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Private Feldenkrais lessons can help with:
Easing chronic pain that has not responded to other kinds of treatment
Improving flexibility, mobility, and coordination
Recovering faster from injury and preventing re-injury
Improving back pain or neck pain, hip and knee problems, and breathing difficulties
New strategies for daily living
Self-awareness and body acceptance
Regardless of your ability, injury, or personal circumstance, I will work with you to achieve comfort, natural pain relief, full body mobility, and a release of chronic tension.
The first session is an initial interview where we discuss your history, including what you have tried, what worked, what hasn’t, and what you would like to achieve. Through this initial process, we will gain an idea of how to move forward to achieve your goals. Private lessons are tailored to each individual, and your immediate experience is considered every time.
“When a necessary surgery left me partially paralyzed, Zoe helped me walk again.
She has changed my life for the better.”
Rates
Single lesson - $145 (50 minutes)
Four lessons - $520 (50 minutes, $130 each)
Eight lessons - $960 (50 minutes, $120 each)
Private lessons include free audio programs to practice at home. Ongoing clients receive an additional package discount.
About my practice
Questions about your situation? Schedule a free discovery call to find out more.
My practice can be full. I see a limited number of clients at my office in North Boulder on Wednesday, Thursday morning, Friday, and Saturday. There is plenty of easy parking and a ramp if you need to avoid stairs.
To provide maximum benefit, try to schedule lessons close together at first, perhaps even twice a week, or come in for four days close together, which many clients find helpful. This strategy varies from person to person. Do not assume once a week is the only option.
Prefer to work online? Book an online coaching call for immediate help with changing painful habits.
Lesson expiration: For new clients, lesson packages must be used within two months. All sales final. You may gift unused sessions to another person within two months from the date of purchase. Transfers are final and may not be transferred further.
How many lessons do I need?
It depends on the nature of your habits and how long you’ve had them. It also on your nervous system’s ability to learn, which is variable for each person. Some people only need a short series to achieve their goals and others require a longer course with both private lessons and home programs.
The number of lessons you choose will depend on your individual needs, movement experience, and your goals. We will create a plan that works for you. Regardless of your situation, this kind of motor-control learning is so new that it’s good to do a longer series up front so your nervous system has a chance to reset.
How often?
If you have acute pain or significant movement difficulties, you may need to come in between one and three times per week to start so improvements can accrue quickly. People with less severe difficulties, those who are exploring improved performance, or those seeking relief from tension and stress often come weekly at first.
Clients who want to maintain flexibility, deal with the demands of their lives, or get support for their well being come in on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis. People also return for help if there is a new injury, challenging condition, or a new skill they need to learn.
How does it work?
The Feldenkrais Method is based on principles of physics, biomechanics, and an empirical understanding of learning and human development. Moshe Feldenkrais said, “We move according to our perceived self-image.”
The focus is on gentle movements and directed attention, helping people learn new and more effective ways of living the life they want. Students can increase their ease and range of motion, improve flexibility and coordination, and rediscover an innate capacity for graceful, efficient movement. These physical improvements enhance your thinking, emotional regulation, and your capacity to manage the stress that impacts quality of life.
Feldenkrais is also inherently empowering.
These lessons invite you to listen more and more deeply to yourself, not to any outside “authority.” You will never be corrected. This process trains you to discover optimal, efficient movement through sensing from the inside. Restoring nonjudgmental sensory feedback is a crucial part of this process.
More background
Zoe’s blog post: What is Feldenkrais?
Zoe’s blog post: Get out of your head and into your body
My goal
Meet Zoe and Jasper, the amazing rescue pup.
My goal is to provide each client with tools to recover efficient movement when painful habits emerge.
After recovering from my own chronic pain, I’ve been offering gentle, restorative Functional Integration lessons for over twenty-five years.
Because Feldenkrais makes changes where it counts—in the brain—people of all ages recovering from chronic pain, accident, illness, anxiety, or movement limitations can benefit.
People are saying:
“I have been having neck and shoulder pain for a year and a half. I am a Pilates instructor and an ex-personal trainer, and this work is giving me the first relief in months. I have never met a practitioner as dedicated to her work as you are. I look forward to more and more relief. Thank you, Zoe!”
“I have only had five lessons with Zoe and already I have more flexibility and correctness of the spine than yoga and chiropractic combined. My body is better functioning than before my car accident. Zoe has helped me build a solid foundation for anything that involved balance, focus, and lengthening.”
“Feldenkrais for me has been life-changing. Zoe’s knowledge, approach, and teaching has transformed my understanding of how I move, and I leave with tools to do it on my own. I’m grateful that Zoe is my practitioner.”
“Zoe has always been articulate and sensitive to my needs. Her teaching has been amazingly effective for my fractured ankle. I have more mobility and safety and less discomfort. ”
“After an old injury was re-injured, I began Feldenkrais lessons with Zoe. My body was stuck in old movement patterns originally adopted to avoid pain, but had started doing the opposite. Zoe helped me awaken to more efficient movement that helped alleviate, and even eliminate, painful ways to move. I always move more easily and gracefully after a Feldenkrais lesson.”