Walk for Life Introduction
SUNDAY APRIL 19, 2015
11am - 1:30pm
251 Fifth Ave, 3rd Floor, New York
(corner 28th street, see map below)
$50 pre register before April 17/ $60 at door
Walk for Life® is a new program in optimal gait dynamics that helps participants learn to walk "the way Nature meant." Developed by Ruthy Alon, creator of Bones for Life and founder of the Foundation for Movement Intelligence, this program is based on Alon's prior work and 40+ years as an international Senior Trainer of the Feldenkrais Method.
In this program the use of walking poles not only helps us to maintain equilibrium, but also redistribute effort, reviving our arms' primal function - like the front legs of a quadruped - to produce pressurized impacts into the ground. Pole usage when walking also increased our vitality, since the non-habitual interaction of the arms with the ground (through the extension via the poles) employs a long lever that effectively boost the ballistic force we employ for propulsion.Using Nordic walking poles helps participants integrate patterns characteristic of a lively, pleasurable and health-promoting walk into their daily lives.
The Walk for Life program consists of experiential indoor movement lessons to convey simple-yet-potent strategies that effect beneficial long-term change in flexibility, coordination, posture, strength and well-being. Skills covered include optimal alignment, coordination, pace, propulsion, timing and impact. Improvements in balance and gait have been validated by the University of New Hampshire's Departments of Kinesiology.
"Walk for Life participants improved their walking speed, step length, and time spend on each leg during walking.They also experienced an improvement in their overall balance confidence."
Eric E Swartz, PhD, ATC, FNATA Associate Professor, Clinical Coordinator,
Athletic Training Education Program,
University of New Hampshire
Athletic Training Education Program,
University of New Hampshire
Map to class location.
