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Prepare for the upcoming Winter Solstice walk by attending a special workshop

Workshop: Finding Wisdom for Your Walk: Focus on Your Body and Get More From Your Walks
When: Saturday, December 5, 9:00am-12:30pm, including a vegetarian potluck
Where: Heron Hall, Laguna Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Cost: $35

To register and find out more, visit the Laguna Foundation Public Education Events.

Prepare for the upcoming Winter Solstice walk by attending a special workshop

What is the Feldenkrais Method®?

The Feldenkrais Method® is about learning to move with ease and grace. Its usefulness is as varied as the desires and concerns of the people who come to it. Some people wish to improve their walking or running; others wish to reduce their low back pain. And yet for others, it is a doorway in discovering aspects of themselves. But with each person it will be a coming home – to the natural wisdoms of the body. As Julia Cameron wrote in The Artist’s Way, “the reward of attention is always healing.”

How Can I Walk in Nature with Ease and Grace?

For many of us, walking and being out in nature is freeing and helpful to our mind, body and soul. In the Sunrise Walkers, I give suggestions of the ways you can bring awareness to your body through movement. These suggestions are added to the walk to help focus your attention on some specific body part. You can improve the ease and integration of what a healthy walk can be. You can use walking and your body as the meditation for your experience in nature.

Here is a simple exercise to enhance your walking: Your Breath is Like a Chinese Lantern.

Feldenkrais® in Northern California with Liza
Liza developed the Sunrise Walkers and has had a private practice in the Feldenkrais Method® and Craniosacral Therapy since 1983. Recordings of some of her most popular classes are available on the following CDs:

Awaken the Natural Wisdom of Your Body

A collection of 12 recorded lessons of Awareness Through Movement® classes. Also included is a booklet which gives a brief description of each lesson, guidelines for this unique approach to movement education, a place to journal where you can keep track of your changes and experiences, and a bibliography for those interested in further reading on The Feldenkrais Method®.

The Eyes and the Rest of the Self

A collection of 6 recorded lessons of Awareness Through Movement® classes. These lessons focus on the well-being of your eyes. Through gentle, easy movements, you will experience less strain in your eyes, improved vision, and see the world more brightly. You will also learn how the relaxation of your eyes relates to the relaxation of your neck, and the functioning of your entire body.

Finding Balance Throughout the Holidays

A collection of 4 recorded lessons of Awareness Through Movement® classes. With the hurried pace of the Holiday Season, we can often forget to take time for our bodies. In this class, you will find your inner calm, fullness of breath and an integral and structural experience of your center and balance. Let your body, your mind and your whole being experience the natural gifts of your body.

Finding Inspiration in the New Year

A collection of 3 recorded lessons of Awareness Through Movement® classes. These classes will guide you through a series of explorations on how to find new possibilities for your breathing. They will provide exercises that help to restore gentle movement in your rib cage. We bring a clearer understanding to the anatomy of your lungs and where breath is possible. We explore how breathing is connected to your state of mind and quality of rest. Through this gentle approach to finding inspiration and exhalation, you might find new ways of approaching your body and the New Year.

Falling UP!

A collection of 8 recorded lessons of Awareness Through Movement® classes. Can you imagine coming to the floor with ease and grace? Can you imagine getting back up? It’s one movement! Falling Up! is about the steps of coming to down to the floor and getting back up. As you become acquainted with yourself on the floor and how you move there, we begin the slow pace of getting up and down between the floor and standing. Improve your balance, your flexibility and have a good time! There is also a new Agility IQ Test. I am sure you will improve your agility with this class.

For more information or to order CDs, please contact Liza here.

Liza Weaver Brickey Feldenkrais lessons Articles: Recovering The Natural Wisdom Of The Body – The Feldenkrais Method®. The Share Guide Vol5 No. 2 Winter 1994 (Download PDF here)

The Feldenkrais Method® has been used successfully for over 60 years. Find out more about Feldenkrais® at The Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education.