FELDENKRAIS AND YOGA PRACTICES WITH SARAH BAUMERT
BODY MATTER offers Yoga and Feldenkrais® practices with teacher Sarah Baumert. These functional techniques promote self-regulation by involving the nervous system, the muscular system, the mind, the whole self. These teachings help create a safe container for you to learn and through which your self-image can be transformed. Sarah’s classes are currently offered in the online livestream format and through self paced online courses. Her in person private practice is based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sarah has worked with hundreds of students to help them learn more about the importance of their bodies, especially in this ever-changing world. She aspires to awaken sensation in people, help others out of pain, and to support students in finding a deeper sense of connection and embodiment with themself and others.
“I think one thing we get from this work is a felt sense of the interconnectedness, the way we are one system. Not a collection of parts. I have witnessed how these practices can transform lives.” - Sarah
SERVICES
WORKING ONE ON ONE
Sarah is currently offering in-person Feldenkrais Functional Integration and private yoga in person and via Zoom. In Functional Integration, the teacher guides an individual student in movement lessons using gentle, non-invasive touch as the primary means of communication. These sessions may interest those who would like more individual attention, clarity, and direction/or have specific needs or issues they are working on.
THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD®
In Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® lessons, you use your attention to learn something about how you move. You will be guided through gentle movement explorations to build self-awareness, recognize your habits, and find new and more expansive ways of moving. The benefits include body acceptance and awareness, reduced pain and stress, regulation of your nervous system, and an experience of graceful, ease-filled movement.
YOGA
Sarah’s classes are an interdisciplinary excursion of traditional yoga asana, self-massage, breathing exercises, movement puzzles, and a compassionate mindset to help you feel a greater sense of ease and comfort in yourself. Each class is elegantly designed weaving in somatic practices, attention to alignment and safety, and support of the calm wakefulness of Buddhist meditation practices.
CURRENT COURSE OFFERINGS WITH SARAH BAUMERT:
Upcoming Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement Series:
Coming to Your Senses: Feldenkrais® for Eyes, Ears, Jaw, and Face
An 8 week Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement Series with Sarah Baumert
September 15th - November 13th, 2024
Wednesdays 6:30pm CST/ Sundays 4pm CST
Live classes will be taught on zoom*
This series will include eight lessons exploring the space of the eyes, mouth, jaw, ears, vocal and breathing apparatus and beyond. Often working in these areas will surprisingly release tension elsewhere in the body including the lower back, hips, shoulders and the abdomen. Most of the lessons in this series will be done lying on the back or the side.
Students can join anytime during the series, with the option to catch up with the recordings.
Wakeful Body:
Upcoming Series Blending of Yoga + Feldenkrais® Series
An new 8 week session:
September 15th - November 11th, 2024
Mondays: 6 - 7:15pm CST
Live classes will be taught on zoom*
These classes will utilize some fan favorite stretching sequences that incorporate bolsters and other props to enhance the poses. Each class is an original, innovative creation of Sarah’s teaching. She blends a more traditional gentle yoga practice with the novel Feldenkrais® awareness practices. But that’s not all, she incorporates joint specific training, functional range exercises, self-massage, breathing exercises, and a compassionate non-competitive mindset. It’s a true experience of movement therapy!
Students can join anytime during the series, with the option to catch up with the recordings.
Access your body’s vitality, develop strength, and awaken new, more functional patterns for moving and living with ease.
Now you can practice anytime with 300+ pre-recorded audio & video yoga and Feldenkrais classes in the BODY MATTER library. Choose from a selection of styles, levels and lengths. Join the membership to get full access to the library. A ten day free trial is currently available in for the library membership!
ALL ARE WELCOME FROM NEW BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED STUDENTS
What People Experience:
“I think it requires a very skilled teacher. Lucky for us, you are just that. Your instruction is uncanny - incredulously balanced, seemingly telepathic. - Inez
Sarah is an epic poet of movement - Anne G.
I am so grateful for these lessons. I am experiencing shifts in body acceptance, awareness and feeling IN my body. You create a safe space that feels very nonjudgmental. Past me would have never imagined feeling comfortable moving in a group setting. Thank you Sarah!” -Kathy
”Your wisdom encapsulates much of what I’ve studied and am still learning to apply, even at my age. May I be able to do so until I die. Now I have a fresh connection between Feldenkrais. Zen Buddhism. non-violent communication, and psycho-therapy. I have experienced many unique and special moments of joy in your classes, Sarah, and they are precious to me.” - Elizabeth
These practices are well-thought out; they promote subtle movement and increased awareness. They have relieved pain, reduced tension, and built strength in my body. I have also learned how to better prepare for specific asanas, and I am inspired by the creative sequencing. Thank you! - itunes student Deb D.”
Check out the newest episodes of the Sarah B. Yoga podcast. You can access all episodes on the podcast blog or subscribe to the podcasts via itunes, google, spotify or wherever you find your podcasts!
“Sarah’s yoga is for any and everybody. I have been able to build a home practice around her classes - these podcasts. Her cueing is so effective and easy to follow. She is able to describe motion, direction, and take you through visualizations of postures that allow for unexpected growth and depth. She makes yoga relatable and approachable. I have deepened and developed my practice with Sarah. These classes have been a blessing for me and I strongly encourage you to try!”
