212-727-1014 www.FeldenkraisInstitute.com

134 West 26th Street , Second Floor New York, New York 10001

© 2015 Kaethe Zemach-Bersin, Feldenkrais Institute of New York

2015

Improving the quality of each individual life

The powerful do-it-yourself aspect of the Feldenkrais Method®

Feldenkrais Class ScheduleAwareness Through Movement®

Exercises

Wednesday

Tuesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

12:30 pm Open Class with Marek Wyszynski 1:45 pm Basics Class with Nancy Gayle Judson 6:30 pm Basics Class with Belinda He

12:30 pm Open Class with Mark Hirschfield 3:00 pm Community Class with Belinda He 5:30 pm Basics Class with Mark Hirschfield

12:30 pm Open Class with Kasia Wyszynski 5:30 pm Open Class with Tamala Bakkensen

12:30 pm Open Class with Mark Hirschfield 5:30 pm Open Class with Suzanne Ausnit

12:30 pm Open Class with Nancy Gayle Judson

12:30 pm Open Class with Thais Silva 1:45 pm Basics Class with Janin Gunderman 5:30 pm Open Class with Tamala Bakkensen

Monday

Drop-ins: $25 • 6 Classes: $125 • 12 Classes: $250 • Members: All classes are freeBasics Class: Ideal for newcomers Open Class: All are welcome

Newcomers: Your second class is freePre-registration is recommended but not required. Mats are provided.

Workshops, Classes & NewsMay 5

May 7

May 12

May 14

May 19

May 21

May 27

May 30

Your Free & Flexible Rib Cage with Mark Hirschfield

The Biotensegrity Model and Dynamic Anatomy with Steven M. Levin M.D.

Moving From the Middle with Joshua Wolk

You Do You with Miguel Gutierrez

Your Pain-Free and Healthy Hip Joints with Marek Wyszynski

Focus on Breathing with Kathy Yates

Balance Basics with Nancy Judson

The Art and Science of the Feldenkrais Method with David Zemach-Bersin

MAY

Your Free andFlexible Rib Cage

Feldenkrais for greater movement and comfort

with Mark Hirschfield

You have tremendous potential for freedom and flexibility in your rib cage. Built for movement, it consists of twenty four bones each capable of moving independently and also in concert with one another. But tension frequently interferes with our ability to enjoy the freedom that is possible in our chest and rib cage. By bringing awareness to this important and central part of our body, we can make many surprising improvements in the way we move and feel.

If you have ignored your rib cage in the past, or experience it as “locked” or restricted, this workshop with Mark Hirschfield may be revelatory! It will feature a selection of Awareness Through Movement exercises designed to improve your understanding of the important relationships between your ribs, spine, posture and breathing. You will gain a new sense of space, expansion, and relaxation, greater comfort in all your movements, and better breathing.

Mark Hirschfield is a terrific Feldenkrais Teacher. He is looking forward to helping you to set yourself free!

This month, the Feldenkrais Institute presents six fascinating workshops on weekday evenings, a distinguished guest lecture, and a Saturday afternoon introduction to the Feldenkrais Method.

May 1-10 is International Feldenkrais Week! Many special events will be taking place at locations in New York City and across the globe. We plan a rare evening with Dr. Steven Levin, on May 7, to explore ‘Biotensegrity.’ This is a new way of understanding the body, which complements the Feldenkrais Method.

Change is in the air as we wish “bon voyage!” to Jordan Sheely, our Administrative Director and office organizer extraordinaire for the past eleven months (and office manager for PT& FNYC for the past 5 years). She is hiking the 2,663 mile Pacific Crest Trail, from the Mexican border to Canada! You may follow her journey on Instagram @wafaringlittlefoot and on Facebook.com/hilaryjordan.

And, last but not least, we welcome Laura Kay as our new Administrative Director. Laura experienced the Feldenkrais Method for the first time as a music student at Penn State, and was formerly a Director of Programming at Turtle Bay Music School. We are delighted to have Laura with us. Feel free to stop by to say “hello!”

Tuesday, May 5 • 6:30-9:30 pm

MAY 2015 at the Feldenkrais Institute of New York

Member Tuition: $30 • Pre-Registration: $55 • Day of Event: $65

Moving From the MiddleIntegrating your biggest muscles for power in action

Tuesday, May 12 • 6:30-9:30 pm

with Joshua Wolk

Member Tuition: $30 • Pre-Registration: $55 • Day of Event: $65

Why do so many practices — including yoga and tai-chi — place a special significance on the body’s center, a point just below the navel identified as the “dantian,” “hara” or “one point?”

