Wakeful Body: The Blending of Yoga and Feldenkrais is an 8-lesson course guided by Sarah Baumert blending the mindful movement of gentle yoga with the awareness of the Feldenkrais method.
September 15-November 11
Mondays, 6:00-7:15pm CST
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These full-body classes will awaken, stretch, and calm the body. As one student recently described Monday nights, “That felt like I just gave myself a massage!” These fall classes will be a continuation of some fan-favorite stretching sequences that incorporate bolsters and other props to enhance the poses.
Each class is an original, innovative creation of Sarah’s teaching. She blends a more traditional gentle yoga practice with the novel Feldenkrais® awareness practices. But that’s not all, she incorporates joint-specific training, functional range exercises, self-massage, breathing exercises, and a compassionate non-competitive mindset. It’s a true experience of movement therapy! You will train your sensitivity in such a way that you find yourself feeling more alive, vibrant, and spacious.
In many yoga traditions, the teaching emphasis is on perfecting shapes (poses) and isolating movement at specific joints. In this blended class, attention is focused on treating your body as a connected system, moving beyond isolated exercises. The first part of the class will mostly be on the floor, using bolsters and other props to develop an understanding of joint movements that will later be used in the more traditional yoga asana poses. The last half of class will be more active poses and stretching, concluding in a restful savasana.
For all of you who have been joining Monday nights, this whole body reset is like a maintenance plan! We will zoom our focus in for eight weeks on movements that will support the season change. For newcomers: come with no expectations. Allow your body to be your guide. All levels are welcome. This will be a nonjudgemental, unintimidating space to create friends with your body (yourself!).
Come explore mindful movement that is designed to be accessible to all. Experience this novel way to improve your body awareness, joint health, and functional mobility in a holistic way led by a passionate movement educator.