I am using Zoom, which means that a recording of your session is included in the fee, and is yours to keep.
All my group session 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
I teach three weekly drop-in classes online, ‘Tuesday @ Noon‘ for all comers, ‘Potent WellBeing‘ on Wednesday evenings offering Feldenkrais strategies that are specifically designed for anyone dealing with a chronic condition, and ‘Thursday @ 5‘, a very gentle class suitable for all comers but particularly for anyone managing neurological conditions or long-term injuries.
You will find more detailed descriptions of all my regular online classes on this page.
Effortless Daily Immersive Courses
Feldenkrais & Self-Hypnosis
Change Yourself For The Better
February 2nd – 6th
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 Transitions
Reverse-Ability Is Your Superpower
April 6th – 10th
Online – Recordings & Notes included – or sign up for 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)
As quantum physicists are fond of saying, gravity is a surprisingly weak force, and yet the ageing process seems to unavoidably and steadily force us downwards as if it were irresistible. When we move in a “well-organised” way we barely notice the muscular power we are using – each action morphs smoothly into the next, requiring only our clear intention, not our exertion. This is because when we move the way we evolved to move our bones are supporting as much of our weight as possible, leaving the rest of our tissues – our muscles and fascial network – free to respond to our intentions spontaneously and fully.
Sadly, much of what we do on a daily basis becomes habitual, uninspired and unaware, so that we huff and puff and sigh and groan our way through the necessary activities of the day, hauling ourselves out of bed, collapsing into chairs and struggling back out of them, grunting as we pick something up from the floor (having braced ourselves in order to be able to bend down in the first place), and grunting again as we reach upward to change a bulb or access a shelf.
The elegant design of our human physical structure allows for each of these actions to blend easily into the next until we are making all our transitions in a way that has the effort-free fluidity of dancing.
This Daily Course will explore the many possible ways that you can experience effortlessness in every aspect of your life – physical and emotional.
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 Articulators
How Our Tongue, Lips & Throat Shape Our Voice
January 25th
Online – Recordings & Notes included – or sign up for the recordings if you cannot join us live…
2pm – 5pm GMT ~ 9am – 12pm EST
£45 (suggested fee, or any donation welcome)
In this workshop we will be exploring all the various consonant sounds – voiced and vibrant, voiceless and airy, fricative and sustainable, abrupt and plosive, guttural and deep – as powerful approaches to freeing up tensions in our lips, face, jaw, and inner throat, with a particular focus on the structure and function of our tongue – a truly potent organ that is responsible not just for the clarity of our voice but also fundamental to our healthy posture.
One simple way to understand how our voice works is to recognise that vowel sounds are vibratory, melodic, and sustainable by their very nature – perfect for expressing the universal language of deep feeling and empathy – and that consonants turn that stream of pure emotion into actual language, transforming sound waves into coherent communication. Consonants provide the punctuation, the staccato, the syncopation that infuses voice with the pulsating rhythms that enable us to synchronise our actions, within and without; to breathe and move in harmony with each other, both emotionally, and physically.
Join us and experience for yourself the way that lively and responsive articulators form part of the physical foundations of our natural rhythm, resonance and vocal intensity, in both speech, and song.
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…
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!