When our nervous system is organized in such a way that the movements of our extremities are coordinated to draw support and force from the large muscles around our pelvis, we feel an ease and power in movement that can be quite extraordinary. Efficient organization can help to bring about dramatic shifts in our self-image and confidence; moving from the middle allows us to feel capable, powerful, centered, and calm.

Please join us for a workshop with Josh Wolk, an exciting Feldenkrais teacher and martial artist, to focus on organizing your body and mind

from this important middle point. This workshop will be especially relevant if you dance, practice martial arts, meditate, or simply wish to access greater power and efficiency in your daily activities.

Biotensegrity recognizes that the human body is not a stacked tower of parts, connected by muscles and joints as mechanical levers. Instead, it understands the body as a structure of tensegrity: a wholly integrated or plastic biologic form, in which changes in one area are reflected immediately throughout the entire structure.

Biotensegrity is an extremely potent model for helping us to recognize dynamic relationships inside the body, and in movement. Steven Levin M.D. originated and has developed the concept of Biotensegrity. We are thrilled to welcome him to the Feldenkrais Institute of New York. To compliment Dr. Levin’s talk, David Zemach-Bersin will lead a related Feldenkrais lesson and discussion.

Stephen M. Levin, M.D. trained as an Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon, and was formerly Clinical Associate Professor at Michigan State University and Howard University. He studied General Systems Theory with noted biologist, Dr.Timothy Allen, has been closely allied with others emphasizing the work of Buckminster Fuller and its applications. Dr. Levin has published numerous papers and book chapters focused on systems biomechanics.

The Biotensegrity Model & Dynamic Anatomy

with Steven M. Levin, M.D.

An integrated evening of lecture, discussion and Awareness Through Movement

Thursday, May 7 • 6:30-9:30 pm

Member Tuition: $30 • Pre-Registration: $55 • Day of Event: $65

Pre-Registration: $35 • Day of Event: $45 Member Tuition: $30 • Pre-Registration: $55 • Day of Event: $65

Each year, close to 200,000 Americans have hip joint replacement surgery. With better organization of the hip joints, many of these surgeries may be avoidable.

Your hip joints are the largest weight bearing joints in your body and they play a key role in your physical comfort and ease of movement. Every moment in which you are upright, your hip joints work to support your body upright against the pull of gravity while at the same time, providing you with flexibility and mobility. This is not an easy task, and your hip joints are vulnerable to strain and injury.

Marek Wyszynski, Co-founder of the Feldenkrais Institute, President of Physical Therapy & Feldenkrais NYC, and a Hospital for Special Surgery Advance Hip Clinician, is offering a practical and therapeutic workshop to help you improve your hip strength, mobility and function.

Learn ingenious Feldenkrais exercises to improve the comfort and function of your hip joints. And, as new research shows that excessive stretching can cause joint damage and instability, find out how much flexibility is safe for your hip joints. Clarify the important relationships between your hips and your spine, neck, chest and shoulders and learn how to reduce pressure in your hip joints any time you like.

Tuesday, May 19 • 6:30-9:30 pm

The Feldenkrais Method reawakens, restores and revitalizes our capacity for movement and function. It is a supremely generative practice for people who are devoted to movement as a means of exploration and expression. In this workshop we will use the principles of Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration® as “scores” for complexly embodied improvisational dance practices that we can use either in process…or as performances, in and of themselves.

Miguel Gutierrez is a 2010 Guggenheim Fellow in choreography, and will soon receive his certification as a Feldenkrais Practitioner. His work is presented frequently in NYC, across the country and internationally at venues and festivals such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Walker Art Center and Centre Pompidou. His most recent show premiered in the 2014 Whitney Biennial. www.miguelgutierrez.org

Thursday, May 14 • 6:30-9:30 pm

Feldenkrais in a dancer’s body: Scores for improvisation

You Do You

with Miguel Gutierrez

Please call 212-727-1014 to register! Performing Arts Workshop: Sponsored by the Feldenkrais Foundation

Take 5 workshop package not applicable.

A Feldenkrais approach to joint health and protection

& Pain-FreeHappy Hips

with Marek Wyszynski

Focus on Breathing

Reduce stress and increase energy

with Kathy Yates

Member Tuition: $30 • Pre-Registration: $55 • Day of Event: $65

When people have difficulties with their balance, they typically assume that their problem is somehow related to the way they use their feet. Few people realize that in fact, there is a profound connection between the way we use our eyes and the quality of our balance. Whether we are standing still or dodging traffic while crossing a busy street, our vestibular system, which is responsible for keeping us upright and stable, uses our eyes to establish our orientation in space. Hence, the way we use our eyes can naturally effect our balance.

