WALKING ON AIR
effortless everyday movement
Scoriton, Dartmoor, Devon
28 August – 4 September
2021
A one-week workshop with time for a holiday
WALKING ON AIR
effortless everyday movement
Scoriton, Dartmoor, Devon
28 August – 4 September 2021
A one-week workshop with time for a holiday
Walking is so much easier when you know how!
The focus of this week is on walking. With awareness of how your skeleton works, one part with the others, you generate the ability to respond efficiently to the many stimuli and responses of walking. And walking gets easier and lighter.
We work indoors. Doing a lot of movement lying on the floor takes us out of the usual gravitational pull. The development of awareness generates a resource which continues to be actively available to continue change after the course.
The location is beautiful, and there is plenty of opportunity to explore the changes you have made. There are lovely walks straight out of the village.
The hall is wheelchair accessible, with easy parking.
Five hours of Awareness through Movement class time on four days and 2 – 3 hours on the other four.
So, quite intensive! But the environment is very supportive if you don’t give yourself too much to do.
Cost: £370
Booking and Payment
£50 deposit secures your place. Balance payable one month before the course starts.
Please read these notes on how to pay.
Before you book, please send me an email to check there is still a place, and, if you have not worked with me before, what (if any) experience you have with Feldenkrais.
Due to the current Covid uncertainties I am limiting this to ten places. Of these two are still available. If restrictions ease, I will open up another ten places.
Last year it was possible for people to attend online via Zoom.
This year I will be offering the first hour(ish) of the day as a Zoom class.
Saturday 28 August: 4pm – 5pm,
then Sunday 29th to Saturday 4th: 10am – 11 am.
The cost will be £96.
Let me know if you’d like to do this. Please pay a deposit (£25) when you’re sure, using the code WOA.
Accommodation
There are B&Bs, self-catering, and a campsite nearby. If you book early, you’re more likely to get a B&B within walking distance of the hall.
Some B&Bs will collect people from the station at Totnes (usually for a charge) – it’s worth asking.
Ashburton.org has a good list of local hotels and B&Bs.
B&Bs
The Tradesman’s Arms in Scoriton, right next door to the venue, is an excellent thriving pub, with food and accommodation.
Agaric
If you want your accommodation to be a real treat, Agaric (in Ashburton) comes very highly recommended. Note that you’ll need a car if you’re staying in Ashburton, which is about 3 miles from Holne.
Gage’s Mill
If you’re looking for a single room in a B&B, this often has its single room free in August. It’s a short car ride away. I remember good breakfasts!
Other local B&Bs – people have stayed happily in these before (though sometimes ownership changes):
Scorriton Down Farm also does B&B.
[email protected] / 01364 644236.
Bed and Breakfast Direct may be a useful site – look at pages for Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Two Bridges etc.
Selfcatering
Newcott Farm Cottages are about 5 miles from Scoriton, near Widecombe. Very much on the Moor – so you would need a car.
Check out Ashburton.org for other self-catering options. You may be lucky, even if it’s late!
Camping
Dartmoor Shepherds Huts is a campsite at Mitchelcombe, about 15 minutes walk from Scoriton, offering shepherds huts and bell tents, as well as standard pitches for tents.
Times
Start time: 4 pm on Saturday 28 August
End time: 12.00 on Saturday 4 September
No afternoon / evening session on Tuesday or Thursday.
All sessions at Scoriton Village Hall TQ11 0JB
Timetable (for guidance - times can change)
Saturday 28 August
4 – 6 pm
Sunday 29 August
10 am – 1 pm
2.30 – 4.30 pm
Monday 30 August
(Bank Holiday)
10 am – 1 pm
5 – 7 pm
Tuesday 31 August
10 am – 1 pm
no afternoon / evening session
Wednesday 1 September
10 am – 1 pm
2.30 – 4.30 pm
Thursday 2 September
10 am – 1 pm
no afternoon / evening session
Friday 3 September
10 am – 1 pm
4 – 6 pm
Saturday 4 September
10 am – 12 noon
The course venue is:
Scoriton Village Hall
Scoriton
Devon
TQ11 0JB