About this Retreat
Dan Clurman is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner who has led Feldenkrais
Awareness Through Movement® classes for over 20 years. He has studied a variety of somatic disciplines including tai chi, yoga, Chi Nei Tsang, and is certified in Judith Blackstone’s subtle body method, the Realization Process. He has taught Relaxed and Awake retreats at Spirit Rock and Esalen Institute in California since 2007.
Dan also integrates somatic awareness into his work as a communication coach. He teaches communication skills to individuals, couples, corporations, and dharma organizations including Spirit Rock, Insight Meditation Center in Barre, Massachusetts, and Natural Dharma Fellowship at Wonderwell. He is the co-author of Let’s Talk: An Essential Guide to Skillful Communication. Learn more at
www.feldenkraismethodguide.com and
www.letstalkmethod.com.
Details of this retreat
Learn to connect with your body’s natural intelligence to join in the dance of being alive with more freedom and ease.
This daylong retreat combines accessible yet profound somatic meditation practices with sessions of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® lessons, the brilliant sensory-motor approach to gently and wisely re-educating the neuro-muscular system. Alternating meditation, Feldenkrais lessons and discussion will allow the techniques to complement and empower each other and to enhance your mind-body connection and well-being.
Many new and long-time meditators discover that Feldenkrais practices can help them feel greater physical ease and less pain, both in meditation and in everyday activities, by freeing up habitual patterns embedded in the neuromuscular system. This can also help incorporate the body’s natural intelligence into the process of spiritual awakening and more fully embodied presence. We can then join in the dance of being alive with more freedom and ease.
Join us as we awaken the innate potential of both body and mind to work together in a joyful and liberating way. We welcome both beginning and experienced students of meditation or the Feldenkrais Method®. If you are uncertain about whether the Feldenkrais Method® is appropriate for you physically, please consult your physician and, if you wish, email any questions to Dan via: http://www.feldenkraismethodguide.com/contact-us
Participants should have a comfortable, firm chair available and enough space to lie down. A blanket or yoga mat might be helpful if you need extra cushioning when you lie down.
Retreat Schedule (All times are Eastern time zone)
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Morning session (Eastern time)
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Afternoon session
Zoom Link
The Zoom link will be sent several days before the retreat to all those registered. If you register after that date, you’ll receive the link with your confirmation email shortly after submitting your registration. If you don’t see an email from Natural Dharma Registrar or Wonderwell Mountain Refuge, it may have mistakenly gone to your spam folder or to Promotions or Updates in Gmail.
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register@naturaldharma.org
Program Cost
Our program fees provide essential support to our non-profit operations and NDF’s mission to spread the Dharma in accessible, relevant, and creative ways. Our goal is that no one misses out on our events due to lack of funds. Thanks to our generous donors, we are able to offer tiered pricing and additional support to fit varied financial situations:
May All Beings Benefit! *– supporting access for all and general support for NDF operations
A Middle Way – covering the base cost
Held in Sangha Loving-kindness – offering ease when financial resources are limiting
If the lowest cost tier creates an obstacle to your attendance, please see our financial support options on the registration page. The process is simple and does not require extensive information. Financial aid is immediately approved using discount code options that allow you to contribute the most you are able while honoring your particular resources.
* The difference between the May All Beings Benefit! tier and the Middle Way tier will be considered a tax-deductible donation and will be acknowledged as such in writing. Contributing at this level helps us offer financial aid to other participants. Thank you!!
Access to Recordings
NDF offers unlimited access to recordings, which are available in your user dashboard (more information about user accounts provided in a pre-retreat letter). If you have a user account, please register with the same email you use to log into your dashboard. If not, an account will be created for you using your registration address.
Availability will vary depending on the type of event and the backlog for our precious resource volunteers. Thank you for your patience.
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