SCHEDULE
Below you will find:
-One-to-one sessions: in-person and online
-Weekly classes: 2 on zoom and 2 in the room
-Workshops : in person and online
for everyone, and for actors
-Ways to pay,
– Disclaimer
– A few free recordingsWant to keep up with what I’m doing?
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Please note that if you book a one-to-one session or a series of 6 classes you must give 24 hours notice to cancel or postpone otherwise the full amount is payable.
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ONE-TO-ONE: IN-PERSON (Functional Integration) in London N8, UK
I am currently open Tuesdays to Fridays.
PLEASE NOTE WINTER BREAK FROM 21st DEC 2024 to JAN 6TH 2025
Please wear: long trousers and long sleeves, loose enough to move (for your comfort on the table)
Covid protocol:
– you do not need to sign a form or wear a mask, but, as always, please do not come if you are unwell (even a sniffle) or might be coming down with something.
-currently I still wear a mask if asked (except for children), ventilate the room between sessions and have a high grade air purifier (hepa filter).
COST: £70 (discount available for low income) Sessions last about an hour.
FI ‘INTENSIVE’ : 4 FIs within 5 days
For some people this might be an interesting way to work and could create the conditions for a burst of improvement. After all Dr Feldenkrais worked that way often. However, as this is a more intensive way of working it is not suitable for all. Please contact Victoria to discuss. This is about intensive working so only available as 4 sessions within 7 days. NB It is subject to availability so best to book at least 2 weeks in advance.
COST: same as 4 sessions but with a 10% discount, not as a ‘special offer’ as it is not suitable for everyone, but more to honour the difficulty of paying for several sessions in such a short time. (low income price can be discussed.)
ONE-TO-ONE: ONLINE
Obviously this is not Functional Integration, because touch is not possible.
But some specific issues can be improved using tailored Awareness Through Movement.
COST: £60 for an hour
WEEKLY CLASSES 2024/5:
CLASSES START AGAIN on Monday 6th Jan 2025
Same days/times, venues or link for classes , but new themes for Jan/Feb are up now
‘Awareness Through Movement’ lessons offer you the opportunity to slow down and explore your own habits and patterns and to discover new possibilities and greater ease. Lessons can be small and detailed or larger and more dynamic.
These classes are stand alone so that you can drop-in as you wish (except Tuesday), but if you are able to come regularly you will get a more complete picture. The three themes interweave and overlap, so coming on more or different days works too.
The themes are often a bit more like starting points as I steer the choice and direction of lessons towards to the participants who come regularly, but that’s the advantage of a live weekly class rather than a fixed course!
IN PERSON
Tuesdays 7.45 – 8.45pm at The Haelan Centre (side entrance),
41 The Broadway, Crouch End London N8 8DT 
£72 for 6 classes contact victoria to book.
£14 drop in when available
Booking/paying in advance for 6 classes is required where possible (a lesson can be postponed with 24 hours notice minimum), but occasionally there are drop-in spaces too.
Theme for Jan/Feb: “Longer Hamstrings or Longer Reach?”
Fridays: 1.30-2.30pm
The Crouch End Fitness Centre, Elmfield Avenue N8 8SG) 
Studio 2 £10, drop in (book online or pay on the day at reception, card for now, cash will be possible soon)
Theme for Jan/Feb: “Improving Hips, Knees, Feet”
ONLINE (ZOOM):
Monday 7.30-8.30pm (UK)
Theme for Jan/Feb: “Longer Hamstrngs or Longer Reach ” same as Tues.
Wednesday 10-11 am (UK) 
Theme for Jan/Feb: “Lying to standing”
COST: £10.00 per class
For Zoom/payment links: Please contact Victoria
WORKSHOPS WINTER/SPRING 2025
ONLINE
“DYNAMIC BALANCE – stability in motion”
Dr.Feldenkrais was an engineer, a physicist, one of the first judo black belts in the west and founder of the Judo club of France. He developed a comprehensive understanding how we can organise ourselves efficiently to take our support from the ground and through the constantly changing constelation of our skeletal structure in movement. And he has left us his own unique way to explore and learn it for ourselves, enabling better balance, fluidity, power along with an improved sense of support and potential agency in the world.
So much is there to be discovered, from the structure and use of the foot and hip joints in relation to the ground; the counterbalancing of different parts of ourselves in movement (right down to fine discriminations in twists and bends of the spine) to the delicate adjustments of the head that rights itself to help maintain a steady visual field.
