Feldenkrais in Victoria, The Nature of Movement, Amanda Lynn Halldorson, Feldenkrais Practitioner, Victoria
I understand the benefits of Feldenkrais® education because of its impact on my own recovery from a spinal cord injury. My experience of paralysis and my fourteen years of living with neurological limitations, combined with nine years of Feldenkrais practice, have given me great insight into how to support others who are seeking tools to improve their lives. I understand deeply the presence that is required to bridge the worlds separated by loss.
My intention is to create a safe learning environment to enhance human potential and mind-body sensory awareness. Drawing on my own journey as well as on many years of intensive study, I weave Feldenkrais, depth psychology, traditional living skills, storytelling, and ethnobotanical studies together with my creativity, passion for teaching, and care for those I work with.
I have been studying the Feldenkrais Method™ since 2001 and became a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner™ in 2009. Currently I am finishing a degree in psychology and ethnoecology at the University of Victoria and am completing ongoing studies regarding the Feldenkrais Method under the mentorship of my teacher, Jeff Haller.
The Nature of Movement offers a number of classes, events, and educational opportunities to help support you on your journey. The studio is utilized by other practitioners, teachers and therapists a provides a wide range of offerings. Please see the calendar for the most up-to-date scheduling. Feel free to contact me to register, or for general inquiries about renting the studio.
Awareness Through Movement® lessons are group classes in which I offer verbal invitations to explore new options for movement. These lessons are designed to create an opportunity for you to descend into your own bodily experience. Awareness Through Movement classes are a unique experience in which participants explore new ways to support themselves in order to move with greater agility and grace to meet the changing world.
The drop-in fee for a one-hour Awareness through Movement class is $15.
Functional Integration® is a private lesson tailored to your needs. These sessions engage your learning with gentle, non-invasive touch, movement, and specific verbal directions.
These lessons cost $70 and last one hour. Book three lessons in advance for $180.
Student and senior rates are $50.
Workshops
I offer a variety of Feldenkrais workshops that range in length from half-day to full-day and weekend workshops, during which I provide numerous Awareness Through Movement classes, small lectures, and demonstrations. A wide range of other workshops are also offered in the space by other community members.
I have experience presenting to groups of various backgrounds and sizes. I enjoy speaking publicly about my personal experience of redefining myself through change. I take pleasure in sharing my knowledge of Feldenkrais and its potency as an instrument for re-establishing a conscious relationship between the body, the mind, the senses, and the world we live in. I also host storytelling events for the public to mark the changing seasons. These events are offered around the fall and summer equinoxes and the winter and summer solstices.