Learning For Health: Services

We also offer public workshops and have a private practice in the Feldenkrais Method in San Franscico. We also offer continuing education for Feldenkrais practitioners, speakers, professional training in the Feldenkrais Method, and training and consultancy for organisations in our areas of speciality.

 

Next Public Workshops with Deborah Bowes and Cliff Smyth

Deborah Bowes and Cliff Smyth offer regular workshops at the private practice, the Feldenkrais Center for Movement Education, 98 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA94131. These workshops and classes are offered on a range of themes, including the topics of their CD series: pelvic floor health; hands and arms, pain, etc. Click here to link directly for their schedule of workshops and class series. Call to register: 415.826.3680 or contact Deborah or Cliff through the Feldenkrais Center website.

 

Continuing Education for Feldenkrais Practitioners

We also run professional development workshops for Feldenkrais teachers.

We will be offering our highly-regarded 'Art of Practice' program from May to November 2009. Go to Feldenkrais Center for Movement Education (FCME) website for these dates and other information on our continuing education programs.

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Professional Training

Feldenkrais Teacher Training Are you interested in an exciting, multi-disciplinary system of learning? One that will give you powerful tools to work more effectively in you field - whether it is health and rehabilitation, fitness and well being, artistic expression or another mind-body approach like meditation or Yoga? A system that also provides for the development of your own capacities for moving and sensing yourself; for expanding your expression and your possibilities?

We are excited to be working with the Intitute for the Study of Somatic Education (ISSE) to offer the Feldenkrais Teacher Training Program in San Francisco. This training will bring together the one of the most experienced training providers (ISSE), with the Bay Area's longest established Feldenkrais center (FCME), in a training program that combines in-depth study of the Feldenkrais Method, with a stong base in the professional practice of the Method. Enrollment in this training is possible through the end of 2008. Go to www.feldnet.com for more details.

 

Speakers

We can provide experienced speakers on topics such as:

• the Feldenkrais Method
• the use of theFeldenkrais Method in healing and rehabilitaion, and relation to medical treatment
• the role of movement in childrens' development
• pelvic health and awareness
• repetitive strain injuries: prevention and recovery
• pain and pain relief
• stress, trauma and healing.

Contact us if you are interested in talking about having one of us come to speak with your group. Phone: ++1.415.826.3680, voice mail box 1. E-mail: contact_us@learningforhealth.com

 

Training and Consultancy

We have run professional development programs, consultancy and training in:

• pain management
• stress management
• the prevention of overuse injuries
• working with pelvic floor issues

We have worked with a wide variety of organisaitons including, the Costal Health Alliance in West Marin County, California, the Occupational Health and the Dermataology Departments of Kaiser San Francisco, the Department of Administrative Services, Government of Victoria and the Australian Taxation Office in Australia. Please contact us if you would be interested in Deborah or Cliff of the Learning for Health team to work with your organization or professional group.

 

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Private Practice

Deborah Bowes and Cliff Smyth maintain practices in the Feldenkrais Method offering both individual sessions of Functional Integration and Awareness Through Movement classes. Our office is located in the Noe Valley/Glen park neighbourhood of San Francisco. For more information please go to the Feldenkrais Center for Movement Education website.

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