What’s it all about?
Heal your hands in this fun class! We use our hands all the time, for work, play and all the routines of life. It’s easy to acquire tension and habits of effort. Discover how to release and mobilise your hands, wrists and fingers to create grace, ease and flexibility. Learn gentle, relaxing explorations of movement and sensible self-management.
Come to this lunchtime class and give yourself fluid, soft, strong and happy hands!
What will we cover?
We will use fun and enjoyable Feldenkrais movement exercises to improve hand coordination. These exercises are pleasant and relaxing, yet powerful in their effect.
In this class we will:
- Learn techniques and principles for ongoing self-maintenance
- Learn strategies for injury recovery and injury prevention
- Improve coordination of fingers, thumbs, hand, wrist and whole body
- Reduce effort yet increase power
- Improve skills and sensitivity
You can continue the exercises at home for ongoing maintenance of healthy hand function, to keep your hands happy!
Who will be teaching?
Ralph Hadden is one of Australia’s most experienced Feldenkraisers and has been teaching since 1988. He teaches with clarity, respect and good humour, combining fun with serious learning.
As a certified Feldenkrais practitioner, he offers his own workshops, weekly classes and individual sessions, helping his clients recover from injury, build health and relaxation and improve performance at work and play.
Ralph has presented for many organisations including the Centre for Adult Education (CAE), Arthritis Foundation, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, The Gawler Foundation and RMIT University.
Connect with Ralph via his website or Facebook page.