"Insight Into Vision" – for Feldenkrais® and ABM NeuroMovement® Practitioners

A deeper understanding of “Quality of Touch”, “Habits of Attention”, and “Distribution of Effort”


Nancy Aberle and Lynn Bullock have been working in teams of practitioners and supervising practitioners for many years. They are particularly appreciated for their warmth and capacity to transform complex concepts into simple explanations and practical applications.

Lynn and Nancy will encourage practitioners to develop a deeper understanding of how our movements and the way we perceive visual space are intimately connected.

Are you interested in the relationship between our movements, eye movements and vision?
Would you like to learn to play with this relationship and be able to use it directly and indirectly in your work? If so, then this experiential 3-day seminar will be valuable for you.

Lynn Bullock created an approach to deal with vision challenges called “Insight into Vision”.

Lynn and Nancy will share “highlights” from their years of research on how to use touch in FI to address indirectly the coordination of the eyes in movement. This can improve vision and perception in general.

These techniques can be specifically adapted for working with children with special needs and adults who find "eye" lessons particularly difficult.

Practical applications of "Insight Into Vision", can improve the quality of our lessons while working with children and adults.

During these 3 days the curriculum will include:

- Open attention, ways to perceive movement, with more ease, comfort and quality of attention.
- The functions of convergence and accommodation of the eyes, which are two main functions that we can approach in FI and ATM, in a very conscious way.
- ATM lessons explicitly and implicitly oriented towards these two main functions, as well as the relationship of eye movements to vision.
- The reasons for doing certain things in ATM - notably the use of language and how to use concepts from “Insight into Vision” in your lessons.
- ATM lessons to improve sense of touch.
- Lynn’s specific research on how to use touch in FI to indirectly address eye coordination in movement. This can improve vision and general perception of yourself and the environment. You can learn to transfer this to your students young and old.
- Nancy’s professional experience with the strong relationship between distribution of effort, habits of attention, visual perception and use of the eyes.
- An action plan to make taking home your learning, both concrete and doable.

All this in a warm, respectful, fun environment

Price: CHF 690.- (Group of ca. 20 Practitioners with 2 very experienced Instructors)
Language: English
Schedule:
10 am to 5pm
Location: Albisriederstrasse 226, 8047 Zürich, Goooal! Tango & Feldenkrais Studio von Åse Johnsen

Instructor: Nancy Aberle and Lynn Bullock

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Feldenkrais® and ABM NeuroMovement® practitioners who are working with children with disabilities can benefit from these videos.

HOW TO GET THE VIDEOS:
1) Pay to the following PayPal Account:
https://paypal.me/LynnBullockParis

2) send name, address and phone number to:
wwc.onlinetraining@gmail.com

3) We send you the access to the videos.

Thanks !

Nancy Aberle and Lynn Bullock have been working in teams of practitioners and supervising practitioners for many years. This on-line workshop focused on questions asked by practitioners. Videos of Nancy and Lynn working with children and their parents were used to address those questions. The movement lessons, hands-on techniques, and theory support practitioners to become even more effective with this method. A deeper understanding and practical applications of "Insight Into Vision" and "proportional distribution of effort", can be very helpful while working with children recovering from brain injury, or children with genetic disorders, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, autism spectrum, low muscle tonus and vision challenges, among others.

Nancy and Lynn are Feldenkrais® and Anat Baniel Method® NeuroMovement® practitioners, specializing in the work with children. Nancy, is Swiss-American and has lived and worked, with a full-time practice, in Zurich, Switzerland for 22 years. She is known for her warmth and her capacity to transform complex concepts into simple explanations and practical applications. Lynn, is English and lives in Paris, France. She created an approach to deal with vision challenges called Insight Into Vision and is a Clean Language therapist and trainer specializing in overcoming trauma.

For the last 15 years, Nancy and Lynn have offered advanced trainings for Feldenkrais and ABM practitioners, workshops called Empowering Parents, as well as supervision groups and individual mentoring.

Price: 130 Euro - 2 days of advanced training videos, videos of Nancy and Lynn working with children and extra notes.
Language: English
Schedule:
2 days of Advanced Training given at the end of 2020
Location: Videos Recordings

Instructor: Nancy Aberle and Lynn Bullock

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Price: In Planning
Language: English (translation to Croatian)
Schedule:
10am to 5pm
Location: Zagreb, Croatia

Instructor: Nancy Aberle and Lynn Bullock

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(In German)
Das Buch "Bewusstheit durch Bewegung" hatte in seiner ersten hebräischen Auflage folgenden Titel:
"Das Verbessern der Fähigkeiten, die in uns sind! Theorie und Praxis"
Von Moshe Feldenkrais entwickelte Bewegungslektionen (ab den 70er Jahren ATMs genannt) dienen zur Gestaltung eines Lern- und Entdeckungsprozesses. Zweck dieses Prozesses ist die Verbesserung von Fähigkeiten, die unser Leben angenehmer machen, sofern wir die ihnen innewohnende Kraft entdecken.
Ein Nachmittag für Feldenkrais-Lehrer und andere Interessierte.

