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Conference Day #1 - Friday, Sept 12, 2025

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Conference Day #1: Embodied Balance: Finding Freedom in a Tech-Heavy World (9:00 am - 10:00 am PT)		9/12/2025	9/12/2025	9:00 AM	10:00 AM	9/12/2025 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Presenter: Nissa Lee Nissa Lee \| 9:00 am - 10:00 am PT Embodied Balance: Finding Freedom in a Tech-Heavy World In our increasingly tech-driven lives we often experience neck, shoulder and back discomfort. Nissa will begin our conference by teaching the classic ATM® lesson, "Rolling Fists". This ATM lesson is open to anyone who uses a phone or computer and inspired by Nissa's passion for people to rediscover hope in their ability to feel well, no matter their age or history.
Conference Day #1: The First Fifty (10:00 am - 11:30 am PT)		9/12/2025	9/12/2025	10:00 AM	11:30 AM	9/12/2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Presenter: Elizabeth Beringer, Russell Delman, Ned Dwelle, Anna Johnson Wolf, Roger Russell David Zemach-Bersin Elizabeth Beringer, Russell Delman, Ned Dwelle, Anna Johnson Wolf, Roger Russell, David Zemach-Bersin \| 10:00 am - 11:30 am PT The First Fifty It has been fifty years since Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais began his first training of the Feldenkrais Method® in North America. What would Dr. Feldenkrais, a man of science and innovation, have thought about how his method is being taught today? A panel made up of members from that first training has been assembled to acknowledge this landmark event. These seasoned practitioners will share with us how the method has evolved and the noteworthy changes they have experienced over the first fifty years of teaching the Feldenkrais Method.
Conference Day #1: FEFNA Update (11:45 am - 12:00 pm PT)		9/12/2025	9/12/2025	11:45 AM	12:00 AM	9/12/2025 11:45 AM - 12:00 AM Presenter: FEFNA FEFNA Update\| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm PT
Conference Day #1: "The Body Pattern of Anxiety: Reclaiming Choice Through Awareness" (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm PT)		9/12/2025	9/12/2025	1:00 PM	4:00 PM	9/12/2025 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Presenter: Chrish Kresge Chrish Kresge \| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm PT "The Body Pattern of Anxiety: Reclaiming Choice Through Awareness" Chrish's workshop will examine how the nervous system, posture, and perception interact during stress -- and how the Feldenkrais Method® can help us meet turbulence, aging, or illness, not with collapse or rigidity, but with adaptability, allowing us to reintroduce lightness, pleasure, and intention into our movement and lives.
Conference Day #1: Building Your Resiliency Practice with EFT and The Feldenkrais Method® (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm PT)		9/12/2025	9/12/2025	1:00 PM	4:00 PM	9/12/2025 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Presenter: Fritha Pengelly & Sarah Young Fritha Pengelly & Sarah Young \| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm PT Building Your Resiliency Practice with EFT and The Feldenkrais Method® This workshop combines Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) with the Feldenkrais Method® to support building emotional resilience and a sense of agency when relating to life's challenges. These complimentary modalities provide powerful synergies towards accessing our potential for resilience.

Conference Day #2 - Saturday, Sept 13, 2025

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Conference Day #2: Living a Vibrant Life: The Feldenkrais Method® and Vibration (9:00 am - 10:00 am PT)		9/13/2025	9/13/2025	9:00 AM	10:00 AM	9/13/2025 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Presenter: Brenda Sorkin Brenda Sorkin \| 9:00 am - 10:00 am PT Living a Vibrant Life: The Feldenkrais Method® and Vibration Can the use of sound amplify your movement experience? In this class, you'll be invited to notice how sound vibrates through our bones and into every cell. Ancient cultures often used bones to make horns to create sound. In Feldenkrais, each ATM® lesson provides a movement task that awakens our nervous system...Movement and sound provide a perfect combination to support an inner state of being to bring to our daily life.
Conference Day #2: HEALING TO LEARN: Navigating Recovery through a Feldenkrais Method® Lens (10:00 am - 1:00 pm PT)		9/13/2025	9/13/2025	10:00 AM	1:00 PM	9/13/2025 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Presenter: Stacy Barrows Stacy Barrows \| 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PT HEALING TO LEARN: Navigating Recovery through a Feldenkrais Method® Lens Breast Cancer: A Case Study Over the years, Stacy has witnessed many healing stories with the application of the Feldenkrais Method®. Stacy will share a case study, her own story, and how she addressed learning through the lens of the Feldenkrais Method®. This workshop will incorporate Awareness Through Movement® lessons that provided a roadmap for Stacy's recovery that highlighted learning through curiosity, creativity and choices.
Conference Day #2: Remembering Mia Segal: Spring into Action (10:00 am - 1:00 pm PT)		9/13/2025	9/13/2025	10:00 AM	1:00 PM	9/13/2025 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Presenter: Frederick Schjang Frederick Schjang \| 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PT Remembering Mia Segal: Spring into Action Mia Segal was one of the original practitioners of the Feldenkrais Method®. We'll delve into legacy with ATM® lessons and anecdotes about her unique approach to life. She and I explored ideas on "self-touch" that I continue to refine. I have adapted this concept to use the hands of "The Imaginary Practitioner" building on both Mia's ideas and Moshe Feldenkrais' concept of the avatar.
Conference Day #2: Awareness & Adaptions of Time (2:00 pm - 5:00 pm PT)		9/13/2025	9/13/2025	2:00 PM	5:00 PM	9/13/2025 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Presenter: Beverly Atkins & Michael Landau Beverly Atkins \| 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm PT Adapting for Impact: Short-Form Awareness Through Movement® Lessons for Modern Life In a world of limited time and fractured attention, shorter Awareness Through Movement® lessons can be both impactful and inclusive. In this workshop Beverly will explore how distilling a lesson to 30 minutes or less can open the Feldenkrais Method® to people who might otherwise feel excluded -- due to time constraints, overwhelm, or physical limitations. Michael Landau \| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm PT A Daily Habit of Mindful Movement In this workshop, Michael will share a few samples of mini sessions he has developed. He emphasizes that his daily 3-minute classes are not meant to replace the traditional ATM® but to establish a habit of movement with awareness and self-exploration that can help integrate the Feldenkrais Method® into our daily life. Michael will describe his process and how he has found it to be effective for his students.
Conference Day #2: Un-Sticking: Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® Lessons and Your Creative Flow (2:00 pm - 5:00 pm PT)		9/13/2025	9/13/2025	2:00 PM	5:00 PM	9/13/2025 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Presenter: Sheri Cohen Sheri Cohen \| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm PT Un-Sticking: Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® Lessons and Your Creative Flow Has it ever happened that, after a Feldenkrais class, problems you were chewing on seem more solvable - or --movements when creativity 'just happens'? I've developed a box of simple tools anyone can engage with. You'll deepen your sensation with Awareness Through Movement® and discover your own surprises in easy-to-do activities, including writing, drawing, and playing with found objects, to find your way into creative flow.

