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ABOUT JEAN ELVIN

My Story —About Jean

[PHOTO:: Jean Elvin]
I have something practical to offer everyone who wants less pain and strain in their life, more ease, and more agility. I feel fulfilled as a movement educator, helping people transform distress into grace and ease.

But it wasn’t always that way…

Before I became a Feldenkrais Practitioner, I suffered from asthma as a child. On my road toward better health, movement helped my stamina. I was drawn toward a career as a performer. During a low point between gigs, I accepted a full time job as an office worker, where I injured myself more in three months than I ever had during my performing career as a dancer. My lower back went into spasm, I developed repetitive strain in my wrists, and I pulled both hamstrings by sitting improperly on my chair.

Fortunately, I enrolled in a professional training program to become a Feldenkrais Practitioner. In addition to improving myself, I now know how to address those common but serious challenges faced by so many people.

Becoming a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner

Even though I have a long history of teaching movement, plus years of professional training as a dancer, I had never experienced any movement method so transformational and profound as Feldenkrais. I first heard of the Feldenkrais Method® in the 1980s, when a friend of mine taught me an exercise to develop flexibility.

About GCFP Certification

To obtain the qualification of Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner (GCFP), Feldenkrais teachers complete 800 hours of training over a 4 year period, and continuing education hours are required annually.  Professional standards are set internationally by the International Feldenkrais Federation. Feldenkrais practitioners are certified by a regional Feldenkrais Guild in one of seventeen countries, and each guild maintains lists of practitioners.

[Photo: enjoying Feldenkrais® mobility benefits]

Discovering Feldenkrais®

Diving In

In 1993, I joined a four year professional training program from which I graduated as a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. My own movement habits began to unwind and change in ways which surprised me. I became more appreciative of my natural reflexes as I developed a wonderful new sense of how to do many familiar actions with less effort, with more harmony in my body, and with a greater sense of my own creativity and potential. I was also surprised to find that my immune system seemed to improve, making it possible for me to recover from colds in about half the amount of time that it used to typically take.

[Photo: enjoying Feldenkrais® mobility benefits]

Discovering Feldenkrais®

Transforming Lives

I am delighted to have found this method and to be involved in something which is so personal and practical at the same time. Far more than a simple recipe for improvement, I find Feldenkrais to be a profound process with the potential to transform an individual’s experience in ways which can surpass their expectations. This method has a depth and a variety which will keep me continually satisfied to learn more, to go further. I would love to share my enthusiasm for this method with you, by working together.

Hearing The Benefit

Excellence speaks for itself.  I encourage you to hear and read from those who’s lives I have helped.

Jean Elvin Rocks Feldenkrais

A few weeks ago, my friend Bill invited me to a workshop led by Jean Elvin.  Now Bill is 75 years old and one of the most vital, healthy people I know so when he suggests something I take it seriously.  The workshop was an introduction to the Feldenkrais Method focusing on neck, arms and shoulders at City College and what a treat!

Scott Mills, Ph.D.
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  • MY STORY —ABOUT JEAN

    [Photo: Jean Elvin]

    I have something practical to offer everyone who wants less pain and strain in their life, more ease, and more agility. I feel fulfilled as a movement educator, helping people transform distress into grace and ease.

    But it wasn't always that way...

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    Thank you for a wonderful semester of Feldenkrais! I learned a lot about how to dance more deeply and to just trust my body to move more effortlessly.

    Nina Bazan-SakomotoSan Francisco

    The edges are gone. I feel more like a slinky when I walk.

    Margaret G.San Francisco

    I have arthritis in my ankles. After the lesson, the pain disappeared so that I walked for about an hour without any pain. This lesson also helped me with my lower back pain.

    Hugo M.San Francisco

    Thank you for the recommendations. Your suggestions and the changes we’ve implemented since have been a great help to me!

    Emily T.Stanford University

    I felt much more flexible and my sciatica pain was much lessened after the lesson. Walking around and up the hill , it did not hurt. I felt much looser, like my joints had been ‘oiled.’

    Constance M.San Francisco

    I am a very physical person and this method has helped me in being more in my body as I dance, run, and do my job as a massage therapist.

    Katherine F.San Francisco

    I feel like this class has made me experience parts of my body that hadn’t had much attention in a long time. I feel more aware of how I hold my body while sitting in a chair, while driving my car, or standing. I used to slouch more!

    Krista H.San Francisco

    I loved this lesson. My movement felt very graceful and afterwards it felt very graceful and when I was walking it felt effortless. Before the lesson, I was very tense and my leg and spine were hurting quite badly.

    Marlene S.San Francisco

    (Instead of waking up every night and lying awake), I do my exercises every day and I’m sleeping like a lamb! Thank you!

    Henry MellenPalo Alto
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