Your Body Is Your Strad

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Ten intensive days in the beautiful Adirondacks combining the principles of somatic education with varied approaches to violin, viola, and cello mastery designed to redefine how cellists perform and teach. Participants experience an introduction to Feldenkrais with fellow musicians in the Your Body Is Your Strad program, and continue in private lessons, master classes and seminars dedicated to expanding artistic freedom.

Your Body Is Your Strad (YBIYS) Virtual Institute focuses on the importance of awareness to understand functions of the real instrument – your body and mind – to help maximize musical communication and minimize injury in performance through the Feldenkrais Method.

Directed by cellist and Feldenkrais Practitioner Uri Vardi and former flutist and Feldenkrais Practitioner Hagit Vardi, the YBIYS Virtual Institute is a live interactive two-week institute open to all instrumentalists and vocalists – students, educators and professionals are encouraged to register.

The Institute offers opportunities to discover body awareness in performance, learn from cutting edge faculty and speakers, connect with world-class artists, and create a community with fellow musicians from around the world!