Kinēsa® Practitioners Directory
Kinēsa Founders
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• Private in person sessions
• Group in person classes
• Group online classes
Black Mountain, NC, US
Candy Conino, Co-founder
Candy Conino is a physical therapist, an Assistant Trainer in the Feldenkrais® method, a Kinēsa trainer and an experienced international facilitator. Her passion is designing potent learning environments and processes that elevate the competence and confidence of somatic practitioners and students around the world. She is dedicated to teaching human beings how to move through life with power, integrity of spirit, and joy.
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• Private online sessions
• Private in person sessions
• Group in person classes
• Group online classes
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• Private online sessions
• Group online classes
Asheville, NC, US
Lavinia Plonka, Co-founder
Lavinia’s life work has been in movement: first in theater, and for the last 30 years as a Feldenkrais teacher, an Emotional Body lead instructor and a faculty member for the Shift Network. She is internationally known as a teacher and facilitator who uses her passion for connecting mind, body, emotion and spirit to craft courses and retreats for movers and seekers. She has been leading retreats around the world for almost 20 years, believing that travel is a necessary foundation for individual growth and learning, combining interesting locations with powerful movement lessons and group learning.
Kinēsa Trainers
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• Private online sessions
LaGrange, GA. US
Dale Allen
I work with women to identify and release hidden barriers to their success in any area of their lives, especially in the area of physical health. I incorporate transformational coaching, several energy healing techniques, Biofield Tuning with tuning forks, movement explorations, and intuitive writing in my one-on-one sessions.
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• Private online sessions
• Group in person classes
• Group online classes
Laurel Park, NC, US
Laura Bond
Laura has over twenty years of somatic education experience in teaching physical emotion regulation methods, movement and vocal techniques, personal expression development, and mindfulness and interpersonal communication skill building. She applies her experience and training with care and consideration for consent practices and remains trauma-informed and aware of mental health needs within her unique interdisciplinary style of teaching and coaching.
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• Private online sessions
• Private in person sessions
• Group in person classes
• Group online classes
Kaohsiung, TW
Ruth (Ching Jung) Chen
I’ve been working for 30 years as an oral surgeon. After the Kinêsa training, I plan to allocate my time in performing surgeries and teaching Kinēsa. I’ve worked with a yoga studio to teach a Kinêsa class at the end of February. Looking forward to it!
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• Private online sessions
• Private in person sessions
• Group in person classes
• Group online classes
Paris, FR
Emilie Collet
I am a yoga teacher, a fascia practitioner and a somatic coach.
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• Private online sessions
• Private in person sessions
• Group in person classes
• Group online classes
Healdsburg, CA, US
Douglas F Cummings
I encourage my students to develop somatic awareness by joining movement with breath.
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• Private online sessions
• Private in person sessions
• Group in person classes
• Group online classes
Arden, NC, US
Christina Heldreth-Johnson
As a certified Kinēsa practitioner, Christina combines 20+ years of teaching Pilates, Yoga, as well as other somatic movement expressions; she has helped an array of clients, from professional athletes to seniors. Christina guides her clients in discovering their own paths of healing through movement.
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• Group in person classes
Asheville, NC, US
Barbara Marlowe
Although I am retired, I enjoy combining Kinesa with 5Rhythms Movement groups.
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• Private online sessions
• Private in person sessions
• Group in person classes
• Group online classes
Leipzig, DE & Reykjavik, IS
Inga Martel
Inga is a visual artist, somatic movement educator, and the founder of the Laboratory for Somatic Exploration – a space for personal growth, curiosity and self awareness. She accompanies people in experiencing their own body landscapes and connects them to their inner intuitive wisdom. She is passioned to empower others on their own path, support them in their growth and encourage them to develop their full potential.
Inga also teaches Ursang – intuitive sounding and other somatic practices.
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• Private online sessions
• Private in person sessions
• Group in person classes
• Group online classes
Birutė Norvaišienė
Vilnius, LT
Birute works as a somatic practitioner and body therapist in Lithuania. In classes she teaches how to read messages your body sends you through tension, pain or illness. When a person feels ready, she creates a sequence of moves to let them release and feel a change of freedom – authentic body, mind and spirit. She is also certified as Embodied anatomy & Movement Re-patterning as well as Somatic psychology therapist @ IBMT.Co.uk.
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• Private online sessions
• Private in person sessions
• Group in person classes
• Group online classes
Les Clayes-sous-Bois, FR
Maflohé Passedouet
Maflohé is the founder of Mobilis-Immobilis in France: a multimedia process for creating immersive, synesthetic performances and artworks through technology, leading her to combine art and science. She has been running workshops in creative dance, emotional management, creativity development and somatic practices for 25 years, based on the latest scientific studies. Maflohé collaborates with leading scientists in the fields of new mobilities, neuroscience, quantum physics, to shed scientific light on our inner processes and the mystery of consciousness. She is a HeartMath Institute-certified coach in cardiac coherence.
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• Private online sessions
• Group online classes
NY-CT AREA, US
Julie Peterson
My 25+ years of teaching dance, somatic movement and Pilates have been enhanced and enriched by my unique background as a professional dancer and amateur equestrian. My clients learn to navigate the world with grace, balance, strength and confidence, whether on a horse, in the dance studio, or just simply on their own two feet.
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• Private online sessions
• Private in person sessions
• Group online classes
Caroline, AB, CA
Patti Saar
I help people learn movements that can alleviate tension & pain, finding more ease. Using somatic movements that are “Feldenkrais-inspired”, we integrate some or all of the 7 bodies & 7 principles of Kinēsa. (250 hours Kinēsa, 200 Hr. Yoga/Breathwork/Meditation; 50.5 Hr Therapeutic Yoga; Reiki Master)
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• Private online sessions
• Group online classes
Central Minnesota, US
Jeffrey Schwinghammer
Jeffrey is the host of the Expand Your Ability Podcast where he explores the what, how and why of Somatic Movement. He is a filmmaker and director of the 1st feature length documentary about the Feldenkrais Method (Coming 2024).
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• Private online sessions
London, ON, CA
Anne Steiner
I am a Kinēsa practitioner. I help people who are stuck. Walking together on a path of healing brings insight, awareness and choice. I’ve discovered healing from various types of trauma and guide you to apply all the tools to wellness.
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• Private online sessions
• Private in person sessions
Oxford, MS, US
Jennifer White
As a Kinesa practitioner, I craft personalized somatic experiences that invite gentle movement, curiosity and self discovery. I often weave in poetry and imagination along with breath, awareness of sensations, and the power of choice. My intentions for my clients are to create a space for them to discover aliveness, wonder and freedom.
Group lessons will be offered in the near future.