The Feldenkrais Institute
Feldenkrais Therapy, Moshe Feldenkrais.”
Feldenkrais is not just pushing muscles around, but changing things in the brain itself.
— Karl Pribram, M.D., Neuroscientist, Stanford Univ, Winner of the Havel Prize in Neuroscience
Our Story
The Feldenkrais Institute of NY was founded in 2005. The partners of the Institute — Sheryl Field, Maria Lanaras, Marek Wyszynski and David Zemach-Bersin — pooled their experience, resources and a shared vision to open the nation’s largest Feldenkrais center devoted to the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. The Institute offers the following programs and services for the public.
- Weekly public classes using Awareness Through Movement
- Evening and weekend workshops for the public
- Individual sessions using Functional Integration for adults and children
- Feldenkrais Professional Training Programs
- Graduate programs for Feldenkrais Practitioners
- Audio, video and print resources on The Feldenkrais Method
- In addition, the Institute’s Feldenkrais center shares space with The Feldenkrais Research Foundation, a 501(c)3 Charitable organization that funds research using The Feldenkrais Method
