or at www.feldenkrais.org.au

Read some articles

Some articles are available online at www.feldenkraisinstitute.com.au or

search the web for interesting Guild or Practitioner sites.

Listen to CDs

Many practitioners have recorded their work for those who like to do home

practice. You can purchase CDs of Awareness Through Movement lessons or

Feldenkrais workshops. A range of these may be purchased from various

suppliers. Two are included below:

Feldenkrais WA

www.feldenkraiswa.com.au (08 9227 1431 or 0439 483 595)

Feldebiz

www.feldebiz.com (03 97379945)
http://www.feldenkraiswa.com.au/http://www.feldebiz.com/http://www.feldebiz.com/http://www.feldenkraiswa.com.au/


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Try an Online Learning Activity

Go to http://feldworks.com/kbp/entry/3/

Or from the Feldenkrais Institute website click on Knowledgebase and look in

the Articles area - General Interest - Making the Most of Awareness

Through Movement.

Read some books by Moshe Feldenkrais

Body and Mature Behavior: A Study of Anxiety, Sex, Gravitation and

Learning. London: Routeledge and Kegan Paul, 1949; New York:

International Universities Press, 1950 (soft-cover edition, out of print); Tel-Aviv: Alef Ltd., 1966, 1980, 1988 (hardcover edition).

Awareness Through Movement: Health Exercises for Personal Growth. New

York/London: Harper & Row 1972, 1977; Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside,

1972, 1977 hardcover edition, out of print); Harmondsworth, Middlesex,

England: Penguin Books, 1972, 1977; San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1990(softcover edition).

The Case of Nora: Body Awareness as Healing Therapy.

New York/London: Harper & Row, 1977; Frog Ltd., Berkeley, CA, 1993.

The Elusive Obvious. Cupertino, California: Meta Publications, 1981.

The Master Moves. Cupertino, California: Meta Publications, 1984.

The Potent Self. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985. Harper Collins, New

York, 1992, (softcover edition).


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Training Information Sessions

Short information workshops will be held in Perth prior to the commencement of

the training. They will be suitable for those who would like to find out more about

the Feldenkrais Method, the training programme or experience some of our

teachers.

Details for planned events are listed on the Yoga Moves website and will be

updated over the course of 2013. Please check the website:

www.yogamoves.net.au and click on Feldenkrais.

Contact Sara Elderfield to register, or to find out about other Feldenkrais

workshops which may be of interest: [email protected] / 0415 363 313.
http://www.yogamoves.net.au/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.yogamoves.net.au/


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Contact

Administrative Director:Sara Elderfield

Postal address:

Yoga Moves

PO BOX 7191

Shenton Park

WA 6008

Yoga Moves Studio address:

45 Evans Street, Shenton Park

Phone: 0415 363 313

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.yogamoves.net.au
http://www.yogamoves.net.au/http://www.yogamoves.net.au/

2013 Perth 3 Course_Guide

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