It is an enormous arena of self-study, but we will start with two 3 hour workshops and then go from there if there is interest in diving deeper. So:
2) Sunday March 9th 2-5pm GMT – we will approach some bigger rolling and lifting movements, mostly lying on the floor, to explore counterbalance and support in another way.
Links to the recordings will be made available – incl in this price (lessons only)
Book by emailing victoria
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IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS
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WORKSHOPS FOR ACTORS
Thurs 27th Feb
‘MESSING ABOUT WITH POWER AND STATUS’
Workshop for actors: John Wright x Victoria Worsley
How can you be powerful without trying, frail without acting?
What do we bring into the frame with us before we do anything?
With a unique combination of Feldenkrais movement explorations and archetypal masks, we’ll establish power and status. Through counter-mask we’ll mess about with undermining that status and find the comedy.
10am-5pm
at: Scene and Heard, 128a Chalton St, London NW1 1RX
booking inquiries
Sat 5th April 2025 3-hour workshop for actors at Scrum Theatre in West London DETAILS AND BOOKING TO COME
ADVANCED TRAININGS FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS ONLY
“TOWARDS LYING ON THE FRONT”
Saturday 8th – Sunday 9th February (2 days) 2025
11:00 – 17:00
at, The Clod Ensemble, C2, Design District, 3 Cripps Yard, Soames Walk, London SE10 0BQ
cost £150
BOOKING WITH EVENTBRITE HERE
After teaching in Amsteram last year, this is the first of a new series of advanced trainings for professional practitioners with Victoria in the Clod Ensemble’s beautiful space just a few stops from London Bridge. The series will offer opportunities to refresh, clarify, practice and improve the fundamentals of your Functional Integration practice – in both strategy and technique – and consider the relationship to Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lessons as well.
Lessons lying on the front offer us many possibilities for learning, but often we have students who find lying on the front difficult, uncomfortable or simply not possible for different reasons. Often we have to adapt, think how to find those possibilities in other positions.
So in this first two-day workshop we will address the preliminary questions:
- What can make this a difficult position for our students? How can we make it easier through lessons lying on the back or side?
- Why might we want to choose a lesson lying on the front? What does it enable? Can we address some of those questions lying on the back or side first?
Of course two days is too short to cover everything, but we will delve into themes like turning the head, the relationship of the hip joints and lower back and see how things develop.
The workshop is open to qualified Feldenkrais Practitioners & those in their 4th year of professional Feldenkrais Practioner training only.
For more information head to: www.feldenkraisworks.co.uk
To contact Victoria, email: vicmworsley@gmail.com
What to bring?
- A mat or blanket (We have a limited number at the studio if needed)
- Table and rollers: we will have a few only, so please bring if you can.
WAYS TO PAY
Nb please check details and do not pay me for any workshops hosted by others eg The John Wright School, Shapes in Motion (or advanced trainings abroad).
-via Paypal -address to use: feldenkraisworksvw@gmail.com
-via internet banking: please ask for details
DISCLAIMER
The Feldenkrais Method is a learning method, inviting you to go gently, slowly and to feel and notice what you do and adapt – not to push, strain or try hard. Part of its aim is to enable you to take care of yourself rather than have to always rely on the outside intervention of a teacher.
Please note that while I do my best to keep students safe, classes are always at your own risk, especially online where I cannot see you as well as in-person. You will need to be able to get up and down from the floor (super slowly is fine!) and to lie on the floor.
If you have a medical condition and are unsure, please consult a doctor. For anything else please contact Victoria.
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FREE SHORT RECORDINGS
I have made a series of short lessons from 30-40 minutes long which are up on my vimeo and are embedded The lessons cover aspects of life that seemed important during the Lockdown, (and continue to be!). They were selected for being calming as well:
- eyes, hand, arms, shoulders, neck – for so much phone and computer use being online.
- breathing – we all need good lung capacity!
You will need enough space to lie down on the floor (on a mat or blanket). Have a towel or blanket that you can fold to put under your head if you need it rather than a soft cushion or pillow as these tend to prevent your head from moving.
Please be sure to do these lessons gently, carefully and stop if anything hurts or strains. I am not there to help keep you safe, so it will be up to you to look after yourself.
Lesson 1: Hands and EyesLesson 2: Softer Hands, Easier Shoulders
Lesson 3: Making Space for the Breath
Lesson 4: Corkscrew for the Ribs, Breath and Eyes
Lesson 5: See-Saw Breathing and Twisting