Price: CHF 150.-
Language: German
Schedule:
Freitagnachmittag 14.00-19.00 Uhr
Location: Bewegungs-Raum, Ottikerstr.40, 8006 Zurich

Instructor: Wolfgang Steinmüller, MD

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(In German)
Viele Feldenkrais-Lehrer*innen begegnen in ihrer Praxis Menschen, die nach einer Covid-Infektion anhaltende Probleme mit ihrer Atmung haben. Sie hat für viele Betroffene ihre Selbstverständlichkeit verloren. Statt dessen erscheint es schwer Luft "zu holen". Viele unphysiologische Reaktionen haben sich eingestellt ein und sind zur Gewohnheit geworden.

Die Feldenkrais-Methode, aber auch die Ideokinese, können einen Prozess unterstützen, der zu einer freieren, müheloseren Atmung zurückfinden lässt. Aus diesem Grund biete ich dieses Seminar, das ich 2018 - lange vor Corona - entwickelt habe, in aktualisierter Form erneut an. Es enthält viele Anregungen, die in der Arbeit mit sich selbst und mit Anderen hilfreich sein können. Es ist praxisbezogen und vermittelt durch die Betrachtung der Atmung aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln neue Ideen für die alltägliche Arbeit.

In einem evolutionären Prozess wurde die menschliche Atmung das, was sie heute ist. Dieser Mechanismus ist einerseits stabil - kein Mensch kann unbegrenzt lange den Atem anhalten - und andererseits störanfällig. Die besondere Entwicklung des menschlichen Gehirns ermöglicht, dass ein Gedanke genügen kann, um die Atmung zu verändern.

Die Kurstage beschäftigen sich u.a. mit folgenden Fragen:
Gibt es die richtige Art zu Atmen? Ist richtiges Atmen erlernbar? Was heißt den Atem loslassen?

Ziel dieses zweiteiligen Kurses ist es, anatomisch/physiologische Informationen mit Bewegungserfahrungen aus Ideokinese und Feldenkrais zu ergänzen. Die Atmung als dynamischer Prozess der Anpassung an verschiedene Lebenssituationen erschließt sich somit einem tieferen Verständnis.

Ein Anmeldung für nur ein Seminar oder einzelne Kurstage ist nicht möglich, da die 4 Kurstage inhaltlich aufeinander aufbauen. Die Teilnehmerzahl ist aufgrund der Raumgröße auf 10 begrenzt.

Price: CHF 760.-
Language: German
Schedule:
Freitags von 14.00 - 19.00 Uhr und Samstags von 9.30 - 15.00 Uhr
Location: Bewegungs-Raum, Ottikerstr.40, 8006 Zurich

Instructor: Wolfgang Steinmüller, MD

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Was heute unter den Namen "Ideokinese" vermittelt wird, basiert auf den
Erkenntnissen von Mable Todd, der Autorin des Buches "The Thinking Body". In
dem auf Deutsch unter dem Titel "Der Körper denkt mit" erschienenen Klassiker der
Körper-Geist Literatur beschreibt sie theoretische und praktische Grundlagen ihrer
Arbeit. Neben der Beschreibung anatomisch-funktioneller Zusammenhänge finden
sich "images" zum Ausprobieren. Weitere "Bewegte Vorstellungsbilder (images) "
und ausführliche Anleitungen zum Selbststudium bietet das Buch "Ideokinese" von
Andrè Bernard, Ursula Stricker und Wolfgang Steinmüller.

Die an diesem Einführungskurs vermittelten "images" sind hierin zu finden. Die
vorherige Lektüre ist hilfreich, aber keine Voraussetzung zur Teilnahme an dem
Kurs.

Eine Lektion ist üblicherweise zweigeteilt: In einer kurzen theoretischen Einführung
werden grundlegende Informationen zur Anatomie, Bewegungsphysiologie und
Körpermechanik vermittelt. Die im praktischen Teil verwendeten „images“ machen
diese Informationen lebendig, indem sie einen Bezug zum eigenen Körper herstellen.
Jeweils zwei Schüler arbeiten zusammen und unterstützen sich abwechselnd. Durch
leichte Berührung wird die Aufmerksamkeit von „außen“ auf die Körperregion
gerichtet, für die ein vom Lehrer gegebenes bewegtes Bild (image) soeben von
„innen“ wirkt.

