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Consider that the quality of one's movement deeply impacts the quality of one's life. Ask yourself if the quality of your movement is supporting the quality of life to which you aspire. If you think there might be room for wider possibilities or improvement, give the Feldenkrais Method^® a try! See our article about the method. Check out this video on YouTube.

Move With Elan's series of Awareness Through Movement^® classes for late spring/summer will be held in Durham, Carrboro, and Cary. See our class schedule for specific dates by venue. Note that in any given series, the lessons can be enjoyed by anyone with curiosity about learning how one does what they do makes a difference in exactly what one does.

Durham classes on Thursdays (6-7pm, beginning 5/20) and Carrboro classes on Fridays (11:30am-12:30pm, beginning 5/14, no class on 5/28) will explore the topic of "Aging Gracefully: Learn to Move Younger as You Get Older". What is the difference between a 70-year old who moves as if she was 40, and a 70-year old who moves as if he were 70, or 90? Our habits of movement, thinking, and feeling create how old we feel. When we unlearn these habits and make new ones, we make our bodies and minds younger, stronger, and more flexible. Come learn to enjoy qualities of ease, exploration, variety, and joy in your movements that will de-age your muscles, your joints, and your brain. The habits you create as a 30- , 40-, or 50-something year old have a tremendous impact on your quality of life as a 70-, 80-, or 90- year old. You can learn to move with greater agility, balance, and coordination and feel younger again!

Fee for the 8-week series is $80, or drop in for $13 per class. Register by calling (919) 967-8013. New students will be welcome to join at any time during the series. This series finishes on 7/8 or 7/9.

Karen will teach 8 weeks of Awareness Through Movement classes in Cary on Thursdays at noon beginning on July 8. The specific topic will be announced later. Join us and turn stressful postural habits into the ability move in ease and comfort.

Students should register by calling (919) 460-4965 and asking for Awareness Through Movement. The class is held from noon to 1pm at the Herbert C. Young Community Center. This series finishes on 9/2 (no class 8/5).

Additionally, Karen offers classes through OLLI at Duke -- formerly Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement (DILR). The next group of classes will begin in September and are on Wednesday mornings from 9 to 10:30 am. Registration is handled by OLLI. The current topic is "Your Neuroplastic Self".

Please call ahead (or email) to let us know if you intend to join our evening Durham class or Friday Carrboro class (register with OLLI or Cary for the other classes):

Wednesday morning OLLI classes will resume in September and are from 9 to 10:30 am at the Judea Reform Education building in Durham.

Thursday noon-time classes in Cary run 7/8 through 9/2 (not 8/5) and are from noon to 1pm at the Herbert C. Young Community Center.

Thursday evening classes in Durham run 5/20 through 7/8 and are from 6 to 7pm at the Carolina Pines Dojo, 351 W. Main Street (near Kimbrell's Furniture), Durham. Enter through back door, off the Corcoran Street parking lot.

Friday morning classes in Carrboro run 5/14 through 7/9 (not on 5/28) and are from 11:30am to 12:30pm at the Balanced Movement Studio , 304 W. Weaver Street, Carrboro.

Feel free to our e-mail list to receive announcements about our classes and workshops. We do not share our list with other groups or persons.

We are Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teachers^CM.

Feldenkrais^®, Feldenkrais Method^®, Functional Integration^®, and Awareness Through Movement^® are registered service marks; and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner^CM and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher^CM are certification marks of The FELDENKRAIS GUILD^® of North America.

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