Learn how to teach the Feldenkrais Method
July 2011 – February 2015
On July 4th, 2011 the International Training Program Wien 6 started. It is fully booked. Should you be interested please contact us. We offer start-up and other workshops.
The Feldenkrais Method: surprising learning
Throughout our whole life we continue to develop. We can learn to move with more precision, efficiency, and in particular with greater ease. We can even learn to learn.
Feldenkrais lessons explore a wide range of human movement, from infant development to the highest performance skills. The lessons are comfortable, sometimes surprising, and offer a sophisticated yet natural way of somatic learning which can have an instantly positive effect on our movement in every day life.
The impressive effects of the Feldenkrais Method include an expanded range of movement, better breathing as well as improved movement skills for professionals such as musicians, athletes and dancers. Further effects can be more comfort and the rediscovery of an easy mobility. Changing one’s perception and experiencing a better understanding of oneself can also lead to fully reaching one’s individual potential both professionally and personally.
The Feldenkrais Method is a unique and revolutionary approach to the understanding of human learning, movement and function. It can be practiced equally effectively in group classes as in individual lessons.
What you learn – the syllabus
Your Feldenkrais Training Program offers 160 teaching days over four years. Every year features two segments, each consisting of 20 teaching days.
During the first year of the Training Program you will become acquainted with all aspects of the method. The focus is on Awareness through Movement lessons. The foundations of Functional Integration will be established and new ways of thought, feeling and action will be introduced. Through selfobservation and observing others your ability to perceive movement will be refined and an understanding of the learning process will be formed. The theoretical aspects of the method will be clarified.
One of the main themes of study during the second year of the training is learning the pedagogical aspects of teaching Awareness through Movement through structural analysis of lessons, including the lessons’ functional logic and the principles and theories of learning.
During the second year you will experience a wide variety of lessons to underline the basic principles of the method. You will then learn how to prepare and apply lessons for specific groups and purposes. There will be continuous supervision for your first teaching experiences. In the practicum you will be given personal feedback on your learning abilities, competencies, teaching skills, and understanding of the method. To gain practical knowledge all Trainees will be
given permission to teach Awareness though Movement. This permission is provisional until full certification is achieved at the end of the Training Program.
In the third year the focus is on evolving further skills in Functional Integration. You learn to develop a series of lessons by learning and practicing how to transfer functional ideas from Awareness through Movement to Functional Integration. Guests are brought into the Training Program and receive lessons (Supervision Days). By giving and observing these lessons you will gain important experience in how to deal with specific functional needs, challenges, and learning strategies.
The fourth year of the Training Program is used for learning more complex and unusual functional patterns, topics and themes that are applied in more advanced Functional Integration situations. During the course of the fourth year you will practice giving Functional Integration lessons to guests – under staff supervision. During these supervision periods and the practicum you will receive feedback on your skills, sensitivity, and theoretical understanding. The fourth year ends with your graduation: A certificate is awarded to each student who has met the educational objectives.
Your team – students of Moshé Feldenkrais
Educational Director Jeremy Krauss was a personal student of and directly trained by Dr. Feldenkrais. He has been studying and teaching the Feldenkrais Method for 30 years. His book “Feldenkrais: The Way to Improve Personal Ability” has been published in Hebrew, Russian and German. Jeremy has directed 17 four-year training programs all over the world and teaches Advanced Trainings as well as Master Classes. Jeremy was chosen by the International Feldenkrais Federation (IFF) to translate important teaching material by Moshé Feldenkrais from Hebrew into English. Jeremy is an excellent teacher and is known for his clear presentation of both the practical and theoretical aspects of the method.
“Feldenkrais lessons will create a situation for you to make discoveries, learn and be more in contact with yourself ... be in touch with some part of yourself you haven't been. Movement related - or else.”
(Jeremy Krauss, A new way of learning, public workshop, Vienna, April 2008)
Jeremy’s team is composed of highly experienced Feldenkrais Trainers with outstanding knowledge.
