Free Your Hips: Feldenkrais with Ralph (Online)
Event description
Take a moment for your self and learn to relax and release the areas around your hips, to release habitual tensions and improve your posture, balance and coordination.
Restore your natural flexibility with safety and stability.
Clarify coordination and alignment of the back, pelvis, hips and legs for improved sitting, standing, walking or running.
Ralph's Feldenkrais practice uses easy and interesting movements help you discover your own grace, ease and power. This includes techniques for ongoing self-maintenance and improvement - techniques you can use in your everyday to give yourself support.
This class suits both beginners and continuing students, all ages and all levels of ability.
What will we cover?
Learn intriguing and enjoyable Feldenkrais movement exercises to improve hip mobility and freedom. The exercises are pleasant and relaxing yet powerful in their effect. You can continue the exercises at home for ongoing maintenance of healthy hand function, to keep your hands happy!
In this floor-based class you will:
Learn the functional anatomy of the hip joints and pelvis
Be introduced to the Feldenkrais Method® of movement learning
Experience ways to enjoyably exercise, clarify, strengthen and relax around the hips and pelvis
Learn to coordinate actions of the legs with the pelvis, abdomen, lower back and breath.
Improve your coordination, control and comfort and overall confidence and wellbeing.
Accessibility
Closed Captions
Discounted Early Bird Tickets
Free Tickets for First Nation Attendees
Who will be teaching?
Ralph (he/him) is a certified Feldenkrais practitioner, practising 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 is the author of the recently published book, Your 14 Day Pelvis Program, a set of mind-body exercises for healing, vitality and sensuality. He has presented for many organisations including CAE, Arthritis Foundation, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Gawler Foundation and RMIT.
From 2012-2018 Ralph was editor of Feldenkrais Australia, the national journal of the Australian Feldenkrais Guild Inc. He teaches with clarity, respect and good humour, combining fun with serious learning.
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.
Important info:
Cover image by Duvet Days
Any other questions or ways we can assist with accessibility? Just email Megan (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com
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