• 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

Best wishes to you and yours
Sarah

‘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.

‘The other main symptom that is nearly universal in fibromyalgia is fatigue.
People feel like their plug has been pulled from the wall.’

I’ve included the link so that you can listen to the podcast or read the transcript with the following in mind:
There are many articles, recordings and opinions available from websites and in publications. You should verify the accuracy and appropriateness of any information for your individual circumstances.

More on fibromyalgia soon.

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

More details

Experiences of chronic back pain in adults and

the Feldenkrais Method

Participants required

Jodie Krantz, Project advisor, Australian Feldenkrais Guild WA Inc., and
Dr Judith Pugh, Chief investigator, Research associate, School of nursing, midwifery and postgraduate medicine, Edith Cowan University, are asking:

‘What is the experience of chronic back pain for adults learning Awareness Through Movement (ATM) in the Feldenkrais Method?’

Dr Pugh is recruiting participants for this phenomenological project and can be contacted:

by phone on 08 6304 3473
by email at j.pugh@ecu.edu.au

Please contact Dr Pugh if you are interested in participating or have any questions regarding this research project.

fibro means fibre

my means muscle

algia means pain

So fibromyalgia is pain in the muscles, ligaments and tendons.

People with fibromyalgia tend to have chronic or prolonged pain, are abnormally sensitive to touch and have super-sensitive ‘tender-points’ in their muscles.

In Julia’s story she says

“I was a sufferer of Fibromyaliga, a condition made up of chronic pain and chronic fatigue. I sought relief through [Feldenkrais] and found this method to be one of the only forms of treatment effective at reducing my pain.

My sessions gave me not only pain relief, but reduced tension, greater clarity and ease of movement, heightened awareness, easier breathing and reduced anxiety/stress levels.”

Read Julia’s story

The chronic fatigue Julia mentions can be caused by poor or disturbed sleep.

Clients with fibromyalgia often say ‘I wake up feeling more tired than when I went to bed’.

Living with pain and other symptoms can also be wearing and a cause fatigue in themselves.

Other symptoms can be:

• stiffness
• headache
• nausea
• anxiety
• depression
• difficulty concentrating
• poor memory
• irritable bowel and/or bladder
• numbness or tingling in the hands and/or feet
• facial pain
• jaw pain
• restless legs

Many people with fibromyalgia have mild symptoms which may be reversible.

The symptoms present, how bad they are, and the interaction between them, can differ between people and even in the same person over time.

More on fibromyalgia soon.

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

Lengthen hamstrings and spine class details