​Do you struggle with chronic tension, pain, stiffness, poor posture, or feeling disconnected from your body?
Many people live with habitual patterns of bracing and effort that developed over years of stress, injury, trauma, or repetitive use—often without realizing it.

Unlike many movement approaches, Feldenkrais does not rely on force, stretching, or pushing through discomfort. Change happens through gentle awareness and small movements that help the nervous system discover easier, more efficient options.
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Feldenkrais Method® – Movement, Awareness, and Embodiment

The Feldenkrais Method® is a gentle, mindful movement practice that helps you move with greater ease, comfort, and awareness. Rather than stretching, strengthening, or pushing through effort, Feldenkrais uses slow, attentive movement to help your brain and nervous system discover more efficient and comfortable ways of organizing movement.

Many people experience less pain, reduced tension, improved balance, easier breathing, and a greater sense of connection to their bodies. This approach can be especially helpful for people dealing with chronic pain, injuries, stress, trauma, or longstanding movement habits that no longer serve them.​
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​What makes my classes unique is the integration of Feldenkrais with over 30 years of experience in somatic psychology, trauma healing, bodywork, music, and improvisational movement.
I help students not only improve movement, but also notice subtle nervous system patterns such as bracing, collapse, over-efforting, and holding. This often leads to deeper shifts in both movement and emotional regulation.
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Feldenkrais may be helpful for people experiencing:
  • ​Chronic tension or pain
  • Stiffness or reduced mobility
  • Repetitive strain or injury recovery
  • Poor posture or inefficient movement habits
  • Stress and nervous system dysregulation
  • Trauma-related bracing or holding patterns
  • Balance and coordination difficulties
  • A desire for greater embodiment and ease​​
How Does Feldenkrais Work?

The Feldenkrais Method® is based on the understanding that the brain and nervous system can continue learning throughout life.

​Many of us develop habitual movement patterns in response to injury, stress, trauma, repetitive use, or simply years of unconscious habit. These patterns often involve unnecessary effort, muscular bracing, collapse, or compensation.

Over time, these patterns can contribute to:
  • Chronic tension or pain
  • Stiffness or reduced mobility
  • Poor posture
  • Repetitive strain or injury
  • Difficulty with balance and coordination
  • Fatigue from over-efforting
  • Nervous system dysregulation and chronic stress
  • Feldenkrais helps bring awareness to these patterns so new possibilities can emerge.
    When awareness increases, the nervous system often begins to reorganize itself naturally, leading to greater efficiency, comfort, and freedom of movement.
Awareness Through Movement® Classes
Most group classes are taught through Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) lessons.
In these classes, I verbally guide you through gentle movement explorations, usually done lying down, sitting, or standing.
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The movements are small, slow, and non-forceful.
There is no stretching, straining, or trying to perform movements “correctly.”
Instead, the focus is on noticing:
  • How you move
  • Where you use unnecessary effort
  • How different parts of yourself coordinate together
  • How small changes affect your comfort and ease
  • This process helps improve body awareness and gives your nervous system new options for movement and self-organization.
    Many people are surprised by how much change can occur through subtle movement and careful attention.
Who Can Benefit?

​Feldenkrais can benefit people of all ages and activity levels.
This work may be especially helpful for people experiencing:
  • Chronic pain or tension
  • Neck, shoulder, back, or hip discomfort
  • Injury recovery
  • Postural strain
  • Arthritis or stiffness
  • Stress-related muscular holding
  • Trauma-related bracing or collapse
  • Balance difficulties
  • Reduced mobility with aging
  • A desire for greater embodiment and ease

It can also be valuable for:
  • Athletes
  • Dancers
  • Musicians
  • Martial artists
  • Performers
  • Anyone wanting to improve coordination, comfort, and movement efficiency
My Approach to Teaching FeldenkraisI have been a Feldenkrais Method® Practitioner for over 25 years.
My teaching is also informed by more than 30 years of experience in somatic psychology, trauma healing, bodywork, movement exploration, music, and improvisational theater.

What makes my classes unique is the integration of movement learning with a deep understanding of nervous system regulation and trauma. I help students notice not only movement habits, but also subtle patterns of bracing, collapse, over-efforting, shutdown, and protective holding. This often leads to changes that go beyond movement alone.
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As people become more aware of how they organize themselves, they often experience greater ease not only physically, but emotionally as well. Many people find that Feldenkrais helps them feel more grounded, more present, and more connected to themselves.
Why This Work Matters
​For many people, discomfort is not simply caused by structural problems.
Often, the nervous system has learned patterns of protection that remain active long after they are needed.
These patterns may show up as:
  • chronic tightening
  • holding the breath
  • collapse
  • rigidity
  • over-efforting
  • loss of coordination
  • chronic fatigue

Gentle awareness-based movement can help the nervous system feel safe enough to release old patterns and discover more adaptive ways of functioning.
Change often happens not by forcing the body, but by learning how to listen more deeply.
Private Sessions and Classes
I offer both private Feldenkrais sessions and group classes in Palo Alto, California, as well as online.
If you are curious whether Feldenkrais may be helpful for you, feel free to reach out or schedule a free consultation.
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I offer private Feldenkrais sessions and group classes in Palo Alto.