OUR
MISSION AS CFR PRACTITIONERS IS TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT IN SUPPORT
OF STUDENT'S AWARENESS, HEALTHY ACTION, AND AUTHENTIC BEING WITH
PRACTICAL, IMMEDIATE, AND ONGOING RESULTS.
Active
CORTICAL FIELD REEDUCATION Practitioners
JoAnn Bush Carney
San Clemente, CA 92672 Phone: (949) 683-2033 Email: joanncarney@cox.net
Jules Cochrane
Esalen Institute
Big Sur, CA 93920 Phone: (831) 667 2896 Email: juleshands@gmail.com
Jules Cochrane came to CFR via Australia after studying traditional
massage; ‘Touch for Health’; the body’s meridians;
Kinesiology; muscle testing; Chakra Therapy and Bioenergetics.
He certified in August 2000 following training with Harriet Goslins,
the founder of Cortical Field Re-education in California, USA.
CFR is a development of the Feldenkrais method that has integrated
many synergistic aspects of other bodywork and body psychotherapies.
While healing is an important objective of CFR, the interplay
of structure and energy, function and form offers the possibility
of moving from merely “feeling better” towards mental,
emotional and physical transformation. Jules practices CFR at
the Esalen Institute and is presently establishing an occasional
practice on the East Coast.
June Engle MD, MS
Email: englejune@yahoo.com
June is a physician who embraces complimentary health care and
integrates it with conventional medicine. She has been in medical
practice for 20 years. She is a graduate of the Stanford School
of Medicine and holds a Masters degree in Nutrition from Cornell
University. She is also a certified CFR practitioner and an apprentice
in Integrated Awareness. After attending two CFR workshops with
Harriet Goslins, June was so impressed with the results of the
work that she joined the training to become a practitioner. "I
have seen people heal both chronic and acute conditions very
rapidly with CFR work; it enhances the effects of many conventional
medical modalities and has effected healing in many cases where
medicine had no good answers. The holistic approach to working
with structure and function of the body while also embracing
the mental, emotional and spiritual aspects and patterning of
each individual offers a powerful modality for helping patients
heal their lives".
She teaches at CFR workshops and professional trainings. Dr. Engle is presently living and practicing in New Zealand.
Wendy Evans, PhD, MPH
Westminster, CO 80031 Phone 248-225-2419 Email: info@thewjegroup.com
Wendy Evans is a business leadership consultant specializing
in increasing client impact awareness and choice. Her life-long
fascination with movement and bones began in the early 1970’s
as a member of the UK’s Cambridge University Comparative
Skeletal Anatomy Department, aka the "Bone Room". Since then,
she has acquired degrees in anthropology, public health and
sociology; and completed trainings in CFR, Gestalt-based coaching,
and Social and Emotional Intelligence.
Self-awareness and self-management - or impact awareness - are
key factors in business and personal success, and people often
make unconscious judgments about each other’s integrity
and competence based on unconscious but observable patterns of
behavior. In her practice, Wendy integrates CFR with Gestalt-based
coaching, and Social and Emotional Intelligence development to
establish a context in which clients rigorously think through,
and connect their concerns with the wealth of information felt
in the body. Clients, including managers and executives from companies
such as Diebold, Cooper Tire and Sherwin-Williams gain skills
in navigating and mastering the interplay between verbal and non
verbal communication, structure and energy, and cognitive and
‘gut' level intuition. She teaches at CFR workshops and
professional trainings.
Paula Gordon
Gualala, CA 95445 Phone: (707) 884-3823 Email: paulamuse@webtv.net
Paula Gordon has been a health professional for over 25 years.
Having trained in and practiced a number of growth, healing
and spiritual modalities, Paula decided to make Integrated Awareness®
her primary focus. In 1990 she became an IA teacher and later
a Certified Instructor. Integrated Awareness offers tools that
allow for healing and wholeness through movement, touch and awakened
awareness. As human beings we encompass many different levels
of consciousness: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
All of these levels of consciousness are accessible through our
physical bodies. Restoring movement where it has been inhibited
and re-integrating parts of ourselves which have been separated
or forgotten is a major tenet of IA. Cortical Field Re-education
was a natural extension to Paula's skills. She became part of
the co-teaching team with Harriet Goslins, founder of CFR, and
assisted in the first professional CFR training in 1998. She
finds that IA is a natural enhancement to the personal exploration
done in CFR. Paula's commitment to personal growth and healing
through uncommon perception, presence, compassion; and touch
provides an enriching opportunity for life expanding choices
and well-being. Paula resides and works on the beautiful Northern
Mendocino Coast. She also gives individual table sessions and
classes in and around the greater San Francisco Bay Area and
is willing to travel to other areas upon request. She teaches
at CFR workshops and professional trainings.
