Best wishes for the holidays!
My practice will be closed
from Friday 23 December 2011
and will reopen
on Thursday 12 January 2012.
The practice phone, email and PO box will be unattended over the holidays.
You are welcome to make contact by using the contact form below.
Alternatively, voice mail and sms messages are possible on 0418 606 683.
All messages will be collected on January 12 and responded to as soon as possible after that.
Move well, be well
Sarah
Archive for the ‘What’s new?’ Category
Closed until 12 January 2012
December 23rd, 2011 by SarahPractice closed until July 4
June 3rd, 2011 by SarahMy practice is closed and will re-open on Monday 4 July 2011.
During this time the Moveasy email and mobile phone will be unattended.
Classes restart at
- 6.30pm Tuesday 26 July and
- 9.30am Wednesday 27 July
More information about classes
If you would like to send an email, requesting an appointment, please use the contact form below and I will respond after July 4.
Best wishes
Sarah
Tell-tale brain Ramachandran
February 9th, 2011 by SarahLeonard Lopate talks with Dr V. S. Ramachandran on WNYC (public radio station in New York City) about his new book
The tell-tale brain: A neuroscientist’s quest for what makes us human.
Like Oliver Sacks and Norman Doige, Ramachandran uses case studies to explain how our brain evolves, develops and changes.
I enjoyed listening to the case studies in the interview and have ordered the book – anticipating more interesting reading!
‘No one is better than V. S. Ramachandran at combining minute, careful observation with ingenious experiments and bold, adventurous theorizing. The Tell-Tale Brain is Ramachandran at his best, a profoundly intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain.’ Oliver Sacks (quoted at Amazon.com)
Go to WNYC site & podcast. Also available through iTunes.
ATM book classes
February 3rd, 2011 by Sarah
Awareness through movement (ATM) book lessons
Autumn 2011
Once again I’ll be teaching from one of Moshe Feldenkrais’s easiest to read book Awareness through movement – one class a week for 12 weeks.
This classic series encourages body and mind to work together.
Attend class and experience:
- Improved posture
- Better breathing
- Increased vitality
- Clearer thinking
- Greater awareness
New classes start February 2011
January 27th, 2011 by SarahLengthening hamstrings and spine classes are back!
This summer Lengthening hamstrings and spine will have a special focus on balance and locomotion.
- Balance better
- Bend comfortably
- Walk freely
- Reach further
- Stand well
Embodied wisdom
January 25th, 2011 by SarahA new book
Embodied wisdom: The collected papers of Moshe Feldenkrais
is now available.
Editor, Elizabeth Beringer, has collected a collection of articles and interviews, by and with, Moshe Feldenkrais between 1964 and 1981.
Elizabeth notes that these writings comprise all of the generally unavailable, and mostly unpublished, of Moshe’s shorter works.
“I believe that the unity of mind and body is an objective reality.
They are not just parts somehow related to each other, but an inseparable whole while functioning.
A brain without a body could not think … the muscles themselves are part and parcel of our higher functions.”
from the article ‘Mind and body’ 1964
More importantly, the articles are easy to read and give concise descriptions of the Feldenkrais Method from differing perspectives.
My favourite aspect is the photographs of a younger Moshe in different environments, such as in judo uniform and being thrown by his sister.
Practice re-opens Wedneday 12 January
January 6th, 2011 by SarahBest wishes for 2011!
I’m back in Perth and ready for work.
(My trip home went very well. Thanks for your kind messages and support.)
There are appointments available from Wednesday 12 January.
If you’d like to make an appoinment, call or sms 0418 606 683.
Please advise days and/or times that suit you.
Bobath: Standing balance
November 6th, 2010 by SarahSarah attended a Bobath Normal Movement Course at Swan Districts Hospital recently.
The two day course covered standing balance from the perspective of the Bobath Concept and was run by the Australian Physiotherapy Association as part of their continuing education program for registered physiotherapists.
International Bobath Instructors Association defines the Bobath Concept as a problem-solving approach to the assessment and treatment of individuals with disturbances of function, movement and postural control due to a lesion of the central nervous system (IBITA 1996, Panturin 2001, Brock et al 2002, Raine 2006).
This approach to the rehabilitation of adults with central nervous system (CNS) pathology originated in the work of Berta and Karel Bobath and has evolved over more than 50 years. The rationale for current practice is based partly upon present-day knowledge of motor control, motor learning, neural and muscle plasticity, and biomechanics. It is also based upon the experience of expert clinicians and takes client needs and expectations into account (Sackett 2000). International Bobath Instructors Association
While Bobath evolved to assist adults with CNS problems, this approach is also used to help people to improve functional capacity, at any age, from birth onwards.
Sarah has attended other Bobath workshops and worked with three of Perth’s most experienced Bobath trained physiotherapists, in stroke rehabilitation and early intervention for infants with cerebral palsy.
She currently uses these skills and experience to work with clients with pain, movement and neurological problems in her private practice.
Road works – Nicholson & Herbert Rd
November 3rd, 2010 by SarahThe City of Subiaco started road improvement works at the intersection between Nicholson Road and Herbert Road today.
The works will include road widening and kerbing modifications at the north-west and southern corners of the intersection. Pedestrian islands will also be installed.
I have been advised that the works will take approximately two weeks to complete, subject to unforeseen delays and favourable weather conditions.
While the works are in progress part of the footpath will be closed and pedestrians will need to allow extra time to allow the detour.
The speed limit has been reduced near the works and I suggest allowing some extra time to drive to your appointment.
Parking adjacent to the works will not be allowed, however parking near the studio should still be easy.
