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A photo of students practicing movement during a class. They lie on their backs on blue mats. One leg extended downward and the other leg was propped up with their knee bent and the foot pressed into the floor. Photo courtesy of the faculty.
ID: A photo of students practicing movement during a class. They lie on their backs on blue mats. One leg extended downward and the other leg was propped up with their knee bent and the foot pressed into the floor. Photo courtesy of the faculty.

The Feldenkrais Method® is a mind-body approach that uses a process of organic learning to improve physical and emotional well-being. This method has the power to impact the way you sense, feel, think and act.

This Awareness Through Movement® class proposes to bring awareness to pre-existing movement patterns and introduces new movement possibilities unexplored thus far – improving your sense of self (how you feel) and self-use (how you move). This sensorial experience of your whole system in action allows you to free yourself from your habitual physical and emotional responses. The students – most often laying on the floor – are invited to explore movement sequences in a judgment-free atmosphere where curiosity and playfulness are encouraged. By cultivating a state of full presence, you will ultimately experience yourself as a whole, in a fully integrated motion where there is no dissonance.

Accessibility Notes

  • This class includes auditive guidance.

For access information about Gibney’s facilities refer to their website.

To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request, Marion Helfenstein” at least three (3) weeks prior to the date you plan to attend.

For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “Marion Helfenstein.”

Register for this class

In-Person

    To register visit Gibney´s Class Schedule:

    Location

    Gibney at 280 Broadway
    280 Broadway (Enter at 53A Chambers Street)
    New York, NY 10007

    • Get the Brown - BMT Nassau Street Line numbers: J , Z to Chambers Street
    • Get the Yellow - BMT Broadway Line numbers: N , R to City Hall
    • Get the Red - IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line numbers: 1 , 2 , 3 to Chambers Street
    • Get the Blue - IND Eighth Avenue Line numbers: A , C to Chambers Street
    • Get the Green - IRT Lexington Avenue Line numbers: 4 , 5 , 6 to Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall

    Faculty

    Marion Helfenstein

    Marion Helfenstein

    Marion discovered the Feldenkrais Method® over 15 years ago as a way of healing from injuries, reconnecting with herself and enhancing her performing skills.

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