Livia Calice, Austria
Livia Calice is one of the Austrian pioneers of the Feldenkrais Method. She has lead the Feldenkrais Studiengesellschaft Wien for almost 20 years, organized the first Training Programs in Vienna and is now a Trainer herself. Livia teaches in Europe and Japan and is fluent in German, English, Italian and French.
Carl Ginsburg, USA/Germany &
Luci Schütte-Ginsburg, Germany
Carl Ginsburg and Luci Schütte-Ginsburg have been teaching in a remarkable collaboration for many years. Luci delights with her accessible and authentic nature and her special and direct contact with Trainees. Carl is one of the most experienced Trainers worldwide. He publishes extensively and is one of the theoretical masterminds of the Feldenkrais Method, specialized in the field of neurosciences. His calm and clear teaching style is highly appreciated by students.
Larry Goldfarb, USA
Larry Goldfarb is also a highly experienced Trainer, who was trained directly by Dr. Feldenkrais. Since then he has been practicing and teaching on three continents and published practice-oriented texts about the method. He will teach in Vienna for the first time in many years. Larry’s expertise lies in systems theory, cybernetics and movement sciences.
Beatriz Walterspiel, Germany
Beatriz Walterspiel finished her training with Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais in 1983. Since then she has been working exclusively with the Feldenkrais Method and has inspired Trainees in over 30 Training Programs worldwide with her profound knowledge and her warm and crystal clear teaching style.
Donna Ray, USA
Donna Ray has been teaching in Feldenkrais Training Programs for over 20 years. She has a background in psychotherapy and is known for her great sensitivity and her ability to present complex ideas in a coherent manner. She devotes most of her professional work to children and elderly people. Donna is co-director of the Feldenkrais Institute Southern California in San Diego.
Arlyn Zones, USA
Arlyn Zones graduated – like many others of the Vienna Trainerteam – in 1983 from the last Training that Dr. Feldenkrais personally taught. Arlyn, who has a background in performing arts, has been a Trainer since 1994 and is known for her especially lively teaching style. She has been active as a Trainer on three continents and will teach in Vienna for the first time.
Optimal support for your learning
The Feldenkrais Institut Wien provides an educational staff for each training segment that consists of one Trainer, two Assistant Trainers and two Training Practitioners. That means that a minimum of five members on the pedagogical team will be present at all times to support your ideal learning process. Assistant Trainers have a minimum of five, usually ten, years of professional experience and have been accredited by the European Feldenkrais Training and Accreditation Board.
Training Practitioners are Feldenkrais teachers who have had a professional practice for at least five years. During the Training Program they will be giving individual lessons in Functional Integration.
With the daily presence of such a large team we ensure that:
- all Trainees receive the attention they need and want;
- there are female and male teachers present at all times;
- there are always teachers present who can respond to Trainees’ needs in both English and German.
Your group – a resource
In your Training Program the group itself is an important aspect of your learning process: All Trainees practice with each other, give each other feedback and interact in the truly special learning atmosphere of a Feldenkrais Training Program. In the course of the four years you receive a minimum of 12 individual lessons in Functional Integration. These lessons are given by Trainers, Assistant Trainers or the Practitioners who are active within the training context. The lessons are an important part of your learning experience.
Materials
The Feldenkrais International Training Program is based on the educational materials developed by Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais. During the program you will get acquainted with the written, audio and video materials. Trainees are encouraged to read his published books as well as further materials that are relevant for the learning topics. You will receive a reading list as well as a list of suggested teaching materials worth purchasing during the course of the training. Any original material of Dr. Feldenkrais can be ordered and purchased by Trainees according to individual interest and focus: www.iffmaterials.com.
Your personal equipment (Feldenkrais table, rollers, paddings) will be chosen and then purchased in a group order by the Trainees. The Vienna Training Program offers all participants a copy of the audio recordings of all training segments. These recordings will be given to you free of charge as a service by the Feldenkrais Institut Wien. The CDs are a comprehensive documentation of your training and can be very useful for practicing and further learning. In addition you will certainly profit from your own notes and sketches along with the recollections of your observation processes.
