Feldenkrais Training in New York City

The Educational Director

As educational director of the NYFTT, Lawrence Goldfarb, CFT, Ph.D., is responsible for the pedagogical integrity of the training program. Larry will develop the curriculum, manage the faculty and maintain an overview of each traineeÕs learning. Larry brings over twenty years experience practicing and teaching the method in a variety of settings Ð including schools, physical therapy clinics, and hospitals Ð to the training. He has worked with people from all walks of life and taught the application of the method to actors, athletes, dancers, groundskeepers, musicians, office workers, physical and occupational therapists and teachers. Larry is a graduate of the Amherst Training Program (1983), which was the last practitioner training in which Dr. Feldenkrais taught. He established Mind In Motion in 1983 and opened a center for the moving arts and sciences in downtown Santa Cruz, CA in 2002. Larry became an assistant trainer in the late 1980s and earned his certification as a trainer in 1994. He recently graduated a new group of Feldenkrais teachers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Larry currently co-directs a training in Adelaide, South Australia and directs the Santa Cruz, California program. He has taught in trainings and presented post-graduate courses for Feldenkrais colleagues around the world. Larry is known for his clarity, warmth and dedication to individual learning.

Larry taught in the Kinesiology Department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and has lectured in universities and clinics in Europe, North America and Australia. He is devoted to broadening the application of the method, especially when it comes to working on the jobÑhis experience includes working with a wide range of people, including bus drivers, bank tellers, gardeners, computer users and stock clerksÑand at leisure. Through his teaching and his publications (articles, books, audiotapes/CDs and videos), Larry has gained recognition for his ability to articulate "the method" in the Feldenkrais Method® of movement education. He currently directs mentor-training and supervision programs while maintaining private practices in New York, NY and Santa Cruz, CA.

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