Feldenkrais work is practiced in two ways: in group classes called Awareness Through Movement®, and in individual sessions called Functional Integration®. See below for details about group classes and how to register. To receive quarterly e-mails from Louise Runyon about classes and workshops, click here.
What is Awareness Through Movement?
Awareness Through Movement classes consist of verbally-guided movement sequences in a group setting. These sequences are designed to wake up different parts of one's self, bringing mobility, ease and efficiency to all forms of physical activity through heightened awareness of how the body - and the mind - can function together as an integrated whole. They provide students with valuable tools to become self-sufficient in maintaining greater ease of movement.
What Are Classes Like?
In Awareness Through Movement lessons, students begin by noticing how they contact the floor as they lie on their backs. Invariably, by the end of the lesson this has changed: they lie more comfortably, more of themselves is in contact with the floor, their breathing is fuller, and pain and dysfunction are frequently gone. In Awareness Through Movement, students are encouraged to work slowly and gently and within their own level of comfort. Most lessons are done lying on the floor in different positions; some are done sitting or standing.
Where and When are Classes?
Louise Runyon teaches Monday night Awareness Through Movement and BONES FOR LIFE classes at Several Dancers Core Studio in downtown Decatur, Georgia. She offers Wednesday morning Awareness Through Movement and BONES FOR LIFE classes at Life Enrichment Services off Clairmont Road in Decatur. Louise teaches weekend workshops in Pelvic Floor Power at Life Enrichment Services in the fall and spring. Not all classes are offered every quarter.
Class Schedules
For details on class dates, times and registration information, e-mail Louise at louiserunyon@aol.com or call 404-728-8991.
Directions and Parking Information
Several Dancers Core Studio:
Several Dancers Core is at the very back of the parking lot to the left of Eddie’s Attic, off Courthouse Square in Downtown Decatur. It is a two-story off-white brick building. Bones for Life is on the 1st floor, and Awareness Through Movement is on the 2nd floor. Please note that no street address is given for Several Dancers Core because it is not on an actual street. If you are not familiar with the location, please call 404-728-8991 before coming to the first class!
From I-85:
- Take EXIT 91 onto Clairmont Road. Turn Left, going South onto Clairmont.
- Clairmont Road will deadend at the old courthouse (Dekalb Historical Society) on Ponce de Leon in downtown Decatur. If you could drive through the old courthouse, you would be there.
- Since you can’t, turn Left onto Ponce de Leon and go one block;
- Turn Right onto Church Street and go one block (passing the MARTA station);
- Turn Right onto Trinity Place and go one block;
- Turn Right onto McDonough;
- Take your first Right into the driveway immediately after Eddie’s Attic
- This driveway will end at a partial wooden fence which is in front of the two-story white brick building which is Several Dancers Core.
From I-285:
- Take Exit 39A, Highway 78 going West to Decatur
- Move to the far Left lane (follow the signs for Lawrenceville Highway)
- Turn Left onto Church Street (this will be the second set of double Left-turn-only lanes, after DeKalb Industrial Way)
- After you cross Ponce de Leon, you will pass the MARTA station on the Right. Turn Right at the next light onto McDonough;
- Take your first Right into the driveway immediately after Eddie’s Attic
- This driveway will end at a partial wooden fence which is in front of the two-story white brick building which is Several Dancers Core.
From Downtown or Midtown:
- Take Ponce de Leon Avenue east to downtown Decatur. Ponce de Leon veers to the right; if you stay straight you will be on Scott Boulevard.
- Turn Right onto Church Street and go one block (passing the MARTA station);
- Turn Right onto Trinity Place and go one block;
- Turn Right onto McDonough;
- Take your first Right into the driveway immediately after Eddie’s Attic
- This driveway will end at a partial wooden fence which is in front of the two-story white brick building which is Several Dancers Core.
Free Parking:
- Diagonal parking in middle of street on N. McDonough St. (in front of new Courthouse)
- The large parking lot just to the left of Eddie's Attic
- Several Dancers Core parking lot (the small lot directly in front of Several Dancers Core)
- Street parking on other side of N. McDonough Street, going toward Decatur High School
- DeKalb County Parking Deck on W. Trinity Place, behind new Courthouse
Life Enrichment Services - Mack Love Center:
Life Enrichment Services Mack Love Center is located at 1340 McConnell Drive. It is a senior center off Clairmont Road, just south of N. Druid Hills Road, in Decatur. Free, easily accessible parking is across the street from the center or to the right of the building. Handicapped parking is just in front of the building.
From I-85:
- Take Exit 91 onto Clairmont Road. Turn Left, going South onto Clairmont.
- Shortly after you cross N. Druid Hills Road, the Golden Buddha Chinese restaurant will be on the Left. Turn Left onto McConnell Drive at the light after the Golden Buddha (at the Public Library sign).
- McConnell Drive will take a hard Right turn at the library, which is on the Left. Continue to the Right. Life Enrichment Services is on the Left.
From 285:
- Take Exit 39A, Highway 78 going West to Decatur
- Move to the far Left lane (follow the signs for Lawrenceville Highway)
- Take Lawrenceville Highway across North Decatur Road and turn Right onto Clairmont (the next big intersection after N. Decatur)
- Turn Right onto McConnell Drive at the light at the Public Library sign. (If you pass the Golden Buddha or N. Druid Hills Road you’ve gone too far.)
- McConnell Drive will take a hard Right turn at the library, which is on the Left. Continue to the Right. Life Enrichment Services is on the Left.
From Downtown/Midtown:
- Take Ponce de Leon Avenue east to Clairmont Road, turn Left onto Clairmont.
- Turn Right onto McConnell Drive at the light at the Public Library sign. (If you pass the Golden Buddha or N. Druid Hills Road you’ve gone too far.)
- McConnell Drive will take a hard Right turn at the library, which is on the Left. Continue to the Right. Life Enrichment Services is on the Left.