Throughout my journey as a choreograph-dancer (contemporary dance),
I have practiced somatic and holistic techniques
- in particular, Ideokinesis, Feldenkrais's method, Stretching and Yoga -
all of which I adapted to my own training needs
to reach optimum balance.
I do not dance anymore, however the quest for a good balance
is still very much necessary
to face daily life and the passing of years.

From my training and experience as a person
aware of the beneficial effects of a daily practice,
I have structured 2 classes

- the SBT-relaxation and the SBT-dynamic -

to answer the basic needs of everyone concerned with
a good balance:
relax-agile-strong.

SBT-relaxation

is intented for beginners - those who habe practically never worked with their body and those who have decided to resume training - as well as for those suffering from - or are distraught by - the consequences of stress, or prone to anxiety.
This training is based on sensing (field of perception, of body awareness) and suppleness (elasticity of joints).

Sensing enables you to get in touch with yourself (with your body, your mind, your emotions), to 'come' home (body=home). It's about getting in tune with what you feel, to come back to the here and now without any judgment and to gradually awaken your present state in order to reach quietness and receptiveness.
Sensing means working with relaxation exercices to let go, become aware of your body; breathing exercises to connect to your resources and improve the capacity of your lungs; alignment exercises in order to reconnect to the vertical axis. Subsequently, sensing will constantly be applied in all other exercices.

Suppleness, means the process of elongating, that is working the mobility of the joints. It makes the muscles nimble, provides a feeling of lightness and mouvements become more flowing.
Suppleness is worked out within your own limits: softly, without pain. First of all we focus on the spine, the pelvis and shoulders, beginning with the deep muscles (located near the bones), who constantly impact on our posture (skeleton alignment).
Then we continue with the superficial muscles (located under the skin) in order to develop their lenght and prepare them to conduct strenght exercices.

SBT-relaxation's objective is to make it possible to become aware of your tensions; to loosen your body/mind/emotions; to find peace within, and make this state available to yourself and the outside world.

SBT-dynamic

is open to those already practising a physical activity, to those who wish to keep fit without pressure and, as well as to those who desire to act against the weight of the years and to live in harmony with their biological age.

This training is based on to sensing, suppleness and strength (resistance and endurance) with relaxation, breathing, alignment, elongating and strenght exercices.

Strength protects the joints ant strengthens the bones. It makes you firm and generates energy. Once you grasp the work of relaxation, body awareness, breathing, alignment and suppleness, the strengthening exercices can be done with ease.
Strength develops in stages to tame the muscles and wake up their power. On one hand it is practised with the motionless bearing of postures and on the other hand it is performed in a dynamic way to involve movements coordination.

SBT-dynamic's objective is to give the possibility to keep your health fit and to blossom.

The exercices are done without rush to have time to master them, to listen to the tensions that can arise and to undo them with oxygen. They respect the notion of 'centre', knowing that the human body needs to move towards ist centre as well as away from it.
The class always ends with a position that provides rest and relaxation to allow your body to intergrate the effects of the exercises and to assimilate the energy they brought.

Ideokinesis is a method that deals with the alignment of the skeleton. It is based on movement visualization (no muscular effort). In a few words, it says that a moving body is the result of 'the nerves exciting the muscles which in turn move the bones'. In order to change a poor alignment, it is preferable to visualize the movement (its location and direction) to give the nerves the correct signals rather than merely being put into action. Proper alignment is organized along an imaginary vertical axis; it allows to move with efficiency.

Feldenkrais's method is a system centred on movement whose objective is to develop and sharpen sensibility, to restore the relationship between action, senses, thoughts and emotional life. The exercises are conceived to free chronicle tensions as well as habits, which are harmful to us; they improve flexibility, coordination, breathing and the skeleton alignment.

Stretching the aim is to let gravity to do the work, thus to work with the body weight but within the comfort of one owns possibilities (knowing that the targeted joints are well supported). This technique is particularly interesting in order to make contact with tensions and to deeply relax.

Yoga addresses the problem of gravity in a deep and intense way regardless the position of the body. Its asanas are meant to lengthen and strengthen the muscle structure so as to contribute to a better alignment. They are performed by combining both contraction and relaxation, through the breathing principle: 'root-bounce-lengthen'. It creates space between the joints, invigorates the blood circulation, massages the organs and oxygenates the mind.