http://learninginaction.org thinking bodies, moving minds Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:17:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/LearningInActionhttp://feedburner.google.com <a href="http://learninginaction.org/2010/09/the-learning-curve/696"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://learninginaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Cobb-angle-cropped-Source_Pediatric_Education.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="Cobb-angle-cropped Source_Pediatric_Education" /></a><h2>Living &#38; Working with Scoliosis</h2> <p><strong><span style="color: #8a0d7d;">Friday, July 23rd &#8211; Sunday, July 25th 2010</span></strong></p> <div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"></div> <p>Exploring the relationship between our skeletal and visceral support, the dynamic interplay of form and flow and how this influences how we work with ourselves and others.</p> <p>Erik Bendix, a gifted Alexander teacher and Body&#8230;</p> <p>Continue reading... <a href="http://learninginaction.org/2010/09/the-learning-curve/696">The Learning Curve</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LearningInAction/~4/D7aN7Wup_q4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LearningInAction/~3/D7aN7Wup_q4/696 http://learninginaction.org/2010/09/the-learning-curve/696 <a href="http://learninginaction.org/individual-sessions-for-kids"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://learninginaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/childClient11-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="childClient" /></a><h2 style="text-align: left;">Multidimensional Interactive Hands-on Sessions</h2> <div style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <p></p> </div> <p>Sonja works with specific developmental and functional movement themes while creating playful interactions with your child to establish a sense of enjoyment and inquisitiveness for learning. She follows and leads your child&#8217;s attention using gentle, precise, noninvasive, instructive touch with&#8230;</p> <p>Continue reading... <a href="http://learninginaction.org/individual-sessions-for-kids">Individual Sessions for Kids</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LearningInAction/~4/1WOU0OsuTDQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LearningInAction/~3/1WOU0OsuTDQ/individual-sessions-for-kids http://learninginaction.org/individual-sessions-for-kids <a href="http://learninginaction.org/individual-sessions-for-adults"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://learninginaction.org/images/04indiv.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="" /></a><h2>Functional Integration</h2> <h3>Hands-on Feldenkrais Sessions</h3> <div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"></div> <p>Through gentle yet precise, directive touch as well as verbal guidance, Sonja helps you to discover new ways of moving, sensing, feeling and living with greater ease and enjoyment.</p> <p>People often come to Sonja seeking relief from aches and pains in their back,&#8230;</p> <p>Continue reading... <a href="http://learninginaction.org/individual-sessions-for-adults">Individual Sessions for Adults</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LearningInAction/~4/9Fi1wDksf3w" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LearningInAction/~3/9Fi1wDksf3w/individual-sessions-for-adults http://learninginaction.org/individual-sessions-for-adults <a href="http://learninginaction.org/contact-us"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://learninginaction.org/images/01contact.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="" /></a><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Learning In Action</strong><br /> 2550 Ninth Street Ste 115 B<br /> Berkeley, CA 94710<br /> (510) 527-5981</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>email:</strong> <a href="mailto:Sonja@LearningInAction.org">Sonja@LearningInAction.org</a></p> <div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"></div> <p>The office is conveniently located in Berkeley on Ninth Street just two blocks West of San Pablo Ave. between Dwight and Parker. We are on&#8230;</p> <p>Continue reading... <a href="http://learninginaction.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LearningInAction/~4/BKJdVgxawDg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LearningInAction/~3/BKJdVgxawDg/contact-us http://learninginaction.org/contact-us <a href="http://learninginaction.org/what-is-feldenkrais"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://learninginaction.org/images/05what.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="" /></a><div style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;"></div> <p>Feldenkrais® is a method of somatic education which utilizes movement as a tool for developing awareness and for learning how to move through life with greater ease and enjoyment. The Feldenkrais Method® is taught through two modalities. Each supports and supplements the other.</p> <p>FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION®: <a href="http://learninginaction.org/individual-sessions-for-adults"> Individual</a>&#8230;</p> <p>Continue reading... <a href="http://learninginaction.org/what-is-feldenkrais">What is Feldenkrais?