I am using Zoom, which means that a recording of your session is included in the fee, and is yours to keep.
All group class fees are ‘suggested-rate-or-any-donation-welcome’
All booking is via direct contact with me, by email or phone call – all my contact details are here
Please note that a brief description of all my regular classes appears here first, and thus this list may not be in a sensible order, date-wise!
You will find more detailed descriptions of all my regular online classes on this page.
Awareness Through Movement Online Classes on Zoom
Tuesdays @ Noon
12 pm – 1.00 pm BST
£10 per class, or any donation welcome
This class is a general class and suitable for all levels of ability – we sometimes have time for a group chat afterwards for anyone who does not need to dash away. I find that these chats are very valuable for deepening all our understanding of what Feldenkrais is all about.
Thursdays @ 5pm
5pm – 6pm BST
This class will be on hiatus from May 29th for 8 weeks while I am teaching an online course for people with joint hypermobility issues – more information here…
This is a very gentle class and particularly suitable for anyone with chronic issues with injury, pain, or fatigue.
£10 per class, or any donation welcome
*Regular attendees will receive all the recordings even if they miss a class, and we are currently switching between 6pm and 5pm BST as is convenient for the majority of the attendees
These are ongoing classes, so the intention is for you to commit to attending on a regular basis: once a week is good, twice a week is better. Feldenkrais is about learning to learn; these are skills that you will develop over time with practice, and the benefits you will experience are also cumulative.
Potent Well-Being
Sensory Self-Awareness for Self-Healing
Wednesday Evenings
7–8.30 pm BST / 12–1.30 pm EDT
Online + Recording
£15 – or any donation welcome
These extended evening classes focus on my Feldenkrais-based self-healing strategies, and the recordings are intended to make it very easy for you to develop these skills for yourself. I am exploring the evening format with the intention of supporting better sleep as well as pain relief and self-calming. I do realise that those of you joining us for elsewhere at different times of day may not be looking for such a soporific experience!
*Please note that you can choose to join us for the first hour of the class only, as I am aware that may make joining the class regularly more manageable for you. The first hour of the class is an adapted Awareness Through Movement lesson, and after a short refreshment break we continue with a general discussion of any aspects of Inner Voice that interest us as a group.
BOOKING IS BY EMAIL – as it is for all my classes, courses and workshops!
Contact Details Here – if you want to reserve your place on this, or any of my online workshops. Please note that you can always let me know that you are interested in a particular workshop or course, and then confirm with me closer to the time, once you are certain.
Effortless Daily Immersive Course
Spread Your Wings
Effortless Arms & Intelligent Hands
October 13th–17th
Online–Recordings & Notes included – or sign up for the recordings if you cannot join us live…
Times: 2–3.30pm BST ~ 9–10.30am EDT ~ 6–7.30am PDT – please note we start 1 hour earlier on Wednesday
£100 (suggested fee, or any donation welcome)
To use our hands and arms well in sitting, standing, moving and doing, we need as complete a neuro-bodymap of how they function as possible. The image I am using of our arms as unfolding and spreading wings is intended to expand the mental picture we have of our arms so that we can better sense the way their structural design originates deep within our torso.
Both sensitivity and strength increase when we are using the whole spine and torso to organise our arms: anchored in the pelvis, extended from the centre of our chest, front and back, and suspended with ease from our neck and shoulder girdle.
Our heart is a vortex of electromagnetic energy that sits right in the centre of this structural and functional complex. When we reach out to embrace those we love we are enfolding them close to our heart. Our image of our self is strongly influenced by what we see in the mirror, and we easily identify with the frontal aspect of our heart as it sits just behind the breastbone; when we can unfold our arms more fully we can experience the heart as more three dimensional. We can begin to feel it beating in the space between our shoulder blades, filling the whole of our chest, front and back, and pulsing vibrant energy through our whole substance.
This workshop will include both Awareness Through Movement lessons to clarify and improve this relationship, and notes with practical suggestions for ways to continue to build on this improvement in all your daily activities. This workshop is ideal for movers, meditators, musicians, martial artists, masseurs, body-workers, and anyone whose daily activity makes demands on their wrists, elbows, shoulders, and hands.
Feldenkrais & Self-Hypnosis
Change Yourself For The Better
November 10th – 14th
Online–Recordings & Notes included – or sign up for the recordings if you cannot join us live…
Times: 2–3.30pm GMT ~ 9–10.30am EST ~ 6–7.30am PST – please note we start 1 hour earlier on Wednesday
£100 (suggested fee, or any donation welcome)
Self-Hypnosis, also known as Autogenic Training, has been around for a long time. I first came across it back in the Eighties, in a book called Superlearning. This was at right at the beginning of my interest in meditation and practising the autogenic sequences from the book were the closest I came to achieving the deeper states of inner calm that are reportedly the most effective for healing chronic conditions.
Thus, when a bout of chronic fatigue left me with fibromyalgic pain that did not easily respond to the mindful movements that had helped me free myself of sciatica in the past, my investigations brought me full circle, and this time I made a connection I had somehow failed to make before. I remembered that Moshe Feldenkrais was also interested in self-hypnosis at a similar age, except–being the over-achiever he was–he translated a significant book on the subject into Hebrew, and boldly added his own thoughts in a 26 page commentary. The book was The Practice Of Autosuggestion by the Method of Émile Coué (1929), and Moshe’s original contribution has recently been published as Thinking and Doing, A monograph by Moshe Feldenkrais. He retained his enthusiasm for these concepts throughout his life, attempting to republish his translation in 1977, and using the techniques he still valued to speed his recovery after his stroke. Read the full article here…
Effortless Feldenkrais – A Testimonial…
I am pleased to say I am getting great feedback about these Effortless Feldenkrais Daily Courses – this lovely letter came earlier this week:
Hi Maggy!
