Fit + Free 2021

Week of November 13, 2021

Fit + Free brings together six gentle, vibrant movement lessons designed to free your neck, shoulders, eyes, hips, and spine.

Fit + Free will offer you a way to relax your traps, upper back and neck; release your hips and low back; lengthen tight hamstrings so you can rock your spin class or hike up Mt. Kuchama; free your shoulders and ace your down dog in yoga, and quiet your nervous system for a sweet night’s sleep.

One of the most essential things you can do for yourself at 35, 45, 55 and beyond is maintaining (and expanding) all the freedom of movement you have. It’s freedom of movement that allows you to enjoy all your favorite fitness activities without injury: yoga, pilates, tennis, walking, hiking, dancing, and active time with family and friends.

Fit + Free is based on the principles of the Feldenkrais movement method. You’ll love this proactive, joyful approach to elegant movement and feeling wonderful in your skin. Fit + Free will be one of the very best ways to bring the Ranch home with you.

 

Carolyn Garfinkel, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® with an active practice, knows that fluid movement and a long lean carriage keep you feeling young and fit. She is based in Studio City, California. For the past twenty years, Carolyn has enjoyed bringing the benefits of Feldenkrais to a wider audience, including Rancho La Puerta Spa, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Disney Cancer Center at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank, CA and the Los Angeles Cedar Sinai Hospital’s Feldenkrais Expo. She’s a devoted student of yoga and a certified teacher of the Sounder Sleep System®.

Carolyn’s grateful for the year-round opportunities for movement and getting outdoors that Southern California offers, and loves attending live performance, especially opera, symphony, and dance.