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The Art of Cueing - 4 May 2019

The Art of Cueing - 4 May 2019

City: Wynberg, Cape Town

Venue: Wynberg Pilates, 18 Mortimer Rd

Date: Satuurday 4 May 2019

Time: 9 am-1 pm

Price: R 750 per person

Be more effective in HOW YOU SPEAK to bring awareness and lasting change in clients. CPD Accreditation applied for. Teachers: Voice coach Liz Mills (ex UCT Drama Department, now at AFDA), and Barbara McCrea Content:  Sound moves, sound lands, sound connects, sound affects, sound is energy. More effective cueing is invaluable to Pilates and Yoga teachers, Biokineticists, Physiotherapists, Coaches, Somatic counselors, Mindfulness teachers, Dance teachers, Personal Trainers. The workshop includes: 1. Awareness of breath which helps manag...
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Noordhoek Sunday workshops - 7 April & 5 May 2019

Noordhoek Sunday workshops - 7 April & 5 May 2019

City: Noordhoek, Cape Town

Venue: Body Intelligence Studio, 14 Dassenheuwel Lane

Date: Sundays 7 April 2019 and 5 May 2019

Time: 2 pm - 4.30 pm

Price: R 350 per person

Join us on Sundays in Noordhoek at the Body Intelligence Studio, 14 Dassenheuwel Lane for Feldenkrais ® workshops:  7th April 2019:  Legs and Feet workshop and the 5th of May 2019:  Learning from Buffel  
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Learning from Buffel - 18 May 2019

Learning from Buffel - 18 May 2019

City: Wynberg, Cape Town

Venue: Wynberg Pilates, 18 Mortimer Rd

Date: Saturday, 18 May 2019

Time: 10am-1pm

Price: R 450 per person

Watching Buffel, the visiting wild Elephant Seal, rear up in one smooth, powerful movement into perfect spinal extension, is one of the most inspiring movement-watching experiences I’ve had in a long while. So how do we get the best from our spines? Thoracic extension becomes less and less available to us as we get stiffer, slouch, breathe poorly and do predominately forward-facing activities. The morning’s Feldenkrais exercises will focus on gentle extension and how we get more evenly spread movement throughout the vertebral column.  
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Legs and Feet - 16 March 2019

Legs and Feet - 16 March 2019

City: Wynberg, Cape Town

Venue: Wynberg Pilates, 18 Mortimer Rd

Date: 16 March 2019

Time: 10am - 1pm

Price: R 450 per person

Get the best out of your  ankles and knees, even if you have had injuries and your alignment could be better.  Improve your balance and agility in general, and see the improvement in walking and running.
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Hands and Arms - 13 April 2019

Hands and Arms - 13 April 2019

City: Wynberg, Cape Town

Venue: Wynberg Pilates, 18 Mortimer Rd

Date: 13 April 2019

Time: 10am - 1pm

Price: R 450 per person

Release unnecessary tension and stiffness.  Ease RSI or overuse syndrome. Gain flexibility. Have more elegance or expressivity in your arms if you are a performer, or apply the guided movement sequences to enhance your performance as a musician.
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Cape Town - Individual Feldenkrais® sessions

Cape Town - Individual Feldenkrais® sessions

City: Wynberg, Cape Town

Venue: Wynberg Pilates, 18 Mortimer Rd

Date: Ongoing, by arrangement in Wynberg and Noordhoek

Time: 8am-5pm by appointment

Price: R550 per person

Functional Integration ®, the hands-on treatment, is the brilliant system of touch devised by Moshe Feldenkrais to help with many chronic conditions. Sessions (you stay clothed and lie well supported on a plinth) are an hour. It is slow and deeply quietening of your system. Feldenkrais can be very useful for: People with neurological difficulties : Parkinsons, strokes, MS.People after surgery such as breast cancer, or back operations, or dealing with the longer-term effects of accidents, trauma or injury.Chronic pain or fatigue sufferers.P...
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Awareness through Movement® classes

Awareness through Movement® classes

City: Wynberg, Cape Town

Venue: Wynberg Pilates, 18 Mortimer Rd

Date: Wednesdays. Ongoing until Easter.

Time: 11am and 5.30pm

Price: R120 per class

For anyone considering a regular class, it is a wonderful way to increase your body-intelligence and awareness on a weekly basis, and the benefits to your body are the usual Feldenkrais magic – feeling more relaxed, alive, taller, supple and agile. Classes require booking in advance. Payment is upfront for the month, or for half a month, if you start in the middle of the month. If you cannot make one of the classes you have paid for, you are welcome to take a make-up Pilates class at Wynberg Pilates instead. 
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