Around the middle line with Jaime Polanco
When approaching the topic of the middle line we are facing one of the fundamental elements in the organization of our actions, which relates to movement, orientation and perception.
The importance Moshe Feldenkrais gives to the middle line becomes obvious when we discover, after delving deeper into his teaching, the amount of lessons that, in a more or less direct way, have an effect in fundamental aspects such as:
- The support of the head
- The organization of twisting
- The regulation of tone in either sides of the body
- The formation of three-dimensional images
- The spacial orientation
- Balance
This advanced training offers a journey starting at the early stages of embryonic development, all the way to complex actions. On the way, the imagination will play a fundamental role, given the conceptual nature of the middle line.
Supported by the analysis of a series of ATMs, we will build an innovative and very dynamic FI lesson, which requires the active participation of our student and has a very deep effect on self-image.
Some of the concepts supporting this advanced training are:
- The middle line, a functional experience with a biological support.
- The quality of the listening in the contact to another.
- The power of working with the eyes.
- The regulation and coordination between cerebral hemispheres.
- The effectiveness of the movement coming from a well organized central axis.
Back in 2018, I started working on the development of a Functional Integration that was deeply connected to the experience of the middle line. After showing the work to some colleagues, in February 2023 I taught it for the first time in the format of an advanced training in Germany, for a group of practitioners that received it with excitement. I'm eager to share again the outcome of these years of research.
Organization
Dates: 23rd - 25th February 2024
Location: Baraka Integral Institute in San Sebastian, Spain
Times: Friday 4pm to 8pm; Saturday and Sunday 10am to 12.30pm and 13.30pm to 4pm
Participation: This is a post graduate training for Feldenkrais practitioners. If you are coursing the 4th year of your training, please contact us to assess your participation.
Materials: Please let us know if you are able to bring your own material for the FI work (such as table, rollers, head supports)
Fee: 220e. 200e early bird (until October 17th). 190e for members of the AFKE (Asociación Feldenkrais España). 190e if you sign up to both intensive trainings with Jaime Polanco.
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Jaime Polanco
Licensed in physiotherapy by the Complutense University of Madrid, I completed my training as a Feldenkrais practitioner at the Feldenkrais Institute, with Paul Newton as my Educational Director.
I teach ATM and FI lessons regularly, mostly in Madrid, and workshops and courses at various entities and universities. And, since 2020, I combine that with working as an Assistant Trainer in trainings in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, China, Russia and Slovenia.
As well as my continuous study into Feldenkrais' materials and thinking, I'm interested in biomechanics and neuroscience, although in the last years I feel that magic is the art that influences most my way of practicing our profession, for its interest in fields such as attention, perception, memory, imagination and emotions.
I consider myself to be clear and adaptable in my way of teaching and I believe the main job of a teacher is to provide the conditions for the capacities that are already within the students to emerge.
Habitualmenre realizamos los retiros en la localidad de Egino (Álava) donde encontramos el entorno más adecuado para esta práctica. Un edificio funcional, moderno y bello en el que estaremos solo acompañados por una comunidad de cinco religiosas mayores de 80 años que nos dan de comer y nos cuidan. El entorno es tranquilo y de gran belleza natural.
Casa de Espiritualidad Haitzur. Egino. Álava
