Creative & Effective Movement & Awareness-Based Solutions For Pain
2024-10-20 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | OR
What are your strategies for resiliency when you encounter chronic pain, limitation, emotional or physical trauma?

Do you ignore it? Do you rationalize or minimize it? Or maybe, you amplify it? Do you have a go-to modality for help? Do you have creative & effective movement & awareness-based solutions for pain?
Our culture is one in which embodied, somatic experience is neither examined nor prioritized. And in our western culture this lack of exploration of an integral element of human experience has thus never had an opportunity to mature to be the wellspring of resiliency that nature, or g-d, intended. Especially when accident or injury happens. As a long-time practitioner and clinician of the embodiment work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, I am certain that you hold the answers for eliminating pain, and disease, and that you have the tools within yourself to recover your vitality and life force. This is an exploration into the community of self. What do I mean by “community of the self”? This is the physical, emotional, cognitive, mental, spiritual parts acting in an integrated experience of ‘myself’.
I am witness to the unfortunate phenomenon, based on years of clinical practice, that this integration is incomplete and immature as long as we look outside of our ‘community of self’ for solutions to embodiment problems.
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What Can I Expect In Your Workshop?
I will lead you through a sequence of 5-6 movement ‘lessons’ based on a theme. The movement explorations are fun and designed to invite a fresh awareness and curiosity for movement. They are designed to restore your resiliency for effortless physical action. The movement lesson environment is similar to that in which you first learned your motor milestones! This learning environment is infused with novelty, curiosity, enthusiasm, and variation.
All lessons will be done lying on the floor. Chairs will be available.
The first part of the workshop will be meeting the group and communicating your goals for the day. I will lead the group through 2-3 movement lessons in the morning with short in-between breaks for rest and drink. Lunch break will be 70 minutes, for plenty of time to stroll the grounds, meditate in secluded locations and/or connect with participants. The afternoon will resume with 2-3 additional movement lessons. I will wrap up the day with comments and questions. Movement lessons last anywhere from 30 minutes to 70 minutes.
This Workshop is for Everyone!
From high performers to those with neuro-movement challenges, all are welcome. Regardless of symptom or diagnosis, regardless of the degree, intensity, or chronic nature of injury, trauma, or challenge, you can all expect deep & lasting shifts in posture, balance, flexibility, pain relief & vitality. You will leave the day with somatic strategies when encountering old familiar patterns, and through this new understanding, have the tools to respond in an entirely new way.
Please join me in this remarkable opportunity for lasting relief and improvement.
Admin Details

Please be able to get up and down from the floor without assistance and bring a personal large size mat or quilt for movement and 2 bath-size towels

The studio floor on which you will be doing movement lessons is wood…my preference for this type of movement work. So if you require extra padding, you’re welcome to bring yoga sticky mat for under your blanket

Dress in layers & wear loose, roomy clothing. Jeans aren’t recommended nor are yoga leggings or other tight fitting clothing. Women; An exercise bra without hooks or snaps is best

Bring your own beverage, snacks and lunch. A refrigerator is available for you. The workshop location is not close to town, so leaving for lunch break is not recommended. I will have a tea pot, teas, and some light finger food available

Arrive a few minutes early to choose your personal movement space. I will be available by 8:30am should you want more time with me

You’re welcome to bring a cell phone, but please turn off, or place in airplane mode while in the studio space

The Workshop will be held on an extraordinary private property with many gorgeous gardens, walking paths, and serene grounds. The location will be provided after registration is received. On private property in rural Ashland near Emigrant Lake

All workshop students will receive a 50% discount coupon ($75.00 value) for one private session at my Ashland studio after the workshop. Expires end of 2024.

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ABOUT PATRICIA
As a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner for 30+ years, my services cover all ages and myriad diagnoses, from acute injury rehabilitation to complex neurological challenges. I provide my clients and students with practical embodiment tools to restore biological optimism and full function. I consider this modality to be educational in practice and transformational in outcome.
Owner-Director The Center for Mind, Moving & Learning, based in Ashland, Oregon

DISCOVER WHAT YOUR BODY ALREADY KNOWS with FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT
2026-04-12 10:30 - 2026-06-14 10:30 | Jacksonville, OR, 235 W. Main Street, Jacksonville, OR
AN AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT SERIES
Living in today’s world requires an enormous “ask” of our nervous systems. Over-simulation, trauma, generalized stress, uncertainty, and material distractions have taken their toll. Learn effective brain and movement solutions to overcome these challenges. Building a healthy foundation is the key to life-long resilience. Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Classes are a scientifically proven method for building this foundation.
We invite you to participate in a series of 10 weekly movement-based classes that will help you:

Manage pain by improving self awareness, and without the use of drugs
Free your body from excess effort
Tone your limbic system
Diminish the charge of the fight, flight and freeze response and
Move from fear to pain-free action and creative self-use
Recover dynamic balance in your life

Feldenkrais lessons refine how the brain directs our nervous system responses. Novel, brain based movement explorations will help you refine your muscular function. With all of our muscles working in harmony, the unfolding movement is supple, safe, and successful. Each class sequentially, and progressively provides integrated sensory information to wire new brain pathways. A healthier nervous system relies on the synthesis of dynamic effort with self- awareness, activating internal resources for problem solving. Feldenkrais classes create a powerful foundation for your future endeavors, whatever they may be! We look forward to helping you encounter your best self!

INSTRUCTORS:Patricia Holman, GCFP (414)-535-7283 & Gabrielle Pullen, GCFP (541) 777-0124‬
DATE: Sunday, April 12, to Sunday June 14, 2026
TIME: 10:30am – 12:00pm
LOCATION:235 W. Main Street, Jacksonville, Oregon
FEE: $250.00/10 classes Cash, Check, or Credit Card Pre-payment only. No drop-ins, No refunds
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