Tara Eden

I found Feldenkrais after years living an intense life punctuated by intense yoga & fitness practice left me exhausted with chronic body pain, inflammation, anxiety, frustration and the desire to feel nothing. The first time I tried an Awareness Through Movement lesson it was an audio file online that focused on “releasing the shoulders”. I had pushed the furniture away and was lying in the middle of my living room floor. After less than an hour of unusual, gentle movements with my attention carefully focused on my sensation (rather than technique) and the constant reminder to find out how to do what I was doing with “less effort” I found myself remarkably transformed. My body rested more fully and comfortably on the floor, my breathing was markedly easier but the most amazing part was this acute realization that I could learn to do things differently. I could LEARN how to move and breathe (and, eventually, BE) in a way that was easeful and comfortable. This was a revelation that has changed my life. After graduating from a 4-year Feldenkrais Method Professional Program and becoming an ISMETA® Registered Somatic Movement Therapist/Educator – and from years practicing Thai Massage, teaching yoga, exploring creative movement and movement therapy and a lifetime of observing people and what drives them – I help people learn how to reconnect to their body, to realize where they are causing themselves unnecessary pain or strain, to discover new healthier self-use, to be empowered to trust and learn from their own embodied experience and to discover a unique inner calm, stillness and knowing that arrives spontaneously in an embodied state change.