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Monday night Awareness Through Movement class at Hawthorne Wellness Center is on a holiday and will resume on Monday, January 9th.

Also, In the new year this weekly ATM class will be a bit less weekly, as my training schedule in San Rafael for the Anat Baniel Method for working with children with special needs amps up. I will be down in San Rafael for 10 days out of each month from January through May, so please look to this website for updated info on the weekly class.

I will be in San Rafael, California at the Anat Baniel Method for Children with Special Needs training. Monday evening class at Hawthorne Wellness Center will resume Monday, October 24.

No ATM class at Hawthorne Wellness Center on September 5th, due to Labor Day, or September 12th when I’m attending a workshop.  Weekly class resumes Monday, Sept. 19th.  See you then!

I am now able to accept credit cards using my iPod and technology from Square  The surcharge for credit card use is $2.00 for individual sessions and $0.50 for group classes or practice Anat Baniel Method for Children Sessions.

I’ve just returned from my first segment of training in the Anat Baniel Method Children’s Mastery Program.  Anat Baniel trained with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais and taught The Feldenkrais Method and trained Feldenkrais practitioners for years before developing her own method for working with special needs children.

Student Lessons – Now through April 1, 2012
In order to continue my learning and share this method with special needs children in our community I’m offering Free Student ABM for Children lessons.  This offer will run now through April 1, 2012, the duration of my training.  Most children experience the greatest benefit from lesson-clusters of 2 lessons per day for 3 to 4 days.  Lessons take place at my downtown office location.  Call or email to schedule your child: 503-956-5842/cutlerjoanna@gmail.com

Hello Friends,

This summer I’ll be participating in the Anat Baniel Method training for working with Special Needs Children.  This is really inspiring work based on Feldenkrais that is specifically geared towards children’s development.  Thus, my teaching schedule at Hawthorne Wellness Center will be affected.  Please note there are no Monday evening classes on the following dates:
Monday, June 13th
Monday, July 4th
Monday, July 18th
Monday, July 25th
All other Mondays this summer will continue normally, from 7:30 – 8:30 in the Movement Studio behind HWC.  Hope you have a great summer, and I look forward to seeing you at a class!
Warmly,
Joanna

Using the Feldenkrais Method, we reconnect parts of ourselves that have become separate.  The disconnection of these parts leads to tension and pain.  I just watched Dirt! The Movie, and was shocked and inspired by the similar message with regards to our relationship with Earth.  All over the globe humans have become disconnected from the sustainable, continually life-giving process that creates dirt.  With coal mining, asphalt jungles, mono-crops, corporations, greed, and fear, we are depleting the amazing micro-organisms that can turn trash into rich soil, and even create an alternative form of energy!  Dirt, like that spot in your own body that you might feel disconnected from, is very deeply connected to us all.  Separation from the dirt, which has been recycled and sustaining life for billions of years, is creating tension and pain, worldwide.  And just like reconnecting with that spot in yourself, rediscovering our relationship with dirt and soil can begin to ease tension and pain all over the globe.  It’s a herculean task, and it will take each of us doing the very best we can.  Watch the entire movie for free on Hulu!  A very worthwhile watch.