A Sense of Movement

15/09/2024

Nearly there...

HI! Your journey into the joys of Awareness Through Movement are is starting soon. The first online class is at 7pm on Tuesday 24th Sept. The link to my professional Zoom room is at the bottom of this email. There will be an email on the day as a last reminder. That first lesson is a gorgeous one to...

15/08/2024

Now the season of lessons for the autumn is loaded on here. See Events.
They are scheduled for the wrong time as I am in the States atm, and so when I get back to the UK, they will convert naturally to the 7pm BST/GMT I am hoping for.

See you in the fall!

14/08/2024

Are you looking for a way of exercising your mind, body and soul that is intelligent, playful and deeply beneficial? Well I may just have the right stuff for you. As of September I will back to teaching Awareness Through Movement. ( Feldenkrais Method) To start with once a week on Zoom. Lessons to improve your posture, movement, breathing and thinking. Too good to be true? No! It’s just very clever. It works on the simple idea that the more awareness you have of what you actually do, the more your nervous system wants to help you do whatever it is more easily. And the more easily you achieve things the more space opens up to develop skills in areas you had hitherto not even known about. It’s win, win, win! Develop your curiosity to find deeper happiness. All welcome. Just click on the Zoom link when the time comes, and I’ll let you in. All you need is a space on the floor and a willingness to slow down for a bit and the world is literally…still the world, but you’ll feel a bit better about it. Promise,Tuesday evenings at 7pm BST, and then GMT. 45 minutes. Lush.

31/08/2023

Hi.
I’m off to France for a month.
It’s a working break.
I will be firstly doing a week-long workshop with Joiner and -Anne Jemmett with Travelling Theatre. From then on I will be going to Quinson in Provence to work on a clown juggling street theatre piece with the help of legendary BP ZOOM. It’s been 30 years in the waiting and now I am going to push it to the top of my to do list and actually perform it. Watch this space! 😬🤡🤩
I am going to off socials for the month and when I return offer up an exciting new package for those of you who want to practice Feldenkrais with me as well as continue training to prepare myself physically and vocally for a return to performance both on stage and in the street in 2024. I will also be building up to the publication of Shakespeare and Lecoq written by myself and Rokison-Woodall. I hope to persuade as many of you as possible to buy a copy. Although the title sounds niche, the book will be of interest to anyone who is interested in the creative process as well as actors, directors and teachers.
Have a great month my friends.

30/06/2023

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I have a confession to make. It is an addiction. Something that was introduced to my life as a pre-teen and still persists. I am a golfer! Why the hullaballoo? Well, golf and the people who, mainly, play it do not have a great reputation amongst my colleagues and followers. I am not going to dwell o...

29/06/2023

A wonderful and I unexpected encounter with one of my sporting heroes. A man with what is commonly thought to be one of the best movements in the game. But does he move well away from the ball…? To find out go to the blog on my website.

28/06/2023

This work is great.
It will reboot and inspire you on a number of levels.
I’m hoping to go back for more!!

The next Introduction to Authentic Movement workshop in Norfolk! Co-teaching with Melanie is such a pleasure for me. Come join us, and touch the essence of ourselves through this practice.

22/06/2023

Had a superb time yesterday refreshing my somatic soul with .willsher.9 and .of.the.day in Norfolk yesterday. We were doing or as it sometimes referred to “trusting the invisible”. They led the day with great skill and humanity and I felt inspired and moved to open myself up to the world inside and outside of me as a result. Deeply nourishing stuff. And in case you’ve not heard of it, Authentic Movement came out of dance therapy in the 60s. It involves closing your eyes and moving or being moved though the space or in stillness asking you to attend to your inner witness for an allotted period of time. We did 20 mins and then 30 mins. You then get a chance to process via words, meditation or drawing before talking through a moment whilst the leader “witnesses” and shares back what they noticed about the same moment. Great fun and ( in the true sense of the word).

22/06/2023

Daily movement sessions with Ed are now available. movement with Ed. Today’s is a very gentle ankle work out.

23/09/2022

A new season of Isolation Consolation is starting at 9am BST over on Facebook. Come and join me and the 2000 members of the group to win that chance of feeling calmer, better and more curious than ever. Just go to Facebook. Pop the words isolation and consolation into the search bar, and I will be live st 9am. If you are not a member of the group then simply join it! See you in a bit. ( In fact for isolation consolation you can see me but I can’t see you!) that actually makes it more relaxing-you do your thing and I won’t know!! You have to join The Flourishing Human if you want to do Feldenkrais with me and be seen! I will explain that in here soon. X

01/08/2022

Top tip for Edinburgh!

I had a small part to play in a terrific new play by Sam Potter going to the Pleasance called The Unicorn.
It is brilliantly acted by the multi-roling, Georgie Litman and beautifully directed by Anthony Lee.

It’s on at 6.30 pm at The Green ( Pleasance)-same venue as the excellent Ben Moor earlier in the day.

I did a day’s movement/actor coaching on this show and it was in all my 30 years as a theatre professional about the most enjoyable days work ever. Georgie was incredibly open, brave and responsive. Anthony is a wonderful collaborator and Sam said at lunch that she wished I was there whenever she wrote-so I must have been doing something right!! 😊

I saw the finished product a few weeks later in preview in Oxford and can report back, hand on heart, that this is a great way to spend an hour of your Edinburgh time. It’s grown up, meticulously performed and treads a very interesting line between s*x, and s*xy.

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31/05/2022

This is a wonderful way to do more Feldenkrais, and open it up as a possible new career! I did; so can you! 😀

SUSSEX 12 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME – STILL ACCEPTING STUDENTS:

Our Suss*x 12 training has now begun. We had a wonderful first segment in April and have a lovely and interesting group of students. The training is nearly full, however, we do have space for a few more students.

Those interested in training with us, are welcome to join Suss*x 12 on 10th – 13th June 2022 for their second segment, as an introduction to this training. After this they are then welcome to submit an application form to Suss*x 12.

If you have any students or know anyone who is interested in training to become a Feldenkrais practitioner, please send them in our direction at office@feldenkrais-itc.com for more information.


Warmest wishes,

Garet and Marianne