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Massage Therapists!
NCBTMB Approved Provider status is OFFICIAL!

Cathy Butler is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. Most workshops qualify for Continuing Education hours for Massage Therapists. NCBTMB Approved Provider # 451060-09.

Click here for more information as well as info on home study courses for CE hours.

Workshops

Workshops offer a chance for anyone to immerse themselves in this healing modality, bodyworkers to augment professional skill, and actors to expand their range and increase embodiment. Cathy has offered workshops in Humboldt County, California, as well as Tidewater, Virginia and Greensboro, North Carolina. She regularly travels between Humboldt and Tidewater to offer workshops. If you are interested in attending a workshop on one of these topics, please contact Cathy.

• Move Into Comfort: Reduce Neck & Shoulder Pain with Feldenkrais®
• Effortless Gardening™
• Move Into Comfort: Reduce Back & Neck Pain with Feldenkrais®
• Move Into Comfort: Reduce Low Back & Hip Pain with Feldenkrais®
• Move Into Comfort: Reduce Ankle, Knee & Hip Pain with Feldenkrais®
• Effortless Movement I & II: Principles of the Feldenkrais Method® (for bodyworkers)
• Intro to Effortless Movement with the Feldenkrais Method®
• Extend Your Bodywork Career with the Feldenkrais Method® I & II
• Intro to Extending Your Bodywork Career with Feldenkrais®
• Introduction to the Feldenkrais Method®: Move Into Comfort
• Embodying the Actor

Cathy Butler is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. Most workshops qualify for Continuing Education hours for Massage Therapists. NCBTMB Approved Provider # 451060-09.

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Classes

Feldenkrais® classes, called Awareness Through Movement® lessons, are gentle and slow and each student follows at her own pace. They are a great way to complement individual Feldenkrais lessons or you can do them separately.

In group Awareness Through Movement lessons, the Feldenkrais teacher verbally leads you through a sequence of movements in basic positions: sitting or lying on the floor, standing or sitting in a chair. These precisely structured movement explorations involve thinking, sensing, moving, feeling, and imagining. By increasing awareness, you will learn to abandon habitual patterns of movement and develop new alternatives, resulting in improved flexibility and coordination. Many lessons are based on developmental movements and ordinary functional activities (reaching, standing, lying to sitting, looking behind yourself, etc.). There are hundreds of ATM lessons, varying in difficulty and complexity, for all levels of movement ability. A lesson generally lasts from 30 to 60 minutes.

On-going Classes:

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Individual Sessions

Private Feldenkrais® lessons, called Functional Integration® lessons, are tailored to each person's individual needs. The practicioner moves you gently with non-invasive touch and words. The client is fully clothed, lying on a table, or in a sitting or standing position. At times, various props (pillows, rollers, blankets) are used in an effort to support the student, or to facilitate certain movements. The sessions are carried out without the use of any invasive or forceful procedure.

Cathy will be offering private sessions from her office in the Los Angeles area. Call 757.831.9315 or 1.800.501.3576 for an appointment. Gift certificates also available.