Hi, I'm Sarah (they/she). I'm an artist and teacher. I first found Feldenkrais in a stage acting movement class in NYC back in 2008 (shout out to Sita Mani). So much has happened since, and I'm profoundly excited about and committed to exploring how movement is life, and how that exploration helps enliven us and heal suffering. 

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Education:

• Currently mentoring with Sheryl Field in A View From The Beginning: Principles of Development and Learning, Advanced Feldenkrais Training and Mentorship Program  at the The Field Center for Children's Integrated Development 

• NY8 Feldenkrais® Professional Training Program w/ David Zemach-Bersin, Guild Certified 

• MFA Acting, Rutgers University 

• BA Philosophy, University of Chicago

• Myofascial Release Barnes Certification, MFR 1

• YogaWorks 200-hour Yoga Certification, Elizabeth Neuse-Flint

• Pilates Comprehensive Mat & Apparatus, CorePilates NYC

• The Studio NYC Acting Conservatory

• Fitzmaurice, Micheal Chekhov, Alexander, Williamson, Laban, Lucid Body, & Yin Yoga, Jeremy Krauss Solvents & Glue

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Beyond my formal education, my studies are ongoing.  When I study a somatic framework, it's only the beginning of a life-long practice and inquiry.  As I study more perspectives for longer periods of time, I bring them together in ways I could never have predicted when I began.  I regularly continue my education in various workshops, visits/mentorships with my teachers and therapists, and through a personal movement practice.   

 

My movement practice helped me overcome severe chronic back pain.  After years of dissatisfaction with traditional methods of physical therapy and chiropractic care, I sought out the best teachers and mentors in the most cutting edge somatic techniques, and over time I learned a safe and sustainable approach to understanding, treating, and exploring my own physical challenges.  My movement practice now does much more than treat and prevent pain;  it gives me confidence to try new things, puts simplicity and comfort into my daily activities, elevates my mood, teaches me deep knowledge about myself, and stimulates my curiosity about the nature of learning and the human condition.  I am amazed by the benefits of my study. I’m in my 40’s, and I'm more comfortable, mobile, capable, stronger, longer, confident, taller, and present than I've ever been in my life.  My philosophy consistently leads me toward compassionate self-improvement and embodiment, and I believe it can do the same for you. 

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I'm interested in giving a person the tools they need to feel that their goals are within reach and do the activities they want to do.  People who come to me for help are approached via their whole self.  No muscle or function is isolated, no body viewed as without a history, context, humanity ...  It is this outlook that I believe is most promising in treating the once untreatable and helping people realize their own unique and limitless potential. 

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My somatic practices and teachings are deeply connected to my work as a spiritually and socially engaged artist. Fiber art, craft, theater, performance, and gardening are also mediums I explore. I love discovering the many ways in which they intersect.