An intensive study of one the most creative and potent aspects of our method: Individualizing lessons
Whether we’re working with ATM, FI, or a blend of the two, we have the greatest ability to connect with a client and make a difference to them when the lesson addresses their unique needs.
The Tailor-Made Functional Integration® Lesson
In order to be effective in creating meaningful Functional Integration lessons for our students, we compose the process uniquely and improvisationally during each session. This is both the most potent aspect of our lessons and the most elusive. What are we doing when we compose a lesson in-the-moment?
This in-person advanced training will address this important area of our work directly by helping practitioners build capacities in areas essential to flexible lesson-making:
- Acute observation
- Truly open-ended hypothesizing
- Comfort with not-knowing
- Identifying emergent patterns
- Surfing surprises and seeming obstacles
- Being a truly responsive partner in a duet with your student
The workshop is open to practitioners and trainees who have completed two years of training. Recent grads will get a lift over the how-do-I-do-this?! hump that can happen after finishing your training; seasoned practitioners will deepen and clarify some murky waters you are already swimming in.
Join a FREE Information Session
The information sessions are completed for now. We may add another: Stay in touch. Meanwhile, here is a video clip from one of the meetings, where Josh and Sheri introduce themselves and talk a bit about the challenge of individualizing lessons.
The Seattle, WA Workshop: Three days September 28-30
Schedule:
Saturday, September 28, 10-4
Sunday, September 29, 10-4
Monday, September 30, 9-2
Location:
Rainier Beach Community Club, 6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
Convenient commute from all over the Puget Sound
Beautiful location for AirBnB stays
Twenty minutes from Sea-Tac Airport
Walking distance from Lake Washington
Fees:
Earliest bird by August 3: $450
Early-ish bird by August 31: $495
Full fee: $550
Discounts:
FGNA members: 5% off
Canadian FGNA members: 27% off
Space is limited to 30 participants. Registration will be closed when that number is reached.
Thank you to FGNA Northwest Region and Council of Regional Representatives for sponsoring this advanced training in Seattle.
Register for The Tailor-Made LessonThe East Coast Workshop, November 2-4, location TBD
(An Individualizing ATM Online Workshop took place in spring 2024. Stay tuned for more dates in 2025)
Joshua Wolk is an Assistant Trainer with over 30 years experience in the Feldenkrais Method beginning with his training and later assistantship with Mark Reese in the 1990’s. He is founder of 5 Lines Feldenkrais in New York City, an in-person and online portal for Awareness Through Movement and Feldenkrais-informed fitness. Josh’s highly sought-after Functional Integration lessons are known for their impact and precision.
Josh was co-director of the New England Awareness Through Movement Teacher Training with Sheri Cohen and Educational Director, Elizabeth Beringer, 2021-23. He has a profound understanding of the Feldenkrais Method and a unique ability to articulate difficult concepts. Josh is also a 6th degree black belt in Aikido.
Sheri Cohen is a Trainer Candidate with 25 years experience leading a lively Feldenkrais® practice in Seattle, WA, USA. Sheri’s Functional Integration® lessons are characterized by a blending of improvisational and conceptual approaches. She is deeply interested in development and functional anatomy.
Sheri was co-director of the New England Awareness Through Movement® Teacher Training with Joshua Wolk and Educational Director, Elizabeth Beringer, 2021-23. She has provided online mentoring for practitioners and trainees since 2020, including case consultation groups and the recent online advanced training “Embracing Complexity”. Her teaching is informed by over 35 years in dance and improvisational creative practice.