Vivian Best, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner

Vivian Best, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner Awareness Through Movement® and Functional Integration® Lessons (Feldenkrais Method®) taught by Vivian Best in
Austin, Texas

Vivian Best is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®. In 2009, while attending the first segment of her training in Chicago, she was inspired to start a project called "Give It Fresh Today," which collects donations of fresh local produce at the farmer's markets for use in meals that feed the hungry. The project collects over 1500 pounds of food a month from Blaisdell, KCC, Kailua and Windwa

rd Mall Markets. Vivian has explored many movement traditions from yoga and ballet, to West African, modern, and flamenco, but her passion is for partnered dancing. She has been an avid swing and blues dancer since 1999, is an instructor for the Hawaii Jitterbugs and blues workshop organizer. She is a gifted educator at Kahala Elementary who also tutors and teaches classes for children and adults in creative arts, ecoliteracy, and lindyhop. Recognized by Pacific Business News as one of Hawai'i's "40 Under 40," and the Honolulu Star Advertiser as one of "10 Who Made a Difference" in 2010 for her work in the community, Vivian loves sharing about the Feldenkrais Method® and believes it can inspire positive change, building awareness and hope for inspired action!

Newest review of my Awareness Through Movement class from a ClassPass participant!Classes are a great way to learn to be...
07/29/2024

Newest review of my Awareness Through Movement class from a ClassPass participant!

Classes are a great way to learn to be ok with “boredom” so that we can support comfortable movement and make improvements!

So often in Awareness Through Movement classes we talk about constraints and play with what becomes possible when we wor...
07/12/2024

So often in Awareness Through Movement classes we talk about constraints and play with what becomes possible when we work with those constraints.

This is a lovely talk about the relationship between constraints and creativity!

Hope you enjoy it too!

Phil Hansen is a multimedia artist who works at the intersection of traditional visual art, pointillism, and offbeat techniques. He is most widely known for ...

Come join me for an Awareness Through Movement class on Solstice over Zoom! See you tomorrow June 20 at 4:30pm ET/ 3:30P...
06/19/2024

Come join me for an Awareness Through Movement class on Solstice over Zoom!

See you tomorrow June 20 at 4:30pm ET/ 3:30PM CT! Register at the link below! :)

Celebrate the summer solstice through gentle Feldenkrais movement and guided reflection on the light we carry within with Vivian Best. This nourishing event will use mindful movements to awaken graceful presence as we connect with our inner sources of warmth and resilience. Bask in the radiant solst...

I’ve been delighting in giving sessions at Studio 103 in Far West!  I’ve set my table up in a different space every time...
03/11/2024

I’ve been delighting in giving sessions at Studio 103 in Far West!

I’ve set my table up in a different space every time!

Let me know if you’d like to schedule a Functional Integration session!

02/27/2024

Excited to be teaching on Wednesday mornings at 10am at Myo for the next few months! Come join me for Awareness Through Movement!

I feel blessed to work with clients in such a beautiful restorative space! 🙂Today I worked with a young woman diagnosed ...
12/20/2023

I feel blessed to work with clients in such a beautiful restorative space! 🙂

Today I worked with a young woman diagnosed with fibromyalgia and POTS. What a joy to offer her tools for rest and comfort! What a delight to help support someone feel a sense of wonder in their body! 🙂

Love teaching at Myo and hope you’ll join me for a class or private session in the new year!

Come join me for my next class on Saturday, October 28 from 5-6pm!  If you've never been to Myo, come be my guest!  I ca...
10/15/2023

Come join me for my next class on Saturday, October 28 from 5-6pm!

If you've never been to Myo, come be my guest! I can leave a pass for you at the front desk!

Come join me for class tonight at Myo! If you’ve never been to a class at Myo before, I can offer you a free class pass!...
10/14/2023

Come join me for class tonight at Myo!

If you’ve never been to a class at Myo before, I can offer you a free class pass!

Just let me know that you’re coming so that I can leave one for you!

What I find myself telling people who have never taken an Awareness Through Movement class before, is that we all feel s...
10/01/2023

What I find myself telling people who have never taken an Awareness Through Movement class before, is that we all feel so much more in our bodies than we ever give words to.

There are all the subtle sensations that we tune out, from the sensations of breathing and the pulsing of blood, to the feelings of care and inspiration to the subtle cues of relaxation and peacefulness in our bodies.

Very rarely are we invited to enjoy and listen for impulses, for curiosities, for the differences that may just make the difference in how we live and feel about our lives.

I delight in teaching these weekly classes at Myo on Saturday nights. I hope you'll join me sometime!

Photo is of a grasshopper who showed up on my okra plant this week!

Come join me for class tomorrow at Myo! If you’ve never been to a class at Myo before, I can offer you a free class pass...
09/29/2023

Come join me for class tomorrow at Myo!

If you’ve never been to a class at Myo before, I can offer you a free class pass!

Just let me know that you’re coming so that I can leave one for you!

Come join me for Awareness Through Movement this Saturday!
05/12/2023

Come join me for Awareness Through Movement this Saturday!

Categories How to slow down properly 1. Make time in your day for idleness (especially when there’s a lot to do).  2. Limit your exposure to seriousness. Try laughing. If that’s too difficult, start with giggling. 3. Never waste an opportunity to get comfortable.  4. Have a cup of tea. Put you...

I'm excited to announce that I'll be offering in-person classes again starting 4/22 at Myo Austin! (https://myoaustin.co...
04/17/2023

I'm excited to announce that I'll be offering in-person classes again starting 4/22 at Myo Austin! (https://myoaustin.com).

Please check the schedule and sign-up through their mindbody site! I'll be teaching 4/22, 5/13, 20, 27, 6/10, 17, and 7/1!

Awareness Through Movement classes are great opportunities to let your mind and your body catch up to each other! Join u...
08/26/2022

Awareness Through Movement classes are great opportunities to let your mind and your body catch up to each other!

Join us on Fridays at 4pm CT over zoom!

maybe we’re not lost. maybe we’re just moving too fast.
(page 135 from ‘home body’)

The blank canvas of my morning!  Feeling deeply grateful for opportunities to touch others to enhance their lives. 🙂I’m ...
07/09/2022

The blank canvas of my morning!

Feeling deeply grateful for opportunities to touch others to enhance their lives. 🙂

I’m offering in-person Feldenkrais sessions again in South Austin! Let me know if you’d like to schedule a Functional Integration session!

In celebration of Peter Brooks' life, I'm teaching some of the lessons that he requested be taught to the actors of the ...
07/08/2022

In celebration of Peter Brooks' life, I'm teaching some of the lessons that he requested be taught to the actors of the Bouffes du Nord theater in 1973 by Moshe Feldenkrais over the next month.

I love that Brooks encouraged actors to reject cliché imitations of reality and to search for something more real in themselves.

Feldenkrais Method has always provided me with a place where I can feel into my own experience more deeply. I have always found Awareness Through Movement lessons such powerful ways to tap into my own intuition and hope you'll join me on Fridays! (11am HST / 2pm PT / 4pm CT / 5pm ET)

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMof-GurjMsGdLWd5d1cJeDm5aHnq7ywTjO

The director’s landmark achievements include a nine-hour Mahabharata, putting Shakespeare on trapezes and directing Olivier, Gielgud and Scofield at the RSC

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