NEW JKA Membership

JKA-ATM and JKA-Solvents and Glue with Tiffany Sankary and Matty Wilkinson

A life changing standing practice you can do anywhere (even standing in your kitchen!) + powerful lessons on the floor to deepen and expand your ability to move, think & feel

A gentle, nuanced, clear and impactful approach to improving posture, movement and overall well-being

“I like the simplicity… giving positive results in a short time. Also how it develops and continues to build on these results.”

- JKA student

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE JKA MEMBERSHIP:

WEEKLY - Live online classes 3 - 4X/ week
JKA-ATM and JKA-Solvents and Glue 30-60 min classes
with Tiffany Sankary & Matty Wilkinson

2X month
20 min live online classes

Rotating Playlist 
of JKA-ATM and 
JKA-Solvents and Glue
video lessons  

Who is this membership for?

These practices are open to everyone. No previous experience necessary.

Doors are open for new members

“This has changed my life in the sense that I have confidence that my body can change with this method. I walk more freely and with stability. When I would even put on clothes, I had trouble lifting one foot without losing my balance. Gone! Stable.. I am more upright. I can breath better." - JKA student

WHY A MEMBERSHIP FORMAT?

The JKA Membership will support your ongoing practice of JKA-ATM and JKA Solvents and Glue.

We will DIVE DEEP into the LAYERS and relationships between the upright Solvents and Glue practice and the JKA-ATM lessons on the floor.

We'll move back and forth----from the ground to standing and back again--- zooming in and zooming out, exploring patterns, positions, directions, relationships… Building and deepening an alive, enlivening, evolving practice.

In the structure of a membership we can keep the practice alive, fresh, growing, deepening over time.

There will be different sections for short and longer lessons. Solvents and Glue Standing Level 1 and 2, work on the floor and in standing, and book work. We will offer 3-4 live online classes per week and there will be recordings of everything in a rotating playlist.

The main goal of the membership is to support an ONGOING PRACTICE that creates greater uprightness, freedom, ease, connection, confidence, clarity, support, lightness, joy, pleasure, aliveness, vitality, and and and….

FAQ

Students share about meaningful physical and emotional changes from our JKA classes

More Vitality, Energy, Ease, Well-Being & Excitement

"Anxiety is lower, energy is higher."

"I was depressed in the beginning of the series and not now. I feel more motivated and goal oriented."

“I start the class feeling a bit sluggish. After each class, I feel upbeat and full of energy.”

“JKA Solvents and Glue practice miraculously and deliciously “unsticks” ribs, aligns my pelvis, while strengthening functionally/structurally so that these parts work together to help me move with ease. My impinged, arthritic hip joints can say no to hip replacement (another year) and I’m thrilled to have empowered tools for pain management. But most importantly this practice brilliantly facilitates an inner transformation, allowing for so many updated sensations of myself, and applications for being differently in my world. I am just so geekily enthralled, so committed to the pleasure of it all.”

“After the lessons I felt fresh and with more energy. The series is a good addition to my Feldenkrais practice. I love especially the variations you brought in. They sometimes surprised me. I felt more stable and in balance. More concentrated in my body.”

"I was dealing with an issue with my right shoulder when I started the series and I noticed, after doing the movements holding the book with the arm, I had more range of motion. I noticed feeling "lighter" after the practice and more energized.”

“The sequence of the arches, etc. allows me to feel more vitality in my body as a whole.  This became clearer with your instructions and it helps my self image of my posture and my sense of well-being.”

“I have more freedom in my ankles, more contact with sitzbones on chair and a feeling of excitement.”

“It supported my vitality by helping tension drop out of upper body because lower body was able to fire up and do it’s job properly.  And general happiness at having hope that this new resource will help rehabilitate me.”

“Definitely, I sensed more vitality and a sort of relief. There is less a feeling of holding myself upright, but it comes more naturally.” 

Strength, Stability, Balance, Solidity, Support & Uprightness

"I loved experiencing the power of uprightness with strength and without rigidity from bottom to top.”

“My toes are still spread wide when I walk and I felt more stable and balanced on my feet.”

“I have chronic muscle spasms and discomfort related to sitting and sometimes standing and stretching, mainly in hip areas and SI joint, plus I have ankle issues from bad sprains and the problems can feed off each other. I feel like the affected joints got to be more stable and supported through this work. Often I would come to the end of the lesson feeling like I was standing in a very stable way, and afterward it was easier to sit without discomfort. After classes, was able to sit, stand, dance with greater comfort and ease.”

“My legs, my breathing, my shoulders, are becoming more relaxed and solid feeling.”

“After every class, I was more embodied and able to articulate strength when walking and moving.”

"I feel like my hip and SI joints are becoming more stable which is wonderful as they have been unstable for 10+ years. I feel like my ankle/knee issues respond extremely well to JKA SG... It also perks up my energy level to dance..."

“Super supportive for my ongoing sciatic irritation.”

Clarity, Connection, Ease, Alignment & Improved Posture

“I’m so enjoying the clarity it brings to moving and feeling myself”

“It was like meditation in movement. I felt more relaxed and open.”

“This movement helped me to feel taller and more integrated into myself."