Thank you so very much for the course Effortless Sitting!
I have now started to repeat the course…because it has done a miracle with my sciatica!
From the first lesson my sciatica decreased …Before the course I had big problems…I could sit but not lie down…even in bed at night I had severe pain and I need to eat pain reliever to be able to sleep, at least some hours…I also had problems with walking….and all this had been going on for at least two month…
After the first lesson I could sleep without pain! Amazing!
Now, after the fifth lesson I have no pain from my sciatica…I’m sleepiing at night and I do not need pain reliever! This is a miracle!
Thank you so very much!
Kind regards
Christina Fagrell
Potent Self-Expression
Expand your vocal freedom
September 28th
Online–Recordings & Notes included – or sign up for the recordings if you cannot join us live…
2pm – 5pm BST ~ 9am – 12pm EDT
£45 (suggested fee, or any donation welcome)
I like to explore the development of a more spontaneous capacity for self-expression as a way to get into the more playful aspects of vocal Awareness Through Movement, built on a foundation of greater freedom and ease in the throat, chest and belly.
What happens inside you when you can sense that giving an honest response will upset someone? How uncomfortable do you feel when you are aware that expressing your true feelings might generate some kind of conflict with someone you are close to? You may be dealing with overt aggression, such as anger, scorn, dismissal, rage; or one of the more covert passive-aggressive behaviours – manipulation, expressions of ‘disappointment’, undermining comments. Covert aggression can be particularly challenging; many of us are hyper-aware of when someone’s facial expression and vocal tone do not match the words they are saying, but in those situation it is usually very risky to point it out . Originally I included tears on that list, but I doubt that many people can fake real tears in a convincing way, and I am all too aware that women are often unfairly accused of using tears to manipulate men.
My main reason for designing a vocal workshop around this theme is that I strongly believe that being able to both know and say how we truly feel is a fundamental aspect of both our mental and our physical health. I am confident that most of us know this already, and for anyone seeking proof I have to recommend the wonderful work of Gabor Maté, and particularly his most recent book “The Myth Of Normal”, a title that truly says it all for me.
I think we human creatures have an instinct for authenticity that may have been suppressed in our childhood but is still within each of us only waiting to be released. I think we can decide to free ourselves of our conscious inhibitions, and learn to unlearn the unconscious ones. I think we can be both liberated and compassionate, kind and honest, and I think this allows for a deep release throughout our physical self, and specifically our brows, throats, hearts, solar plexuses, and deep within our bellies from our “Hara” to our pelvic floor.
…you can read my full article here…
The fee includes recordings and notes to make it easy for you to continue practising at home, and to minimise the need for note taking during the class.
Potent Vocal Musicality
Enrich your vocal instrument
October 26th
Online–Recordings & Notes included – or sign up for the recordings if you cannot join us live…
2pm – 5pm GMT ~ 10am – 1pm EDT
£45 (suggested fee, or any donation welcome)
It is a commonly cited fallacy that we are born with a particular level of vocal ability already “programmed in”, hence the amazement every time some young singer with a good ear produces the kind of mature voice we associate with older, more experience vocal performers. What actually shapes the voice is a combination of our individual vocal structures and our muscular habits. Once you understand how these habits produce distinctive vocal qualities you will be able to discover and explore a greatly enhanced range of possibilities for your own voice, adding richness and colour to your both your singing voice [melody] and your speaking voice [prosody].
Modern vocal training has become a source of truly accurate information about how our voice becomes our instrument. In this class we will be exploring all of the vocal structures that enable us to adjust and hone our vocal sound to produce an enormous range of sounds – our internal equivalent of strings, pedals, keys, mutes, reeds, horns, sound boxes and bows. I will also offer you suggestions for how to organise your practise time for maximum benefit and steady, reliable vocal improvement.
More information about this workshop in this article…
The fee includes notes to make it easy for you to continue practising at home, and to minimise the need for note taking during the class.
People my Potent Voice workshops are beneficial for:
Singers, presenters, performers, and anyone interested in the voice, and any aspect of self-expression
Anyone dealing with chronic stress issues, or breathing problems/conditions
Anyone dealing with chronic tension in the face, tongue, jaw, neck, and throat
Anyone interested in meditation, chanting, and neural self-regulation
Anyone who feels that emotional inhibition is limiting their capacity for self-expression and self-assertion.
Please do contact me with any questions you may have, and note that BOOKING IS BY EMAIL, so you can contact me via this link if you want to reserve your place for any of my online events.
You are also always welcome to sign up for the recordings and notes of any course should you be unable to join us live.
…All online sessions include recordings and notes. For more details click here for workshops, and here for regular classes…
The rest of my Autumn Schedule will follow shortly…
Individual Vocal Training Sessions
Rather than lower my standard rate for one-to-one sessions online, which is £70 for a 75 minute session, I am offering one-to-one online sessions as “suggested fee or donation”, for the time being. The extra time is necessary for discussion and feedback. I can accept payments via BACS, and, if that is inconvenient for any reason, PayPal.
Functional Self-Integration Lessons
For anyone who cannot travel and for whom home-visits are too expensive you might like to consider individual online sessions – I am very happy to chat with you to see if we can work effectively this way.
*Suggested-fee-or-donation rate applies.
Many years ago I recorded a short lesson about breathing – here is a link to this lesson in the archive on the Feldenkrais UK Guild website – enjoy!