Thank you for a wonderful learning experience under your attentive, intuitive and extremely well articulated guidance. Your answers to our many questions were always so clear and right on the mark every time. I hope I have the chance to experience your excellent tutelage again in the future as I progress through this great Method of learning through movement...

The Feldenkrais Method attracted me because it provided relief of chronic pain in my shoulder. My experience of relief was so profound that I began the four year program since I needed continuing education as a physical therapist. My personal experience of “coming home” to my entire self in movement with freedom and ease, became the primary benefit as I completed the training. The Feldenkrais Method now provides the context, the basis, for my physical therapy practice and informs how I handle myself.

- Carrie Ashton, P.T., Tennessee

I took an advanced training workshop with Mark. He was very approachable and clear and concise in his teaching. He answered questions and demonstrated techniques and alternative techniques. It was an enjoyable experience and I would certainly take other advanced trainings that he teaches.

- Gloria Sandler, P.T., Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner

Physical therapist Lori Myers, owner and director of the Alpine Physical Therapy and Wellness Center in Winter Park, Colorado, has used her Feldenkrais training to work with world class athletes, including an Olympic silver medalist in skiing, another member of the U.S. Ski Team, and a professional mountain biker: My private pay clientele has increased dramatically since I completed the training in 1996. Almost all of what I do is Feldenkrais work. I can’t do it any other way.

Like many other physical therapists who have taken our course, Lori appreciates the holistic approach: There’s something more than just working with the joint or other injured area. If you work with the whole person, you can take care of many of their other problems.

Lori has also found the Feldenkrais Method benefits a physical therapist in situations of managed care and tight insurance limits: Many of my clients who had chronic problems have had those problems resolved through Functional Integration. And ATM lessons are a cost effective way to provide service and to transition people once they have used up their insurance authorized visits. ATM is very affordable and it works.

Lori teaches several ATM classes each week, and she often receives referrals from the four other physical therapists who work at the clinic.

Jeff Chambers, of the Broken Arrow Medical Center outside Tulsa, OK. has worked as a PT for eight years, and he now ads the Feldenkrais Method to his practice: I want to get the Feldenkrais certification because it sets you apart in a good way... I like being a physical therapist, but this training means you have something different to offer people.

Another former student in the training is John Horne, of Lenexa, KS. A physical therapist at North Kansas City Hospital, John had his first introduction to the Feldenkrais Method through a one week intensive at the beginning of the training. He is now a Feldenkrais practitioner in addition to being a physical therapist and he is the Clinical Specialist at Scripps Memorial Hospital: It became obvious to me that I needed to do the four year training, because that first week had such a strong personal effect on me.... I felt better moving after that first week than I could remember feeling in many years.

John has already seen positive effects on his physical therapy practice: It’s translated in to a lot more confidence in the work I do.

John’s recommendation for other PT’s who think they might be interested in the Feldenkrais Method? I think they should try it like I did. I would definitely recommend Feldenkrais work to other physical therapists.

Mark Reese brings to his teaching a broad interdisciplinary background that includes philosophy, biology, theater, and music. He graduated from the first U.S. Feldenkrais training program in 1977 and did intensive advanced training with Moshe Feldenkrais in Amherst and Tel-Aviv. He became one of the first American certified teacher trainers in 1986, and since then has taught and directed basic trainings and advanced courses worldwide. He has presented at professional conferences in physical therapy, psychology, and the performing arts. Mark maintains a private practice and directs trainings in Southern California. He is presently writing a comprehensive biography of Moshe Feldenkrais.