Feldenkrais Professional Training

Brisbane Staff

Teaching Staff

The teaching staff consist of outstanding accredited trainers and assistant trainers.  Julie Peck is the Educational Director. Deborah Bowes Paul Newton, Julie Peck, Stephanie Spink, Arlyn Zones, Susan Hillier* and Zoran Kovich*, will be the trainers in the program. Assistant trainers from across Australia will be part of the teaching staff.  Working as a team, the staff  teach Awareness Through Movement, give Functional Integration lessons and demonstrations, lead discussions, and direct small groups.

The international training accreditation guidelines require that we maintain a student to teacher ratio of 20-to-1 for the first two years and of 15-to-1 for the final two years. To insure that you receive individual attention, we are committed to meeting, or exceeding, this requirement in every segment. Glenice Hall and Jenni Evans as the administrators will co-ordinate onsite activities and liaise with the trainees.

Experienced Feldenkrais practitioners from Australia and elsewhere will also be part of the educational faculty. They will serve as tutor practitioners to provide support for the training and give FI lessons.

To insure continuity and congruence, Julie Peck will be present at least 50% of the time and one permanent Assistant Trainer will be present  throughout the training.

* Subject to Accreditation

Educational Director

Julie Peck, Certified Feldenkrais Trainer (CFT), B.App.Sc.(Physio), Perth, Western Australia

Julie has a background in Physiotherapy and has maintained a busy private practice in Perth since graduating from the Sydney1 FPTP in 1990. She became an Assistant Trainer in 1995 and Australia's first Trainer in 2003.

Julie finds her private practice and sharing her experiences with colleagues, clients and students are the main source of her continual learning. She has found the journey of being both a Feldenkrais practitioner and trainer has enhanced and refined her abilities in innumerable ways, particularly in stimulating her ability to direct her own discoveries and learning.  She is committed to furthering the understanding and practice of the Feldenkrais Method in Australia and to have fun while doing it!

Trainers

Deborah Bowes, Physical Therapist, CFT, San Francisco, USA Deborah has 29 years of experience teaching in private practice, schools, hospitals and clinics. Starting as a Physical Education teacher in 1973, she has always been intrigued by the relationship of learning, movement and self-image. She earned her Physical Therapy degree from Columbia University in 1975, and became a Feldenkrais Practitioner in 1987.

Since 1994 Deborah has taught in Feldenkrais training programs in the U.S. and Australia. In 2001 she became a Certified Trainer of the Feldenkrais Method. She is co-founder of the Feldenkrais Center for Movement Education in San Francisco, maintaining an active private practice, teaching adults and children with pain and other conditions.

Susan Hillier, CFT, Ph.D., Adelaide Australia Susan graduated from the Melbourne 1 Training program in 1991.She incorporated the Feldenkrais Method into her work with people regaining function after catastrophic injury or illness. More recently she has worked as an academic, teaching and researching in the broad area of neuroscience with a particular interest in motor control and motor learning. for adults and children who have challenging movement behaviours. She still maintains a small private practice to inform and keep current her research and teaching in university, private and Feldenkrais Method training domains.

Zoran Kovich, MSc(Cog.Sc), BA(Soc.Sc), BA(Perf.Arts) Sydney Aust

Zoran graduated from the Melbourne I Feldenkrais training in 1991 and completed his masters degree in cognitive science in 1995, focusing on the relationship between movement, perception, and thought.

Having a passion for teaching and learning, Zoran commenced working in trainings in 2000, and became an assistant trainer in 2004. From 1990 to 2009 he lectured in university performing arts programs, using Feldenkrais/Somatic Education pedagogy to construct courses designed to enhance performing artist's abilities. Since 2005 he has been facilitating a variety of regular, ongoing post-graduate programs for Feldenkrais teachers.

Zoran maintains a practice in Sydney using his knowledge of Feldenkrais, somatic education systems, martial arts, performing arts, cognitive and social sciences, to create practical lessons that address peoples' personal and professional needs and interests.

Paul Newton, CFT, Paris France Paul is a qualified trainer, he's not only known for his pedagogical abilities, but also for his talent to create a very supportive learning situation. He teaches in Australia, Europe and the USA. At the moment, Paul lives in Paris, where he's codirecting with Myriam Pfeffer the Paris Feldenkrais training program. He's also directing the training in Hamm and Bad Windsheim II. Paul grew up in the United States, lived in Munich for 17 years.

Stephanie Spink, B.App.Sc.(Physio), CFT, Melbourne Australia

Stephanie Spink became involved with the Feldenkrais Method in 1982 and graduated from the first Melbourne Feldenkrais Training graduating in 1991. She organised the second Melbourne Feldenkrais Training Program and worked as the continuity assistant in the Melbourne III FPTP.  She has a background in Physiotherapy, and since 1997, has taught functional anatomy workshops and advanced trainings in Australia and New Zealand.  She was certified as an Assistant Trainer in 1998 and Trainer in 2010. She has worked in training programs in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth  New Zealand and Japan. She has been an active member of the Australian Training and Accreditation Board since 2002. She continues to maintain a Feldenkrais Private Practice in Eltham. She enjoys learning, life and travelling.

Arlyn Zones, CFT, MA (Theatre Arts), San Francisco, USA

Arlyn began studying the Feldenkrais Method in 1977 and graduated from the 1983 Amherst Training. She has maintained an active private practice since then, working with infants, children and adults. She has also taught in schools, clinics and hospitals, and has led special seminars for physical and occupational therapists on clinical applications of the Feldenkrais Method for orthopaedic and neurological difficulties. Arlyn became an Assistant Trainer of the Method in 1988 and a Trainer in 1994. She has taught extensively in the US, Europe and Australia in more than 30 training programs. She also teaches advanced seminars for Feldenkrais Practitioners.