Your security – worldwide recognition
In Austria the Feldenkrais Method is not being taught as a university course, but as an education with the highest standards. The name is protected and the quality is closely monitored by international organizations with high requirements. Austrian Feldenkrais Practitioners are registered in a professional association, the Feldenkrais Verband Österreich (FVÖ).
The Vienna Training Program is internationally accredited and recognized. That means that the syllabus, the way it is conducted and all Trainers are accredited and recognized by the European Feldenkrais Training and Accreditation Board (EuroTAB, www.eurotab.org).
The Training and your certificate are recognized by the Austrian professional association and fulfil all international standards. Your Viennese graduation certificate has worldwide recognition.
Your opportunities – a rich variety
This four-year training will enable you to become a skilled and confident Feldenkrais Practitioner. You will know how to give group as well as individual lessons and open your own practice. You will be able to apply the method in a variety of contexts such as: health care, pain treatment, physical rehabilitation, music etc. You will be fully qualified to work with movement professionals such as dancers or athletes and of course with all age groups – from children to elderly people. Apart from the health- and movement sector the method is especially enriching for people working in the pedagogical and educational field. After completion of the Training Program you can become a member of the Austrian professional association (Feldenkrais Verband Österreich, www.feldenkrais.at).
When and where
| Year 1: | July 4 – July 29, 2011; | January 16 – February 10, 2012 |
| Year 2: | July 2 – July 27, 2012; | January 28 – February 22, 2013 |
| Year 3: | June 24 – July 19, 2013; | February 3 – February 28, 2014 |
| Year 4: | June 30 – July 25, 2014; | February 2 – February 27, 2015 |
| The dates are subject to change! |
The Training Program will be hosted in the newly opened Feldenkrais Institut Wien (FI Wien).
This location offers you:
- 300 m2 space
- Feldenkrais related resources
- events
- a library and
- possibilities for study-groups.
Vienna
Vienna has been a location for Feldenkrais Training Programs for 20 years. It is a perfect place for an international program: urban, open and lively, yet full of small districts, easy and safe to explore. Vienna is also situated within easy access of those Central and Eastern European countries that do not yet offer Feldenkrais Training Programs. Prices for food and accommodation are moderate and the pace of life is comfortable.
The Feldenkrais Institut Wien was established here in 2007.
Tuition
The tuition per training day is € 105,– (incl. 20 % VAT/MwSt.). For 40 training days per year this amounts to a total of
€ 4.200,– (incl. 20 % VAT/MwSt.) per year.
Early bird: If you apply before January 4, 2011, your tuition for the first year will be reduced to € 3.900,–.
The Training Program is subject to cancellation with 30 days advance notice due to insufficient enrolment or teacher availability.
Diversity and Languages
We welcome people of all ages and from all professional backgrounds (moving arts, music, sports, education, physical and occupational therapy, psychology, medicine etc.). As our Training Programs are characterized by international groups and an international educational team the teaching language is English and the second working language is German.
The Vienna Training Program is one of the few in the German speaking countries that intentionally does not have interpreters. In our experience interpreted trainings lose almost half of the teaching time for the repetition in the other language – and that’s what we want to avoid.
Your enrolment: three steps
1)Please contact us for your application form or download it HERE.
2)Send your completed application to: Feldenkrais Institut Wien, P.O.B. 33, A 1043 Wien/Vienna, Austria.
3) If you are accepted into the program we will inform you in writing and send you the trainee enrolment contract. Prior to each training segment you will receive detailed information about the payment procedures and the training segment.
We suggest as a first step in your enrolment process you take part in a one-day introductory workshop with Educational Director Jeremy Krauss.
Introductory Workshops
We highly recommend participating in one of the pre-training-workshops.
This will give you the opportunity to meet Educational Director Jeremy Krauss. Please choose one of the workshops --> DATES. If you decide to participate in the Feldenkrais International Training Program Wien 6 the fee of the workshop will be subtracted from the training tuition.
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