A perfect lesson for computer shoulders and neck, BC.

Class this week -- a 50 sec. video of class at the Reno Buddhist Center. A really lovely lesson that opens the chest and arm pits, expands your shoulders and ribs, as it lengthens neck, spine and torso. These movements reduce stress, improve breathing, as they integrate and coordinate the movement of the whole body, from feet to pelvis to head. 

We are doing the lesson again on Saturday at 10 am, at 250 Bell St. Park and enter in the front of the Cathexes Building. And remember, there is no Saturday class on April 6. I'll be in the Bay Area at a Feldenkrais Guild of North America function. 

Please contact me (using the form on this website, Renofeldenkrais.blogspot.com) if you are coming to your first class or if you have questions.  I will write you back and send you the class handout.

Wishing you wonderful moving!

Carole

April 6 - No Saturday 10 am Feldenkrais Class

Hi everyone, 

I will be away at a Feldenkrais Guild of North America training/meeting the 5-7th, and thus will have to cancel class on Saturday. My sincere apologies. I do wish one or more Feldenkrais teachers / practitioners would move to our area!

As an alternative, you are welcome to come to class Tues noon at 250 Bell or Thurs 5 pm at the Reno Buddhist Ctr. 

You can use the contact form on this site to let me know if you have questions. 

I am continuing an awareness focus on increasing whole body flexibility, easier movement and balance, counterbalance and general fitness/wellness. All of these  lead to pain and tension relief and, of course, better health and more comfortable, confident living.  Hope to see you soon!

Saturday 10 am class will continue at 250 Bell St., on March 30 and April 13th.  Meanwhile ...

Best wishes and love, 
Carole 

A wonderful resource for calm, centered responses to daily life.

Dear Students and Friends, 

Practicing quietude, meditation and any form of self-awareness helps us to build up a better subconscious response to the physical and mental impacts of shock, large and small. 

Staying with the sensation of the body helps us ground and occupy our physical space in a way that supports better emotional and mental health. We work on this in every Feldenkrais class. Self-awareness increases your ability to stay with yourself and our wandering attention as we practice meditation.

Here, I am sharing a short video from Feldenkrais and nature, brain-body specialist, Annie Thoe, with her permission. She has many wonderful short ATMs you can do on her youtube channel. These are a great resource, especially when you aren't able to attend a Feldenkrais class, but want or need support for mental, emotional and of course, physical stability. We need such resources in the midst of the world we now live.  

Annie has this to say about her video: "This quick video has a powerful Sensory Awareness lesson based on the Feldenkrais Method® using hands to create mental and physical balance.  [Instructor Annie Thoe, Feldenkrais Practitioner demonstrates a technique using your hands with a mind-body approach to "shift" the mental space your are in to a place of better balance, calmness and serenity.]" 



Meanwhile, continue to keep your feet on the ground and stay in touch with your skeletal support so the rest of you can stabilize too.  You can use this simple exercise from last month's newsletter to help you do it, even as you stand in line waiting. No one will really notice. 

1. Stand and notice which leg and foot you stand on more. Shift your weight from foot to foot. Feel the difference.
2. Visualize the lines of your legs, from your feet to knees, to your pelvis.
3. Wiggle your toes, feel how the bones in your feet and ankles provide support for the rest of your body.
4. Notice gravity coming through the bones in your feet; practice standing with pressure on different parts of your feet. Hold onto something for stability; keep your movements small and slow.
5. Revisit these skeletal connections often and re-experience them.

Our connection as a community of learning, growing and caring people is our best resource for staying in touch with the deeper meaning of our daily lives. You may call me to discuss your situation or reach me easily via the contact form on my Renofeldenkrais.blogspot.com website. 

Hope to see you in class soon. 

Best wishes and love, Carole

Feldenkrais® -- Freeing the feet, hips, neck, spine, shoulders, brain. Class this week, March 5 thru 9th, 2019

BODY, BRAIN & BALANCE

Our Awareness Through Movement® class this week is an extension and expansion of last week's wonderful lesson, and a gentle wake up call for the whole body. It is a wonderful lesson for anyone who has had joint replacement surgery anywhere in the body. The class is also related to my recent post on facebook, 'Freeing the Hips' by Cathy Paine. 

The initial focus is on working sensitively but clearly with the feet and legs, tracking the movement through the rest of the body, especially shoulders and neck, and then coordinating movement of the head. The coordinated sequences help to activate refinement in our motor skills, while freeing and release muscles. 

The work also creates a greatly enhanced platform of balance for the body. The lesson also softens our use of force through our hands, wrists and arms, as we gently roll the head with our hand/arm instead the neck, keeping our attention spread throughout. 

At the same time, the work with the head also allows a release of the muscles along both sides of the cervical spine and into the shoulders.  

Additional work with the arms, arm pits, spine and upper chest make this a whole body lesson in the best Feldenkraisian sense. 

The work of the feet connecting into the hip joints also initiates release and organization from the feet, ankles, knees and legs below. All in all, it is an extraordinary lesson of great richness and nuance.. 

Next classes are Thurs. 5 pm at the Reno Buddhist Center, and Sat. 10 am. at 250 Bell St. Please use the contact form above to reach me if you have questions or are new, or to receive the class handout. 

Hope to see you soon!
Carole

Carole Bucher, BA, GCFP
Reno Feldenkrais Integrative Movement

What the Feldenkrais Method® stands for, literally.

Your skeleton provides basic human functional strength and when aligned well, allows your muscles to also function appropriately, meaning to pull in a balanced way through joints, minimized spasms and pain.

As you learn to feel yourself skeletally in movement, you will discover what your movement patterns and habits are-- the ways you use your body that most likely contribute negatively to issues or concerns you are experiencing now.

Once you know how you move, what those patterns feel like, you can learn to sense when your body is or is heading in a direction of misalignment.  You can learn movements that will permit you to realign yourself gently, over time, so that the alignment and your movement patterns are synchronized, your body more balanced and stable and you have less pain.

If you would like to attend Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® classes or have questions about your situation, the Feldenkrais Method® or Functional Integration®, my training, or related, please contact me using the form at the top right hand side of this page.  I will send you a class handout, or set up an informational telephone appointment, or get back to you via email.

You can also find me on facebook at Reno Feldenkrais Integrative Movement, Carole Bucher, and https://www.meetup.com/Reno-Feldenkrais-Awareness-Through-Movement-classes/.

Happy, comfortable moving!
Carole

Carole Bucher, BA, GCFP
Renofeldenkrais.blogspot.com