KAIKILLE AVOIN FELDENKRAIS® -VIIKONLOPPU HELSINGISSÄ SYYSKUUSSA 2026
FELDENKRAIS® PUBLIC WORKSHOP IN HELSINKI IN SEPTEMBER 2026
Teema / Theme:
“Through the feet, stable and dynamic support during action, better balance in all situations”
La / Sat 13-18
Su / Sun 10-14.30
Opettaja / Teacher: François Combeau
Hinta / Course fee: 200€
(sis. ALV/ incl. VAT 14%)
Maksuosoite / Account: FI66 5318 0920 0227 34
Viesti / Invoice message: FC2026
Ilmoittautumiset / Registration:
marie.korkko@gmail.com / +358408328519
To be balanced is to be capable of balance, that is to say capable of organizing fine adjustments, both physical and psychological, which allow one to adapt to events coming from outside as well as from inside. The balance of the upright man is therefore not a ”posture” in the formal sense of the term, but an ”acture”, a true availability to act, react and find one’s balance at every moment and in all situations.
Finding true verticality, a human being considerably expands their field of observation and action. Their feet, a true grounding point, place them in constant exchange with the earth’s energy. They are also the meeting point between the horizontality of the ground and their own verticality.
Above the ankle, more than fifty joints are organized, which determine their balance as a standing human. Any imbalance inevitably leads to compensatory use of the musculature to support the skeleton, thereby reducing its ability to move.
The human body’s supports are the dynamic expression of two equal and opposite forces: the force of gravity (linked to gravitation) and the inverse return of everything received by the ground (theory of bi-verticalism).
While they are physical, these supports are just as psychological. Indeed, the psyche sometimes adds to, sometimes reduces the action of gravity (the anxious person who walks on tiptoe, another walking with small steps as if with regret, heeling the ground with his arrogance or even dragging the slippers of moral or physical misery…).
During this workshop, through awareness-raising situations and the exploration of easy yet unusual movements, performed effortlessly, with a curious mind and a desire to play, the following will be proposed:
- Develop the numerous sensory receptors of the foot, which will allow for more functional balance
management (for standing, walking, singing, dancing, skiing, etc.) - Refine the differentiation between the different elements of the foot, ankle, and toes, which will give the feet all the sensory-motor intelligence to adapt to terrain and situations. This work will also constitute a true dialogue with the upper layers of the brain, the feet being particularly represented in the motor cortex.
- Discover the astonishing relationships between the support of the feet on the ground and respiratory function, gaze, vocal expression, and more generally our physical and mental attitude toward action and the environment.
By finding the security of stable and dynamic support as well as better organization of one’s skeleton in the gravitational field, Human beings, freed from the worry of maintaining their balance, can dare to leap into action without restraint and move forward.
François Combeau is a Feldenkrais Teacher and Trainer.
As teacher/practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method® for 35 years, Francois Combeau has a wide range of teaching experience of ATM® lessons, including weekly classes, theme series, and numerous seminars in Paris, throughout Europe and in Detroit (Michigan), for professionals in the fields of the arts, athletics and health.
He also works with individuals helping them to develop a fuller quality of life – physically, mentally and emotionally.
As an experienced Assistant-Trainer and than Trainer, he has been involved in many training in Europe, in Paris with Myriam Pfeffer, in Liege, Belgium with Yvan Joly, in Bad Windshiem, Germany with Mark Reese, and in the U.S. with Anat Baniel. These trainers have in many ways been his mentors. Francois has taught advanced training in France, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and the U.S. He has also the desire to share the experience he developed teaching for 15 years in small continuity educational training’s, creating a very interactive, precise and supportive way of working with students.