Are you in a slump? Maybe not your mood, but your body? Achieve easy, natural upright posture and good balance from the ground up!

Did you know your nervous system monitors your contact with the ground through your feet and then adjusts and controls your posture from your feet, through your hips, spine, neck and head!

In this Feldenkrais class we will explore the shapes of your foot’s contact with the ground and its connection through your whole self to your head using this connection to optimise your nervous system’s control of your posture and balance.

This class can be taken sitting in a chair or lying on the floor, and supports all levels of flexibility/inflexibility.

What will we cover?

This workshop will involve:

A brief review of skeletal anatomy and neurophysiology of posture and balance.
A set neurosensory exercises to relax and foster smooth, graceful coordination
- A systematic and pleasant movement exploration of the foot’s relationship to the ground, through the heel, toes and ball of the foot and inside/outside edges of the foot
- Gentle, pleasant movements of the head and neck, encouraging a feeling of the head floating effortlessly
- Discovering the connection of your whole self, from foot to head
- Undo unconscious habits of tension and restriction
- Come out of your slump, physically and mentally
- Learn techniques and principles for ongoing self-maintenance, injury prevention and injury recovery
- Improve your performance at work, play, yoga, dance, sport and all the things you love doing.

The lesson will be done sitting in a chair (or you can do it lying on the floor).
The exercises are done gently and easily, at your own pace, so they are suitable for all levels of fitness/unfitness and all levels of flexibility/inflexibility.

Accessibility

Closed Captions
Free Tickets for First Nation Attendees
Discounted Early Bird Tickets

Who will be teaching?

Ralph Hadden BA CFP (he/him) is a certified Feldenkrais practitioner based in Melbourne. He is one of Australia’s most experienced ‘Feldenkraisers’, having been teaching since 1988. He offers his own workshops, weekly classes and individual sessions, helping his clients recover from injury, build health and relaxation and improve performance at work and play.

Ralph’s book, Your 14 Day Pelvis Program (Mind-body exercises for healing, vitality and sensuality), was published in 2023. From 2012-2018 he was editor of Feldenkrais Australia, the journal of the Australian Feldenkrais Guild Inc.

He has presented for many organisations, nationally and internationally, including the CAE, Arthritis Foundation, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Gawler Foundation and RMIT.

Ralph teaches with clarity, respect and good humour, combining fun with serious learning. He is trauma aware and affirming of gender and relationship diversity. In his spare time he has acquired a black belt in Aikido, played cricket, sung in choirs, published a book of poetry and solved cryptic crossword puzzles.

You can visit his website here, and his book website here.

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Questions about the class or other ways we can assist with accessibility? Just email Maddy (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.