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Wednesday evening classes will begin again on January 4, 2012, at The Studio in Creative Crossing, just behind Local Source, at 5781 Charles Street (just off Agricola, south of North). You enter the door to the right of Local Source, and come down the hallway to studio 2.

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Upcoming Series:

January 4 - February 22, 2012 (8 classes): $80

Based on past experience, there may be one or two weather cancellations during the January-February series. In that case, I extend the series to make up the classes.

Reserve your spot by getting your payment to me when you see me, by using the paypal button below, or by sending me a cheque (email me for my street address).

**If you were not able to attend the Dec 21 weather make-up class, please select the $70 option from the drop-down list.**

Past series:

November - December 2011: Recordings here.

September - October 2011: Recordings here.

June 8 - June 29 (four classes): Recordings here.

April 20 - May 11 (four classes), 7:30 - 8:30 pm. Cost: $40. Recordings here.

March 9 - March 30 (four classes), 7 - 8 pm. Cost: $30. **SOLD OUT** Recordings here.

January 5 - February 23 (January 12 and Feb 2 cancelled due to weather), 2011, 7 - 8 pm. **SOLD OUT** Find recordings at January-February 2011 Intro Series.

*No reimbursement for missed classes, except in case of weather cancellation and in cases where that's unreasonable. (Say you break your leg after two weeks. Then you can come to the next series for free, or you can give it to a friend. That kind of thing. Say over the four weeks you miss a class because of this and that. No reimbursement for that--but classes are relatively cheap, so you probably won't mind. That's the idea.)

Dressed in ordinary, comfortable clothing, you often begin by lying on a mat on the floor. The teacher leads you through sequences of movements, some familiar, some novel, some challenging. Throughout, the work is done below the level of sensations of stretch or strain, and you pace yourself, so the lessons are safe and effective for people of a wide range of abilities.

In one lesson you might explore subtle movements of the feet and toes, and feel how they engage your hips and spine. In another, you might play with finding an effortless way to move from lying to sitting. Or you might feel how movements of the eyes organize movements of the whole body. Or how pushing from your feet connects through your skeleton to your arms and hands. Or how shifts in your attention and adjustments of your intention change how you move. There are literally thousands of ATM lessons, and teaching is a creative process, geared to the students in the room.

People almost always feel immediate, and surprising, results from the lessons. Relaxation, feeling taller and lighter, greater vitality, groundedness, strength, balance—sometimes an improvement in vision or your voice, even though those topics never arose explicitly in the class, or a fresh perspective on the problems of your daily life. And sometimes the changes are too new to name or describe. In any case, chronic tightness, aches, and pains tend to fade or disappear.

ATM classes are on Wednesday evenings at Creative Crossing (see details here).