Patrice Hamilton
Santa Cruz, CA Phone 805-550-2090 Email: PatriceAHamilton@gmail.com
Patrice Hamilton has worked in the fields of education and counseling for over 20 years. She has a Masters of Education Degree in counseling, is a certified Cortical Field Reeducation® practitioner and teacher, a certified Hakomi® Practitioner, and is trained in Esalen® Massage. She is passionate about teaching others to be more aware of their bodies as a doorway to growth, healing and lasting change.
Susan Jouett
Laguna Beach CA 92651 Phone: 949-497-5803 Email: susanjouett@gmail.com
Susan's background since 1987 includes studying at the Institute
of “Psycho-Structural Balancing” in California, Cortical
Field Re-Education (1988-89), and numerous deep tissue modalities,
chakra and energy balancing techniques in California. In Washington
State she studied at Spectrum Center, designed and taught massage
curriculums, taught the art and assessment of medical massage,
postural effectiveness, ergonomics, sports injury prevention,
and collaborated clinically and successfully with a broad variety
of health care providers (M.D., N.D., D.C., L.Ac., P.T., C.F.P,
N.P.). She specialized in
deep tissue modalities, Myofascial Release, kinesiology, physiology,
CranioSacral, and subtle energy techniques. She worked with
complaints connected with illness, pre- and post-surgery, repetitive
stress, professional dancers and athletes, sports injury, and
motor vehicle injuries. She then completed the intensive Cortical
Field Re-Education training, and continues attending post graduate
and continuing education trainings regularly. Susan currently
maintains a private C.F.R. practice primarily in Laguna Beach,
CA, teaches in Washington twice yearly, and teaches as a C.F.R.
team member with Harriet Goslins at the Esalen Institute in
Big Sur, CA. She enjoys working with people who are interested
in making their life easier and facilitating a kind of healing
deeper than symptom elimination. She is available for individual
sessions as well as workshops. She co-leads at CFR workshops
and professional trainings.
Ellen Kindl
Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Phone: (805) 682-6765 Email: ellen.kindl@gmail.com
Ellen received a BA in religion and philosophy in 1971, and has
practiced meditation since 1973. She has studied with teachers
from different traditions including non-dualism, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Sufism, and Christianity. She graduated from Harriet Goslins'
Cortical Field Re-education training in 2000, and has been working
with the CFR team since then. She is also a certified Integrated
Awareness Teacher and has studied Craniosacral Therapy with
the Upledger Institute. She maintains private practice in Santa
Barbara, California, where she gives classes, private sessions
and leads retreats and workshops. She co-leads at CFR workshops
and professional trainings.
Sybil Krauter
(summer)
Truckee, CA 96160 Phone: (530) 587-7825 Email: skrauter1000@gmail.com
(winter)
Dana Point CA 92629 Phone: (949) 489-7933
Through table work and floor work, Sybil encourages a passion
for a flexible, pain-free, energetic body and a thirst for recognizing
and manifesting that which is nurturing and inspirational to each
individual. She practices and teaches integrating spontaneous
authenticity while remaining a fully functional adult. This directly
affects personal well being and translates into discovering how
to relate more easily with others, individually and in groups,
overcoming barriers of habit, gender and culture. Some of Sybil's
tools include her BA (1969), post graduate study in education,
psychology and economics (1970's), CFR® teacher (1994), and
instructor (1996), Integrated Awareness® teacher (1995), and
instructor (1997), hypnosis and NLP (1989). Learning is an important
part of Sybil’s life and she continues to study in these
and many other areas. In 1994, Sybil began co-leading and co-creating with Harriet Goslins in CFR workshops and trainings
Laura Kunysz
San Jose, CA 95112 Phone: (831)809-1310 Email: lkunysz@hotmail.com
Laura combines her 20 years of experience as an executive and
trainer in the Software Industry with over a decade of teaching
awareness centered bodywork. Her training as a CFR Instructor
(eleven years of study with CFR founder Harriet Goslins and certification
as an instructor) her background as a Cranio-Sacral Therapist
and her training in Somato-Emotional Release, Lymph Drainage,
Chi Neh Tsang, apprenticeship in Integrated Awareness® and
certification in Esalen
Massage have given her a unique perspective allowing her to focus
her private practice and corporate work on preventing and alleviating
repetitive stress injuries. She is also able to combine her
extensive background in Cranial Sacral with CFR to work in a
highly skilled way with eye, jaw, tongue and cervical problems.
