Classes and Workshops

The Organic Movement Academy offers:

GROUP LESSONS

Anyone can participate; there are no levels and no age restrictions. Each lesson is different from the previous one. You will go through a journey of exploration of your body and the movement it allows. In each lesson you'll discover new possibilities of daily life functions' capabilities, ones you didn't know you had.

PERSONAL LESSONS

Come with a question, a request or a problem related to your body and your teacher will move your body parts gently and attentively so that through this contact and movement you may experience your own organic , natural movement, without the constrictions and limitations that usually limit you. The various parts of the body will achieve a harmony enabling you to reconnect with your body's inherent capabilities. Most important, you will learn how to help yourself.

OPEN WORKSHOPS

I invite you to an in-depth exploration of your body, your movement and brain. Each workshop presents a different subject to allow you to experience and broaden your range of abilities.

Introductory workshop for the Organic Movement teacher training course -organic walk.

27/4/18 - 10:00-14:00.

In the workshop we will introduce different components of the walking activity and learn how to improve our walking that will be effortless and without damage to areas such as knees or lower back, for example.
The components of walking are the basis for dance, martial arts and a variety of activities, so all those involved in the different fields of movement can get from this workshop ideas for improving their mobility

The workshop will provide an opportunity to familiarize yourself with the unique way of learning in the organic movement academy and in the course of teacher training for organic movement.

The workshop will take place at the Academy of Organic Movement in Haifa.

Past Workshops

Flexibility of the brain in movement; pelvic movement in walking; movement in the shoulder girdle; the mysteries of the hip joints; pelvic strength and use of the floor in walking; the wonders of rotation; the foot; the spine's special movement; the thorax's movement potential.

On-demand Workshops

Order Organic Movement workshops based on your needs and interests.

These workshops will guide you in finding the right way to use and understand your body and its movement for an optimal function in your work and personal life.

Examples:

School Teachers - use of the body and its movement to enhance the teacher's presence in class; using your voice organically; standing in class without backache and with a comfortable and pleasant physical sensation.

Nurses – use of the body and its movement while attending to patients without causing damage or discomfort to your body.

Dance teachers - organic teaching, teaching and instructing students while tending to each one's specific needs.

Dentists –relieve the stress and strain that you feel in your hands.

Actors - learn to use your body in the best way to express the character you play.

Dance and body motion schools - learn how to avoid injuries and experience the ability to dance freely.

Psychologists and psychotherapists - learn how to sit more comfortably, with less strain on lower back and neck muscles.

Physiotherapists - enjoy additional and special tools to treat your patients.

Fitness instructors - learn how to minimize physical damage and injuries that fitness training can cause.

Yoga teachers - learn how to prepare your body to perform yoga exercises easily and without physical damage.

Pilates instructors – obtain more tools for instruction without injury.

Testimonials

I came to Michal's classes because I had backaches. I have been studying with Michal for a year and soon after I started, the pains I experienced on a daily basis had decreased significantly. In Michal's classes we learned how to be more aware of the body, to listen to it. Not to perform any action if feeling pain or if it is difficult. And it was indeed very difficult for me at first. I also feel that the lessons require flexing of the brain as well, because some of the instructions seem to contradict what I want to do automatically and I had to think about how to perform the action. The classes are a place where you're able to breathe and experience without the pressure of having 'to get it done'. Michal teaches with lots of patience, she provides all the time and space to implement her instructions in your own way.

Ruth Yona

To me, Michal's Organic Movement classes are a meditation for the body through the body. Body meditation means that the classes are an opportunity to be aware of the body, its sensations and its potential in terms of the possibilities of movement inherent in it. Focusing and concentrating on the body during classes constitute a kind of meditative experience. The lessons are not a form of exercise, but rather a meticulous series of gentle movements directed by Michal until reaching the goal of the lesson, a different one each time in terms of the specific action and its specific focus on the body, but the same in terms of objectives: to learn how to increase the range and possibilities of movement, not by exercise, strengthening or toning, and not through manipulation, but by recognizing and re-learning the body's innate abilities, which we've forgotten over the years.

Noam Passan

Accountant

My name is Gary Sinof and I am a doctor. As a scientist who deals with patient's ailments, I could always explain the cause of patients' problems on an anatomical, physiological and even mental level. I had many tools for treatment - medications and instruments. With time I realized that medicine does not heal but merely delays or treats symptoms. When it comes to pain, which is the body signaling that something's wrong, I realized that treatment must also be non-medicated with a change in habits. I suffered and still suffering from backaches, which turned out to be herniated discs in my lumbar vertebrae. I always engaged in sports for my own enjoyment and to maintain my health, but this did not relieve my suffering. When I came to Michal Ritter's Organic Movement classes, I began to understand the meaning of caring for my own body without medications and changing my habits. I've been attending Michal's studio for years now for her weekly special classes. Lying on a mattress, on the floor, sitting in a chair or walking… all these led me to understand that I can move my arm using pelvic movement, or move my legs by moving my spine, and all this can lead to pain relief. I learned how to move around without strain on my neck, without a sense of unnecessary muscle strain. I learned that muscles and joints can be used while cycling in ways that allow me to ride easily and with pleasure. These things are not self-evident. We need to learn to make this part of our consciousness. I wholeheartedly recommend coming, trying and thinking about the benefits of Michal's Organic Movement, non-drug life-changing therapy.

Dr. Gary Sinof

Physician - Haifa