Awareness Through Movement - Group Lesson

Name: Awareness Through Movement - Group Lesson
Start: 2026-10-07T17:45:00+1100
End: 2026-12-09T18:45:00+1100
Location: Ballarat Mechanics' Institute, “Hooper Room” (next to library)

Wed, 7 Oct, 5:45pm - Wed, 9 Dec, 6:45pm AEDT

Ballarat Mechanics' Institute, “Hooper Room” (next to library)

Ballarat Central VIC, Australia

Human Better

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Life is movement. And how we move influences how we experience our lives.

In an Awareness Through Movement lesson, we slow things down and explore gentle, comfortable movements with curiosity. This gives you an opportunity to notice your habits, discover different possibilities and find greater ease doing what you love.

Rather than pushing, stretching or trying harder, our lessons invite you to pay attention to what you sense and discover what happens when you move in new ways. Over time, this can support greater ease, balance, flexibility and coordination, as well as a deeper sense of wellbeing.

Most lessons will take place lying comfortably on a mat, with some lessons explored while sitting in a chair. Before each lesson, we’ll explore a few simple reference movements related to the lesson, giving you an opportunity to notice what you sense and experience. Afterwards, we’ll revisit these movements and see what you notice now, with an opportunity to share your observations if you wish.

Together we’ll explore the connection between movement, thinking, sensing and feeling, and how becoming more aware can give you more choices in the things that matter to you.

Come along, get curious, and discover what you notice. We look forward to seeing you in class.

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My decision to change career direction and focus on the Feldenkrais Method grew from a desire to better understand how to support my own health, wellbeing and functional capacity from the inside out. Until then, I had pushed, performed and repeated exercises across a range of modalities, seeking to build strength and address pain and fatigue. What I had not yet discovered was that greater flexibility—in both mind and body—could be a more fundamental place to begin.

Moshe Feldenkrais’ observation that we “act in accordance with our self-image” remains as potent to me today as when I first encountered it. Learning to slow down, listen, sense and feel, and to act with greater awareness, opened a different way of understanding movement, learning and wellbeing.

This foundation led me to four years of professional training and formal qualification as a Feldenkrais Practitioner with the Australian Feldenkrais Guild in 2020. Since then, ongoing advanced practitioner training and continued exploration of the method’s principles have deepened my understanding and practice.