BEAT THE ‘JANUARY BLUES’ WITH AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT®

Carmel Neale

A series of sensory motor learning lessons.

Carmel Neale is an accredited Feldenkrais Practitioner registered with the Feldenkrais Guild UK.

Have you got the weight of the world on your shoulders? Would you like to get something off your chest? Are you on your knees? What do all these phrases have in common?

They point to places where we commonly carry our stress. Our mood and our posture are intimately connected. When we experience a particular emotional state, this is reflected in our muscular tone. Maybe we've developed habits because of injury or things that have happened to us growing up. We might go on to develop this habit of holding too much tension and stress and get stuck there until we discover another option.

So how can we feel more comfortable and easier in our lives? When we find comfort and ease in movement, the movement becomes comfortable and easy!

One begets the other...doing an Awareness Through Movement® lesson has a mood-lifting effect. When we sense and feel our mood has improved, we can then learn how to build resilience in our emotional awareness. In sensory motor learning, we're using movements to learn, not movements to exercise, but to change, develop or clarify new patterns of action and feeling.

Our brains are highly evolved to sense and feel differences so the work here is to sense and feel these differences in our movements so we can harness our brain's capacity for learning to change what we do, how we think, sense and feel. This can have far reaching consequences for our emotional states.

The Feldenkrais Method® is a revolutionary approach for improving both physical, mental and emotional functioning through the exploration of body movement patterns and the use of attention. It uses movement and attention to enhance our natural ability to discover, learn, change and continue to develop throughout our lives.

It can benefit anyone wishing to improve the quality of their everyday lives and activities or refine their movement skills and discover new things about themselves which, may just help beat the January Blues!

So, join me in this series of four lessons in January to learn how to grab your brain's attention to be able to spot any fixed habitual patterns of movement or thinking and find out how these relate to your emotional patterns.

When you come to the sessions, make sure you wear comfortable clothing in which to move. You will also need to bring your own:

  • A comfortable mat and a blanket or sheet to put on top of it to reduce friction. 
  • Refreshments

Unfortunately, we are unable to supply any of these for the foreseeable future.

Drop-ins can not be accommodated at this time so please book in advance.

Please note: The Isbourne operates a minimum number policy. This means that if our minimum number is not met 24 hours before the session is scheduled to run, then we reserve the right to cancel the session. If you have paid a set fee for the cancelled session, you will get a full refund. Donations are non-refundable. We, therefore, advise customers to secure their place as soon as possible to avoid any disappointment. The Isbourne’s minimum number policy is under the guidance of the tutor running the session. Thank you for your understanding.

VENUE: THE ISBOURNE CENTRE, 2 WOLSELEY TERRACE, CHELTENHAM GL50 1TH

As a wellbeing and educational charity, The Isbourne aims to make its courses and workshops accessible to all regardless of income. We have researched how other organisations fund their courses and come up with a three tier pricing system:

Supported rate: this fee is less than the Standard and allows anyone with financial challenges to still participate. You do not have to show proof, this is offered on trust. This price is limited to one per transaction.

Standard rate: this is how much we would like all participants to pay as it covers The Isbourne costs and supports the tutor.
Sponsor rate: this is a little more than the Standard fee and allows you to subsidise and support others who might not be able to pay the Standard fee.

You choose what tier of payment best suits you - no questions asked!