THE BALANCED RUNNER

Saturday, July 12th, 1:00 - 6:30 pm
with Jae Gruenke, GCFP

Your individual running style isn�t set in stone. While a good training program improves strength and endurance, the coordination that reduces wear and tear and improves your efficiency needs a more specific approach . In this workshop we will combine running with several Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® lessons to reveal the fundamental elements of good form. The lessons create a learning environment designed to help you integrate and adopt healthier, more efficient, technically masterful running skills. Participants will learn to:

• Use the core muscles specific to running
• Align the hips and knees to reduce ankle and foot strain
• Coordinate the upper and lower body for power

In addition, people who work with runners will understand better the important differences between running and walking, and how to help clients with running-related goals. Participants will leave the workshop with a checklist of form improvements they�ve learned to implement and an audio CD to help reinforce the effects of the workshop.

• Date: Saturday, July 12th
• Time: 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm.
• Tuition: $90 in advance, $100 at the door. (Includes the audio CD)
• Call ahead to register: (212) 727-1014

Jae Gruenke is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm, and ACE-Certified personal trainer, and President of Intelligent Exercise LLC. In addition to her work with runners, Jae offers truly functional fitness training informed by the Feldenkrais Method. Her clients have ranged in age from 8 to 92, with concerns that include managing chronic illness, improving athletic performance, reducing everyday discomforts, improving balance and daily functioning, and healthy aging. For more information about personal training, go to www.balancedrunner.com and www.intelligentexercise.com. Jae has taught through the New York Open Center, the Learning Annex, Long Island College Hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center’s Student Wellness Center, and Williams College. She was fitness columnist for New York Spirit Magazine from 1999-2002, and her writing on movement and physicality has also appeared in the Village Voice, American Dance, The Park Slope Reader, and on the Motion Channel of IndiePlanet.com.

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FREE 1-DAY INTRODUCTION TO FELDENKRAIS
With Andrew Gibbons, GCFP

Sunday July 20th
Open to the Public (registration info below)

• Do you have nagging pains that persist despite repeated attempts to stretch, strengthen or other typical means?
• Are you curious about the role of attention in helping your body move and feel better?
• Would you like to take advantage of your brain's natural capacity for learning & improvement (what doctor's are calling "neuroplasticity")

This 1-day Introduction to The Feldenkrais Method is the ideal way to learn about, experience and immediately benefit from improving your brain-body coordination. Participants will experience several Awareness Through Movement lessons and hear a brief talk about the scientific roots of the method and how this kind of sensory-motor learning benefits both your body and the entire nervous system. Participants will also watch a demonstration of how Feldenkrais is used one-on-one. This workshop is open to everyone, regardless of age or physical ability.

Andrew Gibbons is one of the founding faculty members of the Feldenkrais Institute of New York and is its Administrative Director. Andrew maintains a private practice at the Feldenkrais Institute where he works with a diverse population, including those with minor and severe limitations, neurological problems, children, musicians and those with chronic pain. Andrew has presented the Feldenkrais Method for doctors, physical and occupational therapists at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan and at the Doctoral PT program of SUNY Medical School, for musicians in the Manhattan School of Music’s Wellness Program and in public programs sponsored by the NY Department for the Aging. He trained and continues to work closely with David Zemach-Bersin, one of Dr. Feldenkrais first and foremost American students. Andrew is a graduate of Columbia University (BA), the Manhattan School of Music (MM), is a trained classical pianist and has worked as a consultant for The New York Times and on the faculty of Physical Therapy & Feldenkrais NYC.