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
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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 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: New term starting Friday Sept 6th
‘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: “Dynamic core” (description)
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: “Pushing, Pulling, Reaching” (description)
ONLINE (ZOOM):
Monday 7.30-8.30pm (UK)
Theme: ” Dynamic Core” same as Tues. (description)
Wednesday 10-11 am (UK)
Theme: “Neck and Shoulders” (description)
NO CLASS WEDS 18TH SEPT
COST: £10.00 per class
For Zoom/payment links: Please contact Victoria
WORKSHOPS AUTUMN 2024
ONLINE
“TOWARDS BRIDGE”
Sunday 13th October 2-5pm
£30 LAST BOOKINGS NOW by email
In this 3 hour online workshop, we will use the theme to help find/re-find the possibilities of opening up the upper chest as well as the benefit to wrists and shoulders from going towards, or improving, the placing of the hands for support. 
The upper chest is an area where we often lose mobility, but it is crucial for an upright posture, support for the head and ease in the lower back and shoulders. An antidote to modern life with phones, chairs and computers, the lessons can help begin to look skywards – with all the improved mood that can bring!
Book by email
A little more information on what’s in this workshop
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IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS
Of interest to both the General Public and Performers
AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT -‘REACHING UP, REACHING OUT’
Saturday 16th November
11-4.30pm
at: THE CLOD ENSEMBLE’s STUDIO
C2, Design District, 3 Cripps Yard, Soames Walk, London SE10 0BQ
a few stops from London Bridge
£70/£45 concession
BOOKING NOW OPEN WITH EVENTBRITE HERE
This is the first in-person public Feldenkrais workshop in the Clod Ensemble’s beautiful space, just a few stops from London Bridge. The day will focus on how you use your arms in expansive ways, inviting you to slow down, and explore your patterns and habits, to sense where and how you reach easily, where you effort that bit more, push a little -or even strain – in ways you may not usually notice, without forcing through any places you experience difficulty. The process will enable you to feel how you can find variations and improvements in the fluid relationship of arms, shoulders, neck and back.
Through these lessons, you may also experience shifts in your posture, your sense of support from the ground and of the space around you, while any heightened sensitivity, ease and curiosity you develop may bring changes to the quality of your connection with others as well (including your connection with your co-performers and the audience if you dance or act.)
This is an opportunity for young, old, experienced movers and novice to take time to explore and discover together in depth – but at your own pace.
An introduction for those new to Feldenkrais and of interest to long-time devotees as well!
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WORKSHOPS FOR ACTORS
See the workshop just above, ‘Reaching up and Reaching Out’ on Nov 16th, for general public and performers at the Clod Ensemble’s beautiful space in South East London, not far form London bridge.
AND
LOOK OUT FOR 3-hour workshop at Scrum Theatre in West London in Feb or March 2025. details 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
cost £150
BOOKING OPEN NOW WITH EVENTBRITE HERE
After teaching her first advanced training in Amsteram this 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. Designed for newer or returning practitioners (but open to all!), 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?
- Why might we want to choose a lesson lying on the front? What does it enable?
- How can we address all these questions by exploring FI (and ATM) lessons lying on the back or side instead?
Of course two days is too short to cover everything, but we will delve into as much as we can through discussion and sharing ideas as well as practice. And of course there is always the next workshop…
The workshop is open to qualified Feldenkrais Practitioners & those in their 4th year of professional Feldenkrais Practioner training (including Sussex 12 trainees as they will be almost 4th year!).
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