Our Keynote Speakers

Intelligent Exercise For The Strong and Wise
If you know what you are doing, you can do and improve what you want

Dwight Pargee and Sonja Johansson will have a lively conversation about how your Intrinsic Capacity – a holistic measure of what your body and mind are capable of – can be used to track your health and well-being. The very factors that will improve your functional abilities and longevity.

The Myth Of Stretching

Do you stretch every day and still feel tight? In this session, you’ll learn why the Feldenkrais Method treats tightness as a nervous system habit rather than a muscle problem. You’ll learn how slow, small movements retrain your brain to release bracing, so range of motion opens up without forcing.

The Myth of “Just Push Through” – Discover what becomes possible when you listen instead of force

We’re often taught that exercise means pushing harder and ignoring discomfort. But what if paying attention is not the opposite of challenging yourself, but a different way of doing it? And what if being kinder to yourself could actually be part of getting results?

Do Less, Move Better: What Feldenkrais Can Teach Us About Exercise

What if getting better at exercise sometimes means doing less? The Feldenkrais Method invites curiosity: how effort is distributed, what’s always working too hard, what else is possible. Practitioner Chrish Kresge explores training versus learning, effort versus efficiency, through a short movement lesson. Come move gently, think differently, and discover how less can mean better.

With Thousands of Exercises to Choose From, Which Ones Actually Matter?

As you get older, you don’t need more exercises. You need to know which ones are worth doing. And why. This session explores how to choose and modify exercises to build functional strength while protecting vulnerable joints. You’ll discover how the right approach can improve balance and mobility and give you the physical confidence to stay active and independent as you age.

Is Strength Training Necessary for Runners?

You’ve probably heard that strength training is important for preventing running injuries. But is it always helpful? In this presentation, we’ll explore how strength training can help runners, limit performance, or even contribute to injury. You’ll learn the role of movement skill, how to avoid substituting strength for skill, and approach running as a skill sport.

We close the week with an open panel discussion. Presenters from across the summit come together to reflect on what emerged, the questions raised, the myths challenged, and where curiosity might lead next. Bring your own questions. This is a chance to hear practitioners think out loud together, and to see how these ideas connect across different approaches to movement

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Don’t Just Build a Stronger Version of Your Crooked Self

What happens when you add strength to movement patterns that are already inefficient? Simply working to get stronger isn’t always the first answer. By paying attention to what you feel as you move and how you organize yourself, you’ll discover how better coordination can help you use the strength you already have more effectively and create a better foundation for becoming stronger.

Is Your Exercise Routine Secretly Working Against You?

Could some of the effort you put into exercise actually be making you feel weaker? We all develop habits of movement and unnecessary contraction that become invisible to us. This Feldenkrais lesson explores how noticing those habits can reveal and help you to adopt new possibilities for exercising with greater ease, efficiency, and effectiveness.

The Undercurrent of Exercise: Effortless Coordination, Spiral and Flow

Strength and endurance can be developed through exercise. Movement practice develops our capacity to coordinate them—to sense effort, timing, and change. Through alignment, lengthening, and interconnected movement, discover greater ease, spatial awareness, and fluid transitions. Move with more clarity, efficiency, and connection, becoming more attuned to the whole self.

Homebase – Your Vertical Axis

Whether you want to improve your walking, refine your technique in a sport, or recover from injury, finding your central axis can make a profound difference. Through guided movement, you’ll learn to feel when you’re centered, and when you’re not, and discover how moving through your vertical axis can make movement easier and more efficient.