
EVENTS
RESTORATIVE WORKSHOPS AND RETREATS

Workshop: Make the Floor Your Friend
Getting down onto the floor and back up again is something we did as children, many hundreds of times without noticing. To explore, to play, to read, to learn. It felt good, unencumbered, simple and so easy.
As we move into adulthood, our lifestyle, furniture, all our home appliances etc mean, life rarely asks us to get on to the floor for prolonged periods. So we do it less and less and it leaves our "movement vocabulary."
When we do need to get down towards the floor, to tie shoelaces, pick something up it feels un-natural, clunky, unfamiliar. It feels an effort.
And if you go down you also have to get up.
How many times have you found yourself straining, as you get up, groaning, pulling on a nearby bit of furniture for support, asking for a hand up…? Feeling your creaky sensitive knees, hips and joints as they take the strain, tense and brace. Not surprising that overtime we feel sore, tight and restricted.
These changes do not just happen at the point of pain. The pain is a result of many years of accumulated restriction, tension, and strain.
It is possible to change this vicious cycle.
When we move between levels from standing to sitting, on the floor, to lying on the floor and back up, we involve all of our body. It keeps our joints, bones, muscles, tissues hydrated, vital and strong. So having lots of possible ways to move down and back up is essential for healthy longterm function in life.
Learn safe, practical ways for getting up and down from the floor using the Feldenkrais Method:
Support your body
Protect your joints
Build confidence
Discover how simple whole-body awareness and smarter movement patterns can change what you can do.
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Learn how to move with less effort, better coordination, and more comfort
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Explore pain-free ways to get up off the floor comfortably and to go back down again
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Build strength, coordination, and confidence—without force or stress
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Move sustainably and protect your knees, hips, and shoulders
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Discover the joy of changing levels without struggle or strain
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Experience ease and confidence in everyday movement
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Create more options, possibilities and choices for yourself in life
This gentle workshop supports mobility no matter your age or ability. And is for anyone who wants to get up and down with ease and move more comfortably, playfully and safely.
Please bring a yoga mat.
To book and for more information click here.
Real life movement solutions for everyday mobility using the Feldenkrais Method