→ Move Your Vision 2019
7 days of moving our physical, creative, practical, biological, neurological, imaginary, personal & collective visions together---via Feldenkrais, Organic Intelligence & creative process.
Course Includes:
7 video workshops (60-90 minutes each)
with downloadable audio
Workshop 1 - 3
Imagination Constellations/ Visionary Mapping for Possible Worlds w/ Amy Walsh, artist/ educator
Looking Outward, Sensing Inward: Eyes and Pelvic Floor w/ Deborah Bowes, Feldenkrais Trainer
Priming for Pleasure: Organic Intelligence, Creativity and the Ventral Vagal State Collaboration with me + Mark Read-Smith, MA, LPCA
Workshop 4
Introduction to Weekly Vision: a Supportive, Practical Structure for Moving Your Vision Forward w/ Tiffany Sankary
I walk you through a mindful planning practice I have evolved over the years that helps me manage many to dos and bigger visions, influenced by teachings on productivity and creativity, particularly David Allen's Getting Things Done. I'll share some templates that you can customize to fit your life, projects, visions.
Workshop 5
Imagining the Future: Engaged and Embodied Optimism with Tiffany Sankary & Bina Venkataraman
BINA VENKATARAMAN is an American journalist, author, and policy expert. She is currently the Editorial Page Editor of The Boston Globe and a fellow at New America. Since 2011, she has taught in the program on science, technology, and society at MIT. She is the author of The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age (Riverhead, 2019), named a top business book by The Financial Times and a best book of the year by Amazon, Science Friday, and National Public Radio.
Bina formerly served as Senior Advisor for Climate Change Innovation in the Obama White House, where she forged partnerships among communities, companies, and government to prepare for climate disasters and to declassify data useful for global development. She also advised the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in responding to the Ebola epidemic, promoting patient access to cancer therapies, and reforming public school science education. She previously was the Director of Global Policy Initiatives at the Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT.
Workshop 6
Voice, Breath and Vision w/ Corinna May, Designated Linklater Voice Teacher & Feldenkrais graduate
“The approach is designed to liberate the natural voice rather than develop a vocal technique…The objective is a voice in direct contact with emotional influence, shaped by the intellect but not inhibited by it…The natural voice is transparent -- revealing, not describing, inner impulses of emotion and thought, directly and spontaneously. The person is heard, not the person’s voice.” -Kristin Linklater, Freeing the Natural Voice: Imagery and Art in the Practice of Voice and Language
Workshop 7
Move Your Vision Finale: Open Space for Integration w/ Tiffany Sankary
Tiffany Sankary is an artist who integrates Feldenkrais Method®, Organic Intelligence®, Authentic Movement and creative process. She loves how direct connection to the here and now supports the unfolding of bigger life vision/ purpose. Tiffany is the editor and illustrator of Feldenkrais Illustrated: The Art of Learning, a visual guide to the philosophy and writings of Moshe Feldenkrais.
In addition being a continuity Assistant Trainer for the Boston Feldenkrais Training Program, and maintaining a private practice, Tiffany teaches and organizes classes and workshops in Boston, MA and online. She’s the creator of Movement & Creativity Library, an online resource/community with 200+ Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® lessons and guided practices to support nervous system regulation and awaken creativity.
What people are saying:
“Tiffany creates a very safe, structured yet flexible environment in which I have experienced freedom from self-editing, judgmental attitudes toward my own creative expression.” -Naomi, artist
"I’m inspired by the work you do, on all fronts, and the not perfect, growing approach you take. A great model for all of us." -Judith Morse, retired massage therapist
“I recommend Tiffany's teaching to anyone who wants more freedom to move, more self-compassion, and a healthier mind-body relationship.” –Zan Barry, health coach/ yoga instructor
“I learned to integrate my creative energy and focus into more areas of my life. I no longer think of creative time and space as so separate from the rest of who I am and what I do. As a result I feel more connected to myself and my work.” -Jackie Wolfman, Psychologist
“Creating, combined with moving seemed to come from a place of connection, of deep listening and trusting. And that familiar attitude of "simply getting things done“ now appears empty in comparison.”
-Sarah Aßmann, Musician/Feldenkrais practitioner, Bielefeld/Germany
"I was able to bridge my instinctual self with my cognitive self just a little bit more! The result is a more fluid life experience, where the results of my daily decisions reflect my authenticity and return more of the things I want in my life!" -Cody Remaklus, Professor of Music and Feldenkrais Practitioner
"I appreciated the safe, focused space in which to explore and be with my creative practice and reconnect to my relationship with the unknown." -Ean Spangler, massage therapist, artist
“What Tiffany Sankary offers to the world is nothing short of extraordinary. Through the combination of reading her book, downloading her courses, and meeting with her, I was able to imagine and experience being free from chronic pain for the first time in a decade. Her work opened up undiscovered ways of moving, new possibilities for adventure, and even new ways of seeing myself that contribute to a sense of ease, agility, creative fortitude, and graceful power.”
-Bina Venkataraman, Writer
About Weekly Vision:
“Weekly Vision helped me organize my life at the time I needed most. It helped me see the bigger picture and the little tasks at the same time. I truly believe that without this process and being a part of the lovely community that Tiffany created, I wouldn’t be able to be as productive and creative as I am today. The weekly meetings are the anchor that helps me start each week and be successful.” -Revital Ganzi, Jewish Educator
“The weekly vision meetings support my focus and clarity for the week!” - Ariane
“Over the past year that I've been engaged regularly with Weekly Vision, the process has been a container for balancing the many different pieces of a freelance life, project planning, accountability to myself and my communities, and seeing vague ideas come into fruition and progress to new projects. I appreciate showing up online to a fluctuating community of people who come together for this process -- so much better than going at it alone! It really is an approach to self-organization that dovetails nicely with all of Tiffany's other offerings. Thank you Tiffany!!” -Eve Boltax, Musician
About Movement and Creativity Library:
"These recordings are so valuable. Literally life-saving and life-giving."
-Tony Arnold, Artist-Teacher of Voice
"A vast and inviting playground..."
-Nick Brown, retired
"Easy access to guided ATMs that are nicely paced and feel supportive of my process of discovery."
-Marcia Giudice, Feldenkrais Practitioner
"Really like the creative aspects of approaching our work!" -Suellen Bartel, Feldenkrais Practitioner
"A slow, investigative, non judgmental, creative ground that nourishes my body and soul!"
-Elizabeth Coleman
"A lifesaver"
-Robin Robertson, Retired Martial Arts Teacher
“A grand variety of well organized, high quality lessons in the comfort and quiet of my home! I am so enjoying tuning in to my body in this way. I love the concept of giving my brain the feedback it needs to allow my body to function optimally. And, best of all, I am already experiencing major improvements in balance, flexibility and ease of movement. It is truly extraordinary and I am delighted! Through your thoughtfulness and generosity in creating the library you have opened a door for me into my wellbeing. Physically for sure, but also on more levels than I can yet quite grasp, or articulate. I am excited for what is to come and for the fun and satisfaction I will have along the way!” -Maureen Hyman