Please join us for a relaxing evening workshop in which we will explore the connection between the movement of our eyes and the stability provided by our feet. We will use carefully selected Feldenkrais exercises to focus on this important relationship. As key aspects of your ‘eye-balance’ organization are clarified and strengthened in your brain and nervous system, your balance will improve and you will begin to regain confidence in your body’s flexible stability.

Nancy Gayle Judson is a warm and enthusiastic teacher. She has been studying movement all her life, and loves using the Feldenkrais Method to improve the way her students and clients experience ‘life in a body.’

Member Tuition: $30 • Pre-Registration: $55 • Day of Event: $65

Do you ever notice that your breathing feels shallow or partially restricted? Or that you are holding your breath — unconsciously — without knowing why? Would you like to have more energy, more stamina, and be able to think more clearly? The Feldenkrais Method can help by improving the way you breathe.

By enhancing the way air enters and exits your body, the Feldenkrais Method can help you to maintain a relaxed sense of wellbeing, and have a positive effect on many aspects of your physical comfort. This stress-reducing workshop with Kathy Yates will feature Feldenkrais exercises designed to improve the coordination of the muscles involved with your respiration — including those of your ribs, stomach, shoulders, neck and pelvis — so that you can breathe better in any situation. Better breathing can help you to reduce sensations of anxiety and pain, improve your posture, and promote freedom in the way you use your voice.

Feldenkrais for stress reduction and health!

Thursday, May 21 • 6:30-9:30 pm

Wednesday, May 27 • 6:30-9:30 pm

Balance Basicswith Nancy Gayle Judson

A new Feldenkrais Training Program will begin at the Feldenkrais Institute of New York, August 22-27. The program is an exploration of human learning and improvement in which students benefit from doing Feldenkrais exercises and having Feldenkrais treatments, while developing the sophisticated skills necessary to be certified as a Feldenkrais Practitioner. It is for people interested in improving their own health and comfort, and also for those interested in developing professional skills.

Directed by David Zemach-Bersin, this training program features an excellent teaching staff and a convenient weekend-based schedule. Students of all ages are welcome. Students will be accepted through the Fall, as space allows.

Trainers: David Zemach-Bersin, Aliza Stewart, Carol Kress, Deborah Bowes, and Elizabeth Beringer

Assistant Trainers: Anastasi Siotas, Paris Kern, Sheryl Field, Anna Johnson, and Raz Ori

David Zemach-Bersin was twenty four when he met Moshe Feldenkrais and began to study the Feldenkrais Method. Four decades later, David is one of the world’s most dedicated proponents and practitioners of the Feldenkrais Method. Co-founder of the Feldenkrais Institute of New York and the Feldenkrais Foundation, David is a committed and enthusiastic trainer of the next generation of Feldenkrais Teachers.

For more information or program prospectus, please call 212-727-7595FeldenkraisTrainingPrograms.com // FPTPNYC@gmail.com

Announcing a new

Feldenkrais Method Professional Training Programwith David Zemach-Bersin

Beginning Summer/Fall 2015 in New York City

with David Zemach-Bersin

The Art & Science of the Feldenkrais Method

An opportunity to experience the Feldenkrais Method with a distinguished and inspiring teacher.

The Feldenkrais Method accesses the brain’s neuroplasticity to improve the way we feel and function with a sophisticated combination of gentle movement and guided attention. By facilitating changes in the motor cortex of our brain, it helps to bring flexibility to our habits of posture, movement, feeling and action, and gives us new options for our physical comfort, efficiency, and sense of wellbeing.

Whether this workshop is your first Feldenkrais experience, or you are considering studying the Feldenkrais Method in depth, this workshop will be a treat and reassure you of your ability to feel better, learn, and heal. The afternoon workshop will include beneficial Awareness Through Movement exercises, information about the Feldenkrais Method, and a demonstration of Functional Integration (the manual, “hands-on” aspect of the Feldenkrais Method).

David Zemach-Bersin studied directly with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais for ten years. He has a warm teaching style and is a respected leader in the field.

Heal, Improve, Learn

Member Tuition: $55 • Pre-Registration: $70 • Day of Event: $80

Saturday, May 30 • Noon-5:00 pm

The Feldenkrais Institute’s 4th Annual

with Marek Wyszynski and David Zemach-Bersin

Friday-Sunday, July 3-5 Friday, July 3rd: 12:30pm – 6:30pm,

Saturday, July 4th: 9:00am – 3:30 pm Sunday, July 5th: 9:00am – 3:30pm

Awareness Through Movement

Summer

Intensive

Restore & Rejuvenate in New York City Once a year, the co-founders of the Feldenkrais Institute of New York get together to create a special Feldenkrais retreat experience for the public. Spanning three days (over the 4th of July weekend,) this sustained Feldenkrais event is designed to give your nervous system and body a refreshing vacation without leaving New York City.

Doing Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement exercises once or twice a week is good, but immersion in the Feldenkrais Method can help to bring about more profound results. The exercises featured in this workshop will have a cumulative, “building” effect, to interrupt your old patterns of posture, pain and tension and present new, more comfortable options. Please join us for a memorable three-day experience of Awareness Through Movement, and gain a repertoire of effective Feldenkrais tools for your future use.

Use this three-day immersion in the Feldenkrais Method to put yourself onto a new path towards better health.

If you would like to schedule individual Functional Integration sessions before or after the workshop hours, please call in advance.

Member Tuition: $275 • Early Bird: $325 by June 19 • Regular Tuition: $350

Performing ArtistsFELDENKRAIS® WORKSHOPS FOR

Spring Workshops 2015 for Dancers, Actors, Musicians, & Vocalists

The Feldenkrais Foundation is sponsoring a series of Feldenkrais workshops at the Feldenkrais Institute with distinguished teachers, especially for Performing Artists.

To Register for a Workshop: Call 212-727-1014 or visit FeldenkraisFoundation.org/Workshops

Finding Your Voice (Part 1) For anyone who wants to improve their voice with Tamala Bakkensen

Thursday, June 18 • 6:30-9:30 pm Pre-Registration: $35 • Day of Workshop: $45

You Do You Feldenkrais in a dancer’s body: Scores for improvisation with Miguel Gutierrez

Thursday, May 14 • 6:30-9:30 pm Pre-Registration: $35 • Day of Workshop: $45

The Radiant Actor Chekhov Technique meets Feldenkrais Method with Connie Rotunda

Sunday, June 21 • Noon - 5:00 pm Pre-Registration: $65 • Day of Workshop: $75

Mother’s Day is coming…

Give the gift of Feldenkrais

For more information, stop by at the front desk or call 212-727-1014

June 2 with Marek Wyszynski Mindfulness & The Art of Letting GoJune 7 with Anastasi Siotas Dynamic Anatomy and ATM #1 For Feldenkrais Practitioners and Training Program Students

June 11 with Dayana Henwood Engaging Your Feet for SupportJune 17 with Nancy Judson Free Your NeckJune 18 with Tamala Bakkensen Finding Your Voice #1 Workshop sponsored by the Feldenkrais Foundation

June 20 with David Zemach-Bersin The Art and Science of the Feldenkrais MethodJune 21 with Connie Rotunda The Radiant Actor Workshop sponsored by the Feldenkrais Foundation

June 23 with Mark Hirschfield Healthy PostureJune 26-28 with Marek Wyszynski Bridging the Feldenkrais Method & Physical Therapy For Physical Therapists & Health Care Professionals

Workshops Coming in June

A Workshop for Women Only!

Dynamic Anatomy & Awareness

through Movement®

with Anastasi Siotas, GCFP, Assistant Trainer

A series of three Workshops for Feldenkrais Practitioners and Training Program Students

June 7, August 2 and October 11For Feldenkrais Practitioners and 3rd and 4th year Students

For the full series of three: $330 – Single workshop: $130 Early bird Tuition: $300 through Thursday, May 21

FPTP Students: $264 – Single workshop: $104Space is limited; Pre-registration recommended. Travel Discount: 10% off regular tuition. For more information and to register, call 212-727-1014.

Regular Tuition: $450 – Early bird Tuition: $400 through May 31stFor more information and to register, call 212-727-1014.

Bridging the Feldenkrais Method® & Physical TherapyA Feldenkrais Approach to the Treatment of Cervical Spine Dysfunctionswith Marek Wyszynski, PT, GCFP

June 26-28, 2015 A three-day workshop for Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, and other medical clinicians. Changing habitual patterns of posture and movement to improve

the rehabilitation of patients with orthopedic and neurological disorders, and acute or chronic pain. NY, NJ, CT Continuing education credits available.