Curriculum

Angel teaching an advanced Feldenkrais training

Rather than being addressed as independent courses, the following subjects will be integrated to the practice of Awareness Through Movement®, Functional Integration®, group discussion or group process , live and recorded lectures and demonstration (recording of Dr. Feldenkrais):

• Feldenkrais pedagogy
• Awareness Through Movement
• Functional Integration
• Biomechanics and functional anatomy
• Practical elements of neuroscience and dynamic system theory
• Developmental movement
• Pathology related to somatic education
• Elements of communication science
• Creativity and self expression
• Professional ethics and business practice

Angel teaching FI at an advanced Feldenkrais training

Objectives of Training

• Enhance sensory awareness
• Develop motor skills: intention, initiation, orientation, timing, coordination
• Improve skill for self-observation and observation of others
• Learn both theoretical and practical aspects of the Feldenkrais Method
• Link the theory and principles of the Feldenkrais Method to concrete instruction of Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration
• Acquire practical training in touching, teaching & taking the Method into the world
• Learn how to use yourself more efficiently to enhance tactile sensitivity
• Understand the common dynamics of Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration
• Understand how to create conditions for ideal learning processes
• Acquire fundamental notions of child development and evolution of movement
• Understand basic anatomical and biomechanical principles of action
• Develop independent, creative, flexible thinking and acting habits
• Learn how to communicate functional thinking, verbally and non verbally