Designed specifically for Massage Therapists, this workshop takes an in-depth look at improving your practice through use of effective Body Mechanics.

Instructor: Sharon Costianes, GCFP

Date: New Date!  May 29th

Times: Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location: Finger Lakes School of Massage,

Cost: $175 

$150 student rate  

($50 deposit required for registry)

*Early Birds save $50 when full payment is received before May 12th 

Prerequisite: A desire to improve your craft through improved self use

Registration Contact: Sharon Costianes, GCFP

phone: (607) 227-7590
email: sharon@bodysongcenter.com

To hold your space, full payment OR a non-refundable $50 deposit is required along with a completed registration form (Click here). Payments can be made below via PayPal or by sending check or money order to:

Sharon Costianes   

14 Porter Hill Rd.

Ithaca, NY 1850

Please bring one set of sheets, oils of your preference, a large towel or small blanket.  Plan to wear loose, comfortable clothing.

This one-day workshop will include experiential opportunities for learning and personal growth, addressing your specific needs and improving your practice. Utilizing the Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education, practitioner Sharon A Costianes will guide you through a unique and potent way of learning to use your body.  The workshop includes: an introduction to the Method® with Q&A to identify and address specific needs, three (3) Awareness Through Movement® lessons to improve mobility, strength and flexibility, a Functional Integration® demonstration, and individual body mechanics consultations for each participant including specific ways to improve your self use.

When you use yourself effectively, not only will your clients have a better experience, you will finish your long days without discomfort pain, or injury.  Healthy body-mechanics are often the difference between a good massage therapist and a GREAT one.  Unlock your potential by simply learning to get out of your own way!

$50 Deposit  and completed registration form required to reserve your space in the class

Instructor: Sharon A. Costianes, GCFP

Date: TBA contact me to host this workshop!

Times: 10 am – 1 pm

Location: Soma Living Arts Center
            409 West State Street, downtown Ithaca

Cost:  $63

($53 advanced registration)

In the Embodied Breath workshop, Sharon A Costianes, Singer, Voice Teacher and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® leads you through an in-depth exploration of the breath.

Utilizing Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® lessons, you will experience how the breath moves in the body from the pelvic floor, through the torso, and out the nose and throat.  In this gentle and engaging class, you will learn to take in and release full, resonant breath with ease and comfort.  You will learn to guide and increase your awareness as you move, improving your yoga practice and quality of life.

Contact Us  to register now and increase your overall sense of well-being!

Instructor: Sharon A Costianes, GCFP

Date: TBA

Time:  11:00am - 3:00pm

Cost: $83

Early Bird rate $73 

Location: Soma Living Arts Center, 409 W. State St. downtown Ithaca

Both before and after childbirth, a woman’s body and self-image change drastically.  Learn to move more comfortably and adjust to these changes with this gentle workshop. 

The Mama's Moves workshop utilizes Awareness Through Movement lessons specifically chosen to help you learn to squat, bend, and lift with ease and grace.  You will improve your self-image, and adjust to your body's changes more quickly.  Women who have done this work report easier births and more rapid recovery after childbirth.  Sharon will also offer hands on instruction and support to each member of the class, including an individual Functional Integration demonstration.

Mats, blankets, and bolsters are available for your use.

Please wear loose comfortable clothing.

Light snacks and tea will be provided. 

A wonderful door prize of cloth diapers from Blosson Hill Baby will be awarded as well!

Early Bird Rate $73 before October 3, 2009

This workshop is designed for those of us who can't help but sing, and tend to sing 'outside the box' so to speak.  Through exploration of movement, sound, and energy, participants will learn to empower your music, learn to sing with your true voice, and better express the song that is in your soul. 

Would you like to: move better? Be more flexible? More limber? Walk with grace? Think more clearly? Reclaim lost past-times?  Play with your grandchildren?

It’s been said that it’s not important how old you are, but how you are old. The older we get, the more cleaver we must become. As we age, it becomes more important than ever to use our bodies efficiently. We must improve our quality and ease of motion, our coordination, our sense of balance, control and comfort. In this 3 week class series, you will be given tools to do just that!  

These 3 gentle lessons will increase your ability to move with grace, power, and ease.  They are easy enough for anyone to do, and can be modified for any limitation. Begin again and reclaim your body’s innate ability to move! 

If you are interested in bringing this workshop to your facility, please contact us to set a date! 

The language of the Performing Artist is very physical; we speak constantly in terms like breathing, gesture and weight. In using the Feldenkrais Method® to explore how we go about physically creating our art, we begin to notice what our habits are—perhaps we tend to make a certain quality of sound which we don’t vary much, or we have a limited range of emotional affects we are comfortable with on the stage. Once we are aware of what we are doing, we can begin to sense a whole new range of possibilities not only in our movements but in our artistic expression as well.  

In this one-day workshop, you will have the opportunity to explore some of your physical and creative habits, and learn to expand your artistic repertoire.  You will experience two Awareness Through Movement® lessons, learn more about the Feldenkrais Method® and participate in a dialogue about how it will continue to benefit your practice and performance.  Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a mat or blanket to lie on.

If you are interested in bringing this workshop to your facility, please contact us to set a date!

Creativity is not limited to artists and performers.  It can be developed by all of us in our everyday lives. How, when, and where do we get to explore this creativity? What do we mean when we talk about creativity? Do you consider yourself a creative person? Do you know people who are creative? 

What stands out when someone is being creative is one’s ability to generate and see varying choices.  We can see this ease of creativity in children.  However, as we get older our creativity does not come so effortlessly.  This does not have to be the case!

If you are interested in being more creative, this one day workshop in the Feldenkrais Method® is for you!  We will evoke a greater sense of choice in our abilities to sense, feel, think, and move in an environment that is safe and pleasurable.  You will explore and elicit your innate curiosity in a gentle and easy way, explore two ATM lessons, learn more about the Feldenkrais Method® and how it will continue to benefit your creative process and creative self!  Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a mat or blanket to lie on.

If you are interested in bringing this workshop to your facility, please contact us to set a date!