</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LearningInAction/~4/jy06QpCUl8I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LearningInAction/~3/jy06QpCUl8I/what-is-feldenkrais http://learninginaction.org/what-is-feldenkrais <a href="http://learninginaction.org/sonja-sutherland"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://learninginaction.org/images/09sonja.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="" /></a><div> <p>Sonja H. Sutherland is a <a href="http://www.feldenkrais.com/" target="_self">Guild-certified</a> practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method®. For over ten years she practices and studies <a href="http://www.centerpress.com/" target="_self">Formative Psychology™</a> with Stanley Keleman. Sonja holds a Masters in Dance and a black belt in <a href="http://www.cityaikido.com/" target="_self">aikido</a>—a martial art form which focuses on a non-confrontational, yet clear and direct</p></div><p>&#8230;</p> <p>Continue reading... <a href="http://learninginaction.org/sonja-sutherland">Sonja H. Sutherland</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LearningInAction/~4/iwrPBpeufcU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LearningInAction/~3/iwrPBpeufcU/sonja-sutherland http://learninginaction.org/sonja-sutherland <a href="http://learninginaction.org/articles-2"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" height="125" src="http://learninginaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/creative_learning_guild_screenshot-150x150.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="creative_learning_guild_screenshot" /></a><div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.feldenkrais.com/method/article/creative_learning_sa_spring_2009/" target="_self"></a></div> <p>Sonja&#8217;s article, <em>Creative Learning Through Movement with Children</em> was published by the Feldenkrais Educational Foundation of N.A. <a href="http://www.feldenkrais.com/method/article/creative_learning_sa_spring_2009/" target="_self">click to read the full article</a></p> <p><br class="spacer_" /></p> <p><br class="spacer_" /></p> <p><br class="spacer_" /></p> <p><br class="spacer_" /></p> <h3>Articles and newsletters by Sonja H. Sutherland for Aurora School:</h3> <p><strong>Movement Madness Articles</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://learninginaction.org/creativeMovement/OceanInspirationsFall1999.pdf">Ocean Inspirations</a> Fall 1999</li> <li><a href="http://learninginaction.org/creativeMovement/CreatingAndShapingFeb2000.pdf">Creating</a></li></ul><p>&#8230;</p> <p>Continue reading... <a href="http://learninginaction.org/articles-2">Articles</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LearningInAction/~4/D5wMZ0Gm8k4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LearningInAction/~3/D5wMZ0Gm8k4/articles-2 http://learninginaction.org/articles-2 <a href="http://learninginaction.org/creative-learning-through-movement-2"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://learninginaction.org/images/MovingRhythms.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Moving Rhythms" title="" /></a><p><strong>Creating to Learn, Learning to Create</strong><em> </em></p> <p> Drawing from her many years of experience in Feldenkrais, Dance, Aikido and Formative Psychology™, Sonja developed Creative Learning through Movement &#8212; a dynamic somatic curriculum for elementary school children. Classes include group movement explorations and games which foster creativity, spark curiosity, encourage group participation and cooperation, enhance&#8230;</p> <p>Continue reading... <a href="http://learninginaction.org/creative-learning-through-movement-2">Creative Learning Through Movement</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LearningInAction/~4/lYcXQ65NbyM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LearningInAction/~3/lYcXQ65NbyM/creative-learning-through-movement-2 http://learninginaction.org/creative-learning-through-movement-2 <div class="shr-publisher-224"></div> <p>Continue reading... <a href="http://learninginaction.org/learning-in-action">Learning in Action</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LearningInAction/~4/TTc_kPzuC2Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LearningInAction/~3/TTc_kPzuC2Y/learning-in-action http://learninginaction.org/learning-in-action <a href="http://learninginaction.org/why-feldenkrais"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://learninginaction.org/images/06why.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="" /></a><h2>Because it makes sense!</h2> <div> <p>With the Feldenkrais Method®, you develop a clearer sense of yourself—of how you can move with greater ease through your life.</p> </div> <div> <blockquote><p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;To make the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant.&#8221;<br /> <em>—Moshe Feldenkrais</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Many people seek out Feldenkrais® for relief from aches and pains</p></div><p>&#8230;</p> <p>Continue reading... <a href="http://learninginaction.org/why-feldenkrais">Why Feldenkrais?</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LearningInAction/~4/6028B3MDKG8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LearningInAction/~3/6028B3MDKG8/why-feldenkrais http://learninginaction.org/why-feldenkrais