FORM FITNESS & FUNCTION


 

Workshops in Cork

 

MONIKA WILL BE IN DUBLIN FROM 27 JULY - 1 AUGUST 2015

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LESSONS IN DUBLIN, PLEASE VISIT OUR DUBLIN PAGE

 

MONIKA WILL BE IN WESTPORT, COUNTY MAYO FROM 2 AUGUST - 6 AUGUST 2015

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LESSONS IN WESTPORT, PLEASE VISIT OUR MAYO PAGE



 

Taught by Monika Gross of Form Fitness & Function

a Senior Teacher of the Alexander Technique

Assisted by Véronique Druesne


MONIKA ALSO OFFERS ONE-TO-ONE LESSONS VIA SKYPE FROM THE U.S.

ENJOY YOUR LESSONS IN YOUR HOME, YOUR OFFICE, OR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

FOR A FREE TRIAL LESSON CLICK HERE


If you would like to be informed about upcoming workshops

or

If you have a group that wants to commission any of the following Cork workshops 

please fill out the form below, or contact Véronique Druesne 087 9761668 or vero@isatt.ie


RUNNERS & WALKERS

GENERAL EASE OF MOVEMENT

STRESS MANAGEMENT

BURNOUT PREVENTION

PARENTS & KIDS POSTURAL PLAYTIME



FOR ONGOING LESSONS OR COURSES AT THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE STUDIO IN CORK, CLICK HERE!

 

 

FORM FITNESS & FUNCTION WORKSHOPS INCLUDE:


 

“Do Less - Run Longer - Run Naturally”

For Runners of All Levels. Beginners welcome. All ages!

 

Run with ease and satisfaction!  Learn the simple reason why the Tarahumara runners of Mexico, or Ethiopian or Kenyan marathoners. appear so effortless, so still, so beautiful... and what it means to truly Run Naturally.  Especially useful for anyone recovering from injuries or with chronic injury issues.


MONIKA GROSS has been a distance runner for over 15 years and has completed 11 marathons including three NYC Marathons (with a PR of 3:21), two Boston Marathons, the Chicago Marathon, and three Empire State Building Run Ups (with a PR of 17.12). In 2007, she was the only American, male or female, to ever have won first place in any age group in the Maratona d'Italia Memorial Enzo Ferrari.



 

"Lifelong Spring 1-2-3"

Enjoy Long-Term Flexibility & Resilience!

 

Learn about your simple ability to actively change  postural reactions and improve your overall performance. Gain long-term relief of chronic stiffness, tension, anxiety, and stress and enjoy an increase in ease and satisfaction in your day!

 

Module 1 - Human Ergonomics

Do you find sitting, standing, reaching, typing or work-related movement to be painful or fatiguing?  This workshop in Body Mechanics teaches you a simple key to efficient and painless activity.  Please bring a notebook and pen.  Wear loose clothing (no denim).

 

 

Module 2 - Burnout Prevention

The over stimulation of 21st Century life makes real rest hard to come by!  Is your switch stuck “On” or “Off”? Are you either “Wired” or “Run Down”? Learn how to recharge your battery, finding the balance of both rest and vitality. Constructive Rest is a practical technique easily learned and applied. Please bring a notebook and pen. Wear loose clothing that you will feel comfortable lying down in (no denim).

 

Module 3 - Stress Reduction:  Pause. Think. Chose. 

Do you feel stressed, burdened or overwhelmed? Learn a practical and simple approach to being responsive rather than reactive to life’s demands.  Taking time to choose is always in your control! Learn the actual physiology of human reaction and how to release unnecessary tensions in the moment, before they become locked in. Please bring a notebook and pen. Wear loose clothing (no denim).

 

 

 

“The Kids Are Alright!” 

Positive Postural Playtime for Families


You can nurture, preserve and strengthen the lovely natural grace of your children’s movement before conditions of modern life start to disturb it. No more cries of “Sit up straight!”  Learn some simple and positive ways to speak to you children about “poising” rather than “straightening up”, encouraging them to “balance” rather than to “hold still”, and to “float up” rather than “settle down”. We will share games and stories that will keep your little ones fascinated while they discover their own Anti-Gravity Superpower!   Let their beautiful spiraling movement be a gentle reminder of your own innate upward evolution.

 

 

0 to 2 Year Olds

Learn ways of holding your baby and playing with your toddler that will keep their postural reflexes active and well integrated during their daily play.

 

3 to 5 Year Olds

Stories and fun games for your children to enjoy consciously playing with their poise and challenging their balancing reflexes.  Parents can try, too!

  

6 to 8 Year Olds

Engage the active imagination of this age group with games that give valuable lessons about their amazing ability to consciously chose between “crunching” or “floating,” “hardening” or “softening”, “holding” or “releasing” themselves into light and effortless buoyancy. Will they “tighten their reins” or “let their necks be free”? The choice is completely theirs! 

 

9 to 11 Year Olds

The older child will relish this adventure of scientific info and discovery combined with games. They will learn to be successful at turning off their big overreactions to stimuli and get heaps of praise for doing nothing at all, tricking their “startle pattern,” and keeping their cool.  What kid doesn’t enjoy saying “No!”  You can practice keeping your cool, too, in the Championship Parent-Kid Stimulus-Response Challenge!

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