In the last year she has taught CFR workshops specifically designed
to work with RSI, carpal tunnel, vertigo, head injuries, chronic
back pain and fibromyalgia. Laura also consults with both individuals
and businesses on how to improve their work environments in
order to minimize and or prevent problems arising from repetitive
work especially work on computers and/or laptops. Laura also
uses these skills to work with children in order to address
the growing issues of ADD, ADHT, Dyslexia and associated problems
and prevent future problems. She is currently working on a project
with Nord Country School in Chico California to bring CFR/ Cranio-Sacral
into the school with the intention of minimizing stress and
enhancing the individual students' ability to focus and comprehend
their studies. She co-leads at CFR workshops and professional
trainings.
Carol Lessinger
Salt Lake City, UT Phone: (805) 640-1383 Email: carollessinger@gmail.com
Carol Lessinger trained with Moshe Feldenkrais and became a Certified
Feldenkrais Practitioner® in 1983. She met Harriet Goslins
at their Feldenkrais training and when they reconnected at
Integrated Awareness workshops in 1997, Harriet invited her
to study CFR and to co-lead workshops at Esalen Institute and
subsequently to teach in Professional CFR Trainings. Carol’s
background is in modern dance, Bartieneff Movement Fundamentals,
Cranial-Sacral Work, Integrated Awareness, and Transpersonal
Psychology. She taught The Feldenkrais Method and dance improvisation
for 18 years at the University of Utah. She now lives in Ojai,
CA where offers private sessions, classes, and personal intensives.
She also teaches in Salt Lake City, UT, and in the Florida
Keys, Ft, Myers and Sarasota FL. She is available to travel
for mentoring and workshops by request. She offers a very individualized
experience of learning for each person who receives her help.
Carol is devoted to the role that movement plays in the expansion
of health at every level of consciousness. She co-leads at
CFR workshops and professional trainings.
Alicia Mendenhall
Escondido, CA 92025 Phone: (619) 602-1038 Email: move2improve@aol.com
Alicia offers Cortical Field Reeducation and Cranial Sacral Therapy
in the San Diego area. She also travels to give workshops and
intensive work with individuals throughout the U.S. After 13 years
as a Restorative Therapy Assistant, she completed a three-year
training with Harriet Goslins, the creator of CFR. She has taught
since 2000 as a member of the CFR Team at the Esalen Institute.
Alicia combines an intimate knowledge of illness and injury, the
recovery process offered by traditional medicine, the possibilities
offered by CFR, and the true potential of the human body and spirit.
She teaches at CFR workshops and professional trainings.
Michael Meyer
Laguna Beach, CA 92651 Phone: (949) 499-5783 Email: Michael.meyer@mindspring.com
Michael is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®, Cranio-Sacral
Therapist, and a Certified Integrated Awareness® Teacher.
He has been part of the core CFR teaching team for the past
ten years. Michael has significant experience in working with
a variety of neurological disorders and traumatic injuries,
with the elderly, and with those seeking relief from chronic
pain. A rock climbing fall and severe head injury more than
20 years ago led Michael into a life of healing and learning
in the laboratory of his own body. He now enjoys assisting
others in their journeys to recover the functioning of their
bodies, and thus to improve the quality of their lives. He
co-leads at CFR workshops and professional trainings, and has
been Harriet’s life and professional partner for
18 years.
Adoracion
Rodriguez Pineiro
Simi Valley, CA 93065 Phone: (805) 217-1721 Email: pentico@aol.com
Adoracion came to CFR seeking improvement from a paralyzing injury/disease.
She graduated with Harriet in 2000. Wanting to further her understanding
she also became a Feldenkrais™ practitioner, Cranial Sacral™
therapist and was trained in Integrated Awareness®, Transformational
Breathing, the Sounder Sleep System™, cleansing, raw food
and nutrition. She offers private sessions, group classes and
workshops from her center in Simi Valley, CA. She also has a program
for children. She teaches at CFR workshops and professional trainings.
Kasia
Zajac
Legnica, Poland Phone: 011 48 507 569 055 Email: kasiacfr@hotmail.com
Kasia was born and raised in Poland, where she practiced clinical
and educational psychology. She began studying with Harriet Goslins
in 1992, and became a Cortical Field Re-Education teacher/practitioner
in 2000. In her practice, she draws on her training in the Upledger
Institute's CranioSacral Therapy and Visceral Manipulation. In
2006, she relocated to her native
Poland, and teaches workshops in somatic education internationally.
She teaches at CFR workshops and professional trainings.
Graduates of the 4-year 2009 CFR Professional Training
Tony Bardol
Leah Dwin*
Melody Fairchild*
Nancy Lipman*
Nancy Spraker*
Anne Hunt*
Judy Greenman*
Melissa Krikorian*
Alaina Murawski*
Tomas Prietto
Kate Pritchard
Isabel Prystawik*
Alan Weingrad
*Biographies coming soon for those who are currently in full or part time private practice.