Price: CHF 300.-
Language: Deutsch
Schedule:
Fr. 14.00 - 19.00 Uhr Sa. 10.00-13.00 Uh
Location: Bewegungs-Raum, Ottikerstr.40, 8006 Zürich

Instructor: Wolfgang Steinmüller, MD

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The aim of our work is to enable the child to lead a life with as much independence as possible.

Small group Supervision
In 2023, Nancy Aberle, Anna Faeh Meier and Mark Keogh will lead small supervision groups. These half-day seminars will have 4 to 10 participants. We are offering these groups in response to practitioners who have taken our practice-oriented seminars. The next 5-day “Functional Integration for Children” seminar in Zurich is planned for 4.- 8. October, 2023. Our goal, as a leadership team, is for practitioners to be strengthened and encouraged to start working with children and babies, or to refine their skills in this work through exchange with other practitioners. In these small groups, there will be opportunities to expand on your FI techniques and to focus on specific themes.

Who is it for ?
The supervision seminars are suitable for practitioners who want to use this method in their work with babies and children. Experienced practitioners, as well as those with little or no experience, are welcome.

Structure
We are offering 3, half-day supervision seminars in the first 6 months of 2023.
In these seminars we will engage with your practical questions around FI when working with children and babies.
We have videos of our FI work with children that can act as a starting place. If you have videos of your work with children, we can use them as the inspiration for the supervision seminar.

We will also use the videos to
• collectively create practical next steps for the child’s learning process
• discuss how the content fits into the developmental process of the child and ATM lessons
• improve your FI skills and to learn to emotionally self-regulate better while working with families
• spark conversation around specific themes

At each supervision seminar, when the group is full, there will be two of us present, and we will have no more than 8-10 participants.

The dates and team members are

We will meet on Fridays from 15:00 to 19:00

20.1 Mark und Anna
24.3 Mark und Anna
21.4 Mark und Nancy

Price: CHF 240.- per person and day
Language: German (with translation to English)
Schedule:
3pm to 7pm
Location: Feldenkrais Centre for Children Zürich, Kornhausstr 53, 8037 Zurich

Instructor: Nancy Aberle, Anna Fäh Meier and Mark Keogh

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Nancy Aberle, Anna Fäh Meier and Mark Keogh, known for their work with children with special needs, will conduct a five-day advanced training for Feldenkrais® and Anat Baniel Method®NeuroMovement practitioners.

In order for each practitioner to expand their skills, special focus will be placed on better understanding the human nervous system and how each individual has specific ways of learning with more ease. Using the Feldenkrais techniques as well as the theoretical concepts developed by Anat Baniel, practitioners can give lessons in which the child learns to better coordinate their movements and become more profoundly connected to themselves. Such lessons can change the lives of the children and their families for the better. The aim of our work is to enable each child to mature and lead a life with as much independence as possible.

During the two practicum days, the participants can give free lessons to babies and children. Nancy, Mark and Anna will be in the room and will offer support when questions arise or help is needed. After the children's lessons, each practitioner will have the opportunity to briefly reflect on his/her experience in the group, with the intention to improve one's own thinking, moving and well-being while giving Function Integration lessons.

Experienced practitioners, practitioners with little experience and also those who do not want to give lessons to children during this training, are welcome.

(More information about the practicum will follow after registration. It may be possible for practitioners to bring a family with whom she or he is already working.)

During the seminar there will be a two-hour workshop for parents and care-givers. Adults can improve the learning conditions for children at home, when they develop a deeper understanding of the human nervous system and their child's way of learning through self-awareness. For the practitioners, the parent's workshop is an example of how to involve parents while working with their children. Practitioners can gain valuable tools to work with parents and learn to explain in clear language how the method works.

Our goal as a team of senior practitioners (and instructors of this seminar), is to empower and encourage other practitioners to start working with children and to refine the skills of experienced practitioners, so that the children can have even greater outcomes.

From the book by Anat Baniel, we focus on 4 of the 9 Essentials of ABMNM®: "Slow", "Variations", "Movement with Attention" and "The Learning Switch".

Suggested reading: by Anat Baniel «Kids Beyond Limits»

Price: CHF 1150.-
Language: German (with translation to English)
Schedule:
Weds. & Thurs. 10am - 5pm
Fri. 10am - 5pm (Practicum and 2 hour parent's workshop)
Sat. 10am - 5pm (Practicum)
Sun 10am to 3:30pm
Location: Albisriederstrasse 226, 8047 Zürich, Goooal! Tango & Feldenkrais Studio of Åse Johnsen

Instructor: Nancy Aberle, Anna Fäh Meier and Mark Keogh

Co-Instructor: Anna Fäh Meier and Mark Keogh

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