Lessons in Movement

01/09/2025

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻!

Join us for mindful movement classes designed to help you move with greater ease and skill.

We all have movement habits that we don't even notice - some are helpful and some can work against us or even cause pain. Come along to explore old habits and find new possibilities that improve posture, breathing, performance and help reduce pain.

𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗿.

A limited number of one-to-one sessions are also available.

27/07/2025

𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸!

This Monday, 28th July, we will be running our last group class for the summer. 🌞 Hope you can join us!

There will still be a limited number of one-to-ones available in August so please get in touch.

13/06/2025

Do you suffer from a sore back, stiff neck or other aches and pains? Do you find yourself seizing up after sitting at the computer or after standing for a time? Do old nagging pains stop you from doing what you would like to?

Try our Feldenkrais movement classes! Gentle and mindful, designed to help restore mobility and relaxation, expand your range of comfortable movement and help find ways to reduce pain. If you would prefer not to join a group class, one-to-ones are also available.

https://lessonsinmovement.co.uk/

20/05/2025

Please note that there are no classes week commencing 26 May.

We are back the following week, on Monday 2 June!

26/04/2025

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱!

Come along and learn to move more easily and skillfully, to improve your posture and to reduce pain that may be limiting your activities.

In our Feldenkrais classes we explore movement in a gentle, mindful and practical way helping you find more freedom to enjoy doing what you love to do. Move in to spring with more bounce in your step!

Mondays evenings at 7.40 til 8.40pm
We also now have availability for one-to-one sessions

All at the Sage Yoga Studio in Belper

Find out more and book https://lessonsinmovement.co.uk
and more about one-to-ones https://lessonsinmovement.co.uk/feldenkrais-one-to-one-classes

08/04/2025

𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀

Please note that there is no Tuesday class on 15 April and no Monday class on 21 April.

The classes on Monday 14 and Tuesday 22 April are still on. See you then!

28/03/2025

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀!

Find more pleasurable ways to do the things you want to do; from sporting activities, dancing and yoga to just getting up and down, walking or weeding the garden! A relaxed, mindful and practical way to explore your movement and increase ability and skill.

The new Monday evening Feldenkrais class starts 7 April at 7.40pm. We also have the Tuesday morning class at 10am and some availability for one-to-ones. All at the lovely Sage Yoga Studio in Belper.

Book now at https://lessonsinmovement.co.uk

Learn to move with greater ease & efficiency; improve posture, balance & coordination with the Feldenkrais method. A practical somatic way to better movement.

24/02/2025

"𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗱𝗼, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴."

Habits can be useful things. Without them we would have to decide how to do everything each time we did it! Not only which hand should I use to open a door but which part of the hand to touch the door with, how high to lift the arm, which foot to put forward and so on. We would not get much accomplished in a day...

A habit is a sign of something we have learned well and we all have a vast number of them -- from a favoured hand to open a door right down to how we take each breath. But when we have no alternative to our habitual action, when we can't do a thing differently, it is a compulsion. Sometimes a thing is so well learned that we do not even realise that there is an alternative. Many habits are very useful, essential even, but others may have outlived there usefulness and can hold us back or cause pain and injury over time.

Examining our movement habits is a fundamental part of a Feldenkrais class. Discover different ways that you can perform basic functions like standing, reaching, walking and more. In discovering alternatives we can release ourselves from compulsion and develop choice and freedom in our actions. We can stop doing the things that prevent us from doing more.

https://lessonsinmovement.co.uk


*Apologies for the lack of attribution for this quote - I found it in a note I'd written on a scrap of paper. I think it may be from one of the authors in the book "The Feldenkrais Method" by Staffan Elgelid and Chrish Kresge.

13/02/2025

Half-term break...
Please note that there won't be a class Tuesday 18th February.
See you on the 25th!

08/02/2025

Hi, would you like to improve the way you move?

Our Feldenkrais classes are now up and running at the Sage Yoga Studio in Belper, helping you learn to find more ease, efficiency and grace in the way you move.

Come and try a class -- Tuesday mornings 10 til 11!

13/01/2025

Hi I'm Jon, I’ve just moved to Belper with my partner and our son, and we’re really happy here. A lovely place to live, lots of interesting things going on and a warm welcome – thank you Belper!

My contribution to the (hopefully!) interesting things going on: I’m a fully qualified, guild certified Feldenkrais practitioner and will be teaching movement classes for people looking to improve posture, balance, coordination, their general well being and movement.

Our classes are focused on learning to clarify and refine your connection to yourself and your movement and help find easier, more pleasurable ways to do the things that you want to do. Whether that’s dancing, yoga, running and other sporting activities or just getting up and down, out and about walking or reaching for a tin of beans from a high shelf!

We’re at the Sage Yoga Studio at the Derwentside Shopping Mill in Belper on Tuesdays 10-11 am, starting Tuesday 21st January. We have some promotional discounts available in January and February, 25% off your first four-class pass or 50% of your first drop in class, so come give it a go.

Classes are a friendly, non-competitive environment where each person can work through carefully structured movement experiments within their own level of comfort.

There’s more information about classes and booking on our website or feel free to get in touch with any questions.
https://lessonsinmovement.co.uk

15/12/2024

"𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴. When you learn how to do something, you must do less than you are able to do. When you 'do' you must be able to do it quickly, powerfully with everything good. When you learn, it is not the same thing. It is not 'to do.'" -- Moshe Feldenkrais

By doing less you have the opportunity to feel more. It seems obvious that it's hard to spot a candle being lit on a bright sunny day but easy in a darkened room; hard to hear a whisper at a loud concert but easy in a quiet room. It is the same with sensing our movement. When you make large efforts and strain it is harder to notice the small differences in effort between one movement and the next. During Feldenkrais lessons we aim to make finer and finer distinctions in our movement and therefore must give ourselves the chance to do so. Do less to notice more.

In the lessons, rather than simply "doing" something we are learning to improve the way we move. Then when it is time to "do" something we will be able to do it better.