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Es<strong>the</strong>r Thelen Research Symposium & Feldenkrais Method Conference<br />
Embodying Neuroscience:<br />
The Feldenkrais Method ® in <br />
Human Development, Performance & Health<br />
Dr. Michael Merzenich<br />
Keynote Address <br />
Friday, August 31 th<br />
7:30 pm<br />
2012<br />
August 30–September 5<br />
San Francisco Bay Area
You are Invited!<br />
We invite you to attend a special event focusing on neuroscience and highlighting <strong>the</strong> synergy of <strong>the</strong>ory and practice in <strong>the</strong> domains <br />
of human development, learning, and performance. <br />
The program for this exciting interdisciplinary Es<strong>the</strong>r Thelen Research Symposium and Feldenkrais Method Conference includes:<br />
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Feldenkrais Method<br />
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EMBODYING: <br />
NEUROSCIENCE:<br />
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Why Attend?<br />
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eldenkrais Method® of <br />
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For scientists, researchers, and scholars:<br />
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knowledge into<br />
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performance, and health:<br />
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interdisciplinary community of experienced teachers of <strong>the</strong> <br />
Feldenkrais Method<br />
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through <strong>the</strong> Feldenkrais Method<br />
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Symposium and Conference Goals<br />
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amplify respect through <strong>the</strong> mutual sharing of diverse <br />
perspectives from practice and research.<br />
2. To enhance successful health care practices, <br />
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appreciation of <strong>the</strong> complexity of human development, <br />
performance, and health.<br />
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integration of experience (educators and clinicians) and <br />
knowledge (scientists).<br />
Feldenkrais <br />
lessons.<br />
THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD ®<br />
The Feldenkrais Method<br />
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Awareness through Movement<br />
Feldenkrais Method
Es<strong>the</strong>r Thelen Research Symposium<br />
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<strong>the</strong> human brain was plastic across <strong>the</strong> life span, <br />
and that behavior, including cognition, is embodied. Behavior emerges from our interactions among <br />
sensing, moving, feeling, and thinking.<br />
Since <strong>the</strong>n, a distinctive group<br />
educators, and health care providers has created a multidisciplinary syn<strong>the</strong>sis <br />
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This integrative, interactive <br />
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a landmark opportunity to learn from and dialogue with some of <strong>the</strong> ground-‐breaking <br />
scientists and scholars who have fostered this change in perspective. <br />
Named after <strong>the</strong> developmental psychologist and Feldenkrais Practitioner Es<strong>the</strong>r Thelen, PhD<br />
actions that foster societal <br />
change.<br />
Our program will include:<br />
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human movement<br />
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World-‐class presenters:<br />
Georg Striedter, PhD<br />
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Jane Clark, PhD<br />
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Michael Turvey, PhD, <br />
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Ecology and Dynamics of Modern Development<br />
Jill Whitall, PhD<br />
An <br />
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Wolf Mehling, MD<br />
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Body Awareness<br />
Alva Noë, PhD<br />
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You Are Not Your Brain!<br />
Ca<strong>the</strong>rine Kerr, PhD, <br />
Keeping
2012 Feldenkrais Method® Conference<br />
Friday, August 31 – Wednesday, September 5<br />
Keynote Address<br />
Friday, August 31, 7:30 – 9:00 pm<br />
Michael Merzenich, PhD<br />
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Symposium Track Conference Workshops <br />
O<strong>the</strong>r Workshops Open to <strong>the</strong> Public<br />
Nine talented Feldenkrais ® Practitioners will extend <strong>the</strong> <br />
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Feldenkrais Method ® during <strong>the</strong> Feldenkrais Method <br />
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learning and networking.<br />
Fostering Fluency<br />
Lawrence Goldfarb, PhD<br />
Neuroplasticity: What Have You Done for Me Lately?<br />
Frank Wildman, PhD<br />
The Intelligence of Moving Bodies<br />
Carl Ginsburg, PhD, and Luci Schuette-‐Ginsburg, Dipl. Ped.<br />
Getting Precise with our Complex Brains<br />
Dav Clark, MS, PhD cand., and Dwight Pargee, MS<br />
A View from <strong>the</strong> Beginning<br />
Sheryl Field, MA<br />
Updating <strong>the</strong> Self-‐Image <br />
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Attention, Breath, Sensation...The Tools of our Trade<br />
Arlyn Zones, MA<br />
In addition to <strong>the</strong> Symposium track workshops, <strong>the</strong> <br />
Conference program includes:<br />
Too Strange To Be Believed: <br />
The Foundations of Reversibility<br />
Michael Krugman, MA<br />
Maintaining Mobility: <br />
<strong>the</strong> Feldenkrais Method and Multiple Sclerosis<br />
Susan Dillon, MA, and Beth Rubenstein, MS, PT<br />
Deepening our Somatic Dialogue: <br />
Shaping Actions into Behavior<br />
Sonja H. Su<strong>the</strong>rland, MA<br />
Thinking and Sensing: <br />
Motor Learning Theories and <strong>the</strong> Feldenkrais Method<br />
Karol Connors, MPT<br />
The Dynamics of Body Image<br />
Susan Hillier, PhD<br />
Continual Improvement<br />
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Research Mentoring <br />
Pat Buchanan, PhD, and Jim Stephens, PhD, PT<br />
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www.<strong>feldenkrais</strong>.com/events/conference/2012_public/workshops
Accommodations<br />
Venue: <br />
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Book online at: http://cwp.marriott.com/sfosa/<strong>feldenkrais</strong><strong>method</strong>/<br />
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Travel: <br />
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Plan a short vacation in <strong>the</strong> Bay Area, on <strong>the</strong> coast of Nor<strong>the</strong>rn California or Big Sur. <br />
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Continuing Education: <br />
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Space is limited: <br />
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For fur<strong>the</strong>r information, contact:<br />
Feldenkrais ® <br />
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Registration<br />
Symposium:<br />
Conference: <br />
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Keynote: <br />
Register online:<br />
www.<strong>feldenkrais</strong>.com/events/conference/2012_public/register<br />
Or call 800.775.2118, x. 125<br />
Feldenkrais Guild of North America: Feldenkrais ® , Feldenkrais Method ® , Functional Integration ® Awareness Through Movement ® , <br />
Feldenkrais Teacher ® ; and The Feldenkrais Guild ® Feldenkrais Guild of North America: ATM ® , FI , eldenkrais Awareness <br />
Through Movement Teacher and Feldenkrais.
Feldenkrais ® <br />
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Es<strong>the</strong>r Thelen Research Symposium<br />
2012 Feldenkrais Method Conference<br />
Embodying Neuroscience:<br />
The Feldenkrais Method ® in <br />
Human Development, Performance & Health<br />
Dr. Michael Merzenich<br />
Keynote Address <br />
Friday, August 31 th<br />
7:30 pm<br />
Co-‐sponsors:
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