"I love your JKA-ATM classes! I'm a Feldenkrais practitioner & these classes definitely add a new & welcome element to the practice - clarity, stability, freshness.”

“The whole experience was embodiment.”

“The relationship between my feet and lower legs totally shifted. They look more aligned and like different legs altogether! “

“The most powerful for me were the small movements that improved my swing. Tiffany is marvelous at stripping down movements to their constituent parts. I felt improving my swing also led to improving my spine and my posture. My mobility definitely improved. My posture's improvement led to greater stability. And greater stability no doubt improved usable strength.  It is amazing to me that after every set of movements and we come to standing that I can feel a positive change in my standing posture.”

“It helped a lot with movement in the hip joints. I was very surprised how quickly the spine could be "adjusted" to have the proper alignment. I really like how the practice helps with clear differentiations with movements of the joints. The movements on the floor with the breath were one of the highlights. How quickly we can create more spaciousness...."

“Wow! My playing (viola) is totally different.... yay!!! Playing quickly without effort. More longevity/less tiring.”

"I loved the upright positions.  I learned about the relationship of my hips and other parts of my anatomy and movement."

“I felt whole and more unified over each hip joint, knee and foot.”

“I experienced moving between flexibility and stability with the added ingredient of strengthening while resulting in increased integration.”

“I loved the connection of feet legs and pelvis. highlight was being able to swing easily. and loved the progressive nature of the lessons.”

Springiness, Freedom, Fluidity, Life Giving, Lasting

“Both my arthritic knees felt springier at the end—including my right one with torn medial meniscus since 2005.”

“My shoulders lowered ALOT and my neck felt longer.”

“I started out the class with lingering ankle pain from a minor sprain a couple months ago, so I initially had to make quite a few modifications to the movements or had to rest quite frequently. By the end, though, I was able to get into the flow of the "swing," and my ankle and other joints felt much more stable yet fluid.” 

“The following day, I moved with “drive” from my legs.”

“I felt great driving home and stepped freely out of the care after an 1.5 drive! Often, I have stiffness in one hip or lower back.”  

“It helped my running- I think my pelvis was tilted incorrectly before and I wasn’t using my glutes.”

"This practice is putting people back on their feet again. Discovering a seemingly lost part of the body is like giving part of the life back. That is priceless and will effect every other thing one does from here on out. Especially because it LASTS!!!!!!! Can you believe that? It actually lasts."

Big Physical and Emotional Changes, Confidence, Better Breathing, Positive Results in a Short Time

"This has changed my life in the sense that I have confidence that my body can change with this method. I walk more freely and with stability. When I would even put on clothes, I had trouble lifting one foot without losing my balance. Gone! Stable.. I am more upright. I can breath better."

"I was able to "unstick" lots of scoliosis-type patterns in my thoracic and cervical spine, and get stability in my (hypermobile and arthritic) hip joints. I feel like my torso is connected, above and below! It has impacted all areas of my life, both physically and emotionally. It has increased my ability to breath into the upper chest, and have that movement coordinate with the diaphragm, and has greatly diminished my urinary incontinence. I have been to soooo many practitioners for this issue... and nothing has helped like this.
WIDE SMILE!"

“when I started what about 18 months ago I was registered and eligible for disabled help. and now not only can I do most of the classes without ‘props’ I realised the other day that I no longer qualify as a disabled person whoo hoooo. I can go for a walk without sticks I can ride the bike yeeha. carry shopping etcetc.. I find these shorter lessons fantastic to keep handy for a daily pick me up. I am finding that I am able to get more and more from each lesson/session. Often I start out cranky over body or who knows what (weird creatures that we are) and then lo! yes! mood lighter, body easier, brain easier."

“I like the simplicity of the method giving positive results in a short time. Also how it develops and continues to build on these results.”

Release, Peace, Practice, Progress, Enthusiasm

"I was especially interested as I have a mangled left shoulder- two full joint replacements. So far, Solvents & Glue has been the best support for movement & rehab."

“I found the once a week class helped me to continue my practice on a regular basis, and the more I practice the stronger I feel.  Even though I have done JKA Part One a few times before, I still get a lot out of each lesson. Also the progression of the moves has finally become clear and I feel I can remember the movements well now so I can focus on the finer points. Your descriptions of the movements helped me to improve my awareness which has helped me become more effective with my movements.” 

“I practice the various movements within the rocking of the pelvis almost daily and it feels "right" and therapeutic for my situation.”

"I always shy away from upright lessons in Feldenkrais, because of my problem with scoliosis and dislocated knees in the past. I decided to do these lessons as you suggest with extreme gentleness and attention to my paid response and sense of discomfort… As I tried doing them very very gently, I began to sense a tremendous release in many of the muscles and joints that have been under strain and imbalance during the past 10 years since my illness. As I progressed through the lessons, I began to sense a peace and enthusiasm as I realised that I truly can make some new progress in regaining greater use of my body. And besides, it’s just fun to be on the cutting edge of a whole new concept of therapeutic movement and body/mind/spirit alignment."

“I think this workshop helped me avoid back surgery!"

Big Gratitude to Jeremy Krauss

for these incredible practices and enlivening ways of thinking, sensing, feeling and moving

Learn more about his work here