About this Event
Please note that this event will be recorded - we will send the link out to all ticket holders and this will give one month's access to the recordings.
We would like to thank Eric Franklin for generously giving this free webinar to support our British Fascia Symposium charity fundraiser for Interact Stroke Support, a brilliant charity - scroll down for more information.
Eric Franklin – Franklin Method
We are delighted to welcome renowned movement educator Eric Franklin as he gives this excellent class in the run up to the British Fascia Symposium (https://thefasciahub.com/bfs-2024) on 15/16 June.
In this class, Eric will explore the many layers of pelvic floor fascia and the connections between them – in a clear and practice-driven way. He'll look at the seven planes of fascia, from the peritoneum to Colles' fascia. You will learn to activate the fascia and organs using innovative, evidence-based exercises and imagery.
- Understand the fascial structure of the pelvic floor and embody anatomy, fascial connections and function
- Train the fascia of the pelvic floor with original, function-driven and effective exercises
- Abdominal muscle training and the pelvic floor: how they are connected, and how to coordinate training the abdominal muscles and pelvic floor effectively
- The essential do's and don'ts of pelvic floor training
- Learn the best visualization practices for a healthy pelvic floor
- Harness emotion and function: understand how mood positively or negatively influences training
Eric is the founder of the Franklin Method Institute, and he has spent decades developing and optimizing the Franklin Method – a ground-breaking training method designed to unlock the body’s full potential through exercise, imagery and anatomical understanding. A qualified sports scientist, dancer, choreographer and movement pedagogue, Eric Franklin is regarded as an expert in imagery-based movement pedagogy and Dynamic Neurocognitive Imagery (DNI)™. During his long career, Eric has worked as a guest lecturer at the University of Vienna, Juilliard School New York, NYU, Royal Ballet School London and he is also a member of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS).
This webinar is generously given by Eric Franklin to support our charity fundraiser.
The British Fascia Symposium (coming 15/16 June online) has always raised money for a charity in the health field. This year we are supporting Interact Stroke Support, an award-winning charity which, for the past 24 years, has been taking professional actors into hospitals to read poetry and stories to stroke survivors. It is the only charity in the UK dedicated to supporting stroke recovery through the arts.
The one-to-one interaction between the actor and the stroke survivor improves mood and alleviates post-stroke depression, stimulates the brain, boosts self-confidence and communication skills and even provides entertainment. This is because it is a non-assessment session – patients are not being assessed or tested, they are able to relax, engage and enjoy the session.
“It is mind stimulation. It is language stimulation. It is healing. It is fantastic” Occupational Therapist
Although a relatively small charity, we have welcomed strong support from our fellow acting community. When we launched in Scotland we welcomed Peter Capaldi, Bill Paterson, Alison Peebles, and Liz Lochead as Ambassadors. For our launch in Cardiff in 2019, Owen Teale kindly joined us.
For Belfast, we are incredibly grateful for the support of Ciaran Hinds, Adrian Dunbar and Tara Mackie as Northern Ireland Ambassadors.
Below are some quotes from patients at Whiteabbey Hospital after our initial training sessions on the ward. When they were asked “What did you enjoy the most about being involved with Interact Stroke Support?” their replies were as follows:
“Nice to meet different people from different walks of life.”
“It removed me from the status of being a patient and made me feel more equal and human. Felt I was a person again and not a patient.”
“I really enjoyed how you acted the story out and how you became the characters and made them real.”
At a group read: “You encouraged us to chat together, I loved you reading to us.”
“It enabled me to meet people on the ward that are not my carers and not in a uniform.”
“As a patient we can lose our identity. Interact helped me regain it.”
“It was very entertaining.”
“It’s nice to have someone to talk to and connect with.”
“Very good, I laughed so much.”
INTERACT STROKE SUPPORT BACKGROUND
Interact Stroke Support was set up in 2000. It employs professional actors to deliver hospital readings and community projects to stroke survivors in 20 hospitals and over 35 stroke clubs around the UK.
Stroke is now the second biggest killer in the world, affecting over 150,000 people in the UK every year and is the number one cause of serious disability in the UK. A stroke can affect anyone, of any age, from any background.
Interact’s professional actors deliver readings to people who have had a stroke to alleviate depression and communication impairments that are so closely associated with stroke. The reading service stimulates the neural networks of the brain thus speeding recovery and at the same time, helping stroke survivors to regain confidence and avoid social isolation.
“This is better than four month’s medicine”
Alongside its hospital work, Interact Stroke Support has been steadily developing its innovative projects that facilitate communication via creativity post-hospital discharge. These projects encourage stroke survivors to foster their own skills and develop confidence post-hospital discharge.
The charity also conducts an online service entitled INTERACT AT HOME, that delivers our work virtually. Details can be found here: https://www.interactstrokesupport.org/book-iah
The charity has also conducted a Short Story Competition every two years, initially judged by the late Ruth Rendell, and currently judged by Dame Margaret Drabble, with the latest competition winner to be announced in May 2024.
In the years since being founded by theatre director Caroline Smith, InterAct Stroke Support has been awarded Best New Charity Award 2001, Tesco Community Award (2003, 2006), Glaxo SmithKline Impact Award 2005 and a Guardian Newspaper Charity Award 2009.
“You’ve got my brain buzzing!”
If you would like any further Information about Interact Stroke Support please contact Katie McKenna on 020 3 886 1028 or email [email protected]
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