Each faculty member offers private lessons called Functional Integration. These one-on-one sessions provide an opportunity for the student to accelerate the learning of alternatives to habitual patterns of organization. Those with chronic pain or movement limitations, or those who would like the benefit of individual help, will find that these lessons are a potent means of improving daily function, as well as an excellent preparation for Awareness Through Movement classes.

The cost of the lesson varies with the individual teacher. In some instances, medical insurance may cover the practitioner's lesson fee.

All Feldenkrais Learning Center faculty members are certified by the Feldenkrais Guild of North America® to teach both Awareness Through Movement® and Functional Integration®.


Faculty Sightings

Here's what some of our faculty have been up to in addition to the classes and workshops they are offering at the Center.

Marcy Lindheimer
Marcy will co-teach with Anat the 3rd segment of The Children's Mastery Course in California from January 21st through the 29th. 70 participants will continue in the training process, working towards becoming fully certified in the Anat Baniel Method for Children. In February, Marcy will travel cross country again to co-teach the 5th segment of the Basic Training of the Anat Baniel Method. While there, Marcy will give private lessons to children, both in January and February.

Barbara Forbes
Barbara is teaching a new class at Sarah Lawrence College this year, "Feldenkrais Imrovisation," while continuing to teach her regular ATM class there. In November, Barbara joined other graduates of Russell Delman's "Embodied Life Mentorship Program" for a graduate retreat. She looks forward to offering more "Embodied Living" workshops at the Learning Center and elsewhere over the coming year.

Kathy Yates
Kathy continues to work at The Field Center Clinic for children with special needs. She is also excited to be close to finishing training to be a TTouch practitioner which enhances learning, behavior, performance, well-being of companion animals and deepens the connection between animals and their people. She is currently accepting four-legged clients for practice and case studies.

"My experience with Feldenkrais has been one of profound subtlety. Through Feldenkrais I have found that my vocabulary for describing sensation has vastly improved. Creativity comes freely when chronicling my reflections on ATM lessons. This benefit also carries over into my language outside of the FLC. In me a sense of exploration and discovery has been renewed. Within the practice of ATM, I allow patience to guide while curiosity and playfulness participate. I am taught, time and time again, the value of open mindedness and receptivity. I have noticed a change in my relationship toward habitual movements and thought patterns. Old conventions are being shaken free. I feel as though the roots of growth and potential that reach out from me and into the world are not merely spreading but becoming heartier and revitalized. This is a delicately invigorating practice that can permeate so many systems of life — granting a universal vibrancy as it goes."
Kate Linton, Creative Arts Therapies student

"Thank you for the powerful workshop! During these three hours, under the highly informed and exquisitely graceful guidance of the Feldenkrais Learning Center’s teacher, I felt as if I had quietly, yet powerfully, accessed some of the deepest places in my body and spirit and was able to integrate these subtle elements of incremental change toward a more authentic sense of being. It was truly transformational! Thank you!"
Diana Silva

"It is a pleasure to testify to the effectiveness of the Feldenkrais Method which has helped me through the 20 years since my diagnosis of Parkinson ’s disease. I feel less tense after a lesson, more balanced and I have more energy. It helps more than anything else has--to the point that my neurologist guessed when my Feldenkrais practitioner was out of town because my symptoms increased temporarily. I am so grateful, I tell everyone about Feldenkrais."
Dinah Flusser, Diplomat

"In exposing me to new options for movement, the skilled and compassionate teachers at the Feldenkrais Learning Center have taught me an even more important lesson: that it is possible to overcome seemingly insurmountable limitations - not just in movement, but in every aspect of life."
Madeline Rogers

Photos: Rosalie O'Connor;
Rachel Lidov photo: Natalie Toren

Our Faculty
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Marcy Lindheimer, Director
Anat Baniel Method for Childrencm
Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm
Special Needs Children
Voice Teacher
Private Lessons by Appointment
(212) 362-8597
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Dianne Johnson, Office Manager
(212) 362-8597
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Marilyn Bakun
Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm
(917) 583-7837
ATM Class: Wed 7 pm
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Cynthia Crumlish, M.A. | Bio
Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm
(212) 234-7945
ATM Class: Sun 11 am
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Bob Etherington
T'ai Chi Teacher
Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm
Anat Baniel Method for Childrencm
(212) 426-4646 or (917) 843-1265
ATM Classes: Tues 12:30 & 7 pm
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Barbara Forbes
Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm
Movement and Dance Teacher
(212) 663-2875
ATM Classes: Mon 12:30 & 7 pm
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Scott Fraser, M.A.
Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm
(917) 859-9636
ATM Class: Thur 12:30 pm
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Rachel Lidov
Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm
Piano Practice and Performance Teacher
(212) 222-4804
ATM Class: Thur 7 pm & Sat 11 am
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Sharon Oliensis
Performing Artists
Anat Baniel Method for Childrencm
Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm
(212) 726-0504 #3
ATM Class: Wed 12:30 pm
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Harold Rosenthal
Physical Therapist
Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm
FI Lessons by Appointment Only
(212) 304-4467
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Kathy Yates
Anat Baniel Method for Childrencm
Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm
(917) 450-5721
ATM Class: Fri 12:30 pm