Conference Day #3 - Sunday, Sept 14, 2025

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Conference Day #3: The Feldenkrais Method® and Chronic Pain (9:00 am - 10:00 am PT)		9/14/2025	9/14/2025	9:00 AM	10:00 AM	9/14/2025 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Presenter: Marcela Bretschneider Marcela Bretschneider \| 9:00 am - 10:00 am PT The Feldenkrais Method® and Chronic Pain The ATM® is open to general public interested in the application and resources offered by the Feldenkrais Method® in relation to chronic pain, such as Fibromyalgia and other conditions. Open to people who are interested in this topic whether they experience it themselves or assist others who do so. Participants will benefit from the experience.
Conference Day #3: Primary Image in the Environment (10:00 am - 1:00 pm PT)		9/14/2025	9/14/2025	10:00 AM	1:00 PM	9/14/2025 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Presenter: Dimitri Popolov Dimitri Popolov \| 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PT Primary Image in the Environment Dimitri Popolov's workshop will revisit Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais' concept of "Primary Image" as a means to connect with an environment made accessible through the teleceptors (vision, hearing, smell). He will propose the hypothesis that using primary image for better coordination of the teleceptors and motion will lead to more appropriate and spontaneous action in such a wider environment.
Conference Day #3: Why Dinosaurs Don't Have Heels and Judo Experts Move From Their Pelvis (10:00 am - 1:00 pm PT)		9/14/2025	9/14/2025	10:00 AM	1:00 PM	9/14/2025 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Presenter: Jeff Haller & Roger Russell Jeff Haller & Roger Russell \| 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PT Why Dinosaurs Don't Have Heels and Judo Experts Move From Their Pelvis This playful title points towards insights about how Feldenkrais® lessons capture the fundamental laws of living. Grounded in evolution, neuroscience and sensory-motor development we will sketch a clear line of thinking, outlining the backbone of every ATM® lesson or FI® lesson. Instead of practicing specific skills, we will demonstrate - and you can experience - how Feldenkrais® lessons reorder coordination from the ground up and the top down, enhancing any activity this is unique to the Feldenkrais Method®.
Conference Day #3: Holistic Pain Management & Ergonomics (2:00 pm - 5:00 pm PT)		9/14/2025	9/14/2025	2:00 PM	5:00 PM	9/14/2025 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Presenter: Shara Ogin Shara Ogin \| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm PT Holistic Pain Management & Ergonomics In Shara's workshop you will experience how she utilizes ATM® and FI® to assist her clients with chronic pain to reduce their symptoms and move more efficiently. She will also share how to identify 'ergonomics red flags' that contribute to pain and strategies that support the more efficient use of self that the Feldenkrais Method® offers.
Conference Day #3: Moving with Memory Loss: Feldenkrais Method® meets Dementia (2:00 pm - 5:00 pm PT)		9/14/2025	9/14/2025	2:00 PM	5:00 PM	9/14/2025 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Presenter: Jennifer Ann Lee Jennifer Ann Lee \| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm PT Moving with Memory Loss: Feldenkrais Method® meets Dementia This experiential workshop explores how the Feldenkrais Method® can be easily adapted to support people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners. We will explore creative movement sequences and teaching strategies that reduce cognitive demands while enhancing physical function, present moment body awareness, and social engagement.
Conference Day #3: Closing		9/14/2025	9/14/2025	5:00 PM	5:30 PM	9/14/2025 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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