Health and Humanities ‘Aging and the Arts’ Series Promotes Awareness Through Movement
Participants in this weekly “Aging and the Arts” series are led through an exercise to promote awareness through movement.
“Aging and the Arts” is the first featured series to promote the University of Arizona Health Sciences focus on health and the humanities by exploring the connections between health care, science, art, literature, music, philosophy and other cultural aspects of human society.
The eight-part weekly series has been offered virtually this spring 2021 to a small, physically distanced audience at the Health Sciences Innovation Building in Tucson. It offers free education and exercises to promote better health and wellness for an aging population through the Feldenkrais Method of awareness through movement.
Andrew Belser, certified Feldenkrais instructor and director of the School of Theatre, Film and Television at the College of Fine Arts, demonstrates movement techniques from the Feldenkrais Method, during the second class in the “Aging and the Arts” series, "Shifting Pain Through Movement.”
While a participant rests on his back, Andrew Belser demonstrates a technique to promote mindful movement during the second class in the “Aging and the Arts” series.
Instructor Andrew Belser, left, points at Ron Bachorski’s feet, explaining that most people experience movement and sensation in slightly different ways.
Jennie Greb listens as Andrew Belser explains how gravity pushes through her head down to her hips while in a seated position. Greb is one of the few in-person participants of the “Aging and the Arts” series inside the Forum in the Health Sciences Innovation Building.
Ron Bachorski and Virginia Belser sit up while practicing a movement exercise.
Virginia Belser rolls to her side while participating in the first “Aging and the Arts” session, co-hosted by University of Arizona Health Sciences and the university’s Arizona Arts division.
Jennie Greb, left, and Alex Murillo practice mindful movements during the Feldenkrais Method class inside the Forum in the Health Sciences Innovation Building.
Andrew Belser demonstrates movement techniques from the Feldenkrais Method, which uses movement to increase self-awareness and improve function.
N’Dea Walker practices a breathing technique designed to bring awareness to breath